The process of selecting a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Scott Elder is nearing its end, with finalists Dr. Thomas Ahart and Dr. Gabriella Durán Blakey fielding questions from Albuquerque Public Schools students this morning. The finalists Durán Blakey is the district’s chief of operations and has previously served as an associate superintendent in the district. […]
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Food bank hosts annual Souper Bowl fundraiser
Roadrunner Food Bank’s 29th annual Souper Bowl, a soup and dessert sampling fundraising event, is this Saturday, Feb. 3 from 11-2 p.m. Local restaurants participate in the festive and family-friendly event providing savory samples of soup and dessert to guests. The Souper Bowl will at Roadrunner Food Bank. Guests of Souper Bowl will try samples […]
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Pretrial detention bill favored by the gov won’t move forward
By Robert Knott/ Santa Fe New Mexican A “tougher on crime” bill championed by the governor that supporters say would address the perception of violent criminals moving through a judicial revolving door went through something of a revolving door itself Monday. Members of the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committed voted 5-4 to table Senate […]
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Inmate death on Sunday marks first for 2024
A 26-year-old man died in the county jail over the weekend. Officials say Pete Salazar had a medical emergency at the Metropolitan Detention Center Sunday morning. They said jail staff and the University of New Mexico Hospital medical team tried to save his life but after 24 minutes their efforts were unsuccessful. Salazar had been […]
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APD brings in civilian investigators to solve orphaned homicides
Help for several cold cases is on the horizon for the Albuquerque Police Department. In a press conference on Jan. 25, APD brass updated the department’s progress with orphaned and departed homicide cases due to bringing in civilian investigators and a new homicide digital library. “I think that we found a formula for going forward […]
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Lawmakers want attorney general to create new task force on missing and murdered Indigenous people
By Bella Davis/NM In Depth Five New Mexico lawmakers want the state attorney general to establish a task force focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people. They’ve made the request via Senate Joint Memorial 2, which they introduced this week. The memorial puts on display the disagreement some lawmakers have with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s quiet shuttering last year of […]
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How a cry for food sparked Christmas Day trouble in New Mexico’s largest jail for kids
By Joshua Bowling/Searchlight New Mexico The sun was setting as parents waited for the Christmas Day call from their incarcerated children, unaware of the fraught situation that had broken out hours earlier: a so-called “riot” at New Mexico’s largest jail for kids. The news media were depicting a violent uprising inside the Bernalillo County Youth […]
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And then there were two
Albuquerque Public Schools announced today that one of the three superintendent finalists chosen by the Board of Education last week, has withdrawn from the search. Mason Bellamy, who currently serves as the Chief of Academics and Schools for Metro Nashville Public Schools, informed the search firm over the weekend that he is no longer pursuing […]
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Commission to debate making camping and loitering in arroyos illegal
Making camping in county arroyos and waterways illegal, doling out nearly a quarter billion to a solar panel company and extending the 1/16th healthcare gross receipts tax until 2029 are just a few of the items on the the January 23 agenda of the Bernalillo County Commission. Arroyo Safety Commissioners will debate making it illegal […]
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BCSO may start using artificial intelligence for report writing
The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office is researching the use of artificial intelligence to aid deputies in writing incident reports, but it isn’t something that’s going to be implemented anytime soon. If adopted, BCSO could be one of the first law enforcement agencies in the nation to use artificial intelligence for report writing. “I would project […]