Albuquerque residents will soon have more rental scooter options. The city’s Planning Department announced in a news release that rental scooter company Lime will bring 500 bright green scooters and begin installing 52 stations throughout the city this week. Rental scooters made a comeback in September when another rental scooter company, Spin, installed its bright […]
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ABQ gets more rental scooter options
Albuquerque residents will soon have more rental scooter options. The city’s Planning Department announced in a news release that rental scooter company Lime will bring 500 bright green scooters and begin installing 52 stations throughout the city this week. Rental scooters made a comeback in September when another rental scooter company, Spin, installed its bright […]
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Shooting range fees to rise
The price of target practice is going up. Albuquerque Parks & Recreation Friday announced a $2 increase in daily target range fees at Shooting Range Park. The increase, the first since 2001, means the standard fee for adults will be $8, while junior and senior fees will be $7. All other fees will remain unchanged. […]
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Shooting range fees to rise
The price of target practice is going up. Albuquerque Parks & Recreation Friday announced a $2 increase in daily target range fees at Shooting Range Park. The increase, the first since 2001, means the standard fee for adults will be $8, while junior and senior fees will be $7. All other fees will remain unchanged. […]
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County asking voters for $10.7M in transportation bonds
Safety improvements, traffic congestion relief and economic development are among the goals of a transportation bond package on the ballot this election. The ballot question seeks authorization for almost $10.7 million in spending on more than a dozen transportation projects. The largest amount for any of the items is $2 million for the third phase […]
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County asking voters for $10.7M in transportation bonds
Safety improvements, traffic congestion relief and economic development are among the goals of a transportation bond package on the ballot this election. The ballot question seeks authorization for almost $10.7 million in spending on more than a dozen transportation projects. The largest amount for any of the items is $2 million for the third phase […]
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Former city councilor on the still-closed visitors center: ‘It’s a boondoggle and a money pit’
Editor’s note: To read the first in our series — A visitors center with no visitors: When will the taxpayer-funded project open? — click here. There’s still no opening date for the decades-in-the-making West Central Route 66 Visitors Center, though construction was completed years ago. Even so, one former city councilor thinks the long delay […]
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ABQ City Council looking to finalize spot for new Westside sports complex
Fifteen years in the making, the Westside Sports Complex appears to be approaching the finish line — at least when it comes to where it will be built. The Albuquerque City Council is expected to finalize the location for the complex at its Aug. 5 regular meeting. The city and state governments have earmarked more […]
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Increasing homelessness has Westsiders looking for answers
Those experiencing homelessness in Albuquerque often naturally congregate near areas where food, clothing, transit, medical care and addiction services are available. Two of the most highly trafficked areas are in Downtown and across the city’s International District. But on the city’s Westside, the stretch of Coors Boulevard from Central Avenue to I-40, has emerged as […]
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Who’s who in Westside government
Westside City Council Districts District 1: Louie Sanchez represents the mid-Westside district with boundaries that extend from Central Avenue to Paseo del Norte, then billow out west to the Petroglyphs. Sanchez was elected in November 2021. Here is a link to his City Council website. District 2: Joaquín Baca represents a small snippet of the […]