Despite the spring winds and the temperature heating up, it’s fire mitigation season in New Mexico. The Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands division is seeking comments for the proposed North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project. The project is proposing several ways to restore, maintain, and improve forested conditions on approximately 2,956 acres in the Sandia […]
Category: Communities
Posted inArts & Culture, Placitas
Photography Exhibit Showcases Layers of Memory
Never content with one style of photography, Dana Patterson Roth has recently been exploring encaustic photography; a process of applying hot beeswax onto an image. That’s the focus of her new exhibition, Layers of Memory. Roth says there is something about the wax, the way it looks and feels, that awakens senses beyond sight and […]
Posted inEstancia, Torrance County, Uncategorized
Sen. Luján Meets With Family of Veteran, Holds Meetings With Local Leaders In Torrance County
On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) visited the widow of WWII Veteran Josephat Radosevich, Griselda Radosevich. Luján helped Radosevich’s family obtain their father’s WWII awards and medals they have been seeking since February 2023. “I was honored to meet with the widow of WWII Veteran Josephat Radosevich, Griselda Radosevich to celebrate her birthday […]
Posted inEstancia, Torrance County, Uncategorized
Sen. Luján Meets With Family of Veteran, Holds Meetings With Local Leaders In Torrance County
On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) visited the widow of WWII Veteran Josephat Radosevich, Griselda Radosevich. Luján helped Radosevich’s family obtain their father’s WWII awards and medals they have been seeking since February 2023. “I was honored to meet with the widow of WWII Veteran Josephat Radosevich, Griselda Radosevich to celebrate her birthday […]
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No-Confidence vote goes nowhere, again
The City Council also heard from the Albuquerque Police Department about its findings in the investigation into Chief Harold Medina’s crash. Read our coverage of that discussion here. It was a no vote for a vote of no confidence leveled against the Albuquerque Police Chief at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Councilor Louie Sanchez sponsored the […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Education
APS facing $2.5M budget cut
With enrollment declining in Albuquerque Public Schools, Board of Education members are looking for the best way to spend the district’s money and improve student outcomes. At Wednesday’s meeting, board members asked administrators about budget plans, programs and their effectiveness. Tutoring programs Board Member Courtney Jackson had questions about Paper, an online tutoring program designed […]
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APD finds Chief Medina’s crash was not preventable and not criminal
The Albuquerque Police Department’s Fleet Crash Review Board and its Fatal Crash Unit have reviewed the chief’s actions leading up to him running a red light and crashing into another vehicle while fleeing the sound of gunfire. They determined the crash was not preventable and he should not be criminally charged, members of APD told […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Features, Uncategorized
Don de Albuquerque
By Andy Lyman/The Paper. Photos by Roberto Rosales. Anyone living in Albuquerque who doesn’t at least recognize Don Schrader either hasn’t been around long enough or isn’t paying attention. His usually barely clothed, tan body is nearly as recognizable as the city’s skyline. There are few whose faces are plastered on postcards. Some might know […]
Posted inLocal Gov.
County seeking consultant for opioid settlement funding
Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque — along with global health organization Vital Strategies — are seeking a short-term consultant to help plan how to spend millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. The money was awarded as part of litigation brought by states and local political subdivisions against pharmaceutical distributors that inflicted damages […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Downtown
Watch: APD Take Downtown Shooting Suspect into Custody
Officers were nearby and able to respond quickly when two men began shooting at each other in Downtown Albuquerque on Saturday evening. The first suspect was captured and arrested shortly after the shooting, while the second suspect, a minor, turned himself in the next day. The APD Police Chief Harold Medina posted the body camera […]