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Posted inHousing & Homelessness

Calling the Governor

People who live in cities need to get away from each other and enjoy a bit of nature. The public park, a leafy green space in the urban landscape, has provided relief for centuries. We love our parks so much that proposing changes can become heated. But not so heated that one individual, former Lt. […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness

The 21st Century Elmer Gantry

Holy Week and the Easter season in New Mexico is a special time. While the rest of the country dyes eggs and buys chocolate, New Mexicans go on pilgrimages. Every Good Friday, thousands of New Mexicans either walk to El Santuario de Chimayó in the village of Chimayó or climb Tomé Hill between Los Lunas […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, 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 inHousing & Homelessness, 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 […]

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 inEducation, Housing & Homelessness

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 […]

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 inHousing & Homelessness, Sandoval County

Commentary: Supreme Court Program Allows Students to Learn About the Judicial Process

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own letter to editor@sandovalsignpost.com Submitted by Justice David K. Thomson, Office of the Courts This year is the 60th anniversary of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. President John F. Kennedy proposed this legislation in 1963, but he was assassinated before […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Sandoval County

Letter to the Editor: Intel Needs a Better Way of Managing Emissions

Submitted by Barbara Rockwell, Placitas resident and the author of “Boiling Frogs, Intel vs. the Village” Intel plans to use a new version of the old oxidizers/incinerators, emission control technology in its new expansion, a technology that is now more than thirty years old. Burning off the emissions was always unreliable resulting in breakdowns that […]

Posted in+Opinion, Housing & Homelessness

Commentary: Supreme Court Program Allows Students to Learn About the Judicial Process

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org Submitted by Justice David K. Thomson, Office of the Courts This year is the 60th anniversary of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. President John F. Kennedy proposed this legislation in 1963, but he was assassinated before its enactment. […]