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New Trails and Energy Upgrades Planned for the East Mts

Bernalillo County is planning multiple sustainability projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address climate pollution and improve traffic safety and walking and biking trails.  Two of these projects will be focused in the East Mountains and the South Valley in Albuquerque and will include a pedestrian and bicycle safety action plan, stormwater infrastructure and energy […]

The board is back together

At its first meeting since being disbanded and then reconstituted, a subdued Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board took no action on a request to change a controversial regulation that requires more stringent pollution control in their businesses. It also postponed a decision to stay some sweeping zero emission changes for new cars.  Slow […]

Posted inBernalillo County, Courts, Justice & Safety, Local Gov.

Goin’ to the courthouse, gonna get married

Albuquerque Metropolitan Court will conduct in-person Valentine’s Day weddings for the first time in three years.  The court had been conducting all Valentine’s nuptials virtually since 2021. “This marks the 24th year in which the Metropolitan Court Judges been have performing Valentine’s Day weddings for the public, and there’s even more excitement around the event […]

Posted inBernalillo County, Courts, Justice & Safety, Local Gov.

BCSO deputy arrested on domestic violence and DWI charges

After getting into a fight with his girlfriend, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Vasquez-Moreno was arrested early this morning and charged with one count of aggravated battery of a household member and driving while intoxicated.  According to BCSO spokeswoman Jayme Fuller Gonzales, Vasquez-Moreno has been placed on administrative leave following the incident. She said he […]

ABQ pet owners can now be fined for animal ordinance violations

Pet owners in the city may now face civil fines in addition to possible criminal citations for violating the city’s HEART Ordinance.  The HEART Ordinance, or the “Humane and Ethical Animal Rules and Treatment,” is the city animal ordinance. The ordinance states that anyone living in the city limits may only have six animals, dogs […]

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Board will meet for first time following controversy

The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board is set to meet at 5:30pm Wednesday for the first time since last year. The air quality board was established to regulate air pollution in Bernalillo County including Albuquerque.  Happenings in a Nutshell The air quality board first came under the microscope back in November 2022, after […]

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County officials postpone approving $1 million pollution study

Bernalillo County Commissioners approved a half million dollars to improve westside fiber optics, bought a couple of pieces of property for parks and recreation maintenance use and postponed the allocation of a controversial million dollar appropriation at their regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 6. Money for clean air? Another time Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada and Albuquerque […]