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North Domingo Baca Park pool construction moves forward

by Elise Kaplan

The centerpiece of North Domingo Baca Park is taking shape, Albuquerque city officials announced Friday morning, and its tennis courts are getting a facelift. Crews this week began the next stage of construction for the aquatic center, expected to relieve congestion at other city pools and serve as practice and competition space for high school […]

Residents ask City Council to slow down on allowing e-bikes on Open Space trails

by Elise Kaplan

As the Albuquerque City Council prepares to vote on a proposal to allow all e-bikes on Open Space trails, a few hundred residents say they want councilors to table the proposal until it gets more public input. At their upcoming meeting, councilors will discuss an ordinance to allow electric bikes on both paved and unpaved […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Courts, Justice & Safety

APD officer connected to DWI scandal fired, another resigns

by Elise Kaplan

The highest ranking cop under an internal investigation regarding allegations of corruption in the Albuquerque Police Department’s DWI unit has been terminated and another officer resigned this week.  Cmdr. Mark Landavazo, with the Internal Affairs Division, had been on administrative leave and under investigation since Feb. 13. He had been with APD since 2007 and was […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Education

APS superintendent says it takes a village to stop excessive student absences

by Elise Kaplan

As Albuquerque Public Schools works to improve student outcomes, chronic absenteeism is one of many obstacles it faces.  Superintendent Gabriella Durán Blakey targeted the issue last week during a media event and said she’s hoping the community at large will help — specifically those who employ parents.  “We have the students during the day, and […]

Former city councilor on the still-closed visitors center: ‘It’s a boondoggle and a money pit’

by Andy Lyman

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 […]

Posted inArts & Culture, Placitas

Prints and Pottery

City Desk ABQ by Pat Davis

Artists Karl and Mary Hofman are teaming up for an exhibition of prints and pottery at the Wild Hearts Gallery in Placitas. Visual Memories includes Karl Hofmann’s linotype prints that are memory images of the end of World War II when Europe was reeling from bombings and the weight of war. Mary Hofmann will show […]

Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, Sandoval County

Fueling the Future

City Desk ABQ by Pat Davis

Sandoval County Commissioners were presented with a proposal to purchase a nearly zero-emissions plant that converts plastic waste into high-quality fuels at the July 24 commission meeting, offering an alternative solution to combat plastic waste. A representative from PlastikGas, a global company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, presented the commissioners with a proposal to purchase a […]