Cirque fans will get the opportunity to watch the acrobatics of the newest show to come out of the international juggernaut franchise. Cirque du Soleil:Crystal is in Rio Rancho, is planning multiple shows through March 10 at the Rio Rancho Events Center. Each new show often travels through Rio Rancho because organizers cluster events in […]
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K9 School Helps Police Dogs Take a Bite Out of Crime
On Feb 27, an abandoned movie theater and a vacant building that was once a bar off of Coors and Paseo was transformed into training grounds for some of New Mexico’s law enforcement officers. What made this training unique was that many of the police participating in the training exercises were not humans, they were […]
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Next year’s APS budget includes more money for special education, less money for food
Albuquerque Public Schools will have less money to work with next fiscal year, but it is working on ways to lessen the disruption in services, budget officials told the Board of Education Wednesday evening. District officials have said the budget will drop from $2.167 billion for the current fiscal year to about $1.9 billion for […]
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Nine yrs. later, BCSO returns suspect to ABQ from Mexico to stand trial for murder
On Christmas Eve in 2014, a family member returning home from church found Idali Reyes’ body dead in her South Valley home. Two suspects were arrested shortly thereafter but a third, Jesus Alberto Chacon Morales, was never located. But that all changed Wednesday afternoon when the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department announced that Chacon Morales had […]
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Commissioners make no decisions on Mountain View neighborhood development plans
Bernalillo County Commissioners discussed how to get a handle on the future of the Mountain View Neighborhood area, accepted close to $1 million to keep the national supply chain moving and approved an agreement to upgrade the call buttons in cells at the Metropolitan Detention Center during their regular meeting held Tuesday, March 5. Getting […]
Posted inDowntown, Jobs, Workers & Economy
Attention Downtown: the city wants your email address
Downtown business and property owners will likely see some fresh faces at their doors this month. The city — through its Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency (MRA) — is on a mission to collect the email addresses of Downtown stakeholders through face-to-face contact in order to build better relationships and communication. The emails would be used to […]
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What to Expect: APS board to tackle budget decrease for next school year
The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education will discuss the expected budget decrease for fiscal year 2024-2025 at its regular meeting Wednesday night. The district’s budget office is projecting that the budget will drop about 12.3% to $1.9 billion from $2.167 billion for the current fiscal year. Superintendent Scott Elder said that the decrease is […]
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Measure to have a multi-agency investigation into police chief auto crash fails
In a narrow vote, councilors determined there is no need for a multi-agency investigation into the events surrounding Chief Harold Medina running a red light and crashing into another vehicle to avoid gunfire while on the way to a press conference with his wife. It was last on the agenda at the end of the […]
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City wants to speed up Downtown housing projects
Housing development in Downtown Albuquerque would be accelerated under new legislation introduced at the City Council’s March 4 meeting. The resolution sets a two-year priority for construction projects that produce permanent housing, whether single-family homes, multifamily developments or mixed-use projects — 13 housing categories in all. The focus is the “Downtown Center” — generally bracketed […]
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APD arrests several teens in separate firearm incidents
Five teenagers were arrested over the weekend in separate incidents involving firearms. They were released back to their guardians at the scene due to overcrowding and understaffing at the juvenile detention center, according to police. Two of the youths arrested, Luciano Chavez, 15, and William Maxx, 16, are currently on active juvenile probation, according to […]