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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‘If I am out of a job someday, I would be thrilled’
This is part one of a series on child abuse and the professionals who are tasked with handling these cases. Read part two and part three. It was the culmination of five years of hard work—Krista Cruz was about to be sentenced for her role in the 2019 murder of her four-year-old son, after he […]
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Six APD detectives responded to nearly 700 child abuse reports last year
This is part two of a series on child abuse and the professionals who are tasked with handling these cases. Read part one and part three. Last year, the Albuquerque Police Department’s crimes against children unit responded to just under 700 cases of child abuse in the city and went to 67 that were physically […]
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New police oversight board meets after year hiatus
After more than a year, the city’s Civilian Police Oversight Advisory Board met Feb. 8 to get organized on how to go about clearing a backlog of more than 82 civilian complaints against the Albuquerque Police Department. This was their first meeting in more than a year after city councilors did a major revamp of […]
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Rio Rancho elementary installs a book vending machine
Ernest Stapleton Elementary School is taking reading to the next level with a new addition to the school. The school has recently brought a new vending machine into the school, but it’s not just any vending machine– but one where students work to earn a free book. “We brought in the best vending machine, because […]
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Rio Rancho Police catch cell phone thief
On January 25, Rio Rancho Police responded to the Cricket Wireless store located at 1109 Highway 528 SE in response to a call for an armed robbery. The male suspect, who was wearing all black clothes and a black gator mask, brandished a gun and demanded the clerk give him cell phones. Cricket employees told […]
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Placitas Studio Tour Enters Its 27th Year
Twenty-six years ago, a small group of artists created the first Placitas Studio Tour, which has become one of the most highly-anticipated annual studio tours in New Mexico. What makes the Placitas Studio Tour unique among all other artist tours around the state is not that the art is created in Placitas, but artists living […]
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Seasoned chef readies restaurant near historic Martineztown
Put your taste buds on notice, Albuquerque foodies. Downtown is set to welcome a new restaurant this summer – Cantina Real. Chef Yolanda Torres said she’s working on a menu that will feel familiar to those who enjoy New Mexican touches, but that will also raise some eyebrows. “I want people to feel like they’ve […]
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Safe spaces equal safe schools
These days, creating safe spaces in our schools is becoming as important as creating safe schools. Not all on board Some parents at Double Eagle Elementary in Albuquerque are upset at the signage in the school designating where the Safe Zone space is. Specifically, the Pride flag signage. But APS doesn’t have any rules regarding […]
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Student art on display
Bragging rights often come with discovering a great new artist. Albuquerque Public Schools elementary school students will be showcasing at an art exhibit that opens Monday. Art is Elementary includes about 1,500 works from students in more than 90 schools across the district, said the show’s coordinator Cinnamon Gentry. The work will include drawings, paintings […]