Play Ball: Little League Registration is Now Open

By Independent Staff Registration is open for the Estancia Valley Little League 2025 season. Athletes ages 4 to 12 can participate and sign up for this baseball year.  Enrollment will run from Feb.28 through March 22.  To register online, families can visit leagues.bluesombrero.com/estanciavalleylittleleague or scan the QR code provided in the official flyer.  For questions […]

Power Outage Hits Thousands in East Mountains

By Independent Staff A power outage Monday night left thousands in the East Mountains without electricity.  The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) reported that 2,188 PNM customers were affected. The outage also impacted the state radio system at Cedro Peak, disrupting network services, dispatch consoles and radio communications. Technicians were dispatched to resolve the issue. […]

Power Outage Hits Thousands in East Mountains

By Independent Staff A power outage Monday night left thousands in the East Mountains without electricity.  The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) reported that 2,188 PNM customers were affected. The outage also impacted the state radio system at Cedro Peak, disrupting network services, dispatch consoles and radio communications. Technicians were dispatched to resolve the issue. […]

BernCo defends closed meetings to NMDOJ

A Bernalillo County attorney says legal precedent supports the Board of County Commissioners decision to recently conduct multiple closed meetings as commissioners weighed possible code of conduct violations by the new county treasurer and a former elected official. Bernalillo County Lead Attorney John Grubesic sent a letter to the New Mexico Department Department of Justice […]

BernCo defends closed meetings to NMDOJ

A Bernalillo County attorney says legal precedent supports the Board of County Commissioners decision to recently conduct multiple closed meetings as commissioners weighed possible code of conduct violations by the new county treasurer and a former elected official. Bernalillo County Lead Attorney John Grubesic sent a letter to the New Mexico Department Department of Justice […]

BernCo defends closed meetings to NMDOJ

<img width="1080" height="590" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?w=2560&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C164&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C560&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C420&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C840&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1119&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C82&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C380&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C584&ssl=1 1068w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1049&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C328&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/4/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled.jpg?w=2340&ssl=1 2340w, https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled-1.jpg&w=370 370w, https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/RER_countycommission-scaled-1.jpg&w=400 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw […]

BernCo reports zoning fee scam

The Bernalillo County Planning and Development Services Department is warning the public about an ongoing email scam in which residents have been directed to wire thousands of dollars to an off-site email address, claiming it’s necessary for their zoning applications before the county to go forward. County personnel became aware as early as January of […]

BernCo reports zoning fee scam

The Bernalillo County Planning and Development Services Department is warning the public about an ongoing email scam in which residents have been directed to wire thousands of dollars to an off-site email address, claiming it’s necessary for their zoning applications before the county to go forward. County personnel became aware as early as January of […]