Plant Aficionados Flock to Placitas for the Annual Garden Tour

The 8th Annual Placitas Garden Tour will welcome visitors from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, showcasing some of the community’s finest gardens. This year’s theme, “Seeding for Sustainability,” highlights Placitas’ eco-friendly gardens, with the tour featuring seven gardens that blend sustainable practices with local artistry. “We try to be protective of our […]

New Vasquez, Heinrich ads take aim at Republican opponents

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez — both running in closely watched races — are taking different approaches as they launch new TV ads to support their reelection bids. Vasquez on Monday released an ad titled “Hard Work.” In it, he touts his record of getting Republicans and his fellow Democrats in Congress […]

New Trump Jan. 6 indictment reflects Supreme Court immunity ruling

By Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Special counsel Jack Smith filed an updated indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump in a bid to salvage and strengthen the historic election obstruction case, following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity to presidents for official acts and sharply criticized the prosecutor’s approach. […]

Bernalillo County is ‘Breaking Butts’ into compost and plastic

Bernalillo County officials are launching a new program to turn discarded cigarette butts into  compost and plastic products such as hand tools and picnic benches.  On Tuesday, the Keep BernCo Beautiful Advisory Board, county staff, and Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada unveiled new receptacles — branded with Keep BernCo Beautiful and a play on the “Breaking […]

More than 200 former Bush, McCain and Romney staffers endorse Harris

By Mariana Alfaro, Niha Masih  (c) 2024 , The Washington Post More than 200 Republicans who worked for President George W. Bush, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) or the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, warning in a letter that a second Trump presidency “will hurt real, everyday people and weaken our […]

How much will Bernalillo County pay its new manager?

Bernalillo County commissioners Tuesday will consider a contract to pay incoming County Manager Cindy Chavez $230,000 a year. Chavez, currently a member of the Santa Clara County (California) Board of Supervisors, was selected in June to replace Julie Morgas Baca, who retired at the end of that month.  Shirley Ragin, deputy county manager for finance, […]

Trump’s lawyers accuse Fani Willis of ‘racial animus’ toward him

By Holly Bailey (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Attorneys for Donald Trump pressed a Georgia appellate court to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) from the 2020 election interference case, accusing her of “repeated public display of racial animus” toward the former president and his co-defendants, which they contend has jeopardized […]

Environmental group calls for RFK Jr. to be investigated for reportedly sawing off whale head

By Amy B Wang (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is back in the headlines – not for suspending his campaign last week and endorsing Republican Donald Trump, nor for his recent admission that he was the one who had left a dead bear cub in Central […]