The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture recently delivered a draft farm bill. It was eight months after the old farm bill, about to expire, had to be extended. This $1.5 trillion, 942-page tome has a lot to like, but it’s missing some key provisions important to New Mexico. And it’s hung up in partisan scrapping. […]
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Placitas Hoarding Home on its Last Leg
A Placitas home that was the site of an alleged hoarding case involving more than 40 dogs in February has been seized by Sandoval County after a unanimous decision by the commission at a May 22 County Commission meeting. According to the County Commission, the home at 77 Aspen Road in Placitas is “a menace […]
New BCSO Deputies to Make Over $80K Per Year
While most law enforcement agencies throughout New Mexico are struggling to recruit and retain sworn officers, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office is almost fully staffed. There are currently 324 sworn deputies serving with the BCSO, and to be fully staffed the agency needs 349 sworn deputies, according to Jayme Fuller-Gonzales, spokesperson for BCSO. Gonzales said […]
County Commission Urges Governor to Declare State of Emergency
Sandoval County Commissioners have officially let the governor know how they feel about crime on the border. In response to escalating crises of fentanyl, human trafficking, and border-related crime, the Sandoval County commissioners approved a letter at the May 22 meeting asking Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to declare a state of emergency. After a discussion, […]
Date Set for Moriarty’s Pinto Bean Fiesta
Beans, tortillas and green chile. It’s about as New Mexican as it gets. The City of Moriarty has long celebrated the homely bean, and the date is set for the annual Pinto Bean Fiesta. The fiesta originally started in the 1980s to celebrate the local farm industry and pinto bean farmers. This year’s fiesta will […]
Lawsuit Filed Against RRPS Alleges Inappropriate Touching by Middle School Teacher
The parent of a student enrolled at Lincoln Middle School in 2022, filed a civil lawsuit in April against Rio Rancho Public Schools, the superintendent and principal of the school, alleging his daughter was sexually harassed by a teacher. The lawsuit alleges that on April 4, 2022, a female student was in Todd Ganger’s classroom […]
Trump could still vote for himself after New York conviction if he’s not in prison on Election Day
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Donald Trump may be convicted of a felony and reside in Florida, a state notorious for restricting the voting rights of people with felony convictions. But he can still vote as long as he stays out of prison in New York state. That’s because Florida defers to other states’ disenfranchisement rules […]
The Latest | Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of felony crimes
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. It was the first time a former U.S. president was ever tried or convicted in a criminal case, and was the first of Trump’s four indictments to reach trial. Prosecutors accused Trump of falsifying internal business records […]
New Mexicans react to Trump verdict
As the entire country learned about the historic conviction of former president Donald Trump on Thursday, City Desk ABQ kept an eye out for what our local elected officials and politicians from both sides of the aisle had to say. Rep. Melanie Stansbury was the first New Mexico politician to weigh in. Sen. Ben Ray Luján said […]
Bernalillo County approves mobile health clinics for schools
Bernalillo County will soon have two mobile School-Based Health Centers serving students and community members. This initiative — approved by the Bernalillo County Commission — will launch in September and provide primary, preventative and behavioral health care to pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students, student families, school faculty and local community members. Two mobile clinics will rotate […]

