Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a series titled Downtown Albuquerque Reboot, about the city’s center, its challenges and the plans to address them. Read about vacant buildings here, peruse a photo essay about lowriders here, read about crime here and end with what the area has to offer here. Big front porches […]
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‘I care about the mission, so it’s nice to be able to really move forward’
For the last 17 years, Diane McDermott has worked at the Civilian Police Oversight Agency, a civilian run organization whose mission is to investigate complaints the public makes against members of the Albuquerque Police Department. As of last week, she’s officially in charge. McDermott, who has been the interim director at CPOA—with a slight intermission—since […]
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Hazy air report greets Air Quality Control board members
Ever wonder where the haze that hangs over the metropolitan area comes from? Sulfur dioxide particles are partially to blame, according to the 2022 annual regional report on sulfur dioxide emissions presented to the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board this week. What? The largest source of sulfur dioxide is fossil fuel emissions from […]
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A taste of the second Trump administration
Congressional approval ratings are measured monthly, and for the last quarter of 2023, have pretty much bottomed out. December polling, the most recent available, showed 85% of Americans disapprove of the job its Congress is doing. And that was before the GOP-led House killed the bipartisan combined border security and foreign aid package, threatened the […]
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A taste of the second Trump administration
Congressional approval ratings are measured monthly, and for the last quarter of 2023, have pretty much bottomed out. December polling, the most recent available, showed 85% of Americans disapprove of the job its Congress is doing. And that was before the GOP-led House killed the bipartisan combined border security and foreign aid package, threatened the […]
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A taste of the second Trump administration
Congressional approval ratings are measured monthly, and for the last quarter of 2023, have pretty much bottomed out. December polling, the most recent available, showed 85% of Americans disapprove of the job its Congress is doing. And that was before the GOP-led House killed the bipartisan combined border security and foreign aid package, threatened the […]
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“It was a celebratory, successful opening day and first weekend.”
After being closed for the past two ski seasons, Sandia Peak Ski Area invited skiers and snowboarders back to the slopes at its reopening on Feb. 10. The ski area, which has been owned by the Abruzzo family since 1958, was temporarily closed due to snowfall and staffing challenges, but its partnership with Mountain Capital […]
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“It was a celebratory, successful opening day and first weekend.”
After being closed for the past two ski seasons, Sandia Peak Ski Area invited skiers and snowboarders back to the slopes at its reopening on Feb. 10. The ski area, which has been owned by the Abruzzo family since 1958, was temporarily closed due to snowfall and staffing challenges, but its partnership with Mountain Capital […]
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“It was a celebratory, successful opening day and first weekend.”
After being closed for the past two ski seasons, Sandia Peak Ski Area invited skiers and snowboarders back to the slopes at its reopening on Feb. 10. The ski area, which has been owned by the Abruzzo family since 1958, was temporarily closed due to snowfall and staffing challenges, but its partnership with Mountain Capital […]
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East Mt. High Bowling Team Wins 6th State Title
One would not be incorrect in saying the East Mountain High School bowling team is on quite a roll. The team recently won its 13th Class 1A-3A state title beating runner-up Sandia Prep in the championship game. The Timberwolves won their sixth consecutive blue trophy over the past seven years, as there was no competition […]