By Kevin Hendricks An East Mountain High School teacher is a finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, one of the country’s highest honors in education. Jennifer Webb, a math teacher at EMHS, is one of four New Mexico educators in the running for the prestigious award. Webb, who teaches […]
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Bernalillo County helps East Mountains residents clean up with free disposal events
Staff report Bernalillo County is offering free dumping weekends and spring green waste days at the East Mountain Transfer Station for county residents living outside Albuquerque city limits. Free Dumping Weekends are set for May 17-18 and June 21-22, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Residents can dispose of eligible waste free of charge. Following […]
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Congress approves agreement to implement Trump’s legislative agenda
By Marianna Sotomayor, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Republicans in Congress approved an agreement Thursday to begin implementing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda on taxes and immigration – a deal that could add trillions of dollars to the national debt. The House in a 216 to 214 vote adopted a budget that allows Congress’s GOP majorities […]
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Latino Democrats launch super PAC to tackle party’s problem with key group
By Sabrina Rodriguez · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A pair of influential Latino Democrats are teaming up to launch a new super PAC to mobilize Latino voters in support of Democratic candidates after the party suffered major slippage with the key voting bloc in recent election cycles. Former congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-California) and Chuck Rocha, a longtime […]
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Congress approves agreement to implement Trump’s legislative agenda
By Marianna Sotomayor, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Republicans in Congress approved an agreement Thursday to begin implementing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda on taxes and immigration – a deal that could add trillions of dollars to the national debt. The House in a 216 to 214 vote adopted a budget that allows Congress’s GOP majorities […]
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Congress approves agreement to implement Trump’s legislative agenda
By Marianna Sotomayor, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Republicans in Congress approved an agreement Thursday to begin implementing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda on taxes and immigration – a deal that could add trillions of dollars to the national debt. The House in a 216 to 214 vote adopted a budget that allows Congress’s GOP majorities […]
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Latino Democrats launch super PAC to tackle party’s problem with key group
By Sabrina Rodriguez · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A pair of influential Latino Democrats are teaming up to launch a new super PAC to mobilize Latino voters in support of Democratic candidates after the party suffered major slippage with the key voting bloc in recent election cycles. Former congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-California) and Chuck Rocha, a longtime […]
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Latino Democrats launch super PAC to tackle party’s problem with key group
By Sabrina Rodriguez · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A pair of influential Latino Democrats are teaming up to launch a new super PAC to mobilize Latino voters in support of Democratic candidates after the party suffered major slippage with the key voting bloc in recent election cycles. Former congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-California) and Chuck Rocha, a longtime […]
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Annual Pow Wow returns to Rio Rancho to honor Native American heritage
Rio Rancho Public Schools will host its 17th annual Pow Wow at Rio Rancho High School gym on April 12, from noon to 6 p.m. The district invites the community to join as they celebrate Native American culture and heritage, allowing younger generations to connect and widen their knowledge of these gatherings as well as […]
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East Mountains flashback: Carnuel’s Cerro Huerfano
By Rick Holben, East Mountain Historical Society Cerro Huerfano, or “Orphan Hill,” located near what is now Tramway Boulevard and Copper NE in Albuquerque, is a small rocky outcropping that was designated one of the western boundary markers of the Cañon de Carnué Land Grant in 1819. That year, Governor Facundo Melgares – who served […]