Category: City Desk ABQ

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 […]

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 […]

Bernalillo County is planning multiple sustainability projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address climate pollution and improve traffic safety and walking and biking trails.  Two of these projects will be focused in the East Mountains and the South Valley in Albuquerque and will include a pedestrian and bicycle safety action plan, stormwater infrastructure and energy […]

Bernalillo County is planning multiple sustainability projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address climate pollution and improve traffic safety and walking and biking trails.  Two of these projects will be focused in the East Mountains and the South Valley in Albuquerque and will include a pedestrian and bicycle safety action plan, stormwater infrastructure and energy […]

The majority of the more than 2,000 New Mexico children in foster care started their journey with very few belongings and almost no understanding of the new people and place that suddenly was being called home. Many enter the foster care system with their belongings in a trash bag. They are often scared and confused […]

In just seven short years, Ndidiamaka Okpareke has gone from having $80 in her account when she started Olive Tree Compounding Pharmacy in Rio Rancho to opening her own, 6,000-square-foot building. The new site on Wellspring Avenue near Unser Boulevard is set to open at the end of March, Okpareke said, just down the street […]

One of the most important bills this legislative session has tiptoed through the House with scant publicity and no controversy.  House Bill 232, to create the Infrastructure Planning and Development Division within the Department of Finance and Administration, sounds a dry and bureaucratic, but it could transform the state’s dysfunctional capital outlay system.  Communities need […]