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Politics & Elections

Who showed up to vote in ABQ? Data shows City’s runoff election defied voter fatigue

by Jesse Jones 1 week agoDecember 22, 2025

The Town of Bernalillo unveiled its first Baby Box on Dec. 17. (Rodd Cayton)

Bernalillo Baby Box a new option for dropping off infants

by Rodd Cayton 1 week agoDecember 19, 2025

State approves $67 million bond for fairgrounds. What comes next?

by City Desk ABQ 1 week agoDecember 18, 2025

New Mexico officials announced Thursday the state will invest $25.9 million in seven projects designed to turn salty underground water into usable supplies, marking the first major funding under a new program aimed at stretching the state's limited freshwater resources.

Environment & Climate, New Mexico Statewide News

New Mexico awards $26M in grants for brackish water treatment projects

by NM Political Report 1 week agoDecember 18, 2025

The Village of Cuba will receive $11.7 million to design what officials are calling a first-of-its-kind zero-waste desalination facility that could produce more than half a million gallons of potable water daily, state officials announced Thursday.

Sandoval County

Cuba to receive $11.7M for zero-waste water desalination facility

by Kevin Hendricks 1 week agoDecember 18, 2025

The Rio Rancho City Council closed out a marathon meeting Wednesday night by voting to contribute $1 million toward a road extension project linked to a planned hypersonic missile manufacturing facility outside city limits, but only after adding safeguards requiring formal agreements on emergency response and road construction before releasing funds.

Letters to the Editor

Op-ed: Sandoval County’s ‘blank check’ zoning is a betrayal of public trust

by Kevin Hendricks 1 week agoDecember 18, 2025

The Board of Education unanimously approved Dr. Robert W. Dodd as the district's next superintendent during a meeting Wednesday. (RRPS)

Rio Rancho Public Schools names first new superintendent in over three decades

by Kevin Hendricks 1 week agoDecember 18, 2025

A federal judge in Albuquerque on Dec. 15, 2025 ordered ICE to immediately release Hamid Ziaei, an Iranian man held for the last six months at the Torrance County Detention Facility. (Courtesy Innovation Law Lab)

Courts, Justice & Safety, Torrance County

Federal judge orders Iranian bodybuilder’s release from New Mexico jail

by Kevin Hendricks 1 week agoDecember 17, 2025

Relatives of Darian Nevayaktewa, who went missing from the Hopi reservation in 2008, hold posters for him outside the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on May 5, 2025. Credit: Bella Davis/New Mexico In Depth

General Interest, New Mexico

A new alert for missing Native people has been issued just six times since July implementation

by NM Political Report 1 week agoDecember 17, 2025

A tiger cub named Duke was transferred to the ABQ BioPark and later to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado, after being found concealed inside a trailer during a shooting investigation. (Wild Animal Sanctuary)

Albuquerque’s Tiger King? Drug trafficker sentenced for wildlife smuggling

by Kevin Hendricks 1 week ago