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Posted inPolitics & Elections

What Alex Uballez discovered about Albuquerque politics (and himself) running for mayor

by Jesse Jones December 22nd, 2025

“To move to a world in which so much operates off of power, off of money, off of favors and relationships that circle around power — to see it up close is different…” Six weeks after finishing third in Albuquerque’s crowded mayoral race, Alex Uballez sat down with City Desk on the patio outside Ex […]

Posted inHealthcare, New Mexico

Flu hospitalizations eclipse COVID as flu season hits New Mexico

by NM Political Report December 22nd, 2025
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Posted inColumnists, New Mexico

Seeking storytellers

by Kevin Hendricks December 22nd, 2025December 22nd, 2025
Santa Ana Pueblo Governor Myron Armijo, left, and Interim Lieutenant Governor Joe Montoya break ground on multimillion-dollar intersection project on NM 313 and Dove Rd. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inPueblos

Santa Ana Pueblo, NMDOT break ground on I-313/Dove Road project

by Rodd Cayton December 22nd, 2025December 22nd, 2025
Thirty-two rural health care organizations across New Mexico will receive $20 million in state funding to expand primary care services in underserved communities, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday.
Posted inHealthcare, Sandoval County

Tribal Health Center Serving Sandoval County Among Rural Care Grant Recipients

by Kevin Hendricks December 22nd, 2025December 22nd, 2025
Wild Hearts Gallery presented a donation of $1,282 to Humberto Macias, District Battalion Chief, and members of the Placitas Volunteer Fire Brigade on December 18. This donation was the result of a Boot Drive in honor of former gallery member David Johnson that raised $414, plus $868 which was 15% of the gallery’s holiday sales.
Posted inGeneral Interest, Placitas

Placitas Holiday Market raises over $18,000 for local nonprofits

by Kevin Hendricks December 22nd, 2025
In the East Mountains, four new dispensaries have popped up, while two have disappeared
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov

New Mexico cannabis industry cheers Trump’s rescheduling order

by NM Political Report December 19th, 2025December 19th, 2025
Thirty-two rural health care organizations across New Mexico will receive $20 million in state funding to expand primary care services in underserved communities, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday.
Posted inNM State Gov.

Governor awards $20 million to expand rural primary care across New Mexico

by NM Political Report December 19th, 2025December 19th, 2025
Sandoval County Animal Services will host its Holiday Adoption Extravaganza on Saturday, Dec. 20, offering families the chance to adopt dogs in time for the holidays.
Posted inEvents, Sandoval County

Sandoval County Animal Services to host holiday adoption event

by Kevin Hendricks December 19th, 2025December 19th, 2025
A federal jury has convicted a man who evaded capture for seven years after kidnapping and carjacking his former employer in a violent 2018 attack in Placitas.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Placitas

Federal jury convicts man in 2018 kidnapping after seven years as fugitive

by Kevin Hendricks December 19th, 2025December 19th, 2025
Corrales Village Hall
Posted inCorrales

Corrales council to consider reducing lot coverage limits

by Corrales Comment Staff December 19th, 2025December 19th, 2025
Fred Hashimoto was elected as the new mayor of Corrales on Nov. 4. (Rodd Cayton)
Posted inLocal Gov.

Corrales to welcome new mayor at ceremony

by Kevin Hendricks December 19th, 2025December 19th, 2025
Corrales Mayor James Fahey. (Roberto E. Rosales)
Posted inCorrales

Corrales council refuses to delay Fahey’s final appointments

by Rodd Cayton, City Desk ABQ December 19th, 2025December 19th, 2025
Posted inPolitics & Elections

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

by Jesse Jones December 18th, 2025December 22nd, 2025
The Town of Bernalillo unveiled its first Baby Box on Dec. 17. (Rodd Cayton)
Posted inBernalillo

Bernalillo Baby Box a new option for dropping off infants

by Rodd Cayton December 18th, 2025December 19th, 2025
Posted inAlbuquerque

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

by City Desk ABQ December 18th, 2025December 18th, 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.
Posted inEnvironment & Climate, New Mexico Statewide News

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

by NM Political Report December 18th, 2025December 18th, 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.
Posted inEnvironment & Conservation, Sandoval County

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

by Kevin Hendricks December 18th, 2025December 18th, 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.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Sandoval County

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

by Kevin Hendricks December 18th, 2025December 18th, 2025
The Board of Education unanimously approved Dr. Robert W. Dodd as the district's next superintendent during a meeting Wednesday. (RRPS)
Posted inEducation, Rio Rancho

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

by Kevin Hendricks December 18th, 2025December 18th, 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)
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Torrance County

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

by Kevin Hendricks December 17th, 2025December 17th, 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
Posted inGeneral Interest, New Mexico

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

by NM Political Report December 17th, 2025December 17th, 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)
Posted inAlbuquerque

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

by Kevin Hendricks December 17th, 2025
Rio Rancho City Hall. (City of Rio Rancho)
Posted inLocal Gov., Rio Rancho

Rio Rancho council to receive Project Ranger update as controversy continues

by Kevin Hendricks December 17th, 2025December 17th, 2025
Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a former Sandoval County Sheriff's Office detective was sentenced Friday to six years in prison after pleading no contest to charges related to child sexual exploitation material. (NMDOJ)
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Sandoval County

Habitual shoplifter gets 8-year prison sentence for thefts spanning three counties 

by Kevin Hendricks December 17th, 2025December 17th, 2025
From left: Dr. Robert Dodd, director at Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools, Dr. Heather Sanchez, chief operating officer for the Bellevue (Washington) School District, and Todd Resch, the current RRPS athletics director, are the three finalists to be the next superintendent of RRPS. (RRPS)
Posted inEducation, Rio Rancho

Rio Rancho school superintendent candidates meet the community, discuss their ideas

by Kevin Hendricks December 17th, 2025December 17th, 2025
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Crime down, trust low: Medina exits APD after rocky 5 years

by Jesse Jones December 17th, 2025December 17th, 2025
Posted inLocal Gov.

Council forces budget transparency after year-long fight with Keller administration

by Jesse Jones December 17th, 2025December 17th, 2025
Rep. Alan Martinez looks on during the Gov.'s State of the State speech Jan. 21 in Santa Fe. (Jesse Jones)
Posted inGeneral Interest, Rio Rancho

New Mexico lawmaker demands release of delayed highway safety study

by Kevin Hendricks December 16th, 2025
Baby box
Posted inBernalillo, Courts, Justice & Safety

Bernalillo Fire Department to dedicate baby box

by Kevin Hendricks December 16th, 2025December 16th, 2025
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

National Guard quietly “winding down” APD aid this week

by Jesse Jones December 16th, 2025
There’s a blank canvas in Placitas (figuratively speaking), and the community is encouraged to help decide how that eight-acre space will be colored in.
Posted inGeneral Interest, Placitas

PREP opening 2026 schedule with insurance presentation

by Kevin Hendricks and Rodd Cayton December 15th, 2025December 15th, 2025
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Posted inColumnists, New Mexico

A state on the brink

by Kevin Hendricks December 15th, 2025December 15th, 2025
NMDA
Posted inLocal Gov.

Corrales council to consider farmland preservation priorities

by Rodd Cayton, City Desk ABQ December 15th, 2025December 15th, 2025
There’s a blank canvas in Placitas (figuratively speaking), and the community is encouraged to help decide how that eight-acre space will be colored in.
Posted inLocal Gov., Placitas

Placitas land grant group takes early stand against development plan

by Rodd Cayton December 15th, 2025December 12th, 2025
Posted inNew Mexico

Vasquez warns funding crisis endangers Bosque del Apache’s vital role in local economy

by Kevin Hendricks December 12th, 2025December 12th, 2025
Salce Park
Posted inCorrales

Building the perfect park? Corrales Council will see survey results regarding gifted land

by Rodd Cayton, City Desk ABQ December 12th, 2025December 8th, 2025
Cheryl Waddy in front of her Music Mobile. (Kathy Baruffi)
Posted inCommunity Content

The Music Mobile’s mission: Cheryl Waddy and her ukulele group bring joy and song to Corrales

by Guest commentary December 12th, 2025December 8th, 2025
The Rio Rancho Police Department will replace its current mobile speed enforcement cameras with updated equipment on Dec. 13.
Posted inGeneral Interest, Rio Rancho

New spots, new tech: Here are the 10 locations for Rio Rancho’s next-gen traffic cameras

by Kevin Hendricks December 12th, 2025December 11th, 2025
Posted inAlbuquerque

Medina’s retirement plans spark social media fight, speculation on who would be ABQ’s next top cop

by Jesse Jones December 12th, 2025
Posted inPolitics & Elections

Garcia ends District 3 challenge, vows to continue Southwest Mesa fight

by Jesse Jones December 12th, 2025
Sandoval County Animal Care Services will host a holiday dog adoption event Saturday, Dec. 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bernalillo Community Museum as part of the worldwide Blue Buffalo Home 4 the Holidays campaign.
Posted inGeneral Interest, Sandoval County

Sandoval County Animal Services to host holiday dog adoption event

by Kevin Hendricks December 11th, 2025December 11th, 2025
Sandoval County Commission
Posted inSandoval County

Sandoval County Commission approves new department

by Rodd Cayton December 11th, 2025December 11th, 2025
The Sandoval County Historical Society & Museum will host a free holiday open house and potluck on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m. to celebrate the community and showcase its newly refurbished meeting room.
Posted inEvents, Sandoval County

Sandoval County Historical Society hosting free holiday potluck, open house

by Kevin Hendricks December 11th, 2025December 11th, 2025
The Placitas Community Library is showcasing works by the Mixed Media Textile Artists of New Mexico in its year-end exhibition "All Mixed Up," running through Jan. 1 in the Gracie Lee Community Room.
Posted inArts & Culture, Placitas

New Mexico textile artists’ diverse works on display at Placitas Community Library

by Kevin Hendricks December 11th, 2025December 11th, 2025
Posted inPolitics & Elections

Garcia to seek recount after Peña prevails by 68 votes in Westside council race

by City Desk ABQ December 11th, 2025
From left: Dr. Robert Dodd, director at Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools, Dr. Heather Sanchez, chief operating officer for the Bellevue (Washington) School District, and Todd Resch, the current RRPS athletics director, are the three finalists to be the next superintendent of RRPS. (RRPS)
Posted inEducation, Rio Rancho

Candidates to helm Rio Rancho schools will appear at public event

by Kevin Hendricks December 10th, 2025December 10th, 2025
Posted inPolitics & Elections

The day after: White expresses no regrets, knows what’s to blame

by Kevin Hendricks December 10th, 2025
Andrew Kreitz, co-founder and chief financial officer of Castelion, met with residents in Rio Rancho Dec. 9 who voiced concerns about the company's rocket facility being built just outside the city. (Kevin Hendricks)
Posted inLocal Gov., Sandoval County

Castelion executives address resident concerns over missile plant

by Kevin Hendricks December 10th, 2025December 10th, 2025
Posted inPolitics & Elections

Keller makes ABQ history: First mayor to win three consecutive terms

by Jesse Jones December 9th, 2025December 10th, 2025

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