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Last summer, amateur astronomer Carl Kirby had five reasons to stay up all night looking for planets orbiting stars besides the Sun. With the expansion of a deep-space viewing telescope network that began in New Mexico, the Mora resident has three more. A collection of five telescopes in the southern part of the state has … Read more

When David Padilla went to meet 17 other local business people brought to an office in northeast Albuquerque by Ria Botzler, one of the first questions he had was about the rubber-ducky necklaces. “We don’t have to wear these, right?” he asked Ralynn Botzler, Ria’s sister and volunteer coordinator of the event Ria describes as … Read more

New homes could use thousands of gallons less of water every year if a draft water-conservation ordinance going before the Bernalillo County Commission on Tuesday is adopted. The plan calls for energy-efficient appliances, rain-capturing and wastewater-reuse systems in new construction to reduce the water consumption in unincorporated areas of Bernalillo County – areas estimated to … Read more

The battle to control a portion of Albuquerque’s water supply took a step forward with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority’s request for $50 million in bonds. The money, if approved, could be used to buy New Mexico Utilities Inc., a water and sewage company serving roughly 41,000 people in northwestern Albuquerque and northern … Read more

After 22 years, Pablo Martinez expected job opportunities at Kirtland Air Force Base to get better for Hispanics. But they’ve gotten worse, he says, and the New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens wants the U.S. Department of Defense and the Air Force to answer why. “We’re not asking for special, preferential treatment,” said … Read more

Maddie Martinez misses hearing “goodbye.” Twenty years ago the two-syllable courtesy regularly ended the thousands of conversations she had as a customer service representative with Public Service Company of New Mexico. But in today’s world of cell phones, e-mails, instant messages and text messages, it’s “see you later” or a quick “thank you” that mark … Read more

In her search for souls, Laura Naughton starts with stories. It’s there, inside her clients’ anecdotes and memories, that the Albuquerque consultant discovers the patterns, the snapshots of meaning to be translated with her guidance into an idea to transform lives. She calls it a lifemark. “Your lifemark is exactly what you were born for,” … Read more

It wasn’t until Renzo Giromini got to the part about his dog being deliberately hit by a truck that the crowd, gathered to hear his story in a cramped elementary school teachers lounge, gasped. They twisted in their seats and shook their heads in disbelief at such an event happening in their Southeast Heights neighborhood … Read more

There aren’t many singers whose musical touch can make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, but when Woody Cotton thinks of that elite group, he knows his sister belongs. “She touched people with her singing,” he said. “She touched a lot of people.” Linda Cotton, whose voice was legend in New … Read more

Around 10:20 a.m. on a Friday, Lester Berman received a cell-phone call informing him of what he calmly predicted would be a $10,000 problem. An actress on the “Wildfire” TV series, for which he is production manager, was stuck in I-25 traffic. The car snarl had already pushed the shoot back 20 minutes. The minutes, … Read more