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City councilors on Monday will consider a bill that top city officials say could help transform the Duke City “beyond belief.” If passed, the bill would help secure money for building and operating a $260 million to $270 million modern streetcar in Albuquerque by tweaking a transportation infrastructure tax voters approved in 1999. “I think … Read more

The running joke in Las Placitas is that windshields last less than a year, but a new turn in the story behind those cracks has people in the community far from laughing. “We’re really saying that gravel mining and residential neighborhoods are highly incompatible,” says Judith Hendry, vice president of Las Placitas Association. “Another mine … Read more

During Jennifer Amos’ last three months working as a sales clerk in a Winrock Center store, customer after customer had nothing but questions about the new outdoor shopping center going up nearby. When will ABQ Uptown be done? What stores will be there? What is the “live-work-play, unique urban community” going to be like? Today, … Read more

Dentist Albert Brettner with the University of New Mexico has cared for developmentally disabled people for years, and one thing he knows is that finding them health care is a challenge that barely reaches the top of anyone’s priority list. “It’s under the radar most of the time, because it’s a small amount of people,” … Read more

The former chief fund-raiser for James Lewis’ campaign to become state treasurer has accused the Democratic candidate of filing false campaign contribution reports. Lewis denies the accusation, but the Secretary of State’s Office is investigating. After Rosetta Stewart quit her job as the chairwoman of the James Lewis for Treasurer Campaign Finance and Fundraising Committee … Read more

Whether you’re with the “long-ear planning group” or the “animal-that-ropes-with-his-nose planning group,” this year’s election will prove to be a little more aurally interesting than in the past. For the first time, spoken Navajo translations of the ballot will be available on voting machines that allow voters to select their choices on a screen. Sounds … Read more

David Bacon has two words to describe his campaign for the District 4 seat on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission: up and down. “I’m going to work to keep your rates down and your service up,” said the 57-year-old Green Party candidate and one-time gubernatorial candidate. “Everyone gets that.” In a race that could … Read more

People used to tell M.T. Hyatt that her husband’s voice was something you could fall in love with. Her response to the statement about John Hyatt – Johnny to his friends – was simple: “I’d say, ‘I did.’ ” That deep voice is one of the many things she will remember about the Albuquerque resident, … Read more

An Albuquerque man and U.S. Marine who was killed in Iraq has been nominated for the Medal of Honor, the U.S. Military’s highest honor for bravery on the battlefield. Chris Adlesperger was nominated after killing at least 11 enemy soldiers while recovering the body of a friend and fellow soldier, said his stepgrandmother, Lynda Adlesperger, … Read more

Even with Fourth Street construction hurting Roger Erker’s Los Ranchos de Albuquerque business, the JB’s Restaurant owner sees the necessity of the sandbags, the traffic barriers, the torn-up asphalt and the lines of cars jammed into a milelong stretch of half a road. “Something needed to get done,” he says. “It’s like a grape on … Read more