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Stay informed with the latest news, insights, and in-depth analysis from the Albuquerque Journal. The Leading News delivers the stories that matter most to New Mexico, covering local events, politics, business, and culture. Join our trusted team of journalists as they bring you up-to-date reporting and expert commentary on the issues shaping our community.
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Will NM Be Reimbursed For Covering SNAP Costs, UNMH Nurses Protest Low Wages & Heavy Workloads, NM Lawmakers Launches ICE Tracking Website, and NMFOG Sues The Department Of Public Safety
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State To Cover Costs Of Looming SNAP Cuts, Judge Orders APD To Pay 7 Officers In Whistleblower Case, NM Supreme Court To Hear Trial On Gallup DA's Removal, and Dreamstyle Remodeling Suddenly Closes
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NM Prepares For SNAP Delays, Local Restaurants Band Together To Feed Children On SNAP, Unmarked Graves Found At State Behavioral Health Hospital In Las Vegas, and APS Seeks Feedback On Careers Program
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Low Voter Turnout Across ABQ & NM, Former NMSU Law Professor Sues The University, Health Insurance Open Enrollment Brings Increased Costs For 2026, and Headliners For 2026 Boots At The Park Announced
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Record Beef Prices Offer A Brief Reprieve To NM's Cattle Country, CABQ To Reimburse Broken Window Repair For Some Small Businesses, and Review Finds CYFD May Have Misspent Funds
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Journal Hosts Roundtable Discussion For ABQ Mayoral Candidates, NM Supreme Court Declines Albuquerque’s Appeal In Encampments Case, and UNM Begins Search For The Institution's Next President
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Audit Finds Concerns At Mobile Clinics At Schools Across Bernalillo County, The Farmacy Faces Backlash After Filing For Bankruptcy, and Featured NM Supreme Court To Hear Argument To Remove Gallup DA
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Federal Agency Responsible For Nuclear Weapons Furloughs Employees For First Time During Shutdown, CYFD Falling Short On Foster Homes, and APS Board Pauses Search For Contractor Ahead Of Election Day
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'No Kings' Protests In ABQ & Across The Country, APD 2023 Fatal Shooting Ruled Out Of Policy, and Lawsuit Alleges Doña Ana Jail Ran 'Violent Training Operations' On Inmates
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First Republican Candidate Announces Campaign For Governor, APS Settles With Volcano Vista Student Maimed By Sword In Chemistry Class, ABQ Rolls Out Public Art 'Road Trip' For Route 66 Centennial
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Grand Jury Indicts Teen In Fatal Shooting and Armed Robbery, PNM and NM Gas Co. Offer Payment Assistance To Customers Affected By Government Shutdown, and Doña Ana County Pursues Desalination Plant
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ABQ Students Make Gains In Reading & Math, Sunport Joins Other Airports In Blocking Noem Video On Government Shutdown, and Man Killed At Las Cruces Chili's Pursued Officer With A Hammer
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Two NM Women Partner On State's COVID-19 Memorial, Bosque Brewing Files For Bankruptcy, Pacific Fusion To Open Center In Los Lunas, and Doña Ana County Officials Move To Tighten Security
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National Guard Troops Expected In Española By Month's End, NM's Big Child Care Wager, State Lawmakers Want To See Project Jupiter's Resources Plans, and NM Officials Prepare As Screwworm Flies Closer
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Holtec Cancels Controversial Nuclear Waste Storage Project In Southeastern NM, Judge Orders Detention For Brother Of UNM Shooting Victim, McCall’s Pumpkin Patch Owner Denies ICE Connection
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NM House GOP Leader Urges U.S. Senators To Vote To Reopen The Government, Former Las Cruces Judge, Wife Indicted. Venezuelan Guest Pleads Guilty, and Paul McCartney Makes His ABQ Debut
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Gov. Has 2 Weeks To Act On Bill Allowing State To Set Vaccine Rules, DHS Clears Way To Build Border Wall In NM, APD Seeks Review Of Man’s Death, and ABQ In ICE’s $6.5M Ad Blitz
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Viral Claims About Man's Death In ABQ At Odds With Police Report, Early Voting To Begin Tuesday, As NM Voters Set To Select Local Leaders, and As ICE Raids Escalate, Las Cruces Strengthens Resolution
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Gov Signs Bills From Special Session, DOD Delays Cleanup Timelines For PFAS In NM, Proposed ABQ Ordinance Toward Traffic Safety Includes Requirement To Stop At Crosswalks, Housing Costs In ABQ
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How The Government Shutdown Is Affecting NM Officials and Vendors Prepare For The Launch Of The 2025 ABQ International Balloon Fiesta, and Journal Poll On Voters and City's Handling Of Unhoused
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Special Session Kicks Off, Governor Endorses Candidate For Taos Mayor, and Journal Poll: How Do Voters Feel About ABQ's Sanctuary City Status?
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Special Session Set To Begin At Roundhouse, New Movie Studio Breaks Ground In Las Cruces, ABQ Mayoral Candidate Suspends Campaign, and UNM and University of Arizona Receive Federal Grant From NIH
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Race For Governor Begins To Heat Up, APD Fatally Shot A Man In SW Albuquerque, Several Starbucks Stores Across NM Close, and Las Cruces Elementary School Teacher Honored As "Teacher Of The Year"
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Journal Poll Shows Keller With Lead In Mayoral Race, As Residents Leave, Immigrant Labor Remains Central To NM’s Workforce, and Fans Sellout University Stadium For UNM/NMSU Game
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Heinrich Visits Las Cruces To Discuss The Impact Of Federal Funding Cuts, Featured Contractors Warn Road Funding Shortfall Could Cost 61,000 Jobs In NM and University Stadium Bracing For Sellout
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NM Legislators To Propose Truth-Finding Commission Focused On Jeffrey Epstein's Ranch and Mayoral Candidate Charged With Inappropriately Touching Former Campaign Staffer
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NM Doctor and Autism Advocacy Group Pushes Back On Trump's Autism Claims, Doña Ana County’s Project Jupiter Joins $500 Billion Stargate AI Initiative, and Residents Weigh In On Fairgrounds Future
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NM's Methane Rules Have Cut Emissions By Half Compared To Texas, More Candidates Join 2nd Congressional District Race, and Rio Grande Gorge Bridge Closed To Pedestrians Following Teen's Suicide
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NM's Health Care Crisis Forcing Military Personnel To Decline Assignments, Two ABQ Mayoral Candidates Off The Ballot, UNM Professor Joins National AI Project, and City To Install "Smart" Bus Stops
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Bregman Outlines Election Priorities, Drug Overdose Deaths, ER Visits Rise In Taos, Santa Fe and Rio Arriba Counties, and Man Fatally Struck By Driver On I-40 While Running For NMSP Officer
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Ethics Commission: Probation Officers Illegally Helped ICE Detain Three NM Residents, California Man Jailed In Pending Trial In Conspiracy To Kill Army Veteran Near Taos, and NM WWII Veteran Honored
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UNM President Announces Retirement, Robert Redford Dies, NMFOG Sues UNM and NMSU, NM Republicans Call On Governor To Expand Special Session Agenda, and ABQ In The Running For Nuclear Fusion Site
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State To Cover Costs After Federal Funding Cuts To Planned Parenthood, Officials Reignite Calls For Safety Updates To The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, and Spaceport America Marks 20 Years Anniversary
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Pueblo Governors Head To D.C. To Advocate For Chaco Canyon Buffer Zone, APS Seizes Multiple Guns During The First Two Weeks Of School, Cannabis Grower Sues State, and Financial Literacy Courses
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NM Congresswoman Meets With Epstein Survivors, Bomb Threats Target The Santa Fe Homes Of NM Democratic Leaders, DOH Issues Standing Order On COVID Vaccines, and The NCAA Bans MBB Players For Betting
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Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Assassinated At Utah University, The Number Of Suicides In New Mexico Rose In 2024, and APS Board Candidates Tackle Issues During Public Forum
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NM's Insurance Rates Among The Nation's Steepest Hikes Next Year, Gov. Dials Back Agenda For Special Legislative Session, and New Mexico Piñon Coffee Raising Prices In Response To Tariffs
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NM First State To Launch Universal Child Care System, CYFD Secretary Suddenly Resigns, APS Police Recover A Sixth Firearm This School Year, and Bregman Secures Second Tribal Endorsement
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Business Owners React To Operation Route 66, Officials In Rio Arriba Welcome Emergency Funds, State Facing Looming Funding Crisis To Pay For Road Construction and Repairs, and BLM Buys Private Land
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Gov. Announces Special Legislative Session, Preliminary Report On Arizona Airplane Crash Released, and Mayoral Candidate Darren White Alleges Keller Used The State of the City As A Campaign Rally
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UNM Reopens Duck Pond, ABQ City Council Candidates Attend Forum, Lawsuits Challenge Ballot Qualifications For Two ABQ City Council Candidates, and Gov Defends Pay Raises For Staffers
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Preview Of The Upcoming APS School Board Election, Criminal Charge Against Jon Jones Dismissed, NM Partners With DARPA On Quantum Program, and State Police Officer Saves Mother, Child, and Dog
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Over 6,000 People Attend Labor Day Demonstration In Downtown Albuquerque, State Officials Tout State's Quantum Business Potential, and Roswell Courthouse Listed Among "Ugliest Public Building In U.S"
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ABQ City Council Candidate Alleges Bribery, Extortion In Ethics Complain, Santa Fe Mayor Plans To Raise Minimum Wage, Former AFR Firefighter Sues The City, and Small Business Resource Fair In ABQ
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APS Turns Over Seized Firearms After Journal Inquiry, BCSO Sheriff Bemoans Crime Among Unhoused Population, ABQ City Council Candidates Hold First Debate, NM Lawmakers Discuss ICE Detention Facilities
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APS Superintendent Delivers State Of The District Address, Cannabis Association of NM Forms, Desert Club of ABQ Reaches Fundraising Goal, and Zozobra Gets A Steampunk Theme
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Trump's New Executive Orders Could Affect NM, Taos County Women Missing For Two Months, NM GOP Lawmakers Visit Immigration Detention Facility, and NMSU Pays $1 Million To Settle 2022 Alleged Rape Case
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Mayor Keller Delivers State Of The City Address, CNM To Open To Career Training Facilities, Albuquerque To Install More Speed Cameras, and Lovington Autism Education Center Gains National Attention
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Report On The Effects Of New Mexico's Free School Meal Initiative, Transportation Secretary Criticizes NM, Autopsy Report For Teen Killed At University of New Mexico, and Texas Man Dumps Chemicals
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DHS Secretary Noem Visits NM Border Wall and Ruidoso, Several APS HS Students Bring Guns To School, Appeals Court Strikes Down NM's Gun Purchase Waiting Period, and Balloon Fiesta Announces New Event
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APS Board Set To Approve New Contract With Teachers Union, PED Listening Tour Stops In Albuquerque, APD Shoots Woman On Tuesday Morning, and Keller With Fundraising Lead Going Into Election
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AG Files Petition To Remove Gallup DA From Office, Virginia Veteran Killed By Fellow Veterans Near Taos, NWS Issues More Flood Warnings, and Indian Pueblo Entrepreneur Complex Receives $200K Grant
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State Secures Settlement From Santa Fe Spa, Gathering Of Nations Ending, NM U.S Attorney's Term Extended, Data Centers Coming To New Mexico, and The Future Of Taos Youth Hockey In Question
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Judge Orders Alleged Killer Of Uber Driver To Remain In Custody Ahead Of Trail, EPA Approves More Nuclear Waste Storage At NM Waste Site, and UNMH To Conduct Active Shooting Training At New Care Tower
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Gov. Issues Executive Order Targeting Crime In Española, Solomon Peña Sentenced 80-Years In Prison, Kirtland AFB's Economic Impact On ABQ, and New Business Development Near Cliff's Amusement Park
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NM Congressional Representative Working To Protect Social Security, Las Cruces Elementary School Reopens, and Medical Malpractice Lobbying Group Discloses Contributions
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Construction On New Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Underway, Native Communities Voice Options On Yazzie/Martinez Progress, APD Provides Details On Taylor Ranch Office-Involved Shooting, and BioPark Expansion
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Charlie Kirk Visits Albuquerque, Prosecutors Push For 90-Year Sentence For Solomon Peña, Tribal Endorsements In The Governor's Race, and New Mexicans Facing A Possible Higher Risk Of Valley Fever
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Albuquerque Could Lose Millions In Federal Funding Due To Sanctuary City Status, APS Welcomes Students Back To The Classroom, Nob Hill Italian Restaurant Closes, and State Experiencing Heat Wave
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CYFD Faces Lawsuit, Power Restored In Gallup After Fire, ABQ Medical Community Mourns The Lives Lost In Airplane Crash, and Santa Fe City Councilor Sues SFPS and Former Superintendent
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