Burque’s Maxed-Out Recycling Plant The City Considers Three Options For Expanding Albuquerque’s Recycling Program About 5 percent of the trash the city picks up gets recycled.Mayor Martin Chavez and the City Council would like to see that [...] Simon McCormack \ Dec 04, 2008 Read More Trucks like these could soon take recyclables to a larger sorting facility. The city’s processing plant is at capacity. (Courtesy of the Solid Waste Management Department)
Worker Files: Emergency Night Vets From Last Goodbyes To Tail-Wagging Reunions Dr. Carlton Huitt tries to move out of the way when the Akita lunges into consciousness. He steps back as one of the [...] Jes Abeita \ Dec 04, 2008 Read More Vet Tech Teryn Jensen Parker inserts a syringe into Mishka’s leg. Dean Rehnberg, also a technician, holds a bowl as Dr. Carlton Huitt drains the dog’s lungs of fluid. Vet Tech Peggy Carr holds the dog still. (Jes Abeita)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends Dateline: Japan— Puzzled zookeepers at the Kushiro Municipal Zoo in Hokkaido have finally figured out why a pair of polar bears intended for [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 04, 2008 Read More
Council Watch: The Arena, Monopines, Recycling Is the city looking to hire private contractors to handle some of its recycling? Councilor Michael Cadigan wants to know. He started the [...] Marisa Demarco \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More (Rex Barron)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends Dateline: Russia— Officials from the Russian Orthodox Church told BBC News that a 200-year-old church was recently stolen. The Church of the Resurrection [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More
Change Is In The Air Do Proposed Air Quality Regulations Go Far Enough? Before a company starts sending pollutants into the air in your neighborhood, you should know about it.That’s the idea behind the Albuquerque Air [...] Simon McCormack \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More
Spacemen Local Sci-Fi Novelist Chats Up A Real-Life Space Station Commander Walter Jon Williams found a unusual e-mail in his inbox in August. It was from NASA. Col. Mike Fincke would be lifting off [...] Marisa Demarco \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More Walter Jon Williams gets ready to talk to Col. Mike Fincke, commander of the International Space Station. (Courtesey of Walter Jon Williams)
Letters Clothes For The Holidays [Re: Newscity, “Crossroads for Women,” Nov. 20-26] I was very glad to see Adam Fox’s coverage of Crossroads for Women and the recently [...] Alibi \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More
Answer Me This Rumor has it the guv will take over which post in Washington? New Mexico may become home to what kind of controversial facility? [...] Simon McCormack \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More
World: Talking Shop On Reporting From Africa Journalist Talks Shop About Reporting On Africa For six years, Amy Costello covered conflict zones in Africa, genocide in Darfur, child labor in Ivory Coast, AIDS orphans in South Africa. [...] Marisa Demarco \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More (Courtesey of Amy Costello)