News Feature
Wolf vs. State
Guv-appointed commission yanks New Mexico’s support for wolf reintroduction
The state’s Game Commission voted unanimously to withdraw from the reintroduction effort. Gov. Susana Martinez appointed four new members to the six-member board in March. Bill Montoya is one of those new members. “It was costing us a lot of money,” says Montoya, who worked for the Game and Fish Department for 28 years. “We didn’t think we were going in the right direction.”
- Don’t Fence Me In by Clarke Condé (11/14/2019)
- A New Mexico Green Amendment by August March (2/13/2020)
- Food for Thought: It’s Time To Let Go of Bags by Dan Pennington (1/16/2020)
- White Sands Forever by August March (1/2/2020)
- Oh Say Can You See Bandelier? by August March (11/28/2019)
- Let’s Get Polluted: Methane Emissions are Concerning by August March (5/30/2019)
Toby Smith
Sports
Range War
A golf course is a peaceful place—unless you’re a picker
Alibi sports writer Toby Smith rides shotgun inside a green cage that scoops up driving-range balls at the Championship Golf Course known to many as UNM South. The cage’s driver, Jim Dunn, is a picker. Thub! “That one got the wheel,” Dunn says. “No real damage. Just wait.”
Ortiz y Pino
Debating a Bogeyman
I got an inquiry from Paul Gessing of conservative nonprofit the Rio Grande Foundation. He wanted to know: Would I be willing to go head-to-head against global warming skeptic Pat Michaels about manmade climate change on KKOB? I was intrigued.
News Bite
Police on Police
Law enforcement think tank weighs in on APD’s shootings
A 91-page report spurred by the Albuquerque Police Department's spate of shootings was released on Friday, June 24. Among the findings: Violent crime and assaults on officers decreased over the last few years, but the number officer-involved shootings went up. The report also shows that the same officers are repeatedly involved in violent incidents, with 22 percent having a hand in 60 percent of such encounters.
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor? by Dan Pennington (8/20/2020)
- Police Union Contract Extended Due to COVID-19 by Robin Babb (7/2/2020)
- On Assignment: Peace Center Meeting Highlights Dissent by August March (1/30/2020)
- Commentary: News Lab 2020 by August March (1/2/2020)
- A Deafening Silence by August March (6/13/2019)
- City residents look toward solutions by August March (2/14/2019)
Odds & Ends
Funny because it happens to someone else.
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (9/3/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (8/27/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (8/20/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (8/13/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (8/6/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (7/30/2020)
