The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to allow hot air balloons to fly over the Albuquerque metro without a costly GPS device required on other aircraft. In September 2021, the FAA began enforcing a 2020 rule that requires all aircraft flying over Albuquerque to have onboard tracking technology installed in the on-board flight computer, something…
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Nestled on a plot of land where Interstate 25 and Interstate 40 meet in Albuquerque’s Martineztown-Santa Barbara neighborhood, Albuquerque High School serves the educational needs of some 1,700 students each academic year. But turn back the pages of its history a bit and you’ll come to the school’s founding figure who, at first glance, seems…
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Restoration of the Rawlins Building — a National Register of Historic Places structure — is almost done, and it will soon function much like it did in the late 19th century, with commercial space on the main level and apartments for rent upstairs. In fact, owners Tom and Tina Clayton expect to start renting rooms…
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Rising Covid-19 numbers in New Mexico and across the country have resulted in the cancellation of some major events, but the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is still scheduled to launch some 588 hot air balloons from Albuquerque this October. The 49th annual event was postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic, but Fiesta organizers are…
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