ExxonMobil will be the first title sponsor for next year’s Balloon Fiesta since Kodak in 2001. 

Makes sense, since oil slicks have the same rainbow of colors as a sky filled with balloons. 

City Councilors Brook Bassan and Renée Grout said they want to hold off on lowering the city’s tipped minimum wage until they can find a “fair and equitable” solution for both restaurant owners and employees. 

Finally someone is thinking of those poor business owners instead of those money hungry servers.

“A Future Worth Fighting For” was the theme of Mayor Tim Keller’s State of the City address. 

If Downtown on a Saturday night is any indication, there’s no shortage of things worth fighting for. 

Albuquerque Police want to expand the number of gunshot detectors, license plate readers and speed cameras around the city.

All eyes are on, well….us.

The Santa Fe Reporter, an alt-weekly newspaper in The City Different, now shares an owner with The Paper. 

Just in case anyone’s ever wondered what a free newspaper version of Voltron would look like. 

Donald Trump shared artificial intelligence generated content on social media implying Taylor Swift and her “Swifties” are supporters of the former president.

We’re not too sure what her song “Blank Space” is about, but the title seems apropos here.

MTV is moving its Video Music Awards by a day to avoid conflicting with the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Do they really think there’s an audience overlap here?

The 2024 Pokémon World Championships is apparently a thing and just wrapped up last week.

Luckily it did not conflict with a presidential debate.

Organizers of the Burning of Zozobra this year are requesting the last four digits of Social Security numbers of journalists covering the event.

We’ll just add public relations folks to the list of things that have us anxious and stressed this year.

It’s tarantula mating season, which means parts of New Mexico could see the hairy spiders walking out in the open.

Nope, this is what’s actually giving us anxiety and stress.

This story is a staff report from The Paper.