ICYMI: Man who alerted FBI about DWI unit speaks out

Published June 20th, 2024 at 3:32 pm

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Man Who Alerted FBI to Possible Corruption in APD’s DWI Unit Speaks Out

‘It was kind of reminding me of the show Better Call Saul’

By City Desk ABQ

By Elise Kaplan, City Desk ABQ In the early morning hours of April 22, 2022, Jaden Brown was driving home from Bar Uno in Downtown Albuquerque — 100 mph on Interstate 25 — when he was pulled over. The Albuquerque police officer, Joshua Montaño, gave the 21-year-old University of New Mexico student a field sobriety […]

Black Sabbath

12 Hours with Dr. Opal Lee, The Grandmother of Juneteenth

By Hakim Bellamy

I promise it was no hyperbole when I said to Dr. Opal Lee, in the presence of her granddaughter Dione Sims: “I hope it doesn’t make you blush when we rightfully call you a living, breathing national treasure.” Roughly 12 hours later, I would be on stage with Sims and Lee in front of a […]

Weak in Review: June 19

Quick hits on this week’s news bits

By The Paper staff

The City of Albuquerque will be running sprinklers at a handful of parks when temps go above 100 degrees as part of “Operation Cooldown.” What’s the over / under on people getting down to their skivvies and ruining this for everyone? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came […]

Arts & Culture

37th Year of Flamenco Festival Features 126 Artists and 23 Shows

By The Paper staff

Marisol Encinias has been performing flamenco her whole life. “I’m 53 now, and I began dancing with my grandmother when I was 5,” […]

Cloud Eagle has Landed

New Mexico Indigenous singing group is now streaming worldwide

By Michael Hodock, The Paper.

A music and dance group from the Pueblo of Jemez has partnered with a Los Angeles-based music company in an effort to bring Indigenous music to a worldwide audience. The artistic endeavors of the music group Cloud Eagle is now available through ALIBI Music, a company that […]

Dusty’s Ready to Slay Quezada’s

Rising comedy star brings some Southern-charm to New Mexico

By Michael Hodock, The Paper.

Dusty Slay may be popular with blue-collar audiences because of his Southern drawl, his relatively clean comedy act or his every-day-guy appearance — long hair, trucker hat, big beard, even bigger glasses — but he doesn’t just play the part. He grew up in an Alabama trailer […]

Trail Mix: Adventure to Cabezon Peak

Ghost towns and open wilderness near greater Mount Taylor

Trail Mix is a monthly column featuring off-the-beaten-path adventures in New Mexico. By Justin Schatz, […]

‘Learning About Lube’

Ask a Sex Educator: Stevie from Self Serve Toys is here to answer your questions about sex

Question: I’ve never bought lube before. Partners of mine from the past either didn’t need it or already had it. Last time I went to the drugstore I stopped in the lube section but immediately got overwhelmed by the options […]

The Paper.’s Guide to Pride

Pride Month runs throughout the month of June, and here’s a selection of just some of the events happening this month […]

Commentary

Commentary

Letter to the Editor: Welcome to Reality

Submitted as Commentary

On June 5, 2024, KOB “reported” that the Jackson Wink MMA Academy was flying the United States flag upside down — because of “Crime, drugs coming over the border and human trafficking.” KRQE reported that Jackson Wink Academy was hoping to shed light […]

Commentary

What’s Next for Spaceport America?

Submitted as Commentary

It was glamour and glitz again as Virgin Galactic sent its last space tourists into the heavens this month. Now the company will fade away for two years to build the next generation ship – not here but in Mesa, Arizona. […]

Commentary

Who Wins, Who Loses

Submitted as Commentary

It’s hard to know who the biggest loser in the Hunter Biden trial might be. Hunter Biden, of course, who was convicted on three felony counts on June 11 by a jury of his Delaware peers, lost the legal case. Donald […]