This weekend, pick your festivity: Star Wars day or a Mexican military triumph, plus a transformative indigenous women's play. May the Fourth be with you! Sunday, May 5 is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more

This weekend, pick your festivity: Star Wars day or a Mexican military triumph, plus a transformative indigenous women's play. May the Fourth be with you! Weekend Picks: May 4 is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more

The CloudTop Comedy Festival is returning to the City Different this May. Like last year, the festival will be held at different Santa Fe venues, all within walking distance of each other, throughout the city’s Railyard Arts District, with a few performances happening Downtown. This year’s headliners include Chris Estrada, Liza Treyger, Nikki Bon and […] CloudTop Comedy Festival Returns to Santa Fe is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more

U.S. Eagle Credit Union announced earlier this month a partnership between the financial institution and local celebrity Mariah Duran, who competed in the 2020 Olympic Games as part of the first U.S. Olympic skateboarding team in Tokyo.To celebrate the new partnership, which is aimed at promoting “financial wellbeing,” the credit union hosted the South Valley […] Financial Shred-ucation is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more

By DAMON SCOTT / City Desk ABQ An idea born under former Albuquerque Mayor Richard J. Berry that provides day labor jobs for those experiencing homelessness could be making a comeback. “There’s a Better Way” was launched in 2015 and the initiative quickly gained national attention. After a year in operation, the Washington Post called it […] Councilor Eyes Return of Berry-era Homeless Labor Initiative is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more

You can pick up the old-fashioned paper version (it’s our favorite version, TBH) or read it cover to cover here on your favorite device. Love local news as much as we do? Support the local, independent journalists who write it every week. The Paper: May 1, 2024 is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more

Let’s face it: Mother’s Day — along with most familial relationships — can be complicated. Not everyone has a mom and not everyone has a relationship with theirs that’s worth celebrating. But another truth we have to face is many mothers out there are often our unspoken heroes. Mothers don’t have to be biological either. […] An Ode to Moms is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more

In history we find things that make us feel uncomfortable, said Jon Ghahate, a Laguna and Zuni pueblo educator. “Sometimes it’s very challenging. For New Mexico it’s embedded in everything we do.” Ghahate spoke on a panel about Don Juan de Oñate, the Colonizer of New Mexico. In 1598, Oñate led soldiers and settlers up […] Historians Look at Oñate is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says the so-called Right To Try law does not include exemptions for controlled substances and therefore the agency refuses to allow cancer patients access to psilocybin treatments. The DEA last month filed a brief in a lawsuit filed against the DEA by Sunil Aggarwal of Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute, […] Blunts: DEA Says Right To Try Doesn’t Apply is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more

The ongoing saga involving federal agents confiscating legal weed at New Mexico’s internal checkpoints took a turn after a portion of a phone call between Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and an unidentified Joe Biden administration official was leaked last month. In the audio, which the governor’s office has confirmed as authentic, Lujan Grisham can be […] Weed Tension is a story from The Paper.. Publishing from New Mexico's largest city, The Paper is your source for local, independent news, covering politics, arts, culture, and events ..read more