"Session cookies" only last for as long as the browser session and are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Age 93. In the past much of this water was resold to downstream owners in Texas. [25], On April 11, 1950, a USAF B-29 bomber carrying a nuclear weapon crashed into a mountain near Manzano Base. [34][35] Located in central New Mexico, the city also has noticeable influences from the adjacent Colorado Plateau semi-desert, New Mexico Mountains forested with juniper and pine, and Southwest plateaus and plains steppe ecoregions, depending on where one is located. Varied terrain and elevations within the city and outlying areas cause daily temperature differentials to vary. Myrna Jean (Brimley) Jardine November 3, 1936 ~ February 12, 2023 Hyrum, Utah-Myrna Jean Brimley Jardine passed away Sun., Feb. 12, 2023, in Logan, Utah at the age of 86. Other fauna include reptilia and amphibia such as the southwestern fence lizard and New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicanus), the New Mexico garter snake, the bullsnake, Woodhouse toads, New Mexico spadefoot toads, and tadpole shrimp ("Triops"). Of these, 12 or 13 were densely clustered near present-day Bernalillo and the remainder were spread out to the south.[13]. California Newspaper Obituaries are a potentially vast resource of information about your California relations. The Navajo, Apache, and Comanche peoples were also likely to have set camps in the Albuquerque area, as there is evidence of trade and cultural exchange among the different Native American groups going back centuries before European arrival. The Journal is New Mexico's most widely circulated newspaper, and used to compete with The Albuquerque Tribune until 2008; today The Journal competes with The Santa Fe New Mexican and Las Cruces Sun-News. In 2002, the Alvarado Transportation Center was built on the site in a manner resembling the old landmark. John Gaw Meem is also credited with developing and popularizing the Pueblo Revival style, which was based in Santa Fe but received an important Albuquerque commission in 1933 as the architect of the University of New Mexico. Rail Runner now connects Santa Fe, Sandoval, Bernalillo, and Valencia Counties with thirteen station stops, including three stops within Albuquerque. It provides the state's only residency training programs, children's hospital, burn center, and level I pediatric and adult trauma centers, as well as a certified advanced primary stroke center and the largest collection of adult and pediatric specialty and subspecialty programs in the state. The project's construction was initiated by legislation signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, and was completed in 1971. A new adopted development plan, the Santolina Master Plan, will extend development on the west side past 118th Street SW to the edge of the Rio Puerco Valley and house 100,000 by 2050. New Mexico Gas Company provides natural gas services to more than 500,000 customers in the state, including the Albuquerque metro area. [66], If counted together, the largest religious group consists of eastern religions such as Buddhism, Sikhism, and Hinduism. The west mesa commonly has soils often referred to as "blow sand", along with occasional clay and caliche and even basalt, nearing the escarpment. Albuquerque lies within the center of the Albuquerque Basin ecoregion, centered on the Rio Grande with its Bosque gallery forest, flanked easterly by the SandiaManzano Mountains and westerly by the West Mesa. Albuquerque hosts several programs and nonprofit schools of higher learning, including Southwest University of Visual Arts, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Trinity Southwest University, the University of St. Francis College of Nursing and Allied Health Department of Physician Assistant Studies, and the St. Norbert College Master of Theological Studies program. Service expanded to Valencia County in December 2006 and to Santa Fe on December 17, 2008. Although the South Valley is not within Albuquerque's city limits, the quadrant extends through it all the way to the Isleta Indian Reservation. Presbyterian Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital, two of the largest hospitals in the Southwest, had their beginnings during this period. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) has developed a water resources management strategy that pursues conservation and the direct extraction of water from the Rio Grande for the development of a stable underground aquifer in the future.[54][55]. [55][57] :Policy G,14. The area has a mixture of commercial districts and low to high-income neighborhoods. The vast newer subdivision of Volterra lies west of the Four Hills area. [138] In 2017, the state-funded Bioscience Authority was established to help promote local industry development, particularly through public-private partnerships; the following year, pharmaceutical company Curia built two large facilities in Albuquerque, and in fall 2022 broke ground on a $100 million expansion of its local operations.[139]. [67] There are several Buddhist temples and centers throughout the city, representing different movements and schools, such as Zen and Soka Gakki. [130] Elections for mayor and councilor are nonpartisan. Old Town Albuquerque's Plaza, Hotel, and San Felipe de Neri Church hosts traditional fiestas and events such as weddings, also near Old Town are the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Explora, and Albuquerque Biological Park. These arrangements ended in 2008 with the completion of the ABCWUA's Drinking Water Supply Project. The aquifer of the Rio Puerco is too saline to be cost-effectively used for drinking. Other forms of American popular music are very represented on FM radio: contemporary hit radio is featured on KOBQ. You can click this link to create an obituary. Albuquerque's other largest hospitals are Presbyterian Hospital (Presbyterian Healthcare Services) with 543 licensed beds, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center (Veterans Health Administration) with 298 beds, and Lovelace Medical Center (Lovelace Health System) with 263 beds. Groundwater will constitute the remainder. [87] The city is referenced in Billy Mize's 1967 album Lights of Albuquerque, Jim Glaser's 1986 song "The Lights of Albuquerque", Neil Young's song "Albuquerque", and "Weird" Al Yankovic's song "Albuquerque". [42] Despite the rarity of such heat, 28 days with highs at or above 100F (38C) occurred in the summer of 1980 at Albuquerque's Sunport. BNSF Railway operates a small yard operation out of Abajo yard, located just south of the Csar E. Chvez Ave. overpass and the New Mexico Rail Runner Express yards. It is typical for daily low temperatures in much of late December, and January, and February to be below freezing, with a long-term average of 93 days per year falling to or below freezing, and two days failing to rise above freezing. [59] The population density was 2,907.6 per square mile (4679.329/km2), making Albuquerque one of the least densely populated large cities in the U.S. [148] The Ayurvedic Institute, one of the first Ayurveda colleges specializing in Ayurvedic medicine outside India, was established in 1984. [132], Albuquerque is New Mexico's leading economic center, accounting for half the state's economic activity. [23] Islam is the next largest minority religion, with an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 adherents, representing 85% of the state's Muslim population. The DoubleTree Hotel changes colors nightly, and the Compass Bank building is illuminated blue. The Desert Sun | Palm Springs and Coachella Valley news Jury recommends death penalty for Palm Springs murders Four women with desert ties among finalists for World Golf Hall of Fame Palm. The show was filmed in Albuquerque, which also featured country music and regional Mexican stars from the broader Southwestern United States and Mexico. Albuquerque is a charter city, exercising home rule as opposed to being directly governed by state law. Albuquerque boasts a unique nighttime cityscape, personified in the lights of Albuquerque, a common motif in art and song. [63] The Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara and Guru Nanak Gurdwara Albuquerque serve the city's Sikh population, while the main Hindu organizations are the Hindu Temple Society of New Mexico and Gayatri Temple. The Desert Sun Obituaries Section Submit an Obituary Find an Obituary Sympathy Ideas Grief Support Charles Laurence Martin 1940 - 2020 Send Flowers Share BORN 1940 DIED 2020 ABOUT. Such large snowfalls are rare occurrences during the period of record, and they greatly impact traffic movement and the workforce due to their rarity. The median age was 35 years. It also serves as an intermodal hub for local buses, Greyhound buses, Amtrak passenger trains, and the Rail Runner commuter rail line. A few houses in the farthest reach of this quadrant lie in the Cibola National Forest, just over the line into Sandoval County. The mountains and highlands east of the city create a rain shadow effect, due to the drying of air descending the mountains; the Sandia Mountain foothills tend to lift any available moisture, enhancing precipitation to about 1017 inches (254432mm) annually. This diversion project transports water under the continental divide from Navajo Lake to Lake Heron on the Rio Chama, a tributary of the Rio Grande. Due to the nature of the soil in the Rio Grande Valley, the skyline is lower than might be expected in a city of comparable size elsewhere, and it was used to highlight the low-lying architecture of heritage Pueblo and Hispano architectural styles. [131] Ordinances and resolutions passed by the council are presented to the mayor for his approval; if the mayor vetoes an item, the council can override the veto by a two-thirds vote of councilors. Extended cloudiness lasting longer than two or three days is rare. Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop songs, dies at 94. The University of New Mexico Hospital is the largest hospital in New Mexico with 628 licensed beds and is the primary teaching hospital for the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, the state's only medical school. "Steve remains engaged with his Coachella Valley Firebirds role . Cookies may also assist with our promotional, event, contest and marketing efforts. On average, January is the driest month, while July and August are the wettest months, as a result of shower and thunderstorm activity produced by the monsoon prevalent over the Southwestern United States. The civic apex is found in an undeveloped area within the Albuquerque Open Space; there, the terrain rises to an elevation of approximately 6,880 feet (2,100m), and the metropolitan area's highest point is the Sandia Mountains crest at an altitude of 10,678 feet (3,255m). Of the 62,780 acre-feet (77,440,000m3) per year of the water in the upper Colorado River basin entitled to municipalities in New Mexico by the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, Albuquerque owns 48,200. The exception is some days during the New Mexico monsoon, when daily humidity remains relatively high, especially in July and August. We may also use pixel tags (usually in combination with cookies) to get information about your usage of the Site and about your interaction with email or other communications. Hundreds of hot-air balloons are seen every day, and there is live music, arts and crafts, and food.[103]. The central nexus for public transportation is the Alvarado Transportation System, which connects ABQ RIDE to Amtrak, Greyhound Lines, and the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail. 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