Mesa Del Sol

Solar manufacturer Maxeon promises 1,800 jobs in Albuquerque, but a complicated web of factors outside New Mexico’s control threatens that possibility. These factors spotlight how local economic development can live or die depending on international markets and the trade practices of other countries.

Maxeon Solar Technologies' planned factory in Albuquerque was set to break ground in the first quarter of 2024. That is now delayed until at least the second half of the year, as a process of negotiating a federal loan continues.

On November 1st, many in New Mexico celebrate Dia De Los Muertos by remembering ancestors who have died. Soon those mourning loved ones lost to COVID19 will also be able to share their grief with others at a memorial that could be the first of its kind in the nation. Marked By Covid New Mexico founders have secured a site from the state.

Some developers who build huge housing projects say it’s common sense to ask the community share in the cost of paying for public infrastructure.That’s…

The Bernalillo County Planning Commission has voted to move a plan for a massive development up the chain of command for consideration. Imagine 38,000…