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Artists honor Route 66 centennial with statewide painting project

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By Darlene Melendez Verified
| KOAT-TV (Albuquerque, NM) Verified
Paint brushes, pastels, and easels decorated Central Avenue as members of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico showcased their talents in a "Route 66 Paint Out" event. "I'm doing what's called big shapes. So I'm trying to lay in the composition," Stephanie West said. West has been part of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico for six years and is leading the "Mother Road Open Air Open Road" project, a statewide series celebrating Route 66's centennial year.
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Protest to performance: 'Dolores' tells Dolores Huerta’s fight through song

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By Darlene Melendez Verified
| KOAT-TV (Albuquerque, NM) Verified
Decades after Dolores Huerta helped transform the labor movement, her fight for justice is once again in the spotlight – this time, under stage lights. Opera Southwest’s newest production, simply titled “Dolores,” brings the life and work of the civil rights icon to an Albuquerque stage – weaving protest, family, loss and hope into music. “This opera tells the life of Dolores Huerta, the Latin American activist,” said stage director Octavio Cárdenas.
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National award highlights BCSO's new era of policing

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By Darlene Melendez Verified
| KOAT-TV (Albuquerque, NM) Verified
The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office has been recognized nationally for its February response involving two young boys with a loaded handgun. BCSO was nominated for the Lifesaving Achievement Award at the 2025 ASCEND conference in California and won — beating out other nominated departments like NYPD and Las Vegas Metro. The drone footage documented how deputies responded to an Albuquerque home on February 16, 2025.
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