Former Whole Foods on Carlisle is back up for sale

The former Whole Foods on Carlisle Boulevard, just off of Interstate 40 in Albuquerque, is back up for sale.

Honey Shack Has Belén Buzzing

At the Honey Shack, Belén beekeepers offer a uniquely New Mexican mix of bee-made products. WHEN BILLY WEST set out to explore beekeeping in 2016, he was, at best, bee-curious. “He went out there to learn how to keep bees and just fell in love with the entire process,” recalls Jennifer West, his wife and business partner. A few backyard hives and trunk sales soon blossomed into a bustling Belén business, selling about two dozen honey varietals, including Desert Marigold and lavender-infused honeys, along with pollen, propolis, honey-based skin care, and beeswax items like candles. Another sweet offering is Honey Shack’s Bourbon Honey. Made in collaboration with Albuquerque’s Hollow Spirits Distillery, their cat’s-claw honey is aged in a Hollow Spirits bourbon barrel for more than 100 days, imparting a smooth, oaky finish. The emptied barrels are then sent back to the distillery to produce a honey bourbon, keeping the cycle going. “The honey tastes like the perfect old fashioned,” Jennifer says. Beyond their products, Billy tends hives around the region and removes wild hives. “Strong colonies will split up,” he explains, but the problem is that their new home may end up inside a wall, in a birdhouse, or underneath a vehicle. Relocating tens of thousands of bees might sound like an impossible job, but Billy says it’s all about the queen. “If you get her in the box, all the other bees will follow.”

Green Chile is going quickly

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — New Mexico’s green chile season is running short this year as growers deal with a significant drop in production. At Rosales Produce in Albuquerque’s North Valley, owners say they’re selling out of green chile by midday, moving nearly 8,000 pounds a day before supplies run out. The New Mexico Chile Growers Association says record-breaking heat stunted crop growth this summer, while an early surge of grasshoppers damaged fields and spread disease. Recent rains have provided some relief but have also made it difficult for farmers to harvest. Growers say customers hoping to buy chile this season should plan to arrive early, as demand continues to outpace supply.

WestStar stretches New Mexico presence with Southwest Capital deal

WestStar Bank has agreed to acquire Albuquerque-based Southwest Capital Bank in a deal that will grow the El Paso, Texas-based buyer’s footprint from one New Mexico branch to seven. The transaction, set to close in the first quarter of 2027, will create a lender with $3.8 billion in assets,...

Albuquerque-based medical isotopes company expanding to Lea County

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –  Eden Radioisotopes, an Albuquerque-based medical isotopes company, will invest up to $1.4 billion to build a production facility in Lea County. The facility will be used to produce isotopes used in diagnostic imaging and cancer treatment, helping doctors find disease at the cellular level and deliver targeted care. Economic Development New Mexico […]

Big tax breaks in Bernalillo County now come with big strings attached

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Bernalillo County is looking to make businesses seeking tax breaks from residents give more back through public benefits for taxpayers who fund it. In a first for Bernalillo County, commissioners approved a $1.2 billion industrial revenue bond for DESRI, a renewable energy developer, to build a 400-megawatt solar and […] The post Big tax breaks in Bernalillo County now come with big strings attached appeared first on City Desk ABQ .

PNM to roll out smart meters for every customer

PNM plans to roll out new smart meters to every customer, giving people real-time energy-use data and reducing the need for manual meter readings.

Lavender farms and Globitos make Los Ranchos a side trip worth taking

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is a semi-rural village tucked between Old Town and Corrales. It’s one of the oldest settled areas in the Rio Grande valley, and back in the mid-1800s it served as the Bernalillo County seat. It was also the original path of Route 66, pre-1937. Nowadays,...

Farmers react to MRGCD resuming deliveries to non-Pueblos following rainfall

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  Due to recent rainfall, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District is releasing water to irrigators in the Albuquerque area. Many farmers struggled this summer with hot, dry temperatures and little water. But for farmers planting fall crops who haven’t had backup water options, they say these deliveries could help them turn the […]

Meals on Wheels and New Mexico Gas offer no-cost weatherizing before winter

New Mexico Gas Company and Meals on Wheels New Mexico are weatherizing 40 homes to help people stay warm and cut energy costs this winter.

State Fair livestock auction sets record

The 2026 New Mexico State Fair set a record for its livestock auction on Friday, raising $800,999.58.

Local pilots showcase experimental planes flying over Balloon Fiesta

A team of local pilots in home-built experimental planes have spent at least four years flying over Balloon Fiesta in tight formation.

Bosque Farms wastewater concerns

Applied Research Associates Wins $13.5M Army Contract for Energetics Development

Applied Research Associates Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for novel munitions and advanced energetics development. The amount of this action is $13,527,395 with a total cumulative face value of $37,744,768. One bid was solicited with one received. Work will be performed in Albuquerque, New Mexico with an estimated completion date of Sept. 17, 2029. Fiscal 2026 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $13,527,395 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-26-C-A008).