Category: Curious New Mexico

American hieroglyphics: tattoos can create and reinforce a sense of identity

Johnny Benavidez, owner and tattoo artist of Aesthetic Ink, tattoos Jackie Benavidez, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dec. 1, 2022.

Getting a tattoo can be therapeutic hieroglyphic, chronicling chapters of the wearer’s personal myth.

Professor rocks on despite injury

Alex Tallant reaches a summit at the Mentmore climbing area in Gallup, NM

Climbing provided Alex Tallant a high he couldn’t get from taking drugs. But a fall opened his mind — and his heart — as News Port’s Kevin Mullet discovered in his interview with this Navajo Tech teacher.

Mayor’s plan to help homeless upsets neighboring communities

The Gibson Medical Center acted as an overflow unit for Covid-19 patients when the pandemic was at its worst. The center has been bought by the city for $15 million to be used as a gateway center for the homeless (Gordon Payne/ NM News Port)

By Gordon Payne / New Mexico News Port Some residents of southeast Albuquerque are showing concern after Mayor Tim Keller announced the city’s purchase of a former hospital as a means of combating homelessness in the city “The City of Albuquerque has officially bought the Gibson Medical Center, the cornerstone of our Gateway Center network,”… Continue reading Mayor’s plan to help homeless upsets neighboring communities