Good morning, Albuquerque.

The harvest moon will peak this weekend with its brightest moment at 12:49 p.m. ET on Saturday while Saturn glows near the moon between Friday and Monday, giving Albuquerque residents a chance to watch a rare two-for-one celestial display.

Visitors at BioPark can explore a healing garden where local plants help with allergies — trained staff feed sharks in a 285,000-gallon tank and let guests brush Highland cattle at Heritage Farm.

The park is open year-round for nature lovers and families alike.

The University of New Mexico invites staff to complete its 2026 Employee Engagement Survey from Monday, Oct.

5 to Sunday, Oct. 18 to offer confidential feedback that will help guide improvements at UNM — results will be shared campus wide to support action planning.

Graduate student Mahmood Behnampour and co-author Eman Momeni earned the Best Teaching Innovation Award at AAA Global Connect in Las Vegas Aug.

1–5 for their forensic accounting teaching research amid the UNM Foundation’s Accelerate New Mexico campaign. Their work highlights strong research support at the Ellis School.

Even after recent rains, water officials say Rio Grande flows remain too low to restart the surface-water plant, so residents are urged to continue conserving.

The city has resumed nonpotable water for Balloon Fiesta Park and asks customers to limit irrigation during cooler temperatures.

A New Mexico jury found that Facebook took private user data and broke state law on Friday; Judge Francis Mathew will soon decide how much the company must pay with penalties up to $5,000 per each of the more than 43 million violations.