List/Grid Author Archives: ABQnews Staff
Breaking: Truck fire shuts down I-40 near Laguna
State officials are reporting that I-40 westbound has been shut down east of the Sky City casino because of a semi-truck that has caught on fire. Traffic is being diverted... Read more »
El Paso Catholics still waiting for a bishop
A couple of Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States received new bishops this week, but the Catholic Diocese of El Paso wasn’t one of them, television station KVIA ABC-7... Read more »
Annette and today’s Calif. beach scene
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When she traded in her Mouseketeer ears for a surfboard and a modest one-piece bathing suit, Annette Funicello helped create a world as fanciful as Walt... Read more »
Springer woman, 19, missing in Ariz.
A 19-year-0ld Springer woman who went to Phoenix with her boyfriend in January has been missing since she stepped outside of a Scottsdale medical plaza to have a smoke, The... Read more »
UPDATED: To’hajiilee ‘career criminal’ gets 40 years in prison
Jerome Yazzie, 37, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who lives in To’hajiilee, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque Tuesday to 480 months in prison to be followed... Read more »
Alamogordo to split public safety dept.
The Alamogordo City Commission late Tuesday approved final publication of an ordinance that will split the city’s public safety department into distinct fire and police departments, the Alamogordo Daily News... Read more »
Pair sought in Las Cruces robbery
Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information about the two men who robbed a man walking near Baca Road just south of Lohman... Read more »
UPDATED: WB I-40 back open
All lanes are back open on westbound Interstate 40 at Sedillo Hill, and traffic is getting back up to speed, according to KKOB Radio’s Joe Gonzales. The road has been... Read more »
UPDATED: 17 1/2 years for 2008 death
Allen Hurley was sentenced Tuesday to 17 1/2 years in prison — the maximum penalty under the law — for the December 2008 murder of Rachel Torrisi Sierra, the Silver... Read more »
S.F. paper to charge for website access
The Santa Fe New Mexican today launched a pay model for access to its website, the paper reported Tuesday. Registration is free and involves entering only an email address, and... Read more »
Wanted sex offender gives himself up
Convicted sex offender Anthony David Sanchez, 50, who has been on the run since last November and placed on the U.S. Marshals’ New Mexico most wanted list in February, turned... Read more »
Woman tries to rob ABQ bank
The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are looking for a woman they say robbed the Bank of Albuquerque at 4201 Wyoming Blvd. NE in Albuquerque Tuesday. The suspect is described... Read more »
