List/Grid Author Archives: ABQnews Staff
Border Patrol agents nab Va. fugitive
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the checkpoint on Interstate 10 west of Las Cruces last week arrested a Peruvian illegal immigrant who was wanted for sex offenses in Virginia,... Read more »
ABQ real estate broker guilty of wire fraud
Albuquerque real estate broker Keith Michael Courtney, 31, was found guilty by a federal court jury last week following a three-day trial in Albuquerque of wire-fraud charges, the U.S. Attorney’s... Read more »
Rabid fox found near Magdalena
SOCORRO — Rabies has made an appearance in Socorro County this spring, carried by a fox that bit a dog near Magdalena, the Socorro County Sheriff’s Department reported. Undersheriff Les... Read more »
Valencia Co. sues to own abused animals
LOS LUNAS – Valencia County Animal Control wants ownership of some 33 animals that officials say were neglected and abused. On March 11, Valencia County Animal Control filed a petition... Read more »
Former Clovis lawmaker dies at 82
Odis Echols, a former New Mexico lawmaker and longtime lobbyist with an outsized personality and a gift for promotion, has died at 82. Echols, who suffered from dementia, died Thursday... Read more »
Crash closes three lanes of eastbound I-40 at 12th Street
According to Albuquerque police, three lanes of eastbound I-40 are closed due to a four-vehicle collision at 12th Street. Crews are working to clear the accident. Drivers should expect delays... Read more »
APD releases video of officer being shot
Warning: Video contains language that may be offensive to some viewers. On Friday, police released the lapel camera video taken by a rookie Albuquerque police officer as he was shot... Read more »
New Mexico’s new national monument
On March 25, 2013, President Barack Obama designated The Rio Grande del Norte National Monument on a quarter of a million of acres of unspoiled country straddling the Rio Grande Gorge north of Taos.
A trek for forgiveness to Chimayó
Everyone has his or her own reason for treading the path to the Santuario de Chimayó during Holy Week — most of them on Good Friday. For Simon Gurule, it is a search of forgiveness.
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Alford: Final loss shouldn’t define season
An embarrassing loss to Harvard in a game that mattered most should not define the 2012-13 season for the New Mexico Lobos. That was the message a sometimes defensive Steve Alford hammered home time and again Wednesday when he met with local media.
UPDATED: Ex-cop guilty of sex charges
A former Portales police officer could face up to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to more than a dozen felony sex counts, the Portales News-Tribune reported. Victor Castillo,... Read more »
Las Crucen accused of molesting girl
A man suspected of sexually molesting a young girl some time between January 2011 and February of this year has been arrested and is being held without bond at the... Read more »
