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Newest Flare-Up: Ruidoso
The 2011 fire season in New Mexico just won’t let up. While crews began to get a handle on wildfires near Raton and Carlsbad, another flared up in Ruidoso on... Read more »
Cop Tweeted About Pistol-Whipping, Muslims
A day after Police Chief Ray Schultz said Detective Pete Dwyer wouldn’t be disciplined for an “inappropriate” comment on his MySpace page, APD is looking into Dwyer’s Twitter postings that... Read more »
Should Young Killers Get Adult Justice?
They are monsters, the mothers said. Evil creatures who killed and would kill again if not locked away from society. “You take a life, you serve the time,” one mother... Read more »
UNM Panel Favors State Per Diem Rate
State law must be obeyed, University of New Mexico regents said Thursday, even if the state’s reimbursement rate doesn’t cover the employee’s cost of out-of-town meals, as one faculty member... Read more »
History Takes a Lick on Route 66
“I never imagined living at a motel,” Phyllis Evans told me back in 1999 when I decided to drive the length of Route 66 in New Mexico and write about... Read more »
Fire Crews Race Against Weather
Crews raced to get a jump on flames marching along the New Mexico-Colorado border and through the rugged desert canyons on the opposite end of the state Wednesday before the... Read more »
City Pool Facilities Turn People Away
Even at city swimming pools, it’s all about supply and demand. And at West Mesa Aquatic Center, that gap means 50 to 100 would-be swimmers a day are turned away.... Read more »
Detective’s MySpace Comments ‘Inappropriate’
“Some people are only alive because killing them is illegal.” That’s what APD Detective Pete Dwyer had written on his MySpace page. Dwyer, a former president of the Albuquerque Police... Read more »
Some Grads Didn’t Deserve Diplomas
As the state continues to struggle with low graduation rates, a new report shows another troubling problem: Many of the seniors who did receive diplomas last year shouldn’t have. In... Read more »
AG Discloses Records
The office of state Attorney General Gary King on Monday produced nearly 3,600 pages of documents related to two massive lawsuits alleging corruption in government investments. King’s office provided the... Read more »
Huge Defense Company Buys City’s Ktech
For the second time in a week, a highly successful high-tech startup from Albuquerque has been snapped up by a major national company. Ktech Corp., one of Albuquerque’s leading high-tech... Read more »
Fires On Two Fronts
Flames raced across rugged terrain on opposite ends of New Mexico on Tuesday as firefighters tried to protect the headquarters of Carlsbad Caverns National Park and more residents were evacuated... Read more »
