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Strong But Scarred After Crash
Today, she’s lithe and strong and dancing on her own as a sophomore at the New Mexico School for the Arts. At 5 feet, 9 inches, she says she wanted... Read more »
Wildfire Crosses Into N.M.
SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. – An eye-stinging, throat-burning haze of smoke spewing from a gigantic wildfire in eastern Arizona is beginning to stretch as far east as central New Mexico, prompting health... Read more »
Hazy days, smoky skies
The sky at dusk is greenish gray, like the North Atlantic at its choppiest and most moody. Moments later, in the time it takes to walk away from the window... Read more »
N.M. Delegation Seeks Compromise
Copyright © 2011 Albuquerque Journal WASHINGTON – As the U.S. economy continues to struggle, Congress is engaged in a high-stakes standoff over the nation’s debt limit. Members of New Mexico’s... Read more »
Prominent Doctor’s Painkiller Prescribing Under Fire
At first, Dr. Robert Zuniga thought it was a typo. The prescription for 4,200 methadone tablets a month was “ridiculously high,” he recalled last week. The narcotic had been prescribed... Read more »
Del Norte Nurse, Principal Charged
Del Norte High School principal Sandra Jo Sloan has been charged with obstructing a child abuse investigation involving a student and school nurse Judy Edwards has been charged with failing... Read more »
OMI Charges Families To Transport Bodies Home
It can be difficult enough when family members are told a deceased loved one’s body must be sent to Albuquerque for an autopsy; now they’ll be told they have to... Read more »
ERB Wants Interest, As Well
The Educational Retirement Board is not only telling 693 beneficiaries to return the $1.7 million it mistakenly overpaid them – the pension plan wants interest, too. Those who are overpaid... Read more »
King, Balderas Locked in Secret Court Dispute
The New Mexico Court of Appeals this week sent a legal dispute between two of the state’s top elected officials back to District Court in Santa Fe for further action.... Read more »
CVI Purchased for $400 Million Cash
Nearly 40 years ago, it began operations as one of Albuquerque’s early high-tech startups. On Friday, Albuquerque-headquartered optics and laser business CVI Melles Griot was purchased for $400 million cash... Read more »
Udall Calls Libya a “Slippery Path” for America’s Military
Sen. Tom Udall today said Congress should use its war powers authority to make a definitive statement on the use of force in Libya. The Democratic lawmakers explained his view... Read more »
Foster Mom’s Death Detailed
The two 15-year-old girls charged with the murder of their foster mother had put Evelyn Miranda in a chokehold, tied her hands and feet, and smothered her with a pillow,... Read more »
