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Updated: Hot-air balloon lands hard in NW ABQ
Update: 10:34 a.m Police are reporting that the balloon only experienced a hard landing. All occupants are unharmed. ———– 9:19 am Albuquerque police are responding to a reported hot-air balloon... Read more »
N.M. UFO memo is FBI’s most-read
A third-party report of “flying saucers” in New Mexico, sent by FBI Washington, D.C., field office chief Guy Hottel to then-Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1950 has become the most... Read more »
UPDATED: Jury deadlocks in incest case
A six-person jury was unable to reach a verdict this week in the trial of a teenage boy accused of sexually assaulting his half-sister, The Durango Herald reported. The boy... Read more »
EB Paseo backing up at railroad tracks
A collision on eastbound Paseo del Norte has blocked the left lane and is causing a traffic backup all the way to Coors, according to KKOB Radio’s Joe Gonzales.
PRC panel wants action on pipeline blast
SANTA FE (AP) — New Mexico pipeline safety regulators say New Mexico Gas Co. violated state laws and federal regulations during work that occurred before a 2012 explosion in a... Read more »
Ruidoso native competes on ‘The Voice’
Tawnya Reynolds, who was born and raised in Ruidoso and now lives in Nashville, joined the latest cast of contestants on the two-part season premiere of NBC-TV’s singing competition “The... Read more »
Crash on NB 528 at 19th in Rio Rancho
A collision on northbound N.M. 528 at 19th Street near the Intel plant in Rio Rancho has the right and center lanes blocked, according to KKOB Radio traffic reporter Joe... Read more »
Cruces police seek suspected gunman
Las Cruces police are looking for 34-year-old Cornelius “Corn” Renteria, the man believed to have shot his former girlfriend at her home on Holly Drive Wednesday morning, police said in... Read more »
UPDATED: Cibola inmates back in cells
A protest at the Cibola County Correctional Facility that began around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday with some 250 inmates gathering in the yard and refusing to go back to their cells... Read more »
Safety plans in place for Tome pilgrimage
LOS LUNAS – With Good Friday approaching, the thoughts of many turn to the annual pilgrimage to the top of Tomé Hill. For most, those thoughts are of a spiritual... Read more »
Mexican cartels seen as threat to Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — State public safety officials say Mexican cartels pose the single greatest organized crime threat to Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced this week findings... Read more »
Border security, immigrant detention cut
PHOENIX (AP) — Marco Antonio Durazo had been awaiting deportation from an Arizona detention center for six months when an officer came to get him from his cell. “Obama doesn’t... Read more »
Woman jailed in Colo. prison chief case
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents on Wednesday arrested a woman accused of illegally transferring the gun authorities say was used to kill Colorado’s prisons chief. Investigators... Read more »
Tax donation fund to help rescue horses
SANTA FE (AP) — New Mexicans can donate all or part of their income tax refunds starting next year to help rescue horses that have been abandoned and abused. Gov.... Read more »
Invasive plants greatest rangeland threat
Federal researchers say invasive plants could pose the greatest threat to the future health of rangeland across the U.S. The U.S. Forest Service released a report Wednesday, saying three-quarters of... Read more »
S.F. man gets 8 years in firearms case
A Santa Fe man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for a firearms conviction stemming from a 2011 store robbery. Prosecutors say 43-year-old Anthony Gutierrez was sentenced... Read more »
Ex-Los Alamos bank officer sentenced
A former Los Alamos National Bank trust officer has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison in New Mexico for bank fraud. Prosecutors said Wednesday that 56-year-old Deborah Gayle... Read more »
Trying to outsmart a feral pig
Let me introduce you to that fearsome member of the swine set, the wild hog.
UPDATED: APD officer involved in rollover crash near Juan Tabo and Lomas
6:32 p.m. — Police said that the Jeep driver was at fault in the crash. Apart from that, however, police aren’t releasing any more details about the rollover crash involving... Read more »
Officer Cleared In Shooting of Elderly Caretaker in East Santa Fe
District Attorney Angela “Spence” Pacheco has cleared a Santa Fe police officer of wrongdoing in the recent shooting an elderly caretaker when both responded to a burglar alarm at an... Read more »
Police: Two face human trafficking charges after prostituting teen
Two people have been charged with human trafficking after police said they facilitated the prostitution of a 17-year-old girl, providing her with a cell phone and arranging meetings with potential... Read more »
Alex Valdez promoted, leaving as president and CEO of Santa Fe’s Christus St. Vincent hospital
Alex Valdez, president and CEO of Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center since 2004, is moving on to another position in the Christus Health hospital chain. Valdez will be replaced... Read more »
Updated: Gov. signs PID and clawback bills
Gov. Susana Martinez today signed House Bill 371 which aims to protect those who buy properties in Public Improvement Districts by requiring greater disclosure, Martinez’ office said in a release.... Read more »
UPDATED: CNM reinstates student paper after controversial sex issue
Central New Mexico Community College today reinstated its student-run paper, saying administrators suspended it because they were concerned over a high school student being quoted in the controversial sex issue.
Kitchen closed at Marie Hughes Elementary due to mice
Students at Marie Hughes Elementary School are receiving sack lunches from the APS central kitchen today, after evidence was mice was found in the school’s kitchen. APS spokesman Rigo Chavez... Read more »
