Photos of the week: Feb. 19 -26

European starlings fly above the New Mexico Veterans Memorial grounds in Southeast Albuquerque on Tuesday. An influx of the birds, and the mess they’re creating, has forced the city to temporarily close the park. Story, A3.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham gave a mid-session update at a Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce event on Wednesday at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown hotel.

20250224-news-wright-2 — U.S. Secretary of the Department of Energy Chris Wright and his wife Liz tour the Oppenheimer home in Los Alamos on Monday. This was just after Wright had taken a tour of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

UNM’s Johnson gym had students evacuate the building due to a fire on Monday, Feb 24, 2025

The Albuquerque Police Department investigates a fatal shooting involving at least one officer near Mountain Road, near Juan Tabo Boulevard, on Sunday.

Law enforcement officials work at the scene of a fatal shooting involving a KAFB airman and security members.

University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes delivers the annual State of the University address at the University of New Mexico’s Student Union Building in Albuquerque on Friday.

Prosecutor Collin Brennan hugs Tatiana Villegas on Friday after jurors convicted two men in a 2023 shooting near Isotopes Park that killed her cousin and left her paralyzed.

Robert Prather sits on his couch with his fishing net and waders at his home in Albuquerque on Friday. Prather is a specialist for six fish species, but was laid off as part of mass federal staffing cuts.

Rashad Evans, left, and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson particpate in a press conference at The Pit in Albuquerque, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.

20250214-news-halfway-3 — A custodial worker cleans up the Roundhouse rotunda during this year's 60-day legislative session. The state Ethics Commission recently filed a lawsuit against an Albuquerque-based nonprofit group, seeking to compel it to disclose its donors and expenditures related to a campaign opposing changes to New Mexico's medical malpractice laws.

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Published February 26, 2025 - 4:48 p.m. Modified February 27, 2025 - 4:24 p.m.

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