Photos of the week: Sept. 24 - Oct. 1

99-year-old Air Force veteran Bernie Armstrong, who served in both World War II and the Korean War, stands next to the propeller of a P-51 Mustang

20250924-news-plane-3 — Doug Volker puts some finishing touches on a peddle car made like a F4U Corsair that will be raffled off during the Land of Enchantment Fly-In at Double Eagle II Airport on Saturday. Photo shot on Wednesday.

LEFT: Patrick Horley, curator of the Aquatic Conservation Facility, walks along the grate of the refugium, a lazy river, stocked with 31,000 endangered Rio Grande silvery minnows at the ABQ BioPark’s Aquatic Conservation Facility on Sept. 24.

A Sanchez Demolition employee uses a torch up a decommissioned radio tower located off the 10000 block of 4th Street NW in Albuquerque on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.The demolition of the radio tower eliminated a flight hazard near Balloon Fiesta Park. Balloon pilots can now use the open space as a safe landing site during the 53rd ExxonMobil Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Work continues along Interstate 25 in Albuquerque on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.

Elected officials, Pacific Fusion leadership and community members at a news conference Friday after the company chose Mesa del Sol in Albuquerque for its first research and manufacturing campus.

UNM Hospital's new critical care tower on Friday. The development will add, in part, 24 ICU beds, an expanded adult emergency department, two operating rooms and more MRI and CT scanners to the hospital when it opens Oct. 5.

20250927-spt-unmnmsu-24 — LaRoy Cisco and other UNM students cheer on the Lobos during their 38-20 win over New Mexico State last month at University Stadium.

Elijah Chavez, left, hugs Albuquerque Community Safety Opioids Education and Prevention team member Denise Thomas after Chavez’s speech at the Trauma Recovery Center on Sunday.

Peter Trevisani, center, talks with city officials prior to an updated on the tentative site for the new NM United stadium at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque on Monday.

President of Revel Entertainment Sean Decker, left, GM Jared Johnson, center, and Mayor of Rio Rancho Gregg Hull, right, hold up the new mech for the New Mexico pro hockey team the goatheads at the Rio Rancho Events Center Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.

Leila Zazueta of Albuquerque waits outside of Starbucks at 2200 Louisiana NE on Monday. The location was one of five Starbucks that closed over the weekend across New Mexico.

Candidates take their seats for the 2025 NAIOP mayoral debate at Sheraton Albuquerque on Tuesday.

Firefighters hang the American flag in front of the Albuquerque Convention Center on Tuesday during the memorial for CSI Aviation medical flight crew members who died in a plane crash on Aug. 5.

20250930-news-sessionready-2 — A worker moves a stack of chairs through the state Capitol rotunda before the start of an October special session. Some lawmakers recently expressed concern about an increase in state civil rights settlements after approval of a 2021 law that made it easier to file such cases.

Adrian Carver talks about the San Pedro Main Street corridor project at his his office, Revitalize San Pedro Partnership in Albuquerque on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025.

A TSA employee inspects a passenger's luggage at the Albuquerque International Sunport in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025.

Yolanda Shannon, left, Susan Mitchell and Jeanette Morocco hike the Rinconada Canyon Trail at the Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025.

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Published October 3, 2025 - 3:08 p.m. Modified October 3, 2025 - 3:30 p.m.

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