Wrapping up a trip to the border, I hopped aboard one of the El Paso Los Angeles Limousine Express buses that travel up Interstate 25. My destination was Albuquerque, the city of beautiful balloons, cool craft beer breweries, the deficit-strapped UNM Lobos, and Walter White wannabes. Upon entering the Duke […]

Lightning-caused wildfires are a common occurrence during the monsoon season. Recent lighting storms started two new wildfires on the Carson National Forest. These fires are minimal in size and monsoon moisture is expected to continue in the area so growth potential is expected to be minimal. The Tetillas Fire, located […]

ALBUQUERQUE—TopGolf wants to open up in Albuquerque, and according to the ordinance, the company involved is called ABQ Investors LLC. In conjunction with TopGolf, the ordinance proposes raising gross receipt taxes by $1.8 million in incentives and an additional $700,000 in city funds for the highly profitable company to build […]

ALBUQUERQUE — (AP) A $6.4 million federal grant for a New Mexico research project will provide funding for work looking at how climate change affects arid land ecosystems. The five-year National Science Foundation grant to the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research site located in central New Mexico was announced Wednesday by […]

ALBUQUERQUE — (AP) The National Cancer Institute says its long-anticipated study into the cancer risks of New Mexico residents living near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test likely will be published in 2019. Institute spokesman Michael Levin told The Associated Press that researchers are examining data on […]

ALBUQUERQUE — Federal judge James O. Browning found that seizing property from those suspected of a crime, even before a legal judgment had been rendered, violated the property owner’s legal right to the presumption of innocence. The law placed the burden on citizens to absolve themselves from crimes of which […]

SANTA FE — Republicans are pinning their hopes for keeping hold of the governor’s office in New Mexico on a mild-mannered congressman who helped Donald Trump win his district along the U.S. border with Mexico. Trump still lost the statewide vote in New Mexico by 8 percentage points. U.S. Rep. […]

ALBUQUERQUE — According to reports from Associated Press and KOAT, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson said he is considering entering the U.S. Senate race now that Libertarian candidate Aubrey Dunn announced Monday he is withdrawing from the race and is requesting Johnson to replace him. “From the polling we’ve […]

ALBUQUERQUE – Retired Supreme Court Justice Edward Chávez was elected today as chairperson of the Bernalillo County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (BCCJCC), which has helped develop reforms in the criminal justice system under way in Albuquerque. Second Judicial District Court Chief Judge Nan Nash will serve as vice chair of […]

SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court today unanimously upheld the convictions of a Valencia County man for the fatal shootings of a father and daughter and wounding of the mother in 2013. Jordan Hurd was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Wesley Hobbsand his […]