The City of Albuquerque will host fireworks displays in every quadrant of the city on the 4th of July. Duke city has announced it will move one of the displays from Los Altos Golf Course to the Manzano Mesa Park. The city said the change was made after people raiseRead More →
New Mexico state legislators have approved a measure to increase police accountability by requiring body cameras for state and local law enforcement officers. Micaela Lara Cadena of Mesilla said police transparency reforms were urgently needed. Lara Cadena said that 26 out of 33 county sheriff’s departments in the state alreadyRead More →
The 49th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has been postponed until October 2-10, 2021, which means the 50th event fiesta will now be pushed back until 2022. The decision was made Monday by the all-volunteer Balloon Fiesta board of directors. People who already made reservations and paid for tickets or RVRead More →
A 31-year-old former city councilor candidate was arrested in connection to a shooting at a protest in Old Town, is now facing additional charges. Stephen Ray Baca is now facing three battery charges including aggravated battery that would likely result in death or great bodily harm. He is also chargedRead More →
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller is proposing the creation of a new city department to focus on community safety as groups have been calling for elected leaders to defund the police department amid the latest national wave of protests over use of force. Keller says the new department would be madeRead More →
Albuquerque authorities have removed a bronze statue of Spanish conqueror Juan de Oñate in northern New Mexico. Amid a new wave of criticism of the memorial as an affront to indigenous people and an obstacle to greater racial harmony. A forklift pried the massive bronze statue of Oñate from aRead More →
A 2018 trip to a strip club turned into a night in the hospital for one Albuquerque man. John Contreras alleges in a lawsuit filed in state District Court last week that a dancer at TD’s Showclub placed her legs over his shoulders and pushed him, causing him to fallRead More →
Albuquerque detectives arrested a 15-year-old who allegedly shot five people, including a 17-year-old girl, last month at a Southeast Albuquerque apartment complex. Adam Herrera was booked into the juvenile detention center Wednesday afternoon in connection with the May 14 shooting. Officers found ammunition and a gun case, but no gun,Read More →
Two cousins are accused of opening fire on each other during a duel outside a funeral home last Friday, leaving a bullet in one man’s buttocks and sending family members fleeing through the parking lot. Two 27 year olds, Keon Harris and Geno Walters, are charged with dueling and severalRead More →
The University of New Mexico paid a former student $170,000 to settle a lawsuit during former football coach Bob Davie’s tenure. The settlement agreement in Teriana Bagley’s case was released last week by the state Risk Management Division. University officials previously declined to release the amount of the settlement. BagleyRead More →
