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More than 70 wildfires starts so far this year on state and private land have burned just 400 acres, the lowest acreage consumed by fire compared with the same period over the last three years. But that doesn’t mean residents should rest easy.
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The man injured when Albuquerque’s Chief of Police ran a red light and crashed into his classic mustang is suing the city. Todd Perchert suffered a broken collarbone, broken shoulder, eight broken ribs, and a collapsed lung among other injuries when Harold Medina struck the driver’s side of Perchert’s 1966 Ford Mustang on February 17.
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A fifth Albuquerque police officer has resigned during an investigation into alleged wrongdoing by officers assigned to a unit charged with stopping impaired drivers, according to authorities.
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On Wednesday, attorneys for Texas and New Mexico came to the defense of a proposed deal allocating Rio Grande water between the states against federal opposition to the agreement at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday celebrated an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants around the country, including New Mexico.
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Helping asylum seekers and migrants and recognizing the impact of the atomic industry on downwinders topped the short Albuquerque City Council meeting held on March 18.
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Muhammad Syed, an Afghan refugee, was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque's Muslim community during the summer of 2022.
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A fourth Albuquerque Police Department officer has resigned rather than be interviewed as part of an internal investigation into allegations of misconduct by DWI officers.
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After three false starts, Councilor Louie Sanchez is getting some traction in getting the City Council to chastise Chief Harold Medina after what he calls a pattern of mismanagement and scandals.
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The city of Albuquerque is rolling out its own ridesharing-type service Monday. It’s an approach called “microtransit” and is meant to meet the needs of those in neighborhoods without bus service.
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Prosecutors delivered opening statements in what is the first trial for Muhammad Syed, 53. He faces separate trials for each victim, the first being 41-year-old Aftab Hussein. The other trials will happen over the course of the coming months. Police have also identified him as the suspect in the killing of a fourth Muslim man, but no charges have been filed in that case.
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New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly in January from the same time a year ago, to 4% from 3.6%. But it remained unchanged from December.