I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The conviction and sentencing of officer Brad Ahrensfield for tampering with a federal investigation put the spotlight back on Albuquerque’s law enforcement agency as the city council battles with the mayor in permitting the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the…
The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating Detective Pete Dwyer’s Twitter account just a day after it announced he would not be disciplined for another incendiary comment on his MySpace page.
APD Police Chief just told media that three people were killed in today’s violence at Emcore Corporation, including the shooter himself.
Officials said it is unclear whether the shooter’s girlfriend, and the apparent target of the shooting, is among those…
Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard “R.J.” Berry is distorting the Albuquerque Police Department’s policy on immigration, officials say, and that could weaken the trust the department has worked to gain among the city’s immigrant community. Without that trust, victims or witnesses may be less likely to report crimes and cooperate with police investigations.
There’s been no shortage of press conferences with Mayor Martin Chavez backed by a sea of Albuquerque’s finest, so at what point does the mayor become accountable for the long list of department black eyes that have happened on his watch?
An Albuquerque Police Department spokesman says the Albuquerque Journal chose mug shots of members of the gang for “dramatic effect” and that those pictured were not gang leaders or the most egregious offenders. But Journal editor Kent Walz counters that he told editors to select photos “based on [the] seriousness” of the crimes.
After a spate of embarrassing arrests that have turned into public relations nightmares, Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz has ordered his officers to think twice before citing individuals with the broad and vague charge…
