Albuquerque News

Residents near a privately owned New Mexico ghost town were ordered Saturday to evacuate as a blaze in the Gila National Forest continued to burn erratically, as Colorado crews took to fighting a new fire along the Utah-Colorado border.

This image provided by NASA shows smoke from New Mexico wildfires drifting across the southcentral United States.

Residents near a privately owned New Mexico ghost town have been ordered to evacuate as a blaze in the Gila National Forest continued to burn erratically.

Wildfires raced across a dry and windy south-west on Friday, destroying dozens of homes and depositing a smoky haze over the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico .

Park officials told ABC-7 the water levels are only about a foot-and-a-half lower than last year because of drought conditions.

It's the case of the pilfered poultry. Police catch a chicken rustler in Downtown Albuquerque and rescue the heisted hens that belong to group of local school children.

ALBUQUERQUE - The former Bernalillo County jail official who took cash from inmates to let them out on the streets will not spend time locked up after a judge sentenced him to probation Friday.

A murder suspect who reportedly hid in plain site for more than 20 years went before an Albuquerque judge on Friday.

As smoke from a massive blaze in the southwestern New Mexico wilderness spread across the state Friday, health officials as far away as Albuquerque and Santa Fe warned residents to limit outdoor activity over Memorial Day weekend due to growing air-quality concerns.

This Tuesday, May 22, 2012, photo, provided by David Thornburg shows a plume of smoke rising from the Whitewater fire burning in the Gila Wilderness east of Glenwood, N.M. Fire managers said the blaze had charred more than 10,000 acres before merging Wednesday afternoon with the nearby 11,500-acre Baldy fire.

As smoke from a massive blaze in the southwestern New Mexico wilderness spread across the state Friday, health officials as far away as Albuquerque and Santa Fe warned residents to limit outdoor activity over Memorial Day weekend due to growing air-quality concerns.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg has agreed to suspend indefinitely the controversial, decades-long practice of presenting police shooting cases to "investigative grand juries." The Albuquerque Journal reports that Ted Baca, chief judge of the Second Judicial District Court, sent a letter to Brandenburg on Thursday indicating ... (more)

The smoke is pushing up from the wildfire in Southwest New Mexico. City leaders are asking for people to stay inside and avoid outdoor exercise.

Crews are on scene in the Manzano Mountains were a two acre fire is burning three miles south of Capilla Peak near Manzano Village.

A documentary screened at the Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque on Thursday honored World War II veterans and Bataan Death March survivors.

The Westside Animal Shelter said more than dozen cats and dogs have been taken into the shelter, and they need a home.

Pella Windows and Doors has signed a lease for 19,000 square feet and will be moving its Albuquerque distribution center to Singer Business Park at 3901 Singer Blvd NE in the North I-25 corridor.

Fifty-nine-year-old Edward Christy of Albuquerque, N.M., has been sentenced to nine years in prison for engaging in sexual activity with an underage female from California.

Those of us who went to Albuquerque, NM found eclipse conditions perfect. No clouds interfered with the eclipse, and the eclipsed Sun provided a spectacular sunset.

An IUD, a T-shaped piece of plastic inserted into the uterus by a gynecologist, can remain in place for five to 10 years.