Sandia Park News

An Albuquerque middle school teacher has lost her job after she allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student.

Some capital outlay projects in the East Mountains and Estancia Valley are now in limbo.

From the northwest to the southeast, New Mexico got its first good taste of wintry weather Wednesday.

The state budget is in rough shape it may get worse and the Legislature is looking at deep cuts to reduce the size of government.

Schools may get their budgets squeezed when legislators head to Santa Fe this month to balance New Mexico's budget.

Photo: Loretta Silva, whose son has been on the waiting list for the developmentally disabled waiver program for four years, attends the Legislative Finance Committee hearing Monday.

Georgia O'Keeffe knew a good thing when she painted it, and paint she did -- a magical landscape called northern New Mexico.

Although the state Legislature this year appropriated $9.4 million to bring more people with developmental disabilities into the state Medicaid program, the state Department of Health is refusing to spend any of the money.

Gov. Bill Richardson and legislative leaders on Tuesday agreed to hold a one-day special session a ' likely in October a ' to cope with expected state budget shortfalls.

Pounding storms beat up metro Albuquerque Tuesday evening with flooding rains and a likely lightning strike that felled a chimney at an industrial site.

He won't meet my eyes. He's shifting posture," the police officer thinks. "Odds on, he's lying." The interrogator may be right, but it's really even money.

Although construction projects on Interstate 40 tend to cause the most grief in the East Mountains, there are other ongoing construction projects on or near the roadway.

Construction is starting on the 2010 HGTV Dream Home give away at San Pedro Overlook, the upscale gated community along the Turquoise Trail north of Sandia Park.

An enchanting new, fully-furnished contemporary Pueblo-style home awaits the winner of the 2010 HGTV Dream Home which will be given away early next year.