Tijeras News

TIJERAS, N.M. a ' The suspect in the latest Tijeras homicide appeared in Albuquerque Metropolitan Court Sunday after he recovered from a gunshot wound in the hospital.

Bernalillo County deputies said an argument over a rifle ended with two men shot.

A powerful storm passing through New Mexico will leave heavy snowfall over much of the northeast and east-central sections of the state.

HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT ACROSS MANY AREAS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE FAR WEST.

The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that accused cop-killer Michael Astorga may be allowed to choose if he'd like one jury to hear his trial and, if convicted, seat a second jury to decide on the death penalty.

It may be a little too cold for kids to play outside after school, so the East Mountain Centre for Theatre is giving them a chance to play inside while learning all about theater.

The U.S. Census Bureau is now locally recruiting temporary, part-time census takers for the 2010 Census.

The new year has started and now it is time for the political season to begin. Municipalities in the East Mountains and Estancia Valley will be holding elections on March 2. Candidates who wanted to be included on the ballots for municipal elections filed paperwork on Tuesday.

While New Year's Eve is often a time for reflection on the year that has passed not to mention a party and a kiss or two people often look forward to the coming year as well.

There's nothing like a traffic jam for the holidays. A 12-vehicle pileup near the Sedillo exit on eastbound Interstate 40 ground traffic to a halt, with cars backing up all the way to Tijeras for about four hours.

As 2009 draws to a close, not only are we looking at the end of a year, but the end of a decade.

Filing: Candidates for the upcoming elections can file with their municipalities on Jan.

Deputies' differing accounts of how much they searched a Tijeras home have prompted lawyers for accused child molester Joseph Martinez to call for his post-arrest statements to be suppressed.

Bernalillo County deputies are still trying to piece together how 56-year-old Katherine Cullen ended up driving the wrong way on Interstate 40 near Tijeras, hitting 56-year-old Judith Bjorkman of Edgewood head on in a collision that killed both women late last Wednesday.

It was such a beautiful afternoon today that I couldn't bear the thought of taking I-25 to Santa Fe.

For some people, there just don't seem to be enough cell towers. Buckboard Neighborhood Association president Susan Moore has begun researching what it would take to get better cellular service to her neck of the woods, an area south of Tijeras.

A ruling by a federal judge in a child porn case could put key evidence in jeopardy.

A U.S. district judge has ruled that the search of a suspected child pornographer's home was unconstitutional.

It's not lip-service that small-business owners want from the government, but they do want someone's ear.

One day last week we got the urge to see what I call the "backside of the Manzanos." We headed south from Tijeras and wandered all the way down to Mountainair .