Bernalillo County News

The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority is considering a plan that would raise water rates for businesses by up to 7 percent.

Clayton Senn has a long history of mental problems. He has been arrested for randomly attacking strangers in the past, one time stabbing a man near his groin.

The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Trade Alliance this week announced its first trade trip to Taiwan.

Authorities say a wheelchair-bound man is in custody for allegedly hitting a 3-year-old boy in the head with hammer at an Albuquerque grocery store.

Albuquerque Police said a man shot Saturday in southeast Albuquerque has died and the suspect are still on the loose.

Daniel Cox, the man accused of driving drunk on a Sunday morning in October 2011 and killing Mary Anne Baca and Donnie Ortiz, took a guilty plea deal in court on Friday.

Friday's arrests are the result of a 15-month investigation by the DEA, Albuquerque police and Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office.

Seven people are behind bars Friday after a bust that targeted heroin traffickers operating in Albuquerque's Northeast Heights, and area that's experienced a growing heroin-abuse problem among teens and young adults.

COMPLEX. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER LAUREN ZAKALIK HAS THE STORY. BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS HAD EVEN ARRIVED ON SCENE.... it was really scary ORDINARY PEOPLE .... i was leaving my house to come to work MADE THE DECISION .... its kind of an eerie feeling TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.

The City of Albuquerque is partnering with the Bernalillo County to send methane gas produced by rotting garbage at the dump to heat water at the Metropolitan Detention Center.

Fireworks are officially banned in Bernalillo County. Commissioners voted unanimously on the ban Tuesday night.

A rollover crash and a separate car fire on Interstate 40 have closed all eastbound lanes at Eubank Boulevard and between Carnuel and Tijeras just east of Albuquerque.

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Albuquerque has launched a push to transform its brand into the Isleta Resort and Casino.

A new fireworks ban for Bernalillo County sets some steep consequences for violators.

Cecilia Taulbee, left, and her partner, Monica Leaming, answer questions about getting same-sex marriage recognized in New Mexico on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Three Rivers Brewery banquet hall in Farmington.

The Albuquerque area has a sustainable water supply through 2050 because of conservation efforts and the use of the San Juan-Chama water that has reduced groundwater pumping, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority COO John Stomp said Tuesday.

Economic Development Secretary Jon Barela will preside at a July 25 luncheon in Taos highlighting the state's MainStreet program.

The Office of the Medical Investigator has confirmed that a human skull found in the East Mountains Friday is ancient.

"This is the first of it's kind to serve adolescences in the state...so adolescences before would have to go out of state to receive those services," Katrina Hotrum, Bernalillo County Director of Substance Abuse, said.

It's been and issue for a while now, there are not enough cops patrolling Albuquerque's streets and one councilor says he has an idea that could help fix the problem.