Kirtland Air Force Base News

The commander of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., says budget cuts are hitting the Albuquerque installation's staff and operations but that the safety, security and reliability of the weapons themselves won't be affected.

Mitra Singh with Emir, a retired military working dog, shortly after she adopted him in January 2012.

Kirtland's sequestration cuts originally totaled $13.1 million, but the Air Force reinstated $7.9 million of that, Air Force Maj.

A huge aluminum yucca sculpture, appropriately titled "Aluminum Yucca," in the east mountains of Albuquerque along Interstate 40 and old Route 66 recently marked its 10th year of existence, reported the Albuquerque Journal .

The National Nuclear Security Administration, run by the Department of Energy, has found enough money to avoid furloughs for about 750 of its workers at Kirtland Air Force Base.

The furloughs affect more than 2,000 workers at Kirtland Air Force Base, according to the Albuquerque Journal.

One of the youngest and poorest senators, Martin Heinrich rose to the top as a supporter of labor and environmental issues.

The Jay Benson Triathlon, set to take place on the Kirtland Air Force Base, has been cancelled due to heightened security requirements.

2 of the other dogs also being held at a Santa Fe animal shelter have had pups and another is ready to deliver.

An unexpected side effect of the Boston marathon bombings has hit hundreds of New Mexico triathlon athletes and thousands of fans.

The Navy will pay NASA nearly $2 million a year to conduct field carrier landing practice at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

New Mexico can better utilize expertise from the state's national laboratories and expand manufacturing capacity to help boost its economy, U.S. Rep.

The jobs were on the chopping block because of across-the-board federal spending cuts.

New Mexico's U.S. senators are promising to fight the Pentagon 's plans to close a Kirtland Air Force Base space program to deal with the federal budget squeeze.