Amid growing public pressure to address homeless encampments across the city, Mayor Tim Keller invited Police Chief Harold Medina to help develop a two-month plan with “like five moves in two months on the chess baord (sic)” to respond to the growing crisis. “Yes let’s plan we hammer the unhoused but be prepared for the […]
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How many homeless people are in Albuquerque?
Teams of volunteers are set to fan out across the city on Tuesday in an attempt to count Albuquerque’s homeless population. Armed with surveys, volunteers will canvass neighborhoods, alleys, parks, encampments and meal service sites. They’ll count those who are unsheltered and in emergency shelters, transitional housing projects or other facilities. The “point-in-time,” or PIT […]
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Wells Park is a home base for ABQ’s Detroit Lions fans. The area’s new city councilor has a lot to do with it.
This story is published in partnership with the Downtown Albuquerque News as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. Thank you to donors whose support allows us to license these stories. Donate to allow us to continue to bring stories like this. Throughout last summer and fall, the line […]
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Albuquerque serial killer pleads guilty to 1980’s cold cases
This report is the first of a two-part series by City Desk’s Elise Kaplan and Bethany Raja. To read more about the victims families find part two here. (c) City Desk ABQ. Republish our stories with permission from editor@abq.news After more than 30 years of waiting and agonizing for their children, the families of Stella […]
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A killer confesses: what happens to those left behind?
This report is the second of a two-part series by City Desk’s Elise Kaplan and Bethany Raja. To read more about the court hearing and Apodaca’s plea, find part one here. (c) City Desk ABQ. Republish our stories with permission from editor@abq.news One night in 1988, 13-year-old Stella Gonzales—a bubbly 5th grader at Washington Middle […]
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APD brings in civilian investigators to solve orphaned homicides
Help for several cold cases is on the horizon for the Albuquerque Police Department. In a press conference on Jan. 25, APD brass updated the department’s progress with orphaned and departed homicide cases due to bringing in civilian investigators and a new homicide digital library. “I think that we found a formula for going forward […]
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Lawmakers want attorney general to create new task force on missing and murdered Indigenous people
By Bella Davis/NM In Depth Five New Mexico lawmakers want the state attorney general to establish a task force focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people. They’ve made the request via Senate Joint Memorial 2, which they introduced this week. The memorial puts on display the disagreement some lawmakers have with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s quiet shuttering last year of […]
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Four members of APD DWI unit added to DA’s list of untrustworthy officers
Four names were just added to the Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office list of officers who have credibility issues—colloquially referred to as a Giglio disclosure. They are Honorio Alba, Joshua Montano, Nelson Ortiz and Harvey Johnson and their names appear over and over as the arresting officers in the list of more than 150 DWI […]
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Joaquin Baca is ready to move forward and make the hard decisions
Joaquin Baca is picking up the torch. Baca, a hydrologist with the U.S. Forest Service was elected in November to fill the City Council seat of longtime Councilor Isaac Benton, who served for 18 years. Baca represents District 2, which includes downtown, Old Town, the West Mesa and Pat Hurley neighborhoods and part of the […]
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APD Chief addresses federal investigation into DWI officers
Five days after federal authorities searched the homes of Albuquerque Police Department officers and the office of a local defense attorney, department leadership provided additional details about the case and announced that it has launched an administrative investigation into the officers. None of the officers have been charged with a crime “at this point in […]