City Desk ABQ checked in on how local politicians reacted to news about a shooting — suspected to be an assassination attempt — at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon. Trump was taken to the hospital but has said he is “fine.” One person attending the rally was killed, as was the suspected shooter. […]
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Photos: Donkeys, goats and the red, white and blue of the Corrales 4th of July Parade
Thousands of revelers wearing red, white and blue lined the sides of the main road through Corrales Thursday morning for the town’s annual 4th of July Parade. There were tractors, donkeys, goats, floats, politicians, and even a water gun fight to cool off in the late morning sun. City Desk ABQ photographer Roberto Rosales got […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico Statewide News
Law Offices of the Public Defender hit with cybersecurity attack
The Law Offices of the Public Defender — whose attorneys represent between 85% and 95% of the defendants in the state — was the victim of a cybersecurity attack last week. In a news release, a spokesperson for the offices said the attack has compromised access to critical internal records, as well as its ability […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated
Wildfire risk in NM expected to increase later this month after rain-soaked respite
By Patrick Lohmann The early monsoon rains that helped firefighters turn the corner on the South Fork and Salt fires in southern New Mexico were part of a pattern across the state that reduced wildfire risk for at least the next several weeks, according to a forecast released this week. The risk of wildfire will return with […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, New Mexico Statewide News
Photos: Historic rain floods Downtown, stranding bus, drivers and nightlife patrons
Albuquerque’s Fire Rescue Department responded to calls from at least 5 motorists stranded in flooded vehicles late Saturday night as a large thunderstorm dropped just under 1.5 inches of rain in about two hours across the metro. City Desk’s Roberto Rosales captured the scene Downtown where storm water forced the closure of Central Avenue under […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections, Uncategorized
Here come the ads! GOP reserves $2M in ABQ TV ads for election
New Mexico’s second congressional district is one of the most hotly contested races in the country, and Republicans are already spending big to reserve coveted local TV ad space. A memo from the National Republican Campaign Committee shared with Republican donors and posted online Thursday touts a $2,043,200 ad buy in the Albuquerque media market […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated
NM authorities dispel rumors of looting during the South Fork and Salt fires
By AUSTIN FISHER As thousands of people go back to their homes in the Village of Ruidoso, authorities say they are clearing out neighborhoods where there has been significant damage from fires and floods where the public must wait to return. And contrary to some 911 callers and rumors, there have been no reports of looting, […]
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Gov. Lujan Grisham, who pushed her own gun health orders, weighs in on Surgeon General’s gun health crisis declaration
On Tuesday, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a national public health crisis. While that federal declaration carries no immediate effects, it does echo a similar order issued last year by New Mexico’s Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. Lujan Grisham weighed in today on the new federal declaration: The surgeon general’s declaration of […]
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List of missing residents shrinks as New Mexico village seeks recovery from wildfires
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The number of residents still unaccounted for has been shrinking significantly after thousands of people fled their homes as two fast-moving wildfires approached their village in southern New Mexico, Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford said Tuesday. Search and rescue crews have cleared more properties in the areas of Ruidoso, the […]
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Public records and lightning data shed new light on Salt and South Fork fire origins
By PATRICK LOHMANN Officials from many agencies responding to the unfolding natural disaster in southeast New Mexico have said an investigation is ongoing about the cause of the South Fork and Salt fires, including whether the blazes were caused by a human or nature. “When we got here we were told it was human-caused; we were […]