Pat Davis, Author at City Desk ABQ

Much of New Mexico is under flood watch

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Weather forecasters warned Monday that much of New Mexico faces two more days of elevated threats of dangerous flooding like the walls of water over the weekend that caused severe damage, forced the rescues of 100 people and left parts of one town recently ravaged by wildfires covered in mud and debris. […]

Should gun store sales get special credit card tracking?

By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales. But new laws will do the exact opposite in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming by banning the […]

“Poozeum” tells the stories of ancient animals through fossilized poop

One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop. Bone fragments in a piece of fossilized excrement at a new museum in northern Arizona — aptly called the Poozeum — are among the tinier bits of evidence that indicate T. rex wasn’t much of a chewer, but […]

Funding for Tijeras Biozone Education Center Will be on the November Ballot

Bernalillo County voters in November will get to decide whether to support $40.5 million in capital projects ranging from a wrought iron fence to several new athletic fields. The Board of Commissioners June 25 approved the list of projects for the general obligation bond issue and the questions that will be placed on the Nov. […]

What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump’s 2020 election interference case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. The Supreme Court did not dismiss — as Trump had wanted — the indictment alleging he illegally schemed to cling to power after […]

Trump ally Steve Bannon will report to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon is scheduled to report to a federal prison in Connecticut on Monday to serve a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack. A judge had allowed Bannon to stay free for nearly two years while […]

TCSO Seeks Help Finding Burglary Suspect Who Stole Cowboy Hats

The Torrance County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a burglar in the Town of Mountainair. On June 26, TCSO was dispatched to a residence on Corbett Avenue regarding a residential burglary. Residents told detectives the burglary took place earlier in June, and gave detectives still photos from a security camera […]

Searching for solutions: In New Mexico, researchers seek to make brackish water a viable supply

By Hannah Grover Heading through eastern New Mexico, dairy cattle can be seen in farms beside the highway while flashing lights illuminate the wind farms at night. Large sprinklers irrigate the crop circles where, in the spring, the endangered lesser prairie chickens may venture out of the brush onto the fields to dance while keeping […]

NM governor wants more prison time for people convicted of felonies who face new gun charges

By Austin Fisher Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is proposing to once again extend how long someone can be put in prison for possessing a gun when they have already been convicted of a felony. New Mexico law prohibits someone from having a gun if they’ve been convicted of a felony, battery or property damage against a loved one, stalking, or federal gun charges; or […]

Judge to weigh request to dismiss Alec Baldwin shooting case for damage to evidence during testing

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge plans to rule Friday on a request to dismiss the sole charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer over concerns the FBI damaged the firearm during forensic testing before defense attorneys could examine it. Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin have asked Judge […]