Category: City Desk ABQ

A former long-time Albuquerque police spokesperson — a sworn officer who responded to media inquiries during the swing shift — has left the department rather than be interviewed as part of an internal investigation into corruption in the DWI unit.  Daren DeAguero was informed Tuesday morning that he was a target in the investigation and […]

As Albuquerque Public Schools nears a budget deadline, district officials will discuss progress with the Board of Education at Wednesday’s meeting. One known line item is a 3% raise for APS employees. Chief budget architects Rennette Apodaca and Rosalinda Montoya will present the outlook for career-connected learning, curriculum and instruction and operational areas of the […]

WASHINGTON / ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and […]

BY SHAUN GRISWOLD / Source NM The University of New Mexico Gaza Solidarity Encampment started its ninth day on Tuesday with part of the camp inside the main campus Student Union Building. By 4 a.m., police destroyed the five tents set up by the group demanding UNM divest from the state of Israel, and New Mexico […]

By JOCELYN GECKER / Associated Press Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours. But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. […]

A campus auditorium became a courtroom this morning, as the New Mexico Supreme Court convened in Albuquerque as part of an annual outreach program called The Rule of Law. At Central New Mexico Community College’s Smith Brasher Hall, the justices heard oral arguments in a case involving a student’s discrimination claim against Albuquerque Public Schools. […]

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / Associated Press New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a Texas-based company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in the Permian Basin. The $24.5 million agreement with Ameredev announced Monday is the largest settlement the state Environment Department has ever reached for a civil oil and […]

While the Albuquerque Police Department has generally been solving fewer than 10% of property crimes over the past couple of years, it has been steadily improving on solving homicides, according to data in the mayor’s proposed budget.  In fiscal year 2022, the Albuquerque Police Department cleared 71% of homicides but in the next fiscal year, […]

David Bergeron has had several break-ins at his Nob Hill home — the most recent of which was on Jan. 18.  “I woke up about 3 a.m. and noticed that the back door to our garage was open — we never leave it open at night,” he said.  He went out to investigate and noticed […]