No ‘probable cause’ in death
Police say "no probable cause" exists to charge anyone with a crime in a deadly exchange of gunfire that killed a 24-year-old Ventana Ranch man this week.The dead man was identified by police as...
View ArticleMRCOG studies options to ease traffic
Even though the interchange at Paseo del Norte and Interstate 25 will eventually be reconfigured to ease congestion, the growth along the West Side of Albuquerque and in Rio Rancho will ensure that...
View ArticlePlayer chosen for elite soccer camp
Admitted soccer junkie Sergio Rivas, a sophomore at Cibola High School, has been selected to participate in the Real Madrid Select Training Program in Madrid, Spain."I was very surprised when my coach...
View ArticleTrying to fit into ‘doggie society’
Jennifer Solis-Ball couldn't afford an expensive epilepsy service dog - a dog trained to warn of an impending epilepsy seizure in someone - so she went to the local shelter and found a black Lab/pit...
View ArticleCounty wants to move ahead on Bridge plan
Bernalillo County is taking the first steps to make the Bridge Corridor Redevelopment plan an official document. The County Planning Commission will review the document at its April 3 meeting at 9 a.m....
View ArticleWest Central bank robbed
The FBI and Albuquerque police are looking for a man who robbed a Bank of the West branch on West Central earlier this week. The suspect was caught on bank surveillance photos smiling broadly. He's...
View ArticleRavens perfecting the art of the comeback in baseball
If there's one thing the Rio Grande baseball team seems to have mastered so far this season, it's the art of the close win.And the comeback. The Ravens on Tuesday edged Manzano 3-2, the second time in...
View ArticleStrong pitching carrying the Cougars, so far
The Cibola Cougars appear to be borrowing a page from Volcano Vista this softball season.With the 2013 season nearly half over, Cibola is following a script that worked pretty well for the Hawks during...
View ArticleSurvey says: No roundabout needed
In response to Lucia Deichmann's recent pro-roundabout letter, I would like to refute some of her so-called "facts."Lucia maintains that all the affected neighborhoods received notice of the roundabout...
View ArticleAFD trains for a hazmat emergency
There have been only a handful of tanker rollovers on the interstates in Albuquerque in the past decade, but it's the one you're not prepared for that becomes a catastrophe, Albuquerque Fire Department...
View ArticleCustomer service, can you hold?
Dear Whomever is in Charge of Customer Service for DirecTV:All I wanted was to watch the game.I was back in my hotel room after a long day and I figured, what better way to unwind? Now, the game wasn't...
View ArticleVideo footage of shooting offers insight
Video taken from an Albuquerque police helicopter captured dramatic action that appears to corroborate some of the claims made by the family of an Iraq War veteran shot dead by a neighbor recently on...
View ArticleLetters
Roundabouts can't contain congestionRE "ROUNDABOUTS offer good solution," George G. Wood, Albuquerque Journal West Side: I have lived in the valley myself for 44 years. When I moved here in 1969, Rio...
View ArticlePlan aims to spiff up Central Ave.
The city hopes to make Central Avenue more attractive to tourists, prospective and current property owners and surrounding neighborhoods.City Councilor Isaac Benton will host a meeting Tuesday to...
View ArticleTesting ROVs at West Mesa High
The bright yellow, remotely operated vehicle built from pieces of PVC tubes and flotation devices, and powered by small propellers sunk to the bottom of the pool at the West Mesa Aquatic Center.West...
View ArticleNew section to replace West Side Journal
The Journal is launching a new, weekly section and website, called Rio West, to replace the twice-a-week West Side Journal.The new weekly section will be published on Saturdays, beginning next...
View ArticleWind is orchestrating poppies’ march across yard
Q: Two years ago we planted California poppy by seed and they did very well that first year. Now they seem to be marching across the yard, nowhere near the spot they were originally started and very...
View ArticlePius’ Sanchez, Stafford are all-state picks
One of the criteria for determining the greatness of a prep athlete is to look back and wonder how that team might have finished a season without that player.In the case of Micah Sanchez and Nic...
View ArticleMarie Hughes Elementary kitchen reopening tomorrow
Albuquerque Public Schools spokesman Rigo Chavez said officials are expecting to reopen the kitchen at Marie Hughes Elementary kitchen tomorrow after no evidence of mice was found.The kitchen was...
View ArticleUpdated: DA to seek charges after woman struck with arrow
1:53 p.m. -- After consulting with the District Attorney's office, police will now seek misdemeanor deadly weapon charges against the father and/or son whose mis-aimed arrow struck a woman in the back...
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