Top Albuquerque Area Local News Stories
Source: KOAT.com - Local News
An Albuquerque firefighter arrested on federal drug charges tied to a notorious Mexican cartel has been fired, but many are asking why he was ever hired in the first place.
Published: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:01 MST
A soldier surprised his three children at dinner when he returned home from Afghanistan, and Action 7 News caught the emotional homecoming on camera.
Published: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:41:39 MST
Alerts at the University of New Mexico's main, north and south campuses were canceled Friday afternoon after police arrested a stabbing suspect.
Published: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:36:31 MST
School district officials said that horseplay with a popular spray deodorant led to one boy being burned and the product being banned at Cleveland Middle School.
Published: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:09:13 MST
A Santa Fe SWAT team arrested a fugitive from Arizona on Thursday afternoon.
Published: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:54:08 MST
KOAT.com posts some notable mug shots from across New Mexico. See who got arrested.
Published: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:40:55 MST
Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama abruptly abandons his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.
Published: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:08:41 MST
A Santa Fe neighborhood is evacuated while police tackled what they believe is a meth lab.
Published: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:52:41 MST
Reports of aggressive sales people at kiosks at the Coronado Mall have caused police to get involved.
Published: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:27:24 MST
Albuquerque police said a not-so-smart criminal tried to sell bootlegged DVDs to an undercover detective and two Secret Service agents right outside the Secret Service building downtown.
Published: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:28:11 MST
Sandoval County school district in crisis is about to get even messier as the state conducts an investigation.
Published: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:54:29 MST
Eleven states applied to opt out of the No Child Left Behind policy, but only 10 states are given the OK, leaving behind New Mexico.
Published: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:20:59 MST