Bernalillo News

The trial of a former Albuquerque police officer accused of killing his wife is at a standstill as lawyers argue over access to documents in a related civil trial.

The right lane of eastbound U.S. 550 from N.M. 313, Camino del Pueblo in Bernalillo, to Interstate 25 will be closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night through June 21 for sidewalk removal.

In this May 12, 2013 photo, former Albuquerque police officer Levi Chavez, front left, listens to the testimony of retired police detective Shawn O'Connell in Sandoval County District Court in Bernalillo, N.M., while prosecutor show a bloody photo from the scene of Chavez' wife's death.

Thirteen New Mexico hotels were recently recognized with AAA Four Diamond awards.

Former Albuquerque Police Officer Levi Chavez prepares to leave the courtroom following opening statements in his trial in Bernalillo, N.M., on Monday, June 10, 2013.

BERNALILLO, N.M. A former Albuquerque police officer is standing trial on charges he killed his wife in 2007 with his department-issued handgun and tried to make it look like a suicide.

An Albuquerque police officer caught on video beating a surrendering suspect and firing a stun gun at another has been fired.

Utility Partners of America , which helps utilities install and upgrade water, gas and electric meters embedded with time and money-saving technology, has safely connected approximately 40,000 Albuquerque homes and businesses to a "smart" water management infrastructure on behalf of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority.

Walls of hail, dirt and wind moved through the area, leaving a path of destruction.

Ward and Shirley Minge collected scarce Hispanic artifacts, preserving items used in daily colonial life.

Fire crews battling the Thompson Ridge fire near Jemez Springs in northern New Mexico are being aided by a large air tanker converted from a DC10 jumbo jet.

The Bureau of Land Management Albuquerque District Office will begin Stage II fire restrictions on BLM-administered public lands in Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro, and Valencia Counties beginning on Monday.

Police and sheriff's deputies from different agencies all around Sandoval County took over Bernalillo High School Tuesday to practice what they had do if a gunman was in the school.

You better pack some patience because summer road construction season is ramping up.

A driver who struck and killed a motorcyclist at a Rio Rancho intersection has been charged with careless driving.