Bernalillo County News

Given dangerous fire conditions, parts of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District will be closed beginning Wednesday and fire restrictions will be increased.

Officials in the Albuquerque area are imposing tougher fire restrictions, and portions of the wooded area along the Middle Rio Grande to the north and south of the city are closing.

A pair of homeless women accused of plotting to kill an Albuquerque man following a sexual escapade because they wanted his car have been indicted.

The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority is looking at a way to store water underground during times of surplus, to be used during periods of drought.

Prosecutors say that under the terms of his plea agreement Monday, Jonathan Matthew Sandoval will be sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.

Two Albuquerque police officers who were involved in non-fatal shootings have been cleared by the Bernalillo County district attorney's office.

The US Senate, with the support of New Mexico's Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, recently passed legislation called the "Marketplace Fairness Act." The idea behind the legislation is to set up a new taxation regime that would allow states to collect sales taxes on all online sales.

SANTA FE New Mexico's Supreme Court took up the question Wednesday of whether a judge misused the state's shield law for rape victims, preventing a young man from receiving a fair trial.

The identity of a carjacking suspect killed in a spectacular crash in the North Valley Tuesday afternoon has been released by Bernalillo County sheriff's investigators.

Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies said a man died Tuesday shortly after he carjacked a vehicle at a business at Fourth Street and Alameda Boulevard.

Bernalillo County is imposing new restrictions and prohibitions on outdoor smoking, campfires and open burning in areas of the county outside the Albuquerque city limits.

Authorities say a man is dead after crashing a vehicle he had carjacked following an attempted robbery at a convenience store in Albuquerque's North Valley.

Right now, a SWAT team is trying to get a person out of a home in the 10000 block of Natalie Court NE.

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The Bernalillo County District Attorney's office said Tuesday that a grand jury has indicted Lawrence Capener on a number of charges, including attempted murder.

That includes banning open fires, campfires and smoking in the vulnerable areas of Bernalillo County.

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Bernalillo County Commissioners will take up another proposal this week to fix the jail overcrowding problem at the Metro Detention Center.

Bernalillo County commissioners on Tuesday will again consider a proposal to ship out hundreds of inmates to relieve crowding in the county jail in Albuquerque.

Just in time for the weekend, a new improved section of Albuquerque's popular Bosque Trail is open for bikers and hikers, runners and horses.