A new Miss Albuquerque and Miss University of New Mexico were crowned Friday night at the African American Pavilion at Expo New Mexico. Kira Hirschfeld , originally of Socorro, was named Miss Albuquerque and Carin Malm, a UNM student, took the second crown. Both contestants will represent Albuquerque next spring at the Miss New Mexico competition, where the winner will go on to compete in the ... Full Story »
The cause of the crash this morning is still under investigation, APD reports. About 8 a.m, a vehicle traveling west on Osuna collided with a vehicle headed south on the Pan American Freeway (the I-25 frontage road), according to APD. Four people were taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital with injuries. "No one has died and the cause of the accident has yet to be determined," APD said ... Full Story »
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Police are investigating the death of a man who was found unconscious and bleeding today in Northeast Albuquerque. About 2 a.m., police were called to the the Rock Creek Apartments at Comanche and Lafayette after the man described as Hispanic and in his 20s was reported to be unconscious and bleeding, according to a police spokesperson. A neighbor told police that earlier in the evening yelling ... Full Story »
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the mountains of northern New Mexico, with as much as a foot of snow in the forecast along the New Mexico-Colorado border. From Ken Widelski at the Weather Service's Albuquerque office: Storm overview: A strong storm system will impact New Mexico beginning on Saturday and continuing into Sunday night and early Monday. The storm ... Full Story »
The Coronado State Monument is among four historical places in New Mexico that a state preservation group considers endangered. Full Story »
The Goddard volleyball team was in the house as New Mexico GameDay brings the highlights of high school football playoffs and volleyball championships. Full Story »
In less than two months, people in the South Valley will vote on whether they want to form a new town. The county shared new numbers with us Friday, showing it could take a lot more money than originally expected. Full Story »
The family of a young Albuquerque woman who was brutally beaten, then burned and buried on the mesa, is getting ready to lay her to rest. As Brittni Carlini's family prepares for the funeral, her father has a message he wants all parents to hear. Full Story »
See how medical investigators were able to identify Syllannia Edwards, one of the West Mesa victims. Full Story »
Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! The late Bruce King was known as the cowboy in the Roundhouse, for being the longest-serving governor in state history, for being better than any New Mexican politician at working a room. And he'll undoubtedly be remembered as the Yogi Berra of New Mexico politics. Full Story »
Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! April 6, 1924: King was born in Stanley to Will and Molly King. 1942: Graduated from Moriarty High School. 1947: Married Alice Martin at the Moriarty Baptist Church. Full Story »
Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Former Gov. Bruce King touched the lives of many New Mexicans during his three terms in office. Here are some statements from political figures who knew him: Full Story »
Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! WASHINGTON — Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. There were no key votes in the Senate this week. Full Story »
Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! For the period ending Oct. 10. Call the New Mexico Environment Department at 505-827-1840 to file a complaint. Full Story »
A deputy chief at the Las Cruces Police Department has been named interim police chief. Full Story »
The District Attorney's Office in Las Cruces has declined to prosecute an East Mesa man accused of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing of another man. Full Story »
Gov. Bill Richardson has named a 42-member task force to review tax increase proposals that could be considered next year to help solve New Mexico's budget problems. Full Story »
Sunport officials say a US Airways flight bound for St. Louis made an unscheduled stop in Albuquerque. Full Story »
The state Office of the Medical Investigator has identified an eighth victim among the remains found buried on Albuquerque's west side as a runaway from Oklahoma. Full Story »
The hunt for the killer behind the murders and burials of 11 women on Albuquerque's West Mesa has developed a short list of suspects, an investigator close to the investigation told KRQE News 13. Full Story »
Jasmine Flores could be released from University of New Mexico Hospital as early as Saturday after being mauled by a pack of wild dogs on Tuesday night. Full Story »
It's a deal hard to pass up, a huge breakfast for $1.50 even if you're too young to qualify for it. Full Story »
Former Gov. Bruce King had a knack for turning strangers into friends wherever he went. Full Story »
Bruce King, the boot-shod Democrat described as a genuine cowboy, was remember Friday as a politician who was both friendly and skilled at wielding political power. Full Story »
ALBUQUERQUE - Retired New Jersey state police detective Jack Cole was on front lines of the war on drugs for 14 years as an undercover officer before he decided to change sides. Full Story »
DENVER - Longer school days, longer school years and rapid response teams to help struggling schools are some of the recommendations from teams working on Colorado's Race to the Top federal grant proposals for education reform. Full Story »
DENVER - The state-appointed custodian in charge of the Colorado Humane Society said Friday that the nonprofit will close Jan. 1. Rick Block told Denver's KMGH-TV the society can't afford to stay open after the cities of Englewood and Littleton decided to contract with a new animal shelter. Full Story »
FORT COLLINS - A Colorado couple who reported their son was aboard a runaway balloon could land in jail after pleading guilty Friday to charges they made up the story to generate publicity for a possible reality TV show. Full Story »
ALBUQUERQUE - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and environmentalists reached an agreement Friday that scraps a rule the agency had used to kill or permanently remove any wolf that killed three heads of livestock in a year. Full Story »
Most people watch a cooking show to get a recipe for a holiday family gathering, add variety to their next feast, or learn to cook simple meals. Alamogordo's Art Weingaertner was watching a chef make a simple hot sauce on a cooking show, then tried to make it. Full Story »
The newly formed Alamogordo Second Amendment Task Force is looking to educate people about firearms and their Constitutional freedoms. Member Dan Woodruff said there is a need nationwide for the public to be educated about firearms. Full Story »
Otero Federal Credit Union started with a $17,000 investment in 1953, has grown to a worth of more than $208 million and has earned the right to provided its members with a new building in a growing community of shareholders. Full Story »
New Mexico State Police released the name of a 42-year-old Tularosa man after he was killed in a pedestrian accident on South U.S. Highway 54 last Saturday, a NMSP spokesman said. Full Story »
Members of Team Holloman gathered to celebrate the grand opening of a newly-built community center during a ribbon cutting ceremony here Nov. 5. Full Story »
Artist Jim Aho, an Old World style oil painter, was giving a painting demonstration in the courtyard of the Old Pecos Gallery building. Full Story »
SANTA FE — Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King was a back-slapping, hand-pumping, old-fashioned politician, equally at home on the ranch or in the Roundhouse. Full Story »
Current-Argus Staff Writer CARLSBAD — The R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation has selected five Eddy County applicants to receive grants totaling $23,000. Full Story »
CARLSBAD — The last Star Party and Celebration of the Night event for the year will begin at 5 p. Full Story »
CARLSBAD — The Fire Proof Rap Concert Ministry will sponsor the Christian concert The Altered Minds Tour at 6:30 p. Full Story »
SILVER CITY -- A Houston man who has been missing since Tuesday in the Gila Wilderness Area was spotted late Thursday afternoon by National Guard Search and Rescue crew members aboard an HO 58 helicopter. Full Story »
LAS CRUCES -- A radical Muslim imam reported to have corresponded with the suspected Fort Hood, Texas, shooter was born in Las Cruces. Full Story »
SANTA FE -- Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King was a back-slapping, hand-pumping, old-fashioned politician, equally at home on the ranch or in the Roundhouse. Full Story »
LAS CRUCES -- Mario Lupercio, 21, immigrated to the United States from Mexico when he was 6 years old. He's spent his life since in Roswell. But it wasn't until Friday that he became a citizen. Full Story »
The deadline for nominations to Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is Wednesday. Forms can be picked up at the Chamber Office or found online at www.silvercity.org , where the form can be e-mailed directly to the Chamber office. Full Story »
In 1984, Mark Mortier and a few friends crossed over the top of Santa Fe’s Lake Peak in flimsy leather ski boots, with skinny, 7-foot-long telemark skis thrown over their shoulders. They clipped at the top of a sub-peak on the other side and dropped into a small piece of heaven. Full Story »
Following the death of his wife, former US Marshal and Green Beret Rick Iannucci returned to Santa Fe from special mission unit work in Colombia to retire and care for his three children. Full Story »
Actress Natalie Portman recently declared on her blog on Huffington Post that Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book, Eating Animals , has turned her from a 20-year vegetarian into a vegan activist. Full Story »
In her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood , Margaret Atwood describes a future in which humanity has all but obliterated itself through scientific hubris and indifference to the environment. Full Story »
Graphite on Paper , the two-person show at James Kelly Contemporary, delivers on its promise, though the ratio of paper-to-graphite is strikingly disproportionate. The artists, Susan York and Wes Mills, each employ a restrained approach to mark making, but the similarities end there. Full Story »
A panda cub undergoes a physical exam at the San Diego Zoo. AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn
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