Tag: New Mexico

New Mexico Police Arrest Former GOP Candidate Solomon Peña In Connection With Shootings at Democrats’ Homes

Solomon Peña, a former Republican candidate who lost his bid for a State House seat in November, was arrested by police for being behind a series of recent shootings that targeted the homes of Democratic elected officials. According to the Albuquerque journal, Peña allegedly paid men to shoot up the homes after he lost his…


New Mexico Police Arrest Suspect in Shootings at Democratic Officials’ Homes

Police in New Mexico on Monday said they had arrested a man in connection with shootings at the homes and offices of six elected Democratic officials. “There is a suspect in custody, on unrelated charges, related to these incidents,” Albuquerque police Chief Harold Medina told a press conference. “We do have one of the firearms…


Border Patrol Agent Shot by Suspected Smugglers in New Mexico

A Border Patrol agent  in southern New Mexico was shot by suspected smugglers, who were inside a vehicle, on Thursday. When a Border Patrol agent stopped a vehicle at 11:25 a.m. he was shot multiple times on his bulletproof vest. The agent returned fire and the vehicle fled north of Hachita, according to a press…


Cameraman Injured on New Mexico Film Set Gets $66 Million in Lawsuit

A Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury while on a New Mexico movie set has been awarded more than $66 million in a lawsuit, among the largest settlements in the state’s history, a news outlet reported. The Santa Fe New Mexican quoted Jame Razo as saying that the jury’s decision Friday was…


8 Bucket List Events in 2023 to Start Planning For

We all know the feeling of reading about or seeing a video about a great celebration or affair that you want to attend, only to realize it happened a few weeks earlier. For that reason, we’ve compiled a list of the coming year’s most notable events in 2023, giving you plenty of time to make…


Richard Pitino, New Mexico Beat Rick Pitino and Iona 82–74

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—It was a very public two-hour, father-son bonding experience between New Mexico coach Richard Pitino and his dad, noted coach Rick Pitino of Iona, on Sunday. And in the end, the son prevailed 82–74 as the Lobos (11–0) got 22 points from Jaelen House and 17 from K.J. Jenkins. The Gaels were led by…


New Mexico Judge Diane Albert Found Dead With Husband in Likely Murder-Suicide

A judge in New Mexico was found dead in her home on Friday alongside her husband in what police believe may have been a murder-suicide by her husband. Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Municipal Judge Diane Albert, 65, was shot in her home Friday afternoon, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Twitter. Her husband Eric Pinkerton, 63,…


New Mexico Police: Planned Attack Led to University Shooting

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—New Mexico investigators say a University of New Mexico (UNM) student conspired with two other students and a teenage girl to lure a visiting New Mexico State University basketball player onto campus, leading to a shootout that left the UNM student dead and the player wounded. The investigation into the shooting early Saturday continued…


Pre-Dawn Shooting at University of New Mexico Kills 1

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A 19-year-old man was killed and a 21-year-old man was wounded in a predawn shooting Saturday at the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, where police said it was not an active shooting or a threat to others on campus. School officials called off a basketball game scheduled with in-state rival New Mexico…


Grandma’s Humble Life: A Reader Remembers How His Grandmother Quietly Impacted Those Around Her

We stand on the shoulders of giants. Ora Hopkins was born in Yell County, Arkansas, in November 1902, to Jim and Nancy Miller Hopkins, the 10th of 11 children.  She lost her dad before she turned 8. She was orphaned at 14, having lost her mother and two older brothers to the Spanish flu epidemic. Just before her…