By Kaylee Trainum / NM News Port Reported cases of rape are on the rise on the University of New Mexico campus according to the 2019 annual Clery Report, a report that contains information on campus safety and crime. Sexual Assault and Rape Rape and sexual assault at UNM have been steadily rising since 2011. […]
By Nash Reynolds / NM News Port / ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Members of Rally ABQ, a local group focused on creating change in Albuquerque, gathered on Feb. 14, 2018 and agreed that the best way to tackle the city’s issue of crime is to begin working with key players in the community who fall under […]
By Kevin Maestas and Andrew Lucero / NM News Port Albuquerque voters will return to the polls on November 14th, to decide a forced runoff election between the two top vote-getters in the October 3rd mayoral election. The two finalists are NM State Auditor Timothy Keller and Albuquerque City Councilor Dan Lewis. From the crowded […]
By Nathan Barnes / NM News Port Albuquerque police are asking residents of the Northeast Heights area to keep working with them to make neighborhoods safe. As they do in meetings around the city, APD officers used a Sept. 12 meeting of the Northeast Area Community Policing Council to offer crime prevention tips and […]
By Maya Holt / NM News Port An armed robbery near an Albuquerque apartment complex brought the residents together looking for ways to prevent future crime in their area. The meeting was held at Uptown Village, a gated housing complex near the ABQ Uptown shopping district. Crime Prevention Specialist Sharanne Press of the Albuquerque Police […]
By Derek Bencomo, Briana Gomez and Sol Traverso / NM News Port There is a place where you can purchase unique custom woodwork, get your vehicle detailed, and have it power washed, all under the same roof. It is all made possible by fathers who are taking part in a community re-entry program, and their work brings in […]
By Maya Holt and Brittany Perez / NM News Port Gun safety advocates lost a battle in the NM state legislature this year. Despite growing gun violence in the state, lawmakers rejected a measure expanding background checks on most private gun sales. The Democrat-sponsored House Bill 50 would have extended background checks to gun sales […]
By Brittany Perez / NM News Port In August of 1999, Lisa Guerrero, 30, and her brother Eddie Guerrero, 20, were shot in their car parked on Sunny Slope Rd. in Albuquerque, New Mexico’s South Valley. Both died that day. Now considered a cold case, 18 years later the Guerrero case is once again being […]
By Ricky Garcia / NM News Port In November, New Mexican voters will decide whether to amend the state constitution, giving judges power to hold dangerous defendants in jail without cash bond. It would also allow judges to release poor defendants without bail if they are not a risk to the community. The language […]
