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Ultimately the company was able to assemble a 3.1-square-mile (8.0 km 2) parcel which today is known as the Albuquerque Original Townsite. However, the site was actually a considerable distance from the existing community around the plaza—about 1.5 miles (2.4 km)—which meant that in effect the new development was a completely separate town ...
The Old Main Library is a historic building in the Huning Highlands neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico, originally built in 1925 as the main facility of the Albuquerque Public Library. Since the opening of the current Main Library in 1975, it has served as the library system's Special Collections branch, housing historical and genealogical ...
Albuquerque (/ ˈ æ l b ə k ɜːr k i / ⓘ AL-bə-kurk-ee; Spanish: [alβuˈkeɾke] ⓘ), [a] also known as ABQ, Burque, and the Duke City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, [5] and the county seat of Bernalillo County.
Frances Densmore with Blackfoot chief Mountain Chief during a recording session for the BAE. The Bureau of American Ethnology (or BAE, originally, Bureau of Ethnology) was established in 1879 by an act of Congress for the purpose of transferring archives, records and materials relating to the Indians of North America from the Department of the Interior to the Smithsonian Institution.
The City of Albuquerque officially named the Alamosa - Robert L. Murphy Library after community leader Robert L. Murphy in October 2001. Robert L. Murphy, a military policeman and fire department officer, moved to Albuquerque in 1954. He served 27 years with the Fire Department and was involved in Boy Scouts, church, and school.
Feb. 1—The early morning of Aug. 24, Albuquerque police officer Honorio Alba Jr. spotted a black Toyota speeding south on Interstate 25 without its headlights on. The sedan was switching lanes ...
In December 2022, the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) received a tip that officers assigned to the APD's DWI unit were getting paid to make cases disappear.
May 29—The Albuquerque Police Department said it will start a return-to-work program to encourage retired law enforcement officers to come back. Earlier in the year, House Bill 236 was passed by ...