R.J. Lees knows he's lucky after being swept down a rain-swollen Albuquerque arroyo Wednesday telling News 13, "I totally underestimated it."

Animal Humane Association officials said three badly injured pit bulls, possibly abused, were checked into their Albuquerque shelter in the past two days.

In this Webcast: Mark Ronchetti's forecast. Albuquerque police arrest man accused of kidnapping woman and forcing her into prostitution. Air Force shuffle moving Holloman AFB F-22 Raptors out and bringing in F-16 training squadrons.

An Albuquerque resident accused of taking money and arranging fraudulent documents to help two Polish men from Chicago obtain New Mexico driver's licenses has been charged with alien smuggling, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

The friends of the Albuquerque teen that was swept in rushing arroyo waters said they tried to rescue him, but he was water was flowing too fast.

New Mexico State Police arrested David Karan, 36, Wednesday night for the abduction of Alyssa Rehfield, 16, of Richmond, Texas.

The state Department of Public Safety Thursday issued a missing and endangered person alert for a Hobbs man who vanished late in June.

Farmington police allege Clifford Bunnie was driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he struck and injured two men on bicycles Wednesday afternoon

The street in front of Rio Grande High School will closed for more than 10 days to allow a contractor to complete a job, Bernalillo County announced Thursday.

Holloman Air Force Base may not have been selected to house the first squadrons of F-35 Lightning fighters, but an announcement later Thursday said the base will add training F-16 pilots to its mission.

A southern New Mexico man has been charged with trying to kill his estranged wife and mother-in-law by putting pesticide into their wine.

An Albuquerque man returned to his home Thursday morning to find an intruder in his hallway watching his girlfriend sleep.

The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National monument will remain closed until Aug. 20, 2010 while crews pave the road to the monument.

At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, a 16-year-old boy was crossing the arroyo at Juan Tabo Boulevard and Candelaria Road when there was not much water. However, his second step proved to be quite dangerous.

Because kids don't always listen to adults, the New Mexico Activities Association is using the stories of their peers to combat alcohol use.

A man who was shocked with a Taser at least six times by Albuquerque police will receive $275,000 in a settlement with the city.

Las Cruces police say residents of a neighborhood are reporting a pair of door-to-door solicitors claiming to represent a home security business and asking in-depth questions about people's current alarm or security systems.

A 16-year-old Albuquerque boy took a dangerous ride down raging runoff channels Wednesday afternoon before firefighters successfully rescued him.

More than 100 people turned themselves in during the first hours of New Mexico's Safe Surrender program.

The mayor of Las Vegas, N.M., says he won't seek a second term.