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Former assessor fleeces property owners

Before she left office, former Bernalillo County Assessor Karen Montoya bungled hundreds of tax assessments and illegally fleeced property owners out of what

Sheriff moves out of state - collects pay

The 4,000 square miles of rugged southwestern New Mexico includes Truth or Consequences, Elephant Butte Lake and Caballo Lake. But today, one thing Sierra

PERA ignores errors that short-change retirees

New Mexico’s Public Employees Retirement Association has known for years that it’s been underpaying some retirees while overpaying others, yet the agency

Lab stumbles as bizarre device fails

The new Scientific Laboratory in Albuquerque cost taxpayers $86 million by the time it was finished two years ago.

Law returning licenses to DWI suspects

New Mexico highways are crawling with drunk drivers who have figured out the secret to beating the system and getting their driver’s licenses back, according

$7M luxury-estate taxed as pasture

The 3-acre Tuscan estate nestled in Albuquerque’s North Valley is the most expensive piece of residential real estate in Bernalillo County.

Illegal horse racing runs wild

Nearly every weekend, hundreds gather in the New Mexico outback for illegal horse racing that often includes big money, violence and animal cruelty.

'Imaginary' insurance policies cost families

New Mexico state employees who pay for extra life insurance take heed: You’d better make sure all your ducks are in a row or your family could end up with

$2M water project is state’s boondoggle

If you want to see what a waste of nearly $2 million looks like, go no further than this city of 9,000 residents in New Mexico’s northwestern corner.

City residents pocket farming subsidies

A Larry Barker investigation found hundreds of Albuquerque residents have collected millions of dollars in farm payments over the years without ever planting a

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Wrestler's star treatment decried

A star high school wrestler who was allowed to compete in a state tournament …

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Feds penalize Sandia Labs millions

Sandia National Laboratory’s recent safety record is so bad, it’s been chastised…

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