ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say a 21-year-old woman was shot and killed as she tried to drive away from an area near an Albuquerque park where she witnessed a late-night robbery.

A police spokesman said in an email late Saturday that Cayla Campos had been playing Pokémon Go with her boyfriend the previous night when she and others saw a robbery of people seated in another vehicle.

Police say she attempted to drive away when she was struck by gunfire and crashed into a home.

Did you know the number of water quality calls to Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) has dropped significantly from 3-years ago? Did you know our community diverted 3,241 tons of green waste this past year? It was recycled into composted mulch and given back to the community free, instead of being buried in the landfill. Did you know 23,000 customers were assisted in their utility billing with a Preferred Payment Date? These are statistics you can see in the 2018-2019 LCU Annual Report.

  Silver City, NM – The Western New Mexico University Foundation and the family of Tadeusz Westawic signed an endowed scholarship agreement on Tuesday, August 6. The agreement establishes a fund in memory of Westawic, who believed that education should be accessible to those who were willing to seek it and to those needing a second chance.

  CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Lizbeth Garcia tended to her 3-year-old son outside a tent pitched on a sidewalk, their temporary home while they wait for their number to be called to claim asylum in the United States.

The 33-year-old fled Mexico's western state of Michoacan a few weeks ago with her husband and five children — ages 3 to 12 — when her husband, a truck driver, couldn't pay fees that criminal gangs demanded for each trailer load. The family decided it was time to go when gangs came to their house to collect.

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Professors and adjunct teachers at New Mexico's largest university have voted to unionize.

The University of New Mexico announced Friday the adjunct and faculty endorsed two proposals in favor of union representation after two days of voting.

Results show members of the school's regular faculty voted 500 to 304 in favor of unionization. Adjunct faculty voted 256 to 26 in favor of forming their own union.

The move comes after a faculty union petition was filed in February.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Public Education Secretary Designate Ryan Stewart has announced the SAT will become the official statewide standardized test for high school juniors.

Stewart said Friday all New Mexico high school juniors will be required to take the SAT in the spring of 2020. He says the exam administered by the non-profit organization College Board is aligned with New Mexico academic standards and all New Mexico colleges and universities accept the test.

LAS CRUCES, NM - North and South bound lanes on El Paseo at University will be closed overnight from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the University water main replacement project on Tuesday, October 22nd and Wednesday, October 23rd.

Detours will be in place; Roadrunner Transit will not be affected and driveways will remain accessible.

PLACITAS, N.M. (AP) — A third-grade teacher in the Bernalillo school district who got her start volunteering at an after-school program teaching English as a second language in a low-income housing community has been named the New Mexico Teacher of the Year.

State Public Education Secretary-Designate Ryan Stewart announced Mandi Torrez as the winner Friday based partly on her efforts to focus on cultural responsiveness, inclusivity and equity in the classroom.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico School of Medicine's neurosurgery residency program is going to lose its accreditation next summer.