National Guard hosts active-shooter training

The New Mexico National Guard hosted an active-shooter training exercise -- its third in three years -- on Dec. 10 at the Wyoming Readiness Center.Army National Guard Lt. Col. Steve Garcia, director of operations and state provost marshal, said a grim scenario was chosen for the training: armed,

Operation Holiday Cheer a major success

What started 36 years ago as a small event feeding about 30 senior citizens from the local community has turned into one of Kirtland's biggest charity events of the year, where about 2,000 people from Kirtland's surrounding communities are treated to a feast.Operation Holiday Cheer, hosted annually

Kirtland Spouses' Club cookie drive huge success

People began bringing cookies to a drive-up area in front of the Mountain View Club at dawn on Tuesday, the second day of the Kirtland Spouses' Club holiday cookie drive.By mid-day, an army of volunteers was sorting and packaging a mind-boggling number of donated cookies. Lauren Townsend, the club's

Firefighters cooking up a storm for charity event

Firefighters just enjoy helping out.That was the explanation given by several firemen at Station 2 -- which had taken on the distinct smell of roasted turkeys -- on Friday when asked about the time they put in for Operation Holiday Cheer, which happened Wednesday.People from Albuquerque are fed

Volunteer victim advocates complete week-long training

Six volunteers recently completed mandatory training and will soon join Kirtland's victim advocates support team.The 40-hour training session ran the gamut of topics, including traumatization, how to respond to a sexual assault, operations and logistics, legalities and ethics, potential scenarios

Santa Claus came to town for Hearts Apart holiday party

Air Force mobilizing drilling rigs

Drilling of monitoring wells in an Albuquerque neighborhood has begun as part of an effort to better understand the size, shape and movement of a fuel leak at Kirtland.The wells will be used to address remaining data gaps and further characterize the horizontal and vertical extent of the dissolved

Kirtland childcare provider named best in AFMC

The Kirtland Family Child Care program demands a lot from its providers, and a successful provider must meet the program's standards for licensure and the demands of childcare on a daily basis. Still, providers regularly do this and more, according to FCC provider Marie Stabe, who was recently named

CV-22 damaged at Double Eagle Airport

A CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft experienced a nose landing gear malfunction while landing at Double Eagle Airport near Albuquerque, N.M. at approximately 11:30 a.m. today.  The aircraft was on a routine training mission at the time and sustained damage to the nose of the aircraft.  There were no

AFRL helps local high school students launch weather balloon

Students from Highland High School and scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory are launching a full-scale weather balloon to conduct high altitude experiments. For the past month, Highland students have been working with AFRL scientists and engineers to create their payloads