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Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Monday afternoon, following a heavy rainstorm, Albuquerque Fire Rescue recovered a body that had been swept down the diversion channels alongside a mannequin. Now the case is being investigated as a homicide. Tom Ruiz, a spokesman for Albuquerque Fire Rescue, said shortly after 5 p.m. the department was told that there was a person in the diversion channel near Claremont and Algodones NE, just east of Juan Tabo. ................................................................ “Initial reports were of possibly two persons in the flood channel,” Ruiz sa...

A slow-moving but vital infrastructure project is making headway in Washington County. According to Press Senior Reporter Robert Houk this week, the Washington County Commission’s Water Task Force is hoping to set priority items and partner with Jonesborough on a work crew to install water service to residents not currently served. Working from a 2019 engineering report, task force members hope to elevate some of the 359 potential projects that will extend water and sewer lines to as many people as possible. Clean drinking water is one of the few essential resources needed for life. Fort...

Washington County commissioners continue to plug away at a goal of providing public water to underserved areas of the county.

Wellington water woes becoming daily disasters, council under pressure Eva Corlett © RNZ / Dom Thomas Burst pipes, a sinkhole, a water geyser in a suburban street - Wellington's water woes are fast becoming daily disasters. © RNZ / Emma Hatton Pressure is mounting on the Wellington City Council and Wellington Water to urgently fix the city's beleaguered water network. A burst water main in Karori today is just the latest in a raft of failures within the capital's water system. Overnight crews worked to fix a sinkhole that opened up in the CBD yesterday. Just days before th...