Blowing dust health alert in effect for Bernalillo County

MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. IN THIS MORNING’S TOP STORY, SEVERAL FIRES ARE BURNING ACROSS OUR STATE AS SEVERE WINDS MOVE IN. EVACUATIONS ARE STILL IN PLACE FOR RESIDENTS NEAR THE HUMMINGBIRD FIRE IN CATRON COUNTY. THE WILLOW CREEK SUBDIVISION IS NOW IN GO EVACUATION STATUS. YOU NEED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU LIVE IN THAT AREA. NEW. OVERNIGHT, THE FIRE HAS GROWN TO OVER 2000 ACRES BURNED. THIS FIRE IS 0% CONTAINED. CREWS SAY IT WAS CAUSED BY LIGHTNING OVER TO THE RIVERSIDE. FIRE IN ESPANOLA CONTINUES TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED. FIRE CREWS SAYING THEY BELIEVE THE INITIAL ACREAGE BURNED WAS AN OVERESTIMATION. OFFICIALS ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE A MORE ACCURATE FIRE SIZE. AND IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, CREWS ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE TWO CEASE FIRE. THE FIRE IS BURNING ABOUT 230 ACRES AND IS NOW 39% CONTAINED. OFFICIALS SAY ALL EVACUATION LEVELS HAVE BEEN DOWNGRADED TO READY STATUS. SOME RESIDENTS ARE BEING ALLOWED BACK HOME. STATE HIGHWAY 266 REMAINS CLOSED AS CREWS CONTINUE THEIR WORK. BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE IN OLD TOWN AROUND 130 THIS MORNING, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING IN THE AREA OF CENTRAL AND RIO GRANDE AND A AND INVENT, EXCUSE ME. AN INDIVIDUAL WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BUT SUCCUMBED TO THEIR INJURIES. APD IS INVESTIGATING. WILL BE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE. A SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER LAST NIGHT AS SHOOTING DISRUPTED THE EVENT, FORCING PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHER TOP OFFICIALS TO BE RUSHED FROM THE ROOM. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT LED TO THE GUNFIRE AT THE WASHINGTON HILTON. ABC’S ALISON KOSIK HAS THE LATEST. ACCORDING TO D.C. POLICE, JUST AFTER 830 SATURDAY NIGHT, A GUNMAN CHARGED A SECRET SERVICE CHECKPOINT ARMED WITH A HANDGUN, A SHOT GUN AND MULTIPLE KNIVES. AUTHORITIES SAY LAW ENFORCEMENT QUICKLY ENGAGED, EXCHANGING GUNFIRE WITH THE SUSPECT. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 31 YEAR OLD COLE ALLEN, A SECRET SERVICE OFFICER, WAS HIT IN THE VEST AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. OFFICIALS SAY HE IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS INTENT ON DOING AS MUCH HARM AND AS MUCH DAMAGE AS HE COULD. U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JEANINE PIRRO SAYS THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AND FACING SEVERAL CHARGES. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS SEARCHES TIED TO THE SUSPECT ARE NOW UNDERWAY IN BOTH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. INVESTIGATORS HAVE RECOVERED THE SUSPECT’S PHONE AND OTHER DEVICES AND ARE WORKING TO OBTAIN WARRANTS TO EXAMINE THEM. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THE SUSPECT TRAVELED FROM LOS ANGELES TO CHICAGO AND THEN ON TO WASHINGTON. IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE NOW RECONSTRUCTING HIS MOVEMENTS AND CONTACTS. BEFORE HE ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL. ALISON KOSIK, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE IN NEW MEXICO. REACTING TO THE SHOOTING. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF NEW MEXICO SAYING IN PART, POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE AND MUST BE UNIVERSALLY CONDEMNED. WE ARE RELIEVED THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTED QUICKLY TO NEUTRALIZE THE THREAT. NOW, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NEW MEXICO, THEIR CHAIRWOMAN, AMY BARELA, POSTING IN PART EVERY SINGLE ELECTED LEADER IN OUR COUNTRY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS EVIL AND FAILURE TO CONDEMN THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. OVER TO COMMITMENT 2026. WE’RE NOW FIVE WEEKS AWAY FROM NEW MEXICO’S GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES. OVER ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, A BATTLE BETWEEN FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR DEB HAALAND AND CURRENT CURRENT BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAM BREGMAN. OUR PARTNERS AT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL WILL BE RELEASING HIGHLY ANTICIPATED POLLING RESULTS FOR THIS RACE. YOU CAN SEE THOSE RESULTS IN TODAY’S PAPER. ONE LAST SELLOUT FOR THE GATHERING OF NATIONS AS THOUSANDS SAY GOODBYE TO NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST POWWOW. THIS YEAR’S THEME WAS THE LAST DANCE. ORGANIZERS SAY IT IS THE FINAL YEAR FOR THE EVENT. AFTER 43 YEARS GATHERING FEATURES OVER 3000 PARTICIPANTS AND DANCERS FROM 500 TRIBAL NATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW, SOME HAVE BEEN COMPETING FOR IT TO BE NAMED BEST DANCERS. OTHERS ARE JUST ATTENDING TO BE ROOTED IN THE COMMUNITY. I WENT YESTERDAY FOR THE. DID YOU FINAL ENTRY? YEAH, AND IT WAS SO FUN. YEAH. I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY COOL AND NEAT TO SEE ALL THE DANCERS AND THEY KIND OF LIKE FORM THIS CIRCLE AND IT’S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT TRIBES AND, YOU KNOW, TRIBES THAT DON’T USUALLY PARTICIPATE IN POWWOW CULTURE KIND OF ALL COME TOGETHER. SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT. AND I HAD A GOOD NAVAJO BURGER. SO THUMBS UP ALL AROUND. I’M SAD IT’S THE LAST ONE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING YESTERDAY THEY HOPE THAT SOMEONE ELSE PICKS IT UP. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. ACTION SEVEN NEWS WILL BE BACK AT FIVE. YOU CAN GET THE LATEST NEWSCAST ANYTIME ON THE FREE VERY LOCAL APP. WE HOP