Bloodshed in the Albuquerque metro area ended this year as it began — with the senseless and seemingly random slayings of two Albuquerque couples. Full story »

How do you convey Albuquerque? For the next few days, we're getting digital. Behind the trends and beyond the stories, we'll visit the numbers that define our lives. Full story »

Fifty-three men, women and children were slain in the Albuquerque area this year as of Friday. Summaries of how they died, who is accused of their deaths, the motives and the status of the cases were compiled from criminal complaints, reports and interviews provided by the Albuquerque Police Department, the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department and the Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety. The agency that handled the case is also noted. Full story »

Guns once again played a deadly and significant role in the number of homicides in the Albuquerque metro area this year, but this time it was not always the "bad guy" who fired. Full story »

Today's digital snapshot: police and fire protection. Full story »

How do you convey Albuquerque? This week we've been looking at some of the numbers that define our fair city and its people, paths and patterns. You can find the first two in the series at www.abqtrib.com. Today's offering: a digital snapshot of how we nurture our spirits. Full story »

How do you convey Albuquerque? For the next few days, we're getting digital. Here's a digital snapshot of how the city is growing and changing. Full story »

How do you convey Albuquerque? For the next few days, we're getting digital. Behind the trends and beyond the stories, we'll visit the numbers that define our lives: what we eat (and how much), how old we are, where we pray, how many of us spend time in jail. Full story »

In years past, kids convicted of violent acts in New Mexico were locked up and punished. Today, that's changing. Full story »

Albuquerque's Youth Diagnostic and Development Center houses both nonviolent teen offenders and high-risk killers. Officials say their goal is to help clients get the therapeutic services they need, but the plan has its share of detractors and problems. Full story »

New Mexico's new mission in juvenile justice is patterned, in part, after a successful Missouri program that has been in place for decades. Some call it "unprisonment." Full story »

Among the components of Missouri's successful juvenile justice program that have interested New Mexico officials most is its sentencing structure. Full story »

The violence in Katrina Gonzales' life didn't stop when she entered the Youth Diagnostic and Development Center in Albuquerque. Full story »

New Mexico's juvenile facilities; ethnicity; gender gap; in custody; the New Mexico vision for juvenile justice Full story »

New Mexico juveniles who killed. What happened to them. Full story »