Representatives from the Albuquerque District joined leaders from Kirtland Air Force Base and community members in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Fire Station #3 at Kirtland AFB, June 13, 2025.
Lt. Col. Matthew Miller, left, commander, USACE-Albuquerque District, and Armand Groffman, vice president of the Regina, N.M., Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association, sign an environmental infrastructure agreement at the Albuquerque District’s headquarters, June 27, 2025.
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A father and son have a lasting legacy in the form of Trinidad Dam. Louie Torres helped build the dam and now his son, Rick Torres, works at the dam.

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New Fire Station officially opens on Kirtland Air Force Base
7/11/2025
Representatives from the Albuquerque District joined leaders from Kirtland Air Force Base and community members in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Fire Station #3 at Kirtland...
USACE-Albuquerque District and the Regina, N.M., Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association sign environmental infrastructure agreement
7/2/2025
USACE-Albuquerque District Commander Lt. Col. Matthew Miller signed an environmental infrastructure agreement with Regina, N.M., Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association Vice President Armand...
Lasting Legacy: A Father and Son’s Role in Building, Maintaining Trinidad Dam
5/12/2025
Louie and Rick Torres’s roots run deep in southern Colorado along the Purgatoire River and are intertwined with the history of Trinidad Dam. Louie helped build the dam back in the 1960s and 70s. Louie...
Pottery Mound cultural preservation study kicks off with sponsor meeting
4/24/2025
Recently the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District and the Pueblo of Isleta met for a kickoff meeting to begin a cultural preservation study of the pueblo’s historic Pottery Mound site...
USACE-Albuquerque District receives Army Safety and Occupational Health Star recognition
4/4/2025
The Albuquerque District received the Army Safety and Occupational Health Star flag in a ceremony at the district’s headquarters, April 1, 2025. The district is the first district in USACE’s South...