Albuquerque news

• UNM student gov. discusses safety after stun gun petition

  06-04-2016 21:17
  
  The University of New Mexico's student government held a safety event on campus Wednesday following a student protest over the right to carry stun guns on campus.
  
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• APS board delays discussion on acting superintendent's contract

  06-04-2016 20:56
  
  The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education will not discuss the contract of Acting Superintendent Raquel Reedy Wednesday night.
  
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• Making Strides: Women in management

  06-04-2016 20:42
  
  As CEO of APPCityLife, Lisa Abeyta has learned a thing or two about leadership.
  
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• 2 New Mexico Powerball tickets worth $50K expire soon

  06-04-2016 16:43
  
  Two New Mexico Powerball winners still haven't claimed their $50,000 prizes.
  
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• Multi-car crash causes backup on I-25 NB

  06-04-2016 16:25
  
  Three left lanes are closed on I-25 northbound at San Antonio due to a crash involving multiple vehicles Wednesday morning. >View Traffic Map
  
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• La Cueva students suspended for locker room boxing

  06-04-2016 16:18
  
  Six La Cueva High School football players are suspended and one assistant coach is on leave after the district said there was some sort of boxing match in the locker room.
  
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• APS could decide on a superintendent tonight

  06-04-2016 15:38
  
  Wednesday, the Albuquerque Public Schools Board could decide on who will be the district’s next superintendent.
  
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• Storm holds off Volcano Vista softball, 3-2

  06-04-2016 08:05
  
  RIO RANCHO–If you're looking for the best high school softball over the next four weeks, w ...
  
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• FBI urged to dump extremism website aimed at schools

  06-04-2016 08:05
  
  Groups say agency is targeting speech protected by the First Amendment
  
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• Detained immigrants not getting items back

  06-04-2016 08:05
  
  U.S. returns migrants to Mexico without their money, identification or phones
  
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• College baseball: Lobos beat Aggies in game played in Roswell

  06-04-2016 08:05
  
  ROSWELL–The University of New Mexico baseball team had to endure a long bus ride after Tue ...
  
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• Behind the plate, Isotopes remain ahead of the game

  06-04-2016 08:05
  
  Three of a kind is not always a winning hand for a baseball manager, especially if you're holding a...
  
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• Beefed-up security sought at U.S. airports

  06-04-2016 08:05
  
  Heinrich joins other Democrats in seeking more search teams, training
  
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• Restaurant pairs menu, events

  06-04-2016 08:04
  
  M'tucci's Cocina Grill, a "Nuevo Latino" rest
  
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• Past eating habits topic of program

  06-04-2016 08:04
  
  A thousand years ago, New Mexicans had very d
  
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• Local spots plan tea, pop-up dinner

  06-04-2016 08:04
  
  The Fragrant Leaf Tea Boutique, 3207 Silver SE, welco
  
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• We shouldn’t have to fear the police

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  CHICAGO–When it comes to the epidemic of African-Americans dying at the hands of police, p ...
  
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• UNM athletic director has to make do with very little

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  By all measures, Paul Krebs has set a standard seldom matched in college athletics
  
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• Trump flails around off the cuff

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON–Donald Trump is learning how hard it is to pretend to be something he's not....
  
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• Sandia, San Felipe pueblos adopt 2015 casino compact

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  SANTA FE–Two more Indian tribes in New Mexico are operating their casinos under the state- ...
  
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• Holding out hope for girl who vanished 30 years ago

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  9-year-old was last seen in family apartment in Gallup in 1986
  
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• Editorial: Bernalillo County’s tax wolf is at the door again

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  Bernalillo County takes the third-largest share of the property taxes paid on a home in the city of...
  
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• Council rules stem from rowdy meetings

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  City Council President Dan Lewis says he simply was enforcing the rules this week when he ordered an ...
  
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• APS may decide on top job tonight

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  Board to evaluate acting Superintendent Reedy, could offer her position
  
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• Another $400K going to APS

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  A little more money will flow into Albuquerque Public Schools for the upcoming fiscal year thanks to ...
  
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• Albuquerque promotes overdose drug to save lives

  06-04-2016 08:02
  
  City launching campaign to raise awareness about Narcan
  
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• Presbyterian plans could impact historic Albuquerque area

  06-04-2016 06:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Presbyterian Hospital is working on renovations, including plans to improve parking.
  That means changes that could impact an historic Albuquerque neighborhood.
  Tucked behind the busy traffic on Central in front of the hospital, cyclists get around on Silver Avenue’s Bicycle Bouleveard.
  It is an area people in the Silver Hill Historic District want to protect, “significant for its tree-lined parkway,” as a sign in the neighborhood declares.
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• APS investigating teacher for using yardstick on student

  06-04-2016 06:28
  
  Albuquerque Public Schools officials said a substitute teacher is being investigated after students said he hit a 7th-grader with a yardstick.
  
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• APD chief says more funding needed for counseling for witnesses of violent crimes

  06-04-2016 06:28
  
  After two Albuquerque restaurant owners were shot by their own uncle in front of customers at a Northeast Heights restaurant, KOB spoke with one witness who did all she could to comfort one of the dying men.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court Justice speaks at Hispanic Women’s Council

  06-04-2016 06:11 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the guest of honor at Hispanic Women’s Council on Tuesday night.
  Justice Sotomayor was given many standing ovations as she was introduced to the Hispanic Women’s Council.
  Media was only allowed to record a couple of minutes at the event.
  On Wednesday, she’ll answer questions from the St. John’s College president and the public at the college in Santa Fe.
  
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• Nob Hill vies for Main Street America accolades

  06-04-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Nob Hill has a chance to earn a national accolade and a $25,000 prize, but the community needs our vote.
  Nob Hill has been nominated in the Main Street Contest by the group Independent We Stand America, which bills itself as being all about small and independently-owned businesses.
  Carolyn Chavez, executive director of Nob Hill Main Street, said, “Nob Hill’s just a great neighborhood in Albuquerque. I’ve lived in a lot of cities across the countr
  
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• NM Attorney General pushes for school board felon’s resignation

  06-04-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) – A northern New Mexico school board member who’s accused of illegally holding public office is now facing a new ultimatum: resign or face the law.
  KRQE News 13 has obtained new documents that show the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is stepping in, giving West Las Vegas School Board member Anthony Leroy Benavidez two weeks to decide his future.
  Benavidez’s criminal history has overshadowed West Las Vegas Schools’ Board of Education for t
  
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• APS pays out thousands of dollars to man in free speech lawsuit

  06-04-2016 05:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque Public Schools is paying out thousands of dollars again to settle another free speech lawsuit.
  The district has agreed to pay $59,000 to Mark Bralley.
  He filed suit in August 2013 accusing the APS board and staff of illegally kicking him out of open meetings, and trying to stop him from taking pictures and video.
  The district refused to comment on the settlement.
  In December, APS settled another lawsuit with a man they banned from school board meetings, pay
  
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• Shelby enters first year with Isotopes as hitting coach

  06-04-2016 05:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – John Shelby had quite the career as a player and plans to impart knowledge to all willing to learn on the Albuquerque Isotopes.
  Shelby is in his first season with the Isotopes as a hitting coach who previously worked for the Milwaukee Brewers from 2011-2015. He was an outfield instructor for the Brewers and oversaw the team’s defense.
  As a player, Shelby won a pair of World Series Championships with the Orioles and Dodgers. He had a 16 season career with 11 of th
  
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• La Cueva football players suspended, assistant coach on leave

  06-04-2016 05:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A number of La Cueva High School football players are suspended for what they were doing after football class.
  An Albuquerque Public Schools spokesperson told KRQE News 13 this all has to do with an incident before spring break.
  A number of players were sparing with boxing gloves after class.
  Six of them were suspended for two days. About two dozen more were disciplined for watching and not going to their next class.
  An assistant football coach is on administ
  
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• Construction to close most lanes of EB I-40 in ABQ this weekend

  06-04-2016 05:26
  
  Albuquerque drivers can expect more delays along I-40 this coming weekend.
  
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• Former state senator case moves to 9th judge

  06-04-2016 05:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The criminal fraud and bribery case against a former state senator has been moved for the ninth time, to yet another judge.
  Former Senator Phil Griego is facing nine criminal charges, including fraud, bribery, perjury, and tampering with public records.
  On Tuesday, Santa Fe District Court Judge David Thomson was handed the case after Griego’s attorney excused Judge Sarah Singleton without explanation under provisions designed to ensure impartiality.
  If one more j
  
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• BJ Penn feels good, waiting for a fight

  06-04-2016 04:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Former UFC champion BJ Penn is very serious about his return to the octagon.
  “I was just like, you know what? I am going to make one more run at this,” said Penn. “Greg Jackson just came in my head and I was like, I am going to call him right now. I called him on Christmas. He didn’t answer. I called him. I texted him. He texted me back right away. He said let’s do this man.”
  The 37-year-old has been working out at the famed Jac
  
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• Homemade skateboard rocket explodes, kills California student

  06-04-2016 03:50 via krqe.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Investigators on Tuesday were trying to figure out what caused a homemade rocket attached to a skateboard to explode, killing a Southern California high school student and injuring his friend.
  Bernard Moon, 18, of Thousand Oaks died after the blast Monday night. A 17-year-old had minor injuries and was hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday.
  The two senior honor students were from Thousand Oaks High School. The blast took place in a courtyard at Madrona Eleme
  
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• Ted Cruz wins GOP primary in Wisconsin

  06-04-2016 03:44 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ted Cruz has won the Republican presidential primary in Wisconsin. The win gives critics of Donald Trump hope that they can stop the GOP front-runner’s rise to the party nomination. They are trying to deny him the majority of delegates and force a contested convention in July.
  The Texas senator is casting his victory as a sign that he is the only candidate who can stop Trump. He’s calling on Republicans to unify behind him and pushing Ohio Gov. John Kasic
  
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• NM author releases 'Bad Clowns' book

  06-04-2016 03:20
  
  Clowns - people either love them or have a fear of them. A local author explores how clowns go bad. Albuquerque author Benjamin Radford has many scary clowns in his big bag of tricks.
  
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• Proposal could increase traffic fines in Roswell

  06-04-2016 02:58 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – One New Mexico city is looking to raise traffic fines, and not just by a little.
  The city argues it’s long overdue and that more expensive tickets will mean safer drivers.
  City leaders in Roswell are looking at a proposal that they are hoping will have people think twice before speeding or running stop signs and red lights.
  “Maybe if the laws were a little bit sterner and stiffer, people would be more inclined to obey the law,” said Municipal C
  
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• KOB viewers assist new parents whose car was stolen

  06-04-2016 02:42
  
  KOB viewers and visitors to our website are coming to the aid of a young mother whose car was stolen – loaded with baby supplies – just hours before giving birth. What’s new? Well, let’s see – the mom had the baby – cops found the stolen car – and people are helping the young family recover from their losses.
  
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• 54-year-old man from Cibola County dies from hantavirus

  06-04-2016 02:39
  
  State health officials say a 54-year-old man from Cibola County has died of hantavirus.
  
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• New Mexico’s physically largest lottery ticket goes on sale

  06-04-2016 02:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The New Mexico Lottery’s biggest ticket ever, Super Ticket, goes on sale Tuesday.
  Lottery officials say it’s physically the largest ticket New Mexico has ever sold. The game piece is taller than a sheet of paper and almost as wide. It is so big that it is only sold at retailers with special dispensers.Super Ticket, a $10 scratcher, features four Double Diamond play areas and 42 chances to win. The game has top prizes of $100,000.
  
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• Celebration of Elvis set to take over Old Town

  06-04-2016 02:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque’s Old Town is all set to rock and roll.
  Elvis Live on the Plaza will take place Friday. The annual event gives people a chance to celebrate all things Elvis.
  In honor of the Elvis era, restored classic cars will be on display and you can even sign up to sing karaoke. The Bar Stars, with pro bassist Donny Tesso, will also be there to perform live music.
  The event is free and open to the public.
  
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• City of Albuquerque thanks volunteers

  06-04-2016 02:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque spent Tuesday morning thanking volunteers who have dedicated their time in making the city a better place.
  It’s part of the Mayor’s Day of Recognition.
  For the last three years elected officials recognize the hard work of those who serve their community. Tuesday Mayor Berry also showed his appreciation.
  “Our community is safer because of you. It’s safer because of you and it’s stronger because of you,” said th
  
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• Grass fire burns in Lincoln County

  06-04-2016 01:49 via krqe.com
  
  LINCOLN COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A grass fire has been reported in Lincoln County.
  The Joyce Fire, is located approximately 20 miles south of Picacho and has burned approximately 300 acres of private land.
  Local, state and federal resources have responded and are working to suppress the fire.
  New Mexico State Forestry says three structures are threatened, but resources are in place for protection.
  
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• 'Running Start' program helps start students in industrial jobs

  06-04-2016 01:42
  
  There's an Albuquerque program that helps high school kids get early hands-on experience in industrial jobs that is getting national attention. It's called "Running Start for Careers," and it helps give those kids a little nudge with big results.
  
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• BernCo billboard touts 'County Government Month'

  06-04-2016 01:40
  
  Maybe you’ve noticed it on I-25 northbound in Albuquerque – just north of Montgomery. It’s a new billboard proclaiming April is "County Government Month."
  
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