Albuquerque news

• Santa Teresa mostly missing from Borderplex talks

  21-04-2016 23:46
  
  EL PASO — A regional economic development group provided an update Thursday on its strategy to boost investment, trade and tourism at the intersection of West Texas, southern New Mexico and Ciudad Juarez. But three years into the effort, a key voice is still mostly absent from the planning table: Santa Teresa, New Mexico’s fastest-growing […]
  
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• Omaree’s mom to plead guilty, expects 40 years in prison

  21-04-2016 23:39
  
  Synthia Varela-Casaus, whose child Omaree died from abuse after being beaten in his home, will plead ...
  
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• New APS superintendent talks about challenges

  21-04-2016 23:32
  
  Sliding graduation rates are a top concern for new Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent Raquel...
  
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• Updated: Homes of Enchantment

  21-04-2016 23:30
  
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• BCSO searching for suspect in restaurant robbery

  21-04-2016 23:29
  
  Detectives are looking for a man they say robbed Forasteros Mexican food restaurant on April 4, according to a spokeswoman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Felicia Romero said the robbery occurred around 8:45 p.m. at the restaurant at 1100 Coors NW. Surveillance video shows the man pointing taking the money and running out of […]
  
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• Water Authority: Public input wanted on upcoming sewer project

  21-04-2016 23:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Water Utility Authority is asking for public input on a sewer line project for southwest Albuquerque. It’s still in the design phase but the goal is to install new equipment that will reduce sewer odors and improve sewer flows near Yucca and Central. Old water lines will also be replaced.
  The project will affect several streets in the area. Once the design has been finalized, the project could start by late summer and it will take about six months to co
  
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• Man accused of stealing from LANL facing charges

  21-04-2016 23:20 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – A man accused of taking tools from Los Alamos National Lab has now been charged. Late last year, someone saw Richard Atencio throwing the tools out of the trunk of his car into bushes on lab grounds.
  A hazmat sweep found high radiation levels throughout his car but when the FBI searched Atencio’s home no lab property or radioactive items were found.
  But after a lengthy investigation, Atencio has been arrested and is facing charges, according to the Los Alamo
  
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• Lovelace to open new clinic in Albuquerque

  21-04-2016 23:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Lovelace is opening a new medical clinic in the South Valley. It will be located in the Las Estancias Shopping Center near Coors and Rio Bravo, the same area where a new theater was recently built.
  The clinic will provide ob-gyn services, midwives, primary care, physicals and advanced practice providers.
  Lovelace officials say Albuquerque is in need of doctors across the city but they’re especially needed in this growing area.
  Construction is set to start i
  
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• New Mexicans have until May 10 to register to vote

  21-04-2016 22:07 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Eligible voters in New Mexico have until May 10 to register to vote in the June 7 primary election – and they can do so easily online.
  Secretary of State Brad Winter says he encourages voters to use a new online voter registration system that allows eligible citizens with current or expired New Mexico driver’s licenses to register via the internet.
  Voters can also register in person at any Motor Vehicle Division or county clerk’s office. Seventeen-ye
  
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• United Blood Services seeks New Mexico blood donors

  21-04-2016 21:17 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – United Blood Services needs your blood. The agency says it is in urgent need following a couple of mass transfusions Tuesday that wiped out most of their blood supply.
  They say they’ve had to borrow 285 pints from a blood center in El Paso to fill the need.
  The biggest need is for Type O blood which is a universal blood type.
  Volunteers must be at least 16-years-old, 110 pounds and in good health.
  Center Locations:
  Albuquerque – 1515 University Blvd.  8
  
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• New Mexico says more families eligible for child care help

  21-04-2016 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is launching a push to get more eligible families to apply for federally-funded child care assistance.
  The Republican governor is scheduled Thursday to announce efforts to get families to seek assistance for a program that some might not even know exists.
  New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Secretary Monique Jacobson says many families in one of the nation’s poorest states qualify for child care assistance but don’t k
  
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• New Mexico loses illegal voting case, must pay ACLU’s fees

  21-04-2016 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico has lost a long-running lawsuit over legal fees in a public records case.
  The New Mexican reports that state taxpayers will now be responsible for $90,000 in legal fees for the American Civil Liberties Union.
  The state Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a 2014 decision that the ACLU is entitled to more than $87,000 in legal fees from the Secretary of State’s Office, a number that doesn’t include the fees incurred by the appeals process.
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• Remembering Prince: Listen to some of his biggest hits

  21-04-2016 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) How many people around the world are humming to their favorite Prince tunes Thursday as they remember the music icon. Prince passed away at the age of 57. He left behind a treasure trove of music including “Little Red Corvette,” “Raspberry Beret” and “Kiss” to name just a few.
  Prince had been touring and recording right up until his death, releasing four albums in the last 18 months, including two on the Tidal streaming service last year. He pe
  
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• Texas appeals court allows $350M in Medicaid therapy cuts

  21-04-2016 19:30
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas appeals court is allowing the state to proceed with cutting $350 million from a Medicaid program that provides therapy for disabled children. The 3rd Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit over the cuts that were approved by the Legislature last year. Opponents have said roughly 60,000 kids statewide […]
  
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• Internet explodes with shock, grief following Prince’s death

  21-04-2016 19:30 via krqe.com
  
  CHANHASSEN, Minn. (MEDIA GENERAL) — Pop music superstar Prince died at his home in suburban Minneapolis Thursday. He was 57.
  Prince broke through in the late 1970s with “Wanna Be Your Lover” and soared with albums “1999” and “Purple Rain.” He was widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive musicians of his era.
  Following the news of his death, fans and stars alike quickly took to social media to express their shock and disbelief but also remember the m
  
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• Southern Plains residents warned of potential tornadoes

  21-04-2016 19:29
  
  NORMAN, Okla. — While Texans try to dry out from flooding rains, forecasters are telling people in the Southern Plains to review their tornado safety plans ahead of severe weather expected next week. The Storm Prediction Center says tornadoes are possible in southern Kansas, Oklahoma and northern Texas next Tuesday, with additional severe weather for […]
  
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• Phoenix area has 5 of 15 US rail crossings with most accidents

  21-04-2016 19:29
  
  PHOENIX — Crossings along a roughly 4-mile stretch of track in metro Phoenix account for five of the top 15 U.S. road-railroad crossings with the most accidents in the past decade. The Federal Railroad Administration says many of the crossings on a list released Thursday involve multiple-lane intersections in neighborhoods with significant truck traffic or […]
  
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• Worried about Zika, MLB players question Puerto Rico games

  21-04-2016 19:28
  
  MIAMI — Players from the Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates have expressed concerns about playing their two-game series next month in Puerto Rico because of the Zika virus. Officials with Major League Baseball, the Marlins and Pirates expect the games to be played as scheduled May 30-31, they said Thursday. But the teams, MLB and […]
  
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• Firms that paid for Clinton speeches have US gov’t interests

  21-04-2016 19:28
  
  WASHINGTON — An Associated Press review finds that most companies and groups that paid for speeches by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lobbied federal agencies. More than one-third are government contractors. Their interests would follow Clinton to the White House should she win election this fall. Federal records show almost all the 82 corporations, trade […]
  
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• Business & Economy

  21-04-2016 19:05 via krqe.com
  
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  News, stories and other features about the trio of parks that make up New Mexico business and economy.
  
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• Publicist: Prince has died at his home in suburban Minneapolis

  21-04-2016 19:03 via krqe.com
  
  CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Pop music superstar Prince has been found dead at his home in suburban Minneapolis.
  Watch CBS coverage on Prince’s impact on music »
  His publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated Press the music icon was found dead at his home Thursday in Chanhassen.
  The singer, songwriter, arranger and instrumentalist was widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive musicians of his era, drawing upon influences ranging from James Brown to the Beatles to
  
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• Prince, among most inventive musicians of modern era, dies

  21-04-2016 19:03 via krqe.com
  
  CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Prince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times with hits including “Little Red Corvette,” ”Let’s Go Crazy” and “When Doves Cry,” was found dead at his home on Thursday in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57.
  His publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated Press that the superstar “died at his home this morning at Paisley Park.” The local sheriff said deputies found Prince unrespon
  
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• Authorities investigate death at Prince’s recording studio

  21-04-2016 19:03 via krqe.com
  
  CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a death at Paisley Park, where pop superstar Prince has his recording studios.
  Jason Kamerud, Carver County chief sheriff’s deputy, tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune that the investigation began on Thursday morning.
  He said officials are withholding information about the identity of the deceased person until next of kin has been notified. A news release will come afterward.
  
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• Flood of tributes for Queen Elizabeth on her 90th birthday

  21-04-2016 18:38 via krqe.com
  
  WINDSOR, England (AP) — Fate unexpectedly made her queen. Duty and endurance have made her an institution and an icon.
  Queen Elizabeth II turned 90 on Thursday as Britain’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch, drawing crowds of well-wishers and floods of tributes to the stamina and service of a woman who can claim to have given her name to the age.
  Britain is living, Prime Minister David Cameron said, in the “modern Elizabethan Era.”
  The queen usually spends her birthday
  
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• New Mexico lawmakers challenge feds over rare mouse

  21-04-2016 18:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Nearly half of New Mexico’s Legislature is stepping into the fray between ranchers and the federal government over the fencing of watering holes on national forest land to protect an endangered mouse found in three western states.
  The 50 lawmakers say the government has overstepped its authority and is trampling private property and water rights.
  They’ve sent a letter to State Engineer Tom Blaine, asking that he use his authority as New Mexico’s t
  
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• Woman convicted in son’s disappearance released from jail

  21-04-2016 18:31 via krqe.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) – A former Arizona woman who was imprisoned in the disappearance of her child has been released from jail after serving 20 days behind bars for a probation violation.
  Elizabeth Joanne Johnson covered her face and had no comment for journalists who swarmed her as she left a Maricopa County jail Thursday morning and left in a taxi.
  Johnson acknowledged in court that she traveled from her home in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, to Arizona in July to visit a friend she had met in p
  
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• Farmington Police search for missing teen

  21-04-2016 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – Farmington Police are asking for help finding 16-year-old Naomi Ward.
  Naomi WardPolice believe Ward left school around lunchtime on April 1 after going to her morning classes. Her family says she has been experiencing some emotional difficulties and are very worried about her.
  Ward was last seen wearing a Toronto Blue Jays sweatshirt and black yoga pants. Ward is also described as 5-foot-8 and 125 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair.
  Anyone with inform
  
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• Time 100: Who stands out and what it says about politics in 2016

  21-04-2016 16:57 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Time Magazine has released its annual list of 100 influential people from around the world impacting cultures, countries, and citizens around the globe.
  Among the list in 2016 are notable American politicians who’ve become the main focus of cable television news and friendly debate for the past year.
  Below is a look at some of the most high profile selections:
  Paul Ryan
  (AP photo)The recently elected Speaker of the House became a symbol for a new cha
  
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• 1990s WWE wrestling star Chyna dies in Southern California

  21-04-2016 16:52 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chyna, the tall, muscle-bound, raven-haired pro-wrestler who rocketed to popularity in the 1990s and later made the rounds on reality TV, has died, authorities said.
  Police in Southern California said they were responding to a 911 call from a friend of the former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler when they found her dead in her Redondo Beach apartment.
  A friend had gone Wednesday to check on Chyna, whose real name is Joan Marie Laurer, after she had failed to answer
  
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• Pennsylvania GOP presidential delegate chase adds to mystery

  21-04-2016 16:45 via krqe.com
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania, long an afterthought in presidential primary stakes, may emerge as a key player in crowning this year’s Republican presidential nominee.
  Pennsylvania will send a whopping number of delegates to July’s unsettled Republican National Convention who, under a state party rule, can vote for whichever candidate they choose.
  As a result, Pennsylvania’s April 26 statewide primary election is relatively meaningless — a beauty pageant. What
  
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• Volkswagen reaches judge’s deadline for diesel car fix

  21-04-2016 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Time is up for Volkswagen to meet a federal judge’s deadline to detail how it will make nearly 600,000 diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests comply with clean air laws.
  Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said he wanted to know the timing of the fix and any planned payments to vehicle owners by a court hearing set for Thursday. That is when a deal is expected to be announced between Volkswagen, the U.S. government and private lawyers for the automa
  
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• Judge: VW owners can pick buybacks, fixes in emissions deal

  21-04-2016 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An agreement will give owners of hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen vehicles rigged to cheat on emissions tests the option of having the automaker buy back the cars or fix them, a judge said Thursday.
  Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer did not give details on how much car owners would be paid but said the deal between Volkswagen, the U.S. government and private lawyers would include “substantial compensation.”
  He also did not say how more than 480,0
  
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• GOP senators express concerns over colleague’s Sept. 11 bill

  21-04-2016 16:32 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Key Senate Republicans are divided over a GOP senator’s bill that would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.
  In a political twist, Democrats firmly back the legislation even though it puts them at odds with the White House.
  President Barack Obama is visiting Saudi Arabia amid the kingdom’s threats to pull billions of dollars from the U.S. economy if Texas Sen. John Cornyn’s bill is enacted. The legislation from Cornyn
  
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• Officials watching ‘high risk’ dams after Houston storms

  21-04-2016 16:25 via krqe.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Two aging dams deemed “extremely high risk” by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are at record pooling levels in Houston’s west side after this week’s torrential rainfall, but are working well and have undergone improvements in recent years, authorities said Wednesday.
  The dams — at 50 percent capacity — are classified as high risk only because they’re about two decades beyond their life expectancy and in a populated area, said Corps
  
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• Half-mile tunnel found on US-Mexico border, cocaine seized

  21-04-2016 16:16 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities said Wednesday that they discovered a cross-border tunnel that ran a half-mile from a Tijuana house equipped with a large elevator to a lot in San Diego that was advertised as a wooden pallet business, resulting in seizures of more than a ton of cocaine and seven tons of marijuana.
  It was the 13th sophisticated secret passage found along California’s border with Mexico since 2006, including three on the same short street in San Diego that runs parall
  
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• 3 officials charged in Flint water crisis; more predicted

  21-04-2016 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Flint water crisis has become a criminal case, with two state regulators and a city employee charged with official misconduct, evidence-tampering and other offenses over the lead contamination that alarmed the country and brought cries of racism.
  For nearly 18 months, the poor, majority-black city of 100,000 used the Flint River for tap water as a way to save money — a decision made by a state-appointed emergency manager — while a new pipeline was under
  
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• Workshops aim to preserve northern New Mexico documents

  21-04-2016 15:47 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Highlands University and the city of Las Vegas Museum want northern New Mexico residents to preserve their family documents.
  The school’s library and the museum will host workshops next week in Las Vegas on ways families can save documents going back the Spanish colonial era to frontier days.
  Officials say those documents tell the story of New Mexico and should be preserved.
  Lynn Gates, head of Donnelly Library’s Archives and Cataloging Divisio
  
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• Southern New Mexico county eyes expanding its port-of-entry

  21-04-2016 15:37 via krqe.com
  
  DEMING, N.M. (AP) – A southern New Mexico county is considering expanding its port-of-entry.
  Luna County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to meet in special session on Friday to discuss the plan. Residents will have the chance to speak about the proposal to expand the port-of-entry in Columbus.
  Officials say the expansion is needed to increase freight through New Mexico and make it easier for the city and truckers to pass through.
  Port-of-Entries throughout New Mexico along the U.S.-Mex
  
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• Lawsuit against natural cigarette maker moved to New Mexico

  21-04-2016 15:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A class-action lawsuit targeting a company behind a line of cigarettes touted as natural has moved to U.S. District Court in Albuquerque.
  Three men from California, New York and Florida are suing the maker of American Spirit cigarettes, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., and its parent company, Reynolds American Inc.
  The plaintiffs say the cigarette maker’s marketing deliberately tries to mislead smokers into believing their products are healthier than other tobac
  
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• Environmental groups sue over Fruitland power plant, mine

  21-04-2016 15:18 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Environmental groups are suing the federal government for its decision to extend operations at the Four Corners Power Plant and the Navajo Mine in Fruitland.
  The Farmington Daily-Times reports that the suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and other federal agencies was filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona Wednesday.
  The lawsuit alleges the agencies failed to thoroughly assess the potential impacts the coal-fired plant and surface mine could have on th
  
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• UNM professor: how to responsibly talk politics in the workplace

  21-04-2016 14:08 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As the presidential race heats up, people are continuously bombarded by politics and political opinions, whether it be on TV, social media, or in the workplace.
  A University of New Mexico professor talks about how to have political discussions without getting into arguments.
  Associate Professor of Management, Nick Flor, doesn’t want people to completely avoid politics in the workplace. In fact, he says it’s important to discuss p
  
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• Campus police investigating assault at UNM

  21-04-2016 13:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – University of New Mexico police are investigating an assault on a female student while she was walking on campus.
  According to an advisory sent out to students early Thursday morning, a young woman was walking in the area near the Newman Center on Las Lomas around 9 p.m. Wednesday when she says a driver in a dark colored truck pulled up beside her.
  The advisory describes the man as a young white man in his early 20s between 5-foot-10 and 6-feet tall, wearing
  
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• Judge search continues in New Mexico corruption case

  21-04-2016 13:38 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Two semi-retired New Mexico state judges have been nominated to oversee a criminal fraud case against former Sen. Phil Griego after a string of judges in Santa Fe District Court declined to hear the case.
  State prosecutors and Griego’s attorney agreed to recommend substitute Judges James A. Hall of Santa Fe or Michael E. Martinez of Albuquerque. Defense attorney Tom Smith says they are both active as substitute judges.
  The chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme
  
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• City Council seeks changes to election financing system

  21-04-2016 13:27
  
  Publicly financed candidates often greatly outspent by others in mayoral races
  
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• Students get firsthand look at DWI in Courts to School program

  21-04-2016 08:05
  
  West Mesa High auditorium is transformed into courtroom where defendants tell kids their stories after being sentenced
  
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• Loss of Intel jobs could be an opportunity for the state

  21-04-2016 08:05
  
  Survivors of Sandoval County factory could launch cool new companies that would kick off a cycle of innovation and entrepreneurship
  
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• Lawyers agree on 2 possible judges for high-profile Griego case

  21-04-2016 08:05
  
  Both of them are retired but still active in the legal world
  
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• Fetal tissue sold illegally, GOP House members say

  21-04-2016 08:05
  
  Democrat defends NM organizations in dispute
  
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• Historic Route 66 sign finally getting fixed

  21-04-2016 07:42
  
  A broken Route 66 sign is finally getting fixed after reading "Route 6" for nearly a year.
  
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• APS hires new superintendent

  21-04-2016 07:32
  
  The Albuquerque Public School Board voted 6-1 Wednesday night to offer the superintendent position to the district's current interim leader Raquel Reedy.
  
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