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• New Mexico teens accused of terrorizing teacher with gun pellets

  18-05-2016 23:46 via krqe.com
  
  KIRTLAND, N.M. (KRQE) – Two Kirtland High School students were arrested Wednesday for allegedly terrorizing their teacher.
  San Juan County deputies say the initial call said the teacher was shot with a pellet gun during class. They later determined the teacher was hit by pellets flicked at her, not shot at her.
  Officials found a total of 12 pellets had been thrown.
  Two teen, 16-year-old Dominic Benally and 15-year-old Darius Lee were charged with aggravated battery on a school official and
  
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• Women’s group speaks out against House Bill 2 in Greenville

  18-05-2016 23:42 via krqe.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – The battle over North Carolina’s controversial “House Bill 2″ continued Wednesday in Greenville.
  The “Women for the Repeal of #HB2” coalition rallied on the steps of the Pitt County Courthouse.
  The group spoke out against claims by Governor McCrory and legislative leaders who say the law protects women.
  Transgendered woman Lara Americo says this law puts her life and others in danger.
  “Now with HB2, I’m the one who&rs
  
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• Police: Man drives to DWI hearing under the influence

  18-05-2016 23:35 via krqe.com
  
  COBLESKILL, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The Cobleskill Police Department arrested a man they say drove to his DWI hearing under the influence.
  Police say as Hal Bruhns, 24, of Cobleskill, was going through security at the courthouse for a prior DWI arrest, an officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and other signs of intoxication.
  After investigating, police arrested and charged Bruhns with driving while intoxicated and operating an uninspected vehicle.
  Bruhns was released to his attorn
  
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• Lawmaker: Human Services Secretary should resign after Food Stamp falsifying

  18-05-2016 23:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A lawmaker is calling for the resignation of the Human Services Secretary over of the agency’s handling of the Food Stamp Program.
  At a court hearing last month, state employees admitted they falsified applications for emergency assistance because they could not meet the federal deadline.
  They say they were instructed by their superiors to do it, leaving some families in desperate need of help without it.
  Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino says during another hear
  
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• Updated: FedEx opening Santa Teresa distribution center

  18-05-2016 22:45
  
  Ground distribution facility will give FedEx easy access to the Mexican market
  
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• Las Cruces man accused of threatening his mother with knife

  18-05-2016 22:20
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Police in Las Cruces say they’ve arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of brandishing a kitchen knife and threatening his mother with it. They say Jose Francisco Arriaga is being held on suspicion of one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a fourth-degree felony. Police say Arriaga had five outstanding […]
  
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• Man sought in fatal stabbing of 11-year-old Houston boy

  18-05-2016 22:11
  
  HOUSTON — Houston police searched Wednesday for a man they are calling a suspect in the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old boy who was walking home from school. A motive for the killing of Josue Flores wasn’t immediately known but police said a murder warrant was issued for Che Lajuan Calhoun, 31, of Houston. “We’re […]
  
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• New: Media ban lifted for NM GOP convention

  18-05-2016 21:59
  
  It looks like media outlets will be allowed to attend this weekend’s Republican Party state convention after all. The state GOP announced today they’ve been notified by Sandia Pueblo’s tribal government that media will be allowed to cover Saturday’s convention at the Sandia Resort and Casino. Just yesterday, the Republican Party advised reporters the tribal […]
  
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• Dust storms in Arizona, other parts of US pose health danger

  18-05-2016 21:53 via krqe.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Dust storms taking shape in the Southwest – and a large part of the country – will be worse this year and are already posing dangers for drivers.
  A dry winter means Arizona and other areas are seeing a greater number of dust storms. Experts say the infamous haboobs of the Phoenix area will likely be active this summer when monsoon season begins.
  The storms have caused unprecedented closures of Interstate 10 in Arizona as officials deal with the public safet
  
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• Mexico nabs 2 Americans in cross-border kidnapping

  18-05-2016 21:52
  
  MEXICO CITY — Police in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas say officers have detained two Texas men and freed another American they’d kidnapped in the United States. The Tamaulipas state government said Wednesday that the men from Hidalgo and Brownsville were stopped at a checkpoint on Tuesday. When police looked over their vehicle, […]
  
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• Formerly conjoined twins released from Texas hospital

  18-05-2016 21:30
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Twin girls who were formerly conjoined below the waist have been released from a South Texas hospital. A spokesman for Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi confirmed that Ximena (huh-MEE’-nuh) and Scarlett Hernandez-Torres were discharged Wednesday. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports the twins moved to a Ronald McDonald House to continue […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Victims: James Holmes secrecy violates rights

  18-05-2016 21:30
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Several victims of the Colorado theater shooting have filed complaints alleging the state corrections department violated their rights by refusing to reveal where the gunman is serving his life sentence, prosecutors said Wednesday. Several survivors of the 2012 attack that killed 12 and injured 70 have said they were upset after prison […]
  
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• Weather forces cancellation of Air Force secretary’s jump

  18-05-2016 21:28
  
  CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Weather put a damper on Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James’ plans for a tandem parachute jump with members of a special unit training at Cannon Air Force Base. The jump was called off as a round of thunderstorms hit New Mexico’s eastern plains Tuesday. Instead, James got to […]
  
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• New Mexico health insurers propose rate hikes for 2017

  18-05-2016 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico regulators have unveiled details about the health insurance premiums proposed by insurers for next year and there are indications the state will not escape the hefty increases expected nationwide.
  Rate hikes for 2017 could reach well into the double digits as insurers deal with the financial drain resulting from President Barack Obama’s health care law.
  More than 12 million people get coverage though the health law’s markets, which offer subs
  
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• New Google products, services take aim at its biggest rivals

  18-05-2016 20:38 via krqe.com
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — From virtual reality to a new smart-home speaker, Google is showing off just how pervasive it has become even as it’s squeezed by its biggest competitors — Facebook, Apple and Amazon.
  Google showed off a VR system called Daydream, along with plans for headsets that will compete with Facebook’s Oculus Rift. In a jab at Amazon, the company announced Google Home, an Internet-connected speaker that listens for your voice commands to play music or
  
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• NMSU to deliver water to livestock owners in Bloomfield

  18-05-2016 20:14 via krqe.com
  
  BLOOMFIELD, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico State University will deliver water to a northwestern New Mexico community cut off from its water supply.
  The Daily Times in Farmington reports that the NMSU Extension office announced Tuesday it will make emergency water deliveries to livestock owners who rely on the Bloomfield Irrigation District Ditch.
  Officials say an 80-foot stretch of bank along the ditch collapsed Monday morning.
  The ditch fills the city’s reservoir with water from the San Ju
  
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• Man accused in deadly drunk driving crash waives hearing

  18-05-2016 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The case involving an accused drunk driver who killed three people in Torrance County is moving forward.
  Cesar Chavez waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday in magistrate court which means the case now moves forward to district court.
  Chavez is accused of driving drunk on April 23 and hitting a car with a family inside head on. A father, his daughter and grandchild were killed. The mother and their three other kids were seriously injured.
  Deputies say
  
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• Raymond James fined $17M for anti-money laundering lapses

  18-05-2016 19:11
  
  WASHINGTON — Industry regulators have fined Raymond James $17 million, accusing the financial services firm of widespread failures in its controls against money laundering. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said Wednesday it was the biggest fine it has imposed related to deficiencies in anti-money laundering programs. FINRA said that Raymond James failed over several years […]
  
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• Firefighters battle house fire in northeast Albuquerque

  18-05-2016 19:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque home is a total loss after it was engulfed in flames.
  Firefighters say heavy fire and smoke were coming from the home off Bellamah NE. Crews say flames reached a hundred feet and burned the trees in the backyard.
  Firefighters were forced to fight the blaze from an aerial ladder using thousands of gallons of water to put the fire out.
  Neighbors say it was a scary situation.
  Fire crews say the fire is now under control, but they were still putti
  
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• Today in History: May 18

  18-05-2016 18:57 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, May 18, the 139th day of 2016. There are 227 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 18, 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, California. (McPherson reappeared more than a month later, saying she’d escaped after being kidnapped and held for ransom, an account that was received with skepticism.)
  On this date:
  In 1642, the Canadian city of Montreal was founded by French colonists.
  In 1765, about one-f
  
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• Santa Fe university slated for purchase by Singapore-based corporation

  18-05-2016 18:54
  
    A Singapore-based corporation is slated to buy the Santa Fe University of Art and Design by the end of the year, pending required approvals. The university announced the agreement Wednesday, noting that the purchased would make it the first property owned in the United States by Raffles Education Corp. The company’s website says that […]
  
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• Colorado considers expanding remote avalanche control system

  18-05-2016 18:28
  
  DENVER, Colo. — Colorado transportation officials say they are impressed with the success of a remote avalanche control system and are considering expanding its use. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1rTY8Ls ) that French-made Gazex exploders kept Berthoud (BERTH’-ihd) Pass on U.S. Route 40 open all winter. The system kept the pass free of avalanche debris […]
  
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• Texas teen faces capital murder charge in parents’ deaths

  18-05-2016 18:12
  
  ODESSA, Texas — A West Texas teenager has been indicted on a capital murder charge in the March fatal shooting of his parents at the family’s home. James Gabriel “Gabe” McDonald of Odessa awaits trial as an adult. Ector County District Attorney Bobby Bland said Wednesday that the 17-year-old suspect faces one count for the […]
  
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• Over 200 families feared buried by landslides in Sri Lanka

  18-05-2016 17:57 via krqe.com
  
  ELANGAPITIYA VILLAGE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses in three villages hit by massive landslides in central Sri Lanka, with hundreds of families reported missing.
  By evening, rescuers had pulled 17 bodies from the mud and debris unleashed by several days of heavy rain across the island nation. Officials said the extent of the tragedy was still unclear, but the Sri Lankan Red Cross said at least
  
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• Facebook’s Zuckerberg meets with conservatives

  18-05-2016 17:54 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with conservatives, including radio host Glenn Beck, to discuss claims that its “trending topics” feature is biased against their viewpoints.
  The Wednesday meeting also includes American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks, Tea Party Patriots CEO Jenny Beth Martin and also Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, which says its “sole mission is to expose and neutralize the propaganda arm of the
  
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• Video: Robbers use chokehold to take down shopkeeper

  18-05-2016 17:52 via krqe.com
  
  HONOLULU (MEDIA GENERAL) – A jarring clip of surveillance video is making the rounds on social media Wednesday after a Hawaii shopkeeper was placed in a chokehold during a Monday robbery.
  The Honolulu Police Department posted the video of the robbery late Tuesday, which shows a young male assailant grab the victim from behind and place her in a chokehold. A second assailant is seen running behind a counter to take money from the cash register.
  After the victim was rendered unconscious, th
  
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• Obit: Woman chose death over picking between Trump, Clinton

  18-05-2016 17:44
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia woman’s obituary says she chose death over voting in the upcoming presidential election. The obituary published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and on a funeral home’s website reads, “Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass into […]
  
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• US intelligence: Foreign hackers spying on campaigns

  18-05-2016 16:46 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top intelligence official says the U.S. has seen indications of foreign hackers spying on the presidential candidates.
  The activity follows a pattern noticed during the past two presidential elections.
  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says FBI and Homeland Security Department officials are working with the campaigns to help them tighten security.
  Clapper said Wednesday at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington that the intelligence co
  
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• Man found in closet after shelter in place issued

  18-05-2016 16:33
  
  Police were at a Albuquerque Health Partners complex for hours Tuesday after people there reported a suspicious man entering the building.
  
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• Firefighters responding to southeast Albuquerque blaze

  18-05-2016 16:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque firefighters are currently on scene at a southeast Albuquerque mobile home fire.
  AFD says the fire broke out at 530 Utah Street SE around 8 a.m.
  Firefighters say that when they arrived, they saw smoke coming from the home. The trees above the home were also said to be on fire.
  Firefighters were able to contain the blaze quickly. They say no one was inside and no injuries were reported, although there was extensive damage to the home.
  Th
  
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• GOP-led House moves ahead with bill to boost military budget

  18-05-2016 16:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying a veto threat, the GOP-led House is pressing ahead with debate on a $602 billion defense policy bill that seeks to halt an erosion of the U.S. military’s combat readiness by purchasing more weapons and forbidding further cuts in troop levels.
  The legislation also proposes greater oversight of the White House’s National Security Council, prohibits prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility from being moved to the U.S., and gives U.S.
  
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• Watchdogs file lawsuit over cleanup at federal nuke lab

  18-05-2016 16:03 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – A watchdog group is suing the federal government and managers of one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories over missed deadlines for cleaning up hazardous waste left behind by decades of research.
  Nuclear Watch New Mexico filed its lawsuit in federal court, naming the U.S. Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Security LLC as defendants.
  The lawsuit points to a dozen violations. It says the defendants are liable for hundreds of thousands
  
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• Updated: Taiwan panda’s ‘proof of life’ photo debunks death rumors

  18-05-2016 15:52
  
  BEIJING — The subject of the photo looks out from behind bars, with newspapers arranged in front of him to prove what day it is. This “proof of life” shot is not a scene from a kidnapping but an effort by the Taipei Zoo to debunk rumors that a prized panda recently died. Photos released […]
  
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• Johnny McCants chooses New Mexico State

  18-05-2016 15:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE(KRQE) – Onate High basketball star Johnny McCants is taking his talents to the New Mexico State Aggies. McCants signed a letter of intent to play of the Aggies and first year head coach Paul Weir Tuesday.
  The 6-7 forward is expected to redshirt during the upcoming season for the Aggies. In his final year at Onate, McCants led the Knights to a Class 6A semifinal appearance. He averaged nearly 20 points, over 12 rebounds and 4.9 blocks during the season. 
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• New: Train service into NYC’s Grand Central limited after blaze

  18-05-2016 15:49
  
  NEW YORK — Commuters into and out of New York’s famed Grand Central Terminal faced crippling delays Wednesday, a day after a raging fire broke out beneath elevated train tracks in the city, officials said. The blaze Tuesday night at a garden center underneath Metro-North tracks, north of the station in Manhattan’s East Harlem section, […]
  
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• State Health Dept: San Juan County man dies of hantavirus

  18-05-2016 15:48 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – State health officials say a 30-year-old man from San Juan County has died of hantavirus.
  New Mexico Department of Health officials also announced Tuesday that an 84-year-old man from Santa Fe County currently is hospitalized with hantavirus.
  It’s the third and fourth cases of hantavirus in New Mexico this year.
  An environmental investigation will be conducted at each patient’s home to help reduce the risk to others.
  Hantavirus is a deadly disease transmit
  
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• New OT rules force small businesses to make hard choices

  18-05-2016 15:44 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The government’s new rules requiring overtime pay for millions of workers have small business owners facing some hard choices.
  The regulations being issued by the Labor Department Wednesday would double to $913 a week from $455 the threshold under which salaried workers must be paid overtime. In terms of annual pay, the threshold rises to $47,476 from $23,660. The rules take effect Dec. 1.
  Many businesses like restaurants, retailers, landscapers and moving companies w
  
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• Public records audit details response of New Mexico offices

  18-05-2016 15:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government says it took anywhere from two days to several weeks for many government offices to respond to public records requests and more than a dozen failed to respond at all.
  The open government advocacy group released the findings of its audit Tuesday.
  The group – through a private citizen – filed requests under the Inspection of Public Records Act to gauge the responsiveness, attitudes and practices of more than 1
  
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• Sen. Bernie Sanders set to make a New Mexico swing

  18-05-2016 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to New Mexico.
  Santa Fe Community College spokeswoman Janet Wise confirmed Tuesday that the Democratic presidential candidate will hold a rally on campus Friday afternoon.
  On Wednesday the Vermont senator is scheduled to hold two events in California. At 1 p.m. he’ll speak at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose. Then at 4 p.m. he’ll hold a rally along the waterfront in Vallejo.
  Despite trailing Hillary Clinton in th
  
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• Media banned from political convention on tribal property

  18-05-2016 15:16 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The Republican Party of New Mexico says the news media are prohibited from attending its election-year state convention at a Native American-owned casino outside Albuquerque.
  A spokesman for the state GOP says Sandia Pueblo has banned journalists from the convention at Sandia Resort & Casino, but it will reconsider the matter Wednesday.
  State political conventions from Alaska to Georgia have opened their doors to the media with few restrictions in a tumultuous pre
  
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• Updated: Train service into NYC’s Grand Central limited after blaze

  18-05-2016 15:14
  
  NEW YORK — An estimated 150,000 commuters into and out of New York’s famed Grand Central Terminal faced crippling delays Wednesday, one day after a raging fire broke out beneath elevated train tracks in the city, officials said. The blaze Tuesday night at a garden center underneath Metro-North tracks north of the station in Manhattan’s […]
  
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• EU refrains from immediate fine against Spain over budget

  18-05-2016 15:14
  
  BRUSSELS — The European Union refrained Wednesday from imposing immediate fines on Spain and others despite their failure to meet budget targets, opting instead to give them additional leeway to get back on track. The EU’s executive had been expected to impose sanctions on Spain for not meeting EU-prescribed limits for a fourth year running. […]
  
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• China’s Midea makes $5.2B offer for German robot maker Kuka

  18-05-2016 15:14
  
  HONG KONG — Chinese appliance maker Midea made a $5.2 billion takeover offer Wednesday for German industrial robot maker Kuka, a move that it says would help it capture a larger share of the “future service robots market.” Midea said it would offer 115 euros ($130) a share to buy all the Kuka stock it […]
  
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• 36 years later: The numbers behind Mount St. Helens

  18-05-2016 15:01 via krqe.com
  
  SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. (MEDIA GENERAL) – Wednesday, May 18, 2016, marks the 36th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, one of the most significant volcanic events in the continental United States.
  The eruption, which was triggered by a series of earthquakes, decimated hundreds of square miles of land, killed 57 people and caused nearly $1 billion in damage. Here is a look at the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption by the numbers:
  5.1, 8:32, 23
  These two photos from the USDA Forest Se
  
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• Valencia County Fire Chief to keep job following racy pics scandal

  18-05-2016 14:34 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The fire chief caught on camera in racy photos will remain on the job.
  The pictures of Valencia County Fire Chief Steven Gonzales and two division chiefs surfaced earlier this month. They were taken while the men were in Indianapolis for a training conference back in April.
  Since then, the men have publicly apologized. But county leadership still asked the chief to voluntarily resign, which he refused to do.
  According to the Albuquerque Journal, the county manager
  
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• Fire Chief to keep job following racy pics scandal

  18-05-2016 14:34 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The fire chief caught on camera in racy photos will remain on the job.
  The pictures of Valencia County Fire Chief Steven Gonzales and two division chiefs surfaced earlier this month. They were taken while the men were in Indianapolis for a training conference back in April.
  Since then, the men have publicly apologized. But county leadership still asked the chief to voluntarily resign, which he refused to do.
  According to the Albuquerque Journal, the county manager
  
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• New salaries, benefits approved at PNM shareholders’ meeting

  18-05-2016 13:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 has learned that PNM’s top five executives could earn a combined $10 million salary.
  According to the Albuquerque Journal, the approval of new salaries, benefits and incentive pay was made at Tuesday’s shareholders’ meeting.
  Shareholders also voted against proposals to set targets to reduce carbon emissions.
  Although Tuesday’s meeting was held in Texas, it sparked protests here in New Mexico.
  Some residents are upset abou
  
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• City proposes big changes to major westside Albuquerque road

  18-05-2016 13:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Drivers on Albuquerque’s Westside could see big changes to their morning and afternoon commutes. The good news is the city wants residents’ input.
  The project is focused on a stretch of Paradise Boulevard between Golf Course Road and Eagle Ranch Road. The goal is to improve motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians needs.
  Officials say they’ve been eyeing this section of the Westside for years. Right now, a stretch of Paradise Boulevard has two lan
  
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• 17-year-olds can vote in primary election starting Wednesday

  18-05-2016 12:41
  
  A new law hits the books Wednesday allowing some 17-year-olds to start early voting.
  
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• Sandia Resort bans reporters from state GOP convention

  18-05-2016 08:05
  
  Republican officials say they were surprised by move
  
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