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• Massive rock slide closes road near Gilman Tunnels

  20-09-2016 23:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Crews had their work cut out for them Tuesday after a rock slide near the Gilman Tunnels in the Jemez Mountains.
  The slide blocked Forest Road 376 and Santa Fe National Forest officials said the largest rock was about 40 tons.
  They are now working to remove the debris and reopen the road. Massive rock slide closes road near Gilman TunnelsFiled under: Home, New Mexico, News
  
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• Pathway to Citizenship: Immigration reform’s immovable roadblock

  20-09-2016 23:26 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Immigration issues sit at the nexus of the current election cycle.
  Republican nominee Donald Trump made building The Wall central to his campaign, saying he would guard American citizens from illegal Mexican “rapists” waltzing across the open southern border.
  Hillary Clinton’s approach is the diametric opposite. Democrats are courting Hispanics, an essential and sizable segment of their base, by calling for fewer deportations and grantin
  
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• Updated: As Trump rises, Clinton sticks with traditional playbook

  20-09-2016 23:17
  
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — For months, Democrats argued that voters would get “serious” about the campaign once it reached the fall and would reject Donald Trump’s no-hold-barred approach. They’re still waiting. With fewer than 50 days left, polling shows a tightening national race and — most unnerving to Democrats — a Trump rise in key […]
  
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• Brazil judge orders corruption trial for ex-President Silva

  20-09-2016 23:16
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian judge has ruled that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stand trial on charges of money laundering and corruption. Judge Sergio Moro said Tuesday there is enough evidence to start a judicial process against Silva, his wife and six others in a widening corruption probe centered on […]
  
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• Updated: Parents: Arizona pilot of burning plane performed heroically

  20-09-2016 23:10
  
  PHOENIX — Her voice cracking, the mother of an Arizona pilot burned keeping a blazing plane aloft as four skydivers jumped said her son was a hero who was relieved to later learn nobody else was injured. Ryan Kilgore, who suffered burns before jumping from the plane that crashed into a house Saturday night, was […]
  
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• Body of hiker found in Tucson’s Saguaro National Park West

  20-09-2016 23:10
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — The body of a missing hiker has been found in Tucson’s Saguaro National Park West and authorities believe the death may be heat related. Pima County Sheriff’s officials say search-and-rescue teams and a helicopter were called around 5 p.m. Saturday to look for a 57-year-old man who had gone missing while hiking […]
  
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• Samsung says replacements available for recalled Note 7

  20-09-2016 23:08
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung says new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be available in U.S. stores starting Wednesday to replace about 1 million devices that are being recalled because of a problem with batteries catching fire. The South Korean company also says it’s pushing out two software updates through wireless carriers: One will show a […]
  
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• Senator calls for independent investigation of CYFD in Martens' death

  20-09-2016 22:58
  
  A New Mexico state senator is formally requesting the Attorney General commission an independent investigation into any previous allegations of abuse involving 10-year-old Victoria Martens, who police say was drugged, sexually assaulted and brutally killed in August.
  
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• Inmates, officer hurt during fight at Bernalillo County jail

  20-09-2016 21:51
  
  Bernalillo County authorities say three inmates and one employee were sent to hospitals after being injured during a fight between about a dozen inmates.
  
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• Deputies: Man grabbed drugs, left baby as home burned down

  20-09-2016 21:30
  
  PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida man grabbed his drugs but left behind an infant and two caged dogs after accidentally causing a drug-related explosion that burned his house down. News outlets report 24-year-old Steven Brown of Port Richey turned himself in to Pasco County investigators Monday. He faces arson, drug and aggravated […]
  
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• Updated: Pitt-Jolie divorce puts new spotlight on upcoming films

  20-09-2016 21:29
  
  NEW YORK — The 12-year relationship between Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt has been neatly bookended on the big screen. They famously became acquainted while playing married assassins in Doug Liman’s 2005 action comedy “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” And they didn’t star together again until last year’s “By the Sea,” a marital melodrama set […]
  
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• Updated: For Carla Hall, food is front and center at new museum

  20-09-2016 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON – Carla Hall had tasted the food at the National Museum of African American History and Culture before. But the chef and television personality from “The Chew,” who serves as a “culinary ambassador” for the museum’s Sweet Home Cafe, had never tried it like this: surrounded by visitors enjoying their first glimpse of a […]
  
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• Clinton says ‘ranting and waving our arms’ is no way to respond to terrorism

  20-09-2016 21:28
  
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton sought Tuesday to present herself as a model of “steady leadership” in the face of terrorist attacks and took a shot at Republican Donald Trump’s temperament and preparation for handling such moments. “We know what it takes,” Clinton said at the outset of a call with […]
  
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• Experts testify in trial of accused Rio Rancho cop killer

  20-09-2016 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE)  – The trial of accused cop killer Andrew Romero continued Tuesday with more experts for the state taking the stand.
  Romero is accused of shooting and killing Rio Rancho Police Officer Gregg Benner on Memorial Day last year.
  Prosecutors have to prove Romero was there that night and the person who pulled the trigger.
  Tuesday morning, the state called a latent print expert from the Department of Public Safety. He told jurors after completing multiple tests, there
  
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• Expert: DNA links Andrew Romero to murder weapon

  20-09-2016 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE)  – The trial of accused cop killer Andrew Romero continued Tuesday with more experts for the state taking the stand. It was all about the testing for fingerprints and DNA on the gun used to kill Rio Rancho Officer Gregg Benner.
  Forensic scientist, Jeffrey Smith with the Department of Public Safety, went on to explain why clear prints aren’t always left behind on particular items.
  The state then fired back with another expert, a DNA analyst who did lin
  
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• Bahama Buck’s continues Albuquerque expansion

  20-09-2016 20:13
  
  Chain opening new store at Montgomery Plaza
  
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• Sarah Palin selling Scottsdale home for $2.27 million

  20-09-2016 19:42
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has sold her Arizona home for $2.27 million. The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2cmcLEl ) that the six-bedroom, 7,900-square-foot home in Scottsdale was originally listed for $2.5 million. A company in which Sarah Palin was a part of bought it in 2011 for nearly $1.7 million. The house […]
  
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• Judge orders Texas to let feds review new voter ID outreach

  20-09-2016 19:42
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A federal judge says Texas must change its voter outreach efforts after the U.S. Justice Department accused the state of reneging on a deal to soften its tough voter ID law. U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos on Tuesday also ordered Texas to begin letting federal officials review drafts of voter […]
  
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• Updated: Trump skips swing-state cities, opts for rural town instead

  20-09-2016 19:41
  
  KENANSVILLE, N.C. — Donald Trump is spending a lot of time in this critical presidential swing state, but he’s campaigning Tuesday evening far from cities like Charlotte and Raleigh where many candidates have courted moderate voters in recent years. Instead, he’s zeroing in on this tiny, rural town of about 850 people to make his […]
  
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• It looks like the chance of a President Trump is starting to hit Canada’s currency

  20-09-2016 19:41
  
  The peso has been pummeled by Donald Trump’s promise to build a wall and make Mexico pay for it. According to foreign-exchange strategists, risks are now starting to spill north of the border too, where the Canadian dollar is also becoming sensitive to the prospect of the Republican nominee prevailing in the presidential election. “U.S. […]
  
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• DOH: NM drug overdose deaths fell 9 percent in 2015

  20-09-2016 19:07
  
  Drug overdose deaths in New Mexico declined by 9 percent in 2015, falling from a record-high 540 deaths in 2014, to 493 last year, health officials said today. The number of drug overdose deaths declined in 20 of the state’s 33 counties, according to data released by the New Mexico Department of Health. But the […]
  
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• This year’s youngest federal leader to win a Service to America medal

  20-09-2016 19:06
  
  Tate Jarrow, a West Point graduate and Secret Service special agent, is the winner of the 2016 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in the Call to Service category for federal employees who are 35-years old or younger. Jarrow, who is being honored with the medal for the critical role he played in two […]
  
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• Meet the everyday heroes from the N.Y., N.J. bombings

  20-09-2016 19:06
  
  There were the homeless men who alerted New Jersey police about a backpack of pipe bombs. There were the random New Yorkers who brought food and coffee to law enforcement staked out at the scene of the New York explosion. There’s the bar owner who realized that the man asleep in his entranceway was the […]
  
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• New: ‘Making a Killing’ to film in northern NM

  20-09-2016 18:57
  
  Northern New Mexico snagged another film production. The New Mexico Film Office announced that the independent feature “Making a Killing” will begin filming this month in Las Vegas, N.M. and Montezuma. “Making a Killing” is the story of a special investigator who is assigned to a murder in a small Southwestern town, but soon finds […]
  
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• Updated: FBI: Bombing suspect’s father contacted the feds in 2014

  20-09-2016 18:56
  
  NEW YORK — The father of the man suspected in the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey called the FBI in 2014 to say his son was a terrorist but later retracted it, saying he meant the young man was hanging out with gangs and acting like a thug, a law enforcement official […]
  
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• Great Lakes Airlines to increase Farmington service

  20-09-2016 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Great Lakes Airlines will increase the number of flights into and out of the Four Corners Regional Airport starting next month.
  The Daily Times reports that starting Oct. 1 the airline will offer 15 flights a week out of Farmington. Currently the airline offers direct flights from Farmington to Denver and Page, Ariz. From Page there is a flight to Phoenix.
  Great Lakes Airlines has served as the airport’s sole provider of commercial flights since 2008 when Mesa
  
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• New Mexico plans to update pollution limits

  20-09-2016 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico officials have proposed changes to the state’s pollution regulations to bring them into compliance with federal standards.
  The New Mexican reports that the New Mexico laws have for years allowed higher levels of toxic pollutants than federal standards. The New Mexico Environment Department is trying to change that by setting new limits for pollution from businesses like dry cleaners and auto repair shops.
  Many of the pollutants have been linked enviro
  
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• Today in History: September 20

  20-09-2016 17:54 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Tuesday, Sept. 20, the 264th day of 2016. There are 102 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Sept. 20, 1946, the first Cannes Film Festival, lasting 16 days, opened in France. Among the films honored with the Golden Palm were “The Lost Weekend,” ”Brief Encounter,” ”Rome, Open City” and “Pastoral Symphony”; “The Battle of the Rails” won the International Jury Prize.
  On this date:
  In 1519, Portuguese expl
  
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• Lobo Niko Hansen is National Soccer Player of the Week

  20-09-2016 17:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – College Soccer News has named Lobo senior forward Niko Hansen it’s National Player of the Week. Hansen scored a hat trick in the Lobos win over UC Irvine last Saturday. Hansen only took three shots and scored on each one for a 1,000 shot on goal percentage.
  He also had his fourth game winner of the season which ties him for first in the nation. The 25th ranked Lobos are at 21st ranked Kentucky Sunday to start Conference USA play. The 5-2 Lobos are currently
  
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• Albuquerque Rapid Transit begins in October

  20-09-2016 17:40
  
  Heavy construction will finally start next month on Albuquerque's Rapid Transit project.
  
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• Updated: Warren says Wells Fargo CEO should resign

  20-09-2016 17:30
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on the testimony of Wells Fargo’s CEO before the Senate Banking Committee (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Wells Fargo’s CEO should be criminally investigated by the Justice Department and securities regulators over allegations that bank employees opened accounts without customer permission to meet sales quotas. The Massachusetts […]
  
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• Breaking: Governor says she will add death penalty bill to special session agenda

  20-09-2016 17:21
  
  Gov. Susana Martinez will add a proposal to reinstate New Mexico’s death penalty for individuals convicted of certain violent crimes to the agenda of a special legislative session expected to be called this month, a spokesman confirmed this morning. The two-term Republican governor had previously said she was a weighing adding other issues to the […]
  
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• Updated: Just how much sugar do Americans consume? It’s complicated

  20-09-2016 17:12
  
  NEW YORK — Sugar has become the nutritional villain du jour, but just how bad is our addiction? The answer is tricky. Philadelphia recently passed a tax on sugary drinks, several other places have proposed them, and the government this year recommended we limit our intake of added sugars to 10 percent of daily calories, […]
  
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• Updated: Comcast plans to launch wireless service next year

  20-09-2016 17:11
  
  NEW YORK — Comcast plans to launch a cellphone service roughly in the middle of next year, although it would be limited to areas of the country where it’s a cable provider. That could potentially make the cable giant a competitor to carriers like Verizon and AT&T for a subset of the country. Comcast has […]
  
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• Whole Foods reaches $3.5M environmental waste settlement

  20-09-2016 17:10
  
  DALLAS — Whole Foods Market Inc. has reached a $3.5 million settlement with regulators over disposal of products once for sale but later classified as hazardous waste in five states, including New Mexico. The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced the fine and an agreement for Austin-based Whole Foods to comply with waste regulations and […]
  
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• Senator calls for independent investigation into Victoria Martens’ murder

  20-09-2016 17:00 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico state senator is now asking state’s attorney general to conduct a formal investigation into the death of 10-year-old Victoria Martens.
  Specifically, Senator Michael Padilla wants Attorney General Hector Balderas to investigate CYFD’s interaction with Victoria prior to her death, in order to determine if all processes were followed.
  Immediately following Victoria’s murder, CYFD said the three accused killers were not
  
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• Martinez eyes death penalty in special session

  20-09-2016 16:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susan Martinez says she will place reinstating the death penalty on the agenda for the pending special session to fix the state’s budget.
  The Republican said in a statement Monday that she wants the death penalty as an option for convicted killers of police, children and corrections officers.
  New Mexico repealed the death penalty in 2009 before Martinez took office by replacing provisions for lethal injection with a sentence of life in prison
  
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• Armed men hold up bus carrying Venezuelan soccer team

  20-09-2016 16:08
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela — Six armed men have held up a bus carrying a Venezuelan first-division soccer team. The Trujillanos soccer team said Monday that its bus was hijacked at 2:30 a.m as the team was returning from the eastern city of Monagas. The players and team staff were robbed, but no one was hurt. The […]
  
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• Updated: Big daddy: Freeman takes newborn home, homers, gets 4 hits

  20-09-2016 16:07
  
  NEW YORK — Freddie Freeman took his newborn son and wife home from a hospital, stayed up through most of the night and headed from Atlanta to New York. This is what adrenaline can do: He got four hits, including a home run, and had three RBIs to help the last-place Braves to a 7-3 […]
  
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• FIFA extends bans globally in 6 doping cases

  20-09-2016 16:07
  
  ZURICH — FIFA says its disciplinary panel extended bans to apply worldwide in doping cases for six players in Africa, Asia and Europe. All the cases were previous judged at confederation or national level bodies, which imposed bans of between six months and four years. The highest-profile player was Congo international Christian Ngudikama, who tested […]
  
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• Updated: Tougher tests to come for Wentz, high-flying Eagles

  20-09-2016 16:06
  
  CHICAGO — Carson Wentz took some hard hits, showed poise in the pocket and led the Philadelphia Eagles to another victory. They’re about to find out how they stack up against a playoff contender. But they’re doing just fine so far. Wentz followed up an impressive NFL debut with another solid performance, throwing for 190 […]
  
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• 5 Cuban volleyball players convicted of rape in Finland

  20-09-2016 16:06
  
  HELSINKI — A Finnish court on Tuesday convicted five members of Cuba’s national volleyball team of aggravated rape and ordered them to pay a total of 24,000 euros ($27,000) in compensation to the victim. Four of the men were sentenced to five years in prison, while a fifth man got 3½ years. The District Court […]
  
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• Feds preview rules of the road for self-driving cars

  20-09-2016 16:03 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama administration officials previewed long-awaited guidance Monday that attempts to bring self-driving cars to the nation’s roadways safely — without creating so many roadblocks that the technology can’t make it to market quickly.
  Traditional automakers and tech companies have been testing self-driving prototypes on public roads for several years, with a human in the driver’s seat just in case. The results suggest that what once seemed like a te
  
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• Three inmates, corrections officer injured after MDC fight

  20-09-2016 15:48
  
  Three Bernalillo County inmates and a corrections officer are recovering this morning after a fight at the Metropolitan Detention Center.
  
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• George H.W. Bush said to be voting for Clinton

  20-09-2016 15:28 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent member of the Kennedy family says former Republican President George H.W. Bush told her that he plans to vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton for president this fall.
  Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend posted a picture of herself with Bush on Facebook Monday and added, “The President told me he’s voting for Hillary!!” Townsend later confirmed the conversation she had while meeting Bush in Maine to Politico, which share
  
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• Monks’ Corner sets grand opening date

  20-09-2016 15:19
  
  Abbey Brewing taproom joins Silver Street Market in Downtown's Imperial Building
  
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• Disc-It Round Up fundraiser to benefit children’s hospital

  20-09-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Free food, live music and kids zones are just some of the activities that can be found at an upcoming fundraising event.
  The 8th Annual Disc-It Round-Up is gearing up for their fundraiser all to benefit the UNM Children’s Hospital.
  Affirmative Solutions President, Nevin Montano, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the benefit and make a tasty dish on a Disc-It. Watch above.
  Saturday September 24 from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m., guests
  
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• Local museum demonstrates how science is everywhere

  20-09-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One local museum is hosting a very special one day only camp to celebrate Veterans.
  The National Museum of Nuclear Science (NMNSH) is throwing a Super Hero Training Camp on Veterans Day. Students ages 6 to 12 can enjoy their one day break from school by discovering the real and exaggerated science behind super heroes.
  In the Superhero Training Camp, campers will use science to outsmart a super villain by exploring flight, physics and the capabilities of
  
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• ABQ Bio Park is set to host Cider Festival

  20-09-2016 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The ABQ Bio Park is hosting a fun, community style Harvest Dinner.
  The dinner is part of the park’s Heritage Farm Cider Festival. The festival includes lots of activities and hands on discovery stations that include crafts, cooking demonstrations and even wagon rides.
  Find out how fresh cider is made with their cider press demonstrations. Ciders will also be available for purchase.
  The Heritage Farms Executive Chef, Tom Garton, joined KRQE’s Thi
  
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• Heavy Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction to start in October

  20-09-2016 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Heavy construction for the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project is set to start October 17th.
  Construction is expected to start on the north side of the street between Cedar and Ash. You will also see workers out at University and Central doing median work.
  Crews will also be doing the same between Stanford and Girard, Wellesley and Carlisle, and Washington and Monroe.Heavy Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction to start in October City signs official Albuquerque Ra
  
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