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• New Mexicans urged to file claims from Gold King Mine spill

  25-10-2016 22:45
  
  Stories of farmers who could neither raise crops or nor sell the crops they harvested provided a per ...
  
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• State pumps $40M into venture investments

  25-10-2016 22:16
  
  The New Mexico State Investment Council unanimously approved another $40 million from the Severance Tax Permanent Fund Tuesday for venture investments in local startup companies. The money will help replenish the SIC’s Co-Investment Fund, which makes direct investments in startups in partnership with venture capital firms. The new money raises SIC cash commitments to the […]
  
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• Court denies motion to halt ART construction

  25-10-2016 22:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The U.S. Court of Appeals has denied a motion to halt Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction.
  Opponents of the controversial project filed an emergency motion Friday to reinstate the injunction pending a decision by an Appeals Court. The group says the construction which started a week ago has proved to trigger intense traffic congestion along the Central corridor.
  A reason for denying the motion was not given. In court documents, it says a panel of judges denied
  
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• Updated: Campus fitness club encourages women to ditch the elliptical

  25-10-2016 22:01
  
  There was nothing appealing about heading to my college gym – okay, maybe the cute guys playing basketball. But the mammoth sports center, teeming with athletes, was intimidating. And with zero athletic ability, I mostly stuck to the elliptical, not wanting to embarrass myself in the weight room. Elisabeth Tavierne noticed a similar trend among […]
  
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• Updated: A Washington ritual: Reading John Podesta’s stolen emails

  25-10-2016 22:01
  
  WASHINGTON — Poring through thousands of private, stolen emails from Hillary Clinton’s confidants has become a daily ritual in Washington. The hacked emails — some mundane, others laced with intrigue about election strategy, snarky barbs, whining about salaries or perceived slights — provide an inside, real-time view of the insecurities, sniping and self-promotion that churn […]
  
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• Updated: George W. Bush and Laura Bush celebrate their 70th birthdays

  25-10-2016 21:54
  
  What’s better than a swanky 70th birthday party for an ex-prez? A doubleheader bash: Former president George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush celebrated jointly at a Lone-Star elegant bash at their ranch in Crawford, Texas, on Saturday, reports People magazine, which has the exclusive photos of the soiree. The celebration was a […]
  
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• Attorneys rest cases in federal trial of accused cop killer

  25-10-2016 21:50
  
  Both the defense and the prosecution rested their cases Tuesday in the federal firearms trial for accused cop killer Davon Lymon.
  
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• Baseball Quiz: Rules of the Game

  25-10-2016 21:15 via krqe.com
  
  The 2016 World Series, Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland Indians from Progressive Field, begins on FOX New Mexico.
  Test your knowledge of Baseball’s Rules of the Game now, click here  »
  Filed under: Brain Break, FOX New Mexico, Home, Sports
  
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• Today in History: October 25

  25-10-2016 20:57 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Tuesday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2016. There are 67 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Oct. 25, 1962, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba, saying he was prepared to wait “until hell freezes over” for an answer; Stevenson then presented photographic evidence of the base
  
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• College students donate teddy bears to New Mexico foster kids

  25-10-2016 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Some college students made a warm and fuzzy donation to New Mexico’s foster kids Tuesday.
  Students from Highlands University dropped off mounds of stuffed animals at the Juvenile Justice Center Tuesday morning.
  Organizers say teddy bears can be therapeutic for kids facing the challenges of foster care, especially the court hearings that often come along with it.
  The Highlands Student Association also does pick-ups around the community from anyone interested
  
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• Lymon’s federal trial: Teen who allegedly witnessed murder takes stand

  25-10-2016 20:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Accused cop killer Davon Lymon’s federal trial wrapped up on Tuesday. He’s not standing trial yet for Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster’s death but for being a felon with a gun, the same gun he’s accused of using to kill the officer.
  A key witness for federal prosecutors took the stand Tuesday morning: the teen, who police have said, was on the back of the motorcycle Officer Webster pulled over the night he was gunned down.
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• Expert testifies to finding slain officer’s DNA on suspected murder weapon

  25-10-2016 20:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Witnesses connected Davon Lymon to the murder of Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster, linking Lymon to the gun ditched at the scene.
  Davon Lymon is charged with being a felon with a gun — the same gun police say Lymon used to shoot and kill Officer Webster during a traffic stop a year ago at the Walgreens parking lot at Central and Eubank.
  Tuesday, an Albuquerque Police Department DNA Forensics expert testified to finding Officer Webster’s DNA o
  
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• Davon Lymon’s federal trial: Teen who allegedly witnessed murder takes stand

  25-10-2016 20:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Accused cop killer Davon Lymon’s federal trial continued on Tuesday. He’s not standing trial yet for Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster’s death but for being a felon with a gun, the same gun he’s accused of using to kill the officer.
  A key witness took the stand Tuesday: the teen, who police have said, was on the back of the motorcycle Officer Webster pulled over the night he was gunned down.
  On Tuesday, she told the judge what hap
  
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• Davon Lymon’s federal trial: 17-year-old who allegedly witnessed murder takes stand

  25-10-2016 20:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Accused cop killer Davon Lymon’s federal trial continued on Tuesday. He’s not standing trial yet for Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster’s death but for being a felon with a gun, the same gun he’s accused of using to kill the officer.
  A key witness took the stand Tuesday: the 17-year-old girl that was on the back of the motorcycle Officer Webster pulled over the night he was gunned down.
  On Tuesday, she told the judge what happened t
  
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• Man with sons in arms dies in leap from bridge, boys survive

  25-10-2016 19:40 via krqe.com
  
  WANAQUE, N.J. (AP) — A father died after jumping off a New Jersey highway bridge with his two young sons in his arms, yet the toddlers survived the 100-foot plunge and are expected to make a full recovery.
  John Spincken, 37, of Pequannock, was holding the boys, 1 and 3, when he jumped into a wooded area from the Wanaque Bridge on Interstate 287 at about 8 p.m. Monday, state police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene; the boys were found nearby, near the Wanaque River.
  “When the
  
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• Updated: Under Armour takes a breather

  25-10-2016 18:52
  
  BALTIMORE — Under Armour had one of the worst trading days in its history as investors sensed that the hard-charging athletic company may be hitting the wall. The company reported Tuesday that quarterly revenue growth was the slowest in six years and it trimmed growth projections. Chief Financial Officer Chip Molloy said that while Under […]
  
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• Updated: Google adds digital whiteboard to expanding device lineup

  25-10-2016 18:52
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Google has designed a giant touch-screen canvas for companies trying to make it easier for their employees to brainstorm as they work on team projects and other assignments. The product is called “Jamboard,” an allusion to its goal of replacing the physical whiteboards that companies have been setting up in meeting rooms […]
  
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• Washed-out bridge blamed for pipeline rupture, gas spill

  25-10-2016 18:49
  
  TROUT RUN, Pa. — Officials say a bridge washed out by flooding traveled the length of a football field and ruptured a pipeline last week, spilling about 55,000 gallons of gasoline into a Pennsylvania creek. Officials with Sunoco Logistics said Tuesday that “an object of extreme destructive force” severed the 8-inch pipeline under Wallis Run […]
  
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• Central Texas man gets probation for sex assault of girl, 12

  25-10-2016 18:48
  
  BELTON, Texas — Authorities say a Central Texas man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl must serve 10 years of probation. George Karns Jr. of Holland was also sentenced Monday by a judge to 120 days in jail after earlier pleading guilty in the 2013 assault at his home. The Temple […]
  
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• Ancient burials suggest a history of blood feuds, brutality and revenge

  25-10-2016 18:48
  
  Skeletons can tell stories. In the Sonoran Desert, a body laid gently on its side, its arms crossed, its knees bent toward its chest, tells the story of someone who was loved and respected, whose community mourned her once she was gone. But James Watson is interested in bones that suggest a different narrative. The […]
  
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• Millions in bonds on the ballot for New Mexico projects

  25-10-2016 18:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – It’ll be up to New Mexico voters to approve more than $186 million in general obligation bonds to support everything from senior citizen centers and schools to the construction of a new state crime lab.
  Supporters say the funding is key to completing brick and mortar projects as New Mexico struggles with a budget crisis that has forced lawmakers and Gov. Susana Martinez to curb spending.
  If voters approve all four bonds on the ballot this year, finance offici
  
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• Spaceport America to host 200-mile relay run

  25-10-2016 17:57 via krqe.com
  
  UPHAM, N.M. (AP) – Spaceport America will mark the finish for a two-day, 200-mile relay that will stretch from El Paso, Texas into southern New Mexico.
  The race will begin April 8. Paying teams of runners will travel north along the Rio Grande, passing historic farming villages on the way to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
  From there, they’ll head east toward Ted Turner’s Armendaris Ranch and then to the spaceport.
  Organizers say the second to the last leg will be a half-mar
  
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• Oh, what a night: Cleveland ready to rock sports world

  25-10-2016 17:52 via krqe.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Always up for a party, Cleveland is about to rock like never before.
  For more than 50 years, fans agonized while waiting for one their three major professional teams to win a championship, a drought that defined the city and its people. All the parades, the trophy presentations, the visits to the White House happened for other teams, in other places.
  Cleveland was always left out. Those days are done.
  And on Tuesday night, Cleveland will be center stage for the sports uni
  
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• Judge sets trial date for lawsuit over teacher evaluations

  25-10-2016 17:25 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – An ongoing legal fight between teachers unions ant the state over New Mexico’s teacher evaluation system will get its day in court next year.
  A District Court judge on Monday agreed to hear the case on Oct. 23, 2017. The long wait comes after Albuquerque Teachers Federation and American Federation of Teachers-New Mexico attorney Shane Youtz requested time to review New Mexico Public Education Department changes to the evaluation process.
  In January, the departme
  
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• Mill levy for UNM Hospital on the ballot

  25-10-2016 17:19
  
  The University of New Mexico Hospital gets its money in a lot of different ways. Bernalillo County property owners give 20 percent of their tax bill to UNMH each year with what’s called a mill levy.
  
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• Updated: Nissan hiring 300 to develop common connected car technology

  25-10-2016 16:39
  
  YOKOHAMA, Japan — The top executive overseeing connected vehicles at Nissan and Renault believes the benefits of developing a common technology for connectivity within the Japanese and French auto partnership outweigh the risks of sustaining huge damage from a possible defect or cyberattack. Ogi Redzic, senior vice president at the Renault-Nissan Alliance, oversees such connected […]
  
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• Updated: Caterpillar stung by global economic funk

  25-10-2016 16:37
  
  PEORIA, Ill. — Caterpillar’s third-quarter profit was essentially cut in half with the global economy stuck in a funk, and the company said that it expects that malaise to extend into next year. The construction and mining equipment maker lowered its outlook for the year and shares of Caterpillar slipped nearly 2 percent before the […]
  
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• Presidential race turns to Florida with voting underway

  25-10-2016 16:37 via krqe.com
  
  TAMPA, Florida (AP) — With the race for the White House speeding to an end, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are campaigning Tuesday in swing state Florida, where tens of thousands of voters are already flocking to the polls.
  Trump, on the final day of a three-day Florida swing, has been denouncing the “disgusting” media that promotes “phony polls” showing him trailing Clinton in this and other battleground states.
  “The media isn’t just against me. They&
  
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• Santa Fe woman arrested on drug charges

  25-10-2016 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Santa Fe woman was arrested on drug charges Monday following a six-month long narcotics investigation, according to police.
  The Santa Fe Police Department says 38-year-old Lori McQuarie was arrested after officers obtained a search warrant and found methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia at her home near Pinon Elementary School.
  SFPD says McQuarie admitted to selling methamphetamine for an extended period of time. Police also say they are still loo
  
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• Santa Fe woman arrested after drug trafficking investigation

  25-10-2016 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe police have arrested a suspected drug dealer they say they’ve been after for months.
  The Santa Fe Police Department says 38-year-old Lori McQuarie has been the target of a meth-trafficking investigation for the past six months.
  McQuarie was taken into custody Monday after police say they searched her home and found meth bagged for sale, marijuana and drug paraphernalia at her home near Pinon Elementary School.
  Detectives also say there
  
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• Updated: Overreactions: Move over Elliott, Ajayi is NFL’s best back

  25-10-2016 16:16
  
  Move over Ezekiel Elliott, Jay Ajayi is the NFL’s best running back. Ajayi tied a league record by surpassing 200 yards rushing for the second straight game, helping the Miami Dolphins win two in a row. Ajayi ran for 214 yards in a win over Buffalo after totaling 204 yards a week earlier against Pittsburgh. […]
  
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• Updated: Broncos whole again after ending 2-game slide vs. Texans

  25-10-2016 16:15
  
  DENVER — The Denver Broncos are whole again. Trevor Siemian’s healthy. Gary Kubiak’s back on the sideline. C.J. Anderson is running wild once more, thanks to a nudge from rookie Devontae Booker, and the defense is forcing fumbles like it used to. Von Miller & Co. turned Brock Osweiler’s homecoming into a house of horrors […]
  
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• Fan falls leaving Broncos game, condition unknown

  25-10-2016 16:15
  
  DENVER — A fan fell from 30 to 50 feet leaving Sports Authority Field at Mile High after the Denver Broncos game on Monday night. The fan was transported to the hospital and his or her condition was unknown, according to Denver Fire. The Denver Post said it happened at about 9:44 p.m. local time […]
  
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• Authorities find no sign of braking by bus driver in crash

  25-10-2016 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Ana Car didn’t remember the sudden impact, only that she woke up among dead and injured passengers in a dark bus filled with screams of terror and agony.
  The retired factory worker had spent an evening gambling at a desert casino and was sound asleep when the bus heading to Los Angeles smashed into the rear of a slow-moving tractor-trailer. The crash killed the bus driver and 12 passengers and injured 31 other people.
  “I can’t believe how many
  
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• Big production brings The Lion King to life on stage

  25-10-2016 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For audiences attending Disney’s The Lion King at Popejoy Hall, it’s been a full-scale production of the highly successful musical. Throughout the month of October, crews, dancers, actors and anyone affiliated with the show have been logging long hours to bring the story of Simba to life.
  “When you have a show with this many set pieces and this many props and this many puppets and costumes, we have a cast of 48 on stage and they’re mostly
  
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• Pay It 4ward: Twins use birthday to help the homeless

  25-10-2016 15:25
  
  A pair of twin brothers in Albuquerque don’t get gifts on their birthday -- they give them. For the last four years Wesley and Michael Kress have been paying it forward to the homeless, so on the fifth year of their efforts, friends and family wanted to Pay It 4ward to them.
  
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• City files response to latest ART injunction request

  25-10-2016 15:19
  
  Construction is well under way on the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project, and the legal battle to stop it continues. For the second time, opponents filed a motion for an injunction to stop ART construction.
  
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• Local non-profit touts importance of hiring those with disabilities

  25-10-2016 15:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and there’s one local organization helping to spread the word on how important it is to help those with disabilities.
  LifeROOTS, an Albuquerque based non-profit, wants to share with employers how important it is for businesses to hire individuals with disabilities.
  Brandon Altman with LifeRoots and Colt Sanders with Southern Wine and Spirits joined KRQE’s This Morning team to tal
  
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• New Mexico State Parks host variety of fun events

  25-10-2016 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – The fall is finally here and that means fun events around the state for families to enjoy.
  New Mexico State Parks have a variety of events going on to close out the month of October.
  Beth Wojahn with NM State Parks joined KRQE’s This Morning team to talk about the events across the state. Watch above.
  Huey Helicopter, a 52-year-old helicopter form Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Parks is being restored by Aersale in Roswell. The unveiling will take place
  
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• Tuesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Governor Martinez vetoes proposed cuts to education

  25-10-2016 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Some funding will continue to stay in education after Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed $22 million in proposed cuts to public school programs. The governor decided to strike cuts to performance based pay incentives for teachers and other hallmark initiatives in a package approved by the State Legislature, to address a nearly $600 million operating budget deficit.
  Full Story: Governor signs bill to slash agency spending
  2. New Mexico is one of only nine states that
  
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• Proposed ordinance would deal with abandoned commercial buildings

  25-10-2016 15:03
  
  Albuquerque’s abandoned building epidemic has spread like a virus, creating a public health risk. But the city is moving to make it a lot harder to leave a commercial building empty.
  
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• Ex-wife of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle sues company

  25-10-2016 14:55 via krqe.com
  
  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The ex-wife of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is suing the restaurant chain for damages, saying the company received at least three reports indicating his sexual interest in children but failed to take proper action and continued promoting him as its spokesman.
  Katie McLaughlin said at a news conference Monday that she filed the lawsuit in Hamilton County Superior Court because she has questions about Subway’s actions and inactions and wants to
  
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• 4 killed on river rapids ride at Australian theme park

  25-10-2016 14:49 via krqe.com
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — Four people were killed Tuesday after a river rapids ride malfunctioned at a popular theme park on Australia’s east coast, officials said.
  Two men and two women died while on the ride at Dreamworld, a park on Queensland state’s Gold Coast, Queensland police officer Tod Reid told reporters.
  The Thunder River Rapids ride whisks people in circular rafts along a fast-moving, man-made river. A malfunction caused two people to be ejected from their raft,
  
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• Militants attack Pakistan police academy, killing 59

  25-10-2016 14:44 via krqe.com
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Militants wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police academy in the southwestern city of Quetta overnight, killing at least 59 people, mostly police cadets and recruits, and waging a ferocious gunbattle with troops that lasted into early hours Tuesday.
  Pakistani officials feared the death toll could rise further, as the four-hours-long siege — one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistan’s security forces in recent years — left 117 wounded, some
  
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• Obama health plan hit by double-digit premium hikes

  25-10-2016 13:51 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. That’s sure to stoke another “Obamacare” controversy days before a presidential election.
  Before taxpayer-provided subsidies, premiums for a midlevel benchmark plan will increase an average of 25 percent across the 39 states served by the federally run online market, accordin
  
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• I-40 westbound near Atrisco Vista reopens after crash

  25-10-2016 13:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Traffic is moving again on I-40 westbound near Atrisco Vista Blvd at Nine Mile Hill, after an accident involving two semi trucks closed the road Tuesday morning.
  The accident was reported about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. After the accident westbound I-40 was closed completely, but the interstate has since reopened.
  The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says two semi trucks were involved in the accident. BCSD also says that one person was transported to th
  
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• Accident closes I-40 westbound near Atrisco Vista

  25-10-2016 13:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A semi rollover is blocking traffic on I-40 westbound near Atrisco Vista Blvd at Nine Mile Hill.
  The accident was reported about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. After the accident westbound I-40 was closed completely, but traffic is now moving again. The right lane on I-40 westbound remains closed.
  The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says two semi trucks were involved in the accident. BCSD also says that one person was transported to the hospital with n
  
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• Roof inspections prevent problems

  25-10-2016 13:00
  
  Cold weather can be tough on a home, and perhaps no part of a home is more vulnerable to harsh winter weather than its roof. Fallen snow can equate to several pounds of pressure placed on a residential roof. Roofs do not often collapse under heavy snowfall. But adverse winter weather conditions can compromise roofs in other ways. Water leakage and damage to […]
  
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• Teacher evaluation suit put off until next year

  25-10-2016 08:05
  
  SANTA FE–A union lawsuit that aims to halt the New Mexico Public Education Department's co ...
  
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• Showers in ABQ won’t last long

  25-10-2016 08:05
  
  If it's raining as you read the Journal ...
  
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