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• Arrest made after officer shot at early Saturday morning

  21-01-2017 23:45
  
  A man has been arrested in northwest Albuquerque for his involvement in a shooting that occurred during an attempted DWI stop early Saturday morning, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Johnny Kocsmar, 31, was arrested Saturday afternoon when authorities found him hiding under a house on the 100 block of Sandia View […]
  
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• Thousands join Albuquerque rally on women’s rights

  21-01-2017 23:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Thousands of people from all over the state joined the women’s march at Civic Plaza in Albuquerque on Saturday morning.
  They packed the plaza’s every corner, as locals joined a national movement on women’s rights.
  The crowds were loud. Organizers estimate some 6,000 people joined the rally, a sister event to the Women’s March on Washington in D.C.
  “So women are here together, and our voices will be heard,” Eleanor Bravo said.
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• Updated: Trucker loses trailer of 38,000 pounds of marbles on I-465

  21-01-2017 22:24
  
  A trucker has lost his marbles in the Indianapolis area. State police tell TV station WXIN that a truck carrying…
  
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• Updated: The Latest: You snooze, you lose: Dimitrov OK with timing

  21-01-2017 21:40
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia — The latest from the Australian Open on Saturday (all times local): 3 a.m. Grigor Dimitrov had his first win on the main court at Melbourne Park, so he didn’t mind that the match started two minutes before midnight. “We had matches in the past finishing 4, 5 in the morning. Whatever it […]
  
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• Flights planned over Arizona, New Mexico for wolf survey

  21-01-2017 21:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Biologists plan daily flights over forested areas of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico in late January and early February to conduct an annual survey of the region’s population of endangered Mexican gray wolves.
  Federal and state agencies say the flights may be visible to residents of Reserve, New Mexico, and the Arizona communities of Alpine and Springerville.
  Biologists conduct the survey as part of a multi-agency effort to reintroduce wolves into thei
  
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• Scientists at Alabama university set sights on the moon

  21-01-2017 21:06 via krqe.com
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – The University of Alabama in Huntsville is aiming for the moon with a $237 million proposal to NASA.
  Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/2k5Dx34 ) that the university hopes to lead a satellite mission to the moon to study supernovae.
  Astrophysicist Richard Miller is the lead author of the proposal that involves UAH and nine other institutions, including Johns Hopkins University.
  Al.com reports that if the mission is funded, the science operations center would be at UAH fo
  
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• Updated: Iraqi forces eye tougher fight in Mosul’s west

  21-01-2017 20:59
  
  MOSUL, Iraq — A crowd of Iraqi officers looked out at the Tigris River Friday from a balcony of Mosul’s Nineveh International hotel. Just over three months ago, the men were some 45 kilometers (28 miles) away in a cluster of desert villages on the edge of Nineveh plain. “Our message to the rest of […]
  
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• Updated: George H.W. Bush, wife Barbara, recovering from illnesses

  21-01-2017 19:51
  
  HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, continued to improve Saturday as they recover from illnesses at Houston Methodist Hospital, a family spokesman said. “President Bush is breathing well without any mechanical assistance, his spirits are high, and he is looking forward to getting back to a regular schedule,” spokesman Jim […]
  
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• Updated: Women’s marches attract masses across the globe

  21-01-2017 18:59
  
  PARIS — Legions of women flooded parks, streets and city squares from Sydney to Paris to Philadelphia on Saturday, marching in solidarity as a show of empowerment and a stand against Donald Trump. More than 600 “sister marches” were planned across the country and abroad in conjunction with the Women’s March on Washington, which drew […]
  
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• Updated: Big crowds turn out for women’s marches around the world

  21-01-2017 18:59
  
  CHICAGO — Legions of women flooded streets and city squares from Sydney to South Carolina on Saturday, marching in solidarity as a show of empowerment and a stand against Donald Trump. More than 600 “sister marches” were planned across the country and abroad in conjunction with the Women’s March on Washington, which drew hundreds of […]
  
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• Police search for two men after officer shot at during DWI stop

  21-01-2017 18:48
  
  SWAT officers are currently searching for two individuals in northwest Albuquerque after an officer was shot at early Saturday morning during an attempted DWI stop, according to a department spokesman. Investigators are searching the neighborhood near Second and Osuna after officers saw two men run into the neighborhood after the shooting, officer Simon Drobik said. […]
  
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• Police searching for possible armed subjects in northwest Albuquerque

  21-01-2017 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are actively searching for possibly armed subjects in northwest Albuquerque.
  APD has set up a perimeter near the area of 2nd and Osuna in an attempt to find the offenders.
  Police say they tried to pull over a vehicle for suspicion of DWI near Osuna and Jefferson. As the officer was pulling the car over, police say three shots were fired towards the officer from the vehicle. The car took off heading westbound on Osuna firing two more shots in the offic
  
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• One suspect in custody from ambush style attack

  21-01-2017 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a tense morning for Albuquerque police today when two men shot at an officer during a DWI stop.
  Police say they tried to pull over a vehicle for suspicion of DWI near Osuna and Jefferson. As the officer was pulling the car over, police say three shots were fired towards the officer from the vehicle. The car took off heading westbound on Osuna firing three more shots in the officers direction, one of those shots broke the back window of the car. T
  
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• Albuquerque police: Suspect in custody after ambush-style attack

  21-01-2017 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a tense morning for Albuquerque police Saturday when two men shot at an officer during a DWI stop.
  Police say they tried to pull over a vehicle for suspicion of DWI near Osuna and Jefferson. As the officer was pulling the car over, police say three shots were fired towards the officer from the vehicle.
  “As he was initiating the stop, one of the occupants of the vehicle fired towards the officer, in his patrol vehicle,” said Officer Si
  
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• Updated: New Gambia leader says Jammeh leaving soon for Guinea

  21-01-2017 17:45
  
  DAKAR, Senegal — Gambia’s defeated leader Yahya Jammeh is expected to leave soon for Guinea, and the new president said Saturday he plans to return home to take power once the situation is “clear.” A visibly tired Adama Barrow told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday that he will enter Gambia once a security […]
  
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• Updated: Trump opens first full day on job at church

  21-01-2017 17:12
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump opened his first full day as president Saturday at a national prayer service, the final piece of transition business for the nation’s new chief executive before a promised full-on shift into governing. Trump and his wife, Melania, and Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, sat in a front […]
  
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• Women descend on DC to push back against new president

  21-01-2017 16:39 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wearing pink, pointy-eared “pussyhats” to mock the new president, throngs of women descended on the nation’s capital and other cities around the globe Saturday for marches and demonstrations aimed at showing Donald Trump they won’t be silent over the next four years.
  They carried signs with messages such as “Women won’t back down” and “Less fear more love” and decried Trump’s stand on such issues as abortion, div
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of women protest against Trump

  21-01-2017 16:39 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wearing pink, pointy-eared “pussyhats” to mock the new president, hundreds of thousands of women massed in the nation’s capital and cities around the globe Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won’t let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years.
  “We march today for the moral core of this nation, against which our new president is waging a war,” actress America Ferrera told the Washington crowd. “Ou
  
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• Women’s marches planned Saturday in Albuquerque, Santa Fe

  21-01-2017 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Hundreds of women are expected at Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza Saturday morning for a local version of the Women’s March on Washington.
  Events are also planned in Santa Fe Saturday morning.
  Hundreds of thousands of women from all over the country are arriving in Washington D.C. for what is expected to be a massive event there.
  This comes a day after President Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 45th president.
  Marchers say they want to deliver a
  
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• Updated: 1 wounded in school shooting, ‘could have been much worse’

  21-01-2017 16:16
  
  WEST LIBERTY, Ohio — A school shooting that left one student hospitalized and others scrambling out classroom windows could have been far worse if not for the heroics of staff members who stopped the shooter and had him pinned down when police arrived, authorities said. The shooter, a 17-year-old senior, used a shotgun and intended […]
  
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• Updated: Women descend on DC to push back against new president

  21-01-2017 14:59
  
  WASHINGTON — Throngs of women determined to push back against the new American president descended on the nation’s capital and other cities around the globe Saturday for marches aimed at showing Donald Trump they won’t be silent over the next four years. They came wearing bright pink “pussyhats” and wielding signs with messages such as […]
  
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• Italy bus crash kills at least 16 people

  21-01-2017 13:39 via krqe.com
  
  ITALY (KRQE) – Police in Italy are investigating after a bus slammed into a highway barrier and then catching fire. It killed at least 16 people.
  The bus was carrying Hungarian school students home from a trip to France.
  39 people survived, although some were seriously injured.
  No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
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• Flags flown at half-staff to honor the life of Sheriff Ackerman

  21-01-2017 13:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Flags will be flown at half-staff to honor the life of Lea County Sheriff Steve Ackerman on Saturday.
  He was on his way to the Legislative session in Santa Fe Tuesday night when his car rolled on the highway. Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused Ackerman to lose control.
  On Saturday, friends and family will gather for a private funeral service. Meanwhile, on Sunday the public is invited to a memorial service in his honor.
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• Flags flown at half-staff on Saturday to honor the life of Sheriff Ackerman

  21-01-2017 13:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Flags will be flown at half-staff to honor the life of Lea County Sheriff Steve Ackerman on Saturday.
  He was on his way to the Legislative session in Santa Fe Tuesday night when his car rolled on the highway. Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused Ackerman to lose control.
  On Saturday, friends and family will gather for a private funeral service. Meanwhile on Sunday, the public is invited to a memorial service in his honor.
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• House expected to vote on $262 million solvency package Saturday

  21-01-2017 13:25 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Saturday, the Full House is expected to vote on a bill to tackle the State’s financial crisis.
  It would help balance the state budget with a $262 million solvency package, which the Senate already passed earlier in the week.
  The bill would patch the existing fiscal year projected $69 million deficit by taking money from the government accounts and school districts.
  The Senate is on break until Monday.
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• Updated: New Gambia leader: Jammeh leaving for Guinea within hours

  21-01-2017 10:48
  
  BANJUL, Gambia — Gambia’s new president says defeated leader Yahya Jammeh is expected to leave for Guinea within hours. Adama Barrow tells The Associated Press that he will return home to Gambia once it’s “clear” and a security sweep has been completed. He spoke in an interview Saturday, just hours after Jammeh announced he would […]
  
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• Updated: Gambian activists urge justice as longtime leader steps down

  21-01-2017 10:48
  
  BANJUL, Gambia — As Gambia’s defeated authoritarian ruler prepares to leave the country, human rights activists demand that he be held accountable for alleged abuses. Yahya Jammeh announced early Saturday he will cede power, after hours of last-ditch talks with regional leaders and the threat that a regional military force would forcibly remove him. No […]
  
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• Updated: AP Interview: New Gambia leader says Jammeh leaving in hours

  21-01-2017 10:48
  
  DAKAR, Senegal — Gambia’s new president says defeated leader Yahya Jammeh is expected to leave for Guinea within hours, and he plans to return home to take power once the situation is “clear.” A visibly tired Adama Barrow told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday that he will enter Gambia once a security sweep […]
  
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• Updated: Bomb blast kill 22, wounds at least 50 in northwest Pakistan

  21-01-2017 10:28
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb exploded Saturday in a market in a northwest tribal region that borders Afghanistan, killing 22 people and wounding at least 50, officials said. Dr. Sabir Hussain at the main hospital in Parachinar, the capital of Pakistan’s Kurram tribal region, said two more wounded victims died in the hospital, increasing the […]
  
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• Bomb blast kill 20, wounds at least 50 in northwest Pakistan

  21-01-2017 10:28
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb exploded Saturday in a market in a northwest tribal region that borders Afghanistan, killing 20 people and wounding at least 50, officials said. Dr. Sabir Hussain at the main hospital in Parachinar, the capital of Pakistan’s Kurram tribal region, said two wounded victims died during treatment, raising the death toll. […]
  
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• Prep hoops: More OT magic from the Storm as it edges Rams

  21-01-2017 08:05
  
  RIO RANCHO–Say this for the Cleveland Storm boys basketball team: they certainly have a fl ...
  
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• Anger, fear continue to divide Americans

  21-01-2017 08:05
  
  "Why not write good things about women for Trump?" she said in her impassioned voicemail
  
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• Two NM schools to vie for best app in the country

  21-01-2017 08:02
  
  Teams from two New Mexico schools have been dubbed the best in the state for creating separate smart ...
  
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• Enthusiasm and good will hallmark of crowd on Mall

  21-01-2017 08:02
  
  The crowd may have been smaller than Obama's, but the mood was upbeat
  
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• ‘Enhanced review’ of returns to stall many NM tax refunds

  21-01-2017 08:02
  
  Some filers expecting money back will have to wait up to 12 weeks
  
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• Albuquerque man places ad for ‘Mexican Wall Pole Vault’

  21-01-2017 06:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man learned when you place an ad in the newspaper, you better have the material to back it up.
  John Flores said he’s always been a practical joker and his ad in the newspaper sure seems to be making people laugh.
  Flores placed an ad in Friday’s paper under sports equipment for “Mexican Wall Pole Vaults.”
  “I was thinking about the Mexican wall and how it’s going to be a huge deal or a lot of people,” he said
  
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• CYFD releases review of Victoria Martens’ case

  21-01-2017 05:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Newly released documents reveal exactly why the Children Youth and Families Department was called to check on Victoria Martens and her brother months before Victoria’s murder.
  “We did do multiple interviews,” CYFD Secretary, Monique Jacobson, told KRQE News 13.
  Five months after the brutal murder of 10-year-old Victoria Martens, Jacobson can finally be more frank about her agency’s previous involvement with Victoria.
  CYFD released a s
  
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• Sandia High School students remember teen killed in crash

  21-01-2017 05:52 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Classmates honored Shaylee Boling Friday night.
  The 14-year-old’s closest friends put on the vigil at Sandia High School. They held candles, read poems and shared lots of memories.
  “One day I remember saying to her, ‘you know, I love you and I want you to be my best friend,’ and you know she said the same,” said Allyse Judah.
  Close to 100 classmates and parents gathered in the crowd, showing their love for Shaylee and her fami
  
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• Documents: Missing money found in former Roswell zoo director’s office

  21-01-2017 05:47 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – More information is coming to light about the abrupt retirement of the director of the Spring River Park Zoo in Roswell. Documents that show more than $10,000 of missing money was found in her office.
  The Roswell Daily Record obtained the documents which show the city did reprimand Elain Mayfield, and worked on an agreement to get her to retire.
  Elaine Mayfield was the director of the Roswell zoo for almost 30 years until her abrupt retirement in November 2016.
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• Protesters gather in Albuquerque after Trump Inauguration

  21-01-2017 03:38 via krqe.com
  
  Protesters gather in downtown Albuquerque after Trump Inauguration
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• All quiet at the Roundhouse, as solvency debate looms

  21-01-2017 02:27
  
  SANTA FE — The 60-day legislative session got off to a roaring start this week, but today has been a quiet one at the state Capitol. The House met only briefly this morning, and put off a debate — and vote — on a package of four solvency related bills since they were not properly listed […]
  
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• Motion: Grand jurors biased in ‘depraved murder’ indictment

  21-01-2017 02:16
  
  SANTA FE — A lawyer for one of the men charged with “depraved mind” murder in the death of a Cerrillos woman last year is asking a District Court judge to dismiss his indictment. His motion alleges that two members of the grand jury that indicted him told a prosecutor that they knew some of […]
  
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• Updated: Rio Arriba official’s house searched by attorney general

  21-01-2017 02:08
  
  Commissioner reportedly investigated by AG's Office
  
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• Report: Attorney General agents raid home of Rio Arriba commissioner

  21-01-2017 02:08
  
  SANTA FE – Investigators from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office have raided the home of Rio Arriba County Commissioner Barney Trujillo, according to Española’s weekly newspaper. The Rio Grande Sun reports that the investigators, accompanied by State Police officers, showed up Trujillo’s Chimayó house Friday morning to execute a search warrant. The newspaper’s website […]
  
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• Senate confirms Trump’s picks for defense, homeland security

  21-01-2017 01:50 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wasting little time to fill two critical national security posts, the Republican-led Senate overwhelmingly confirmed the two retired Marine generals President Donald Trump tapped to run the Pentagon and secure America’s borders.
  Senators voted on Friday to approve the nomination of James Mattis to be defense secretary, 98-1, just hours after Trump’s swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol. The selection of John Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security cleared
  
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• Video shows car chase before New Mexico man’s death

  21-01-2017 01:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Driving on the wrong side of the interstate, a high speed chase, and a shoot out are just some of the things that led up to Marvin Maestas’ death.
  It was around 1:00 a.m. on August 25, 2015 when a deputy tried to pull Marvin Maestas over for a traffic stop. That never happened. Instead, he led police and deputies on a high speed chase up and down I-25 near Santa Fe. In the video, it’s clear officers are trying to stop him, but it didn’t work.
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• Special Olympics New Mexico hosts Hug-A-Thon to raise funds

  21-01-2017 01:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Special Olympics New Mexico is hurting because of state budget cuts. Now, you can help by getting a hug.
  The state cut $150,000 from Special Olympics. It’s now trying to make up that loss.
  Special Olympian Tim Harris, who is known for his “Tim hugs” is trying to help. He’s been working at the Range Cafe since his restaurant closed.
  He’s holding a Hug-A-Thon at Range Cafes across the city Friday and Saturday.
  “Our budget got cut
  
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• Fake parking ticket prompts warning from Rio Rancho police

  21-01-2017 01:25 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A prank? Justice for the disabled? Or a quick-cash scam? Rio Rancho Police have a warning for the public after someone found a fake parking ticket on their windshield.
  The fill-in writing on the ticket was done in pencil, and the printed text is laced with grammatical errors.
  “There’s a lot of red flags. Fortunately, the citizen who brought this in was alert enough,” Rio Rancho Police Dept. Captain Ron Vigil.
  The ticket claims the driver —
  
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• Downtown Albuquerque launches Arts and Culture District

  21-01-2017 01:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Downtown Albuquerque is finally launching its Arts and Culture District. It spans from Broadway to 10th Street, and from Coal Avenue to Lomas Boulevard.
  Founders say they envision a city center of art galleries, restaurants and other businesses, all of which are safe and easy to get access.
  “Downtown is a gateway to a lot of other places. It’s an opportunity to explore Albuquerque, and we think it’s an underutilized asset,” said Joe Cardil
  
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• Updated: Groups gather in Albuquerque to protest Trump inauguration

  21-01-2017 01:06
  
  While protests in Washington D.C. tipped to violence at times, Inauguration Day at the University of ...
  
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