New Mexico news

• Botanical garden expansion to begin construction

  29-10-2015 23:40
  
  The Santa Fe Botanical Garden on Museum Hill is holding a ground-breaking at 11 a.m. Friday for Phase Two, which will have land contouring and similar construction work over the winter, with planting in the spring and an anticipated opening in August or September. Titled Ojos y Manos: Eyes and Hands, the new area will […]
  
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• Federal prosecutors have copies of alleged Fogle recordings

  29-10-2015 23:02
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors have copies of audio recordings a Florida woman says she made of former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle talking about sexual encounters he had with children and say they took those recordings “into account” before charging Fogle. U.S. attorney’s office spokesman Tim Horty said Wednesday that federal authorities obtained copies of the […]
  
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• Microsoft Impersonation Scam

  29-10-2015 22:21
  
  Your BBB continues to receive multiple calls each day on the Microsoft impersonation scam.Here is how the scam works:You get a telephone call from someone claiming to be with tech support from a well-known software company. Microsoft is a popular choice. The callers often have strong accents but use common names such as, Adam or Bill. The scammers may know your name and other personal information, which they get from publicly available phone directories. They might even guess what computer opera
  
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• Audit: NY enrolled dead in Medicaid, offered health coverage

  29-10-2015 22:02
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. — Flaws in New York’s health exchange resulted in 21 dead people being enrolled in Medicaid and 333 getting continuing government-funded health coverage after they died, according to audit results released Thursday. The state comptroller’s office reported that its auditors found overpayments of $3.4 million for the year starting Oct. 1, 2013, when […]
  
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• Colorado ACLU launches app to record police activity

  29-10-2015 22:01
  
  DENVER — The American Civil Liberties Union in Colorado launched a free mobile app Wednesday to encourage people to film and send recordings of police interactions with the public to the organization. The app is already available in nine other states, including California, Michigan, and Missouri. In Missouri, the ACLU released the app to be […]
  
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• After dismal debate, Bush seeks ways to steady campaign

  29-10-2015 22:01
  
  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Jeb Bush emerged from the third Republican debate as a candidate in crisis, with supporters struggling to understand why he keeps underperforming and advisers promising a turnaround before it’s too late. Campaigning in New Hampshire Thursday, Bush insisted his White House bid was “not on life support.” Still, advisers concede November will […]
  
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• Carson tells AP: Seventh-day Adventism is right for him

  29-10-2015 21:37
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. — As his surge in heavily evangelical Iowa puts a spotlight on his faith, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is opening up about his membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He embraces it as right for him while also framing his beliefs in broad terms that aim to transcend divisions among Christians. In […]
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Carson on supplements; Cruz, Fiorina on women

  29-10-2015 21:37
  
  WASHINGTON — Ben Carson told debate-watchers it’s “total propaganda” to say he was involved with a nutritional supplement company, even though he praised its disputed health benefits in company videos. Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina misstated how working women have fared in the Obama years. Donald Trump’s statement that he is fully paying for his […]
  
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• Colorado ski season starts with opening of A-Basin, Loveland

  29-10-2015 21:31
  
  DENVER — Colorado ski season is underway with not one but two resorts to choose from. Both Arapahoe Basin and Loveland ski areas began operating their lifts Thursday after snow making and recent natural snow helped the resorts catch up after a warm October. The resorts, high on the Continental Divide, compete each year to […]
  
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• Woman guilty of serving papers on behalf of sovereign Texas

  29-10-2015 21:30
  
  KERRVILLE, Texas — A woman who claims she’s a representative of the sovereign nation of Texas was convicted of issuing fraudulent court papers ordering a judge and lawyer to appear before an “international common law court.” A jury northwest of San Antonio found Susan Cammack guilty Wednesday of simulating a legal process, the San Antonio […]
  
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• Big insurers remain upbeat on fledgling ACA exchanges

  29-10-2015 20:58
  
  Slipping enrollment and struggling competitors have done little to shake the faith that the nation’s biggest health insurers have placed in the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges. Aetna executives said Thursday that the exchanges, a key tenant in the overhaul’s push to cover millions of uninsured people, remain a good market, even though the […]
  
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• Wal-Mart sticks to free shipping with some restrictions

  29-10-2015 20:56
  
  NEW YORK — Wal-Mart is promising it won’t be beat on prices this holiday season. But online shoppers shouldn’t expect free shipping without any restrictions. In a sneak peak to its holiday strategies, the world’s largest retailer says it will offer price cuts, or what it refers to as “rollbacks,” starting Nov. 1 on thousands […]
  
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• Small plane lands without wheels down at Durango airport

  29-10-2015 20:33
  
  DURANGO, Colo. — A small plane that crash landed without its wheels has shut down Durango’s airport. The Durango Herald (http://bit.ly/1M01C27 ) reports that the plane landed around noon Thursday. The pilot wasn’t seriously hurt but fuel from the plane spilled on the runway. Aviation director Kip Turner said the runway will be shut down […]
  
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• Prosecutor casts doubt on alibi for freeway shooting suspect

  29-10-2015 20:33
  
  PHOENIX — A prosecutor has cast doubt on an alibi offered by a man charged in some of the freeway shootings that put drivers in metro Phoenix on edge nearly two months ago. Leslie Merritt Jr. has asked to be released from jail based on phone records and family interviews that his lawyers say prove […]
  
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• House GOP revives bill protecting firms that clean up mines

  29-10-2015 20:32
  
  DENVER — Congressional Republicans revived “Good Samaritan” legislation Thursday designed to encourage companies and nonprofits to help clean up thousands of abandoned mines across the nation by protecting them from liability for environmental accidents. The proposal was one of three the House Natural Resources Committee unveiled after the Environmental Protection Agency inadvertently unleashed 3 million […]
  
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• Already home to a ski hill, Emirates may get a snow park

  29-10-2015 20:32
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Already home to a ski hill inside a mall, the sunbaked deserts of the United Arab Emirates soon may be home to a snow park too. Officials with Abu Dhabi’s Reem Mall, scheduled to open in 2018, say they plan to build a 125,000-square-foot (11,600-square-meter) snow park inside the […]
  
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• Plane catches fire at Florida airport; 1 burned, others hurt

  29-10-2015 20:31
  
  DANIA BEACH, Fla. — A jet plane’s engine caught fire Thursday as it prepared for takeoff, and passengers had to quickly evacuate using emergency slides, officials said. One person was seriously injured by burns that were not life-threatening and about a dozen other people were taken to the hospital for minor injuries including bumps, sprains […]
  
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• UNM’s Cass being courted by USTA

  29-10-2015 20:22
  
  Tim Cass, chief operating officer of University of New Mexico athletics,  is being courted by the United States Tennis Association, the Journal has learned. Cass did not return messages from the Journal late Wednesday, but UNM athletic director Paul Krebs said via text message, “Any comment needs to come from Tim. I can confirm (Cass) […]
  
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• MWC hoops: With experience and talent, Fresno State’s expectations rise

  29-10-2015 20:10
  
  There's something new floating around the Fresno State basketball program this season: ...
  
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• Bernalillo County clerk applies for secretary of state job

  29-10-2015 19:55
  
  Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver has applied to be New Mexico’s next secretary of state, telling Gov. Susana Martinez in her application letter today that she is the “most experienced election administrator” in the state. The Republican governor is accepting applications and recommendations for the $85,000-per year post, after former Secretary of State Dianna […]
  
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• Three charged in connection with Old Town, Santa Fe raids

  29-10-2015 18:50
  
  An indictment unsealed this morning in federal court names three individuals with criminal violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, which makes it illegal to sell products in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian-produced if it is not. The charges are punishable by up to five years each. Nael Ali, 53, arrested […]
  
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• Mother, daughter killed while fighting in the road on N.M. 599 in Santa Fe

  29-10-2015 17:52
  
  SANTA FE — A mother and daughter who were fighting in the southbound lanes of N.M. 599 near Airport Road were struck and killed by a vehicle Wednesday night, according to the Santa Fe Police Department. Lt. Andrea Dobyns said dispatchers received multiple calls about two females fighting and “rolling around” on N.M. 599 at about […]
  
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• Show me your hands, or moves, dancing officer says to teens

  29-10-2015 17:16
  
  WASHINGTON — Show me your hands, or your dance moves. A D.C. police officer helped defuse a fight between teenagers in a Washington park by challenging one of them to a dance-off. Seventeen-year-old Aaliyah Taylor says a woman officer arrived Monday and when she saw Taylor dancing to the popular song, “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” […]
  
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• US child shot during car chase by army in northern Mexico

  29-10-2015 17:09
  
  MEXICO CITY — Officials in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas say a U.S. toddler was shot in the back by Mexican army personnel when her family’s car apparently got in between a military patrol and a car of suspects. The head of the federal prosecutors’ office in the state said another girl was grazed […]
  
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• State police using shotguns to deflate wayward blimp

  29-10-2015 17:09
  
  MUNCY, Pa. — State police were using shotguns Thursday to deflate a wayward surveillance blimp that broke loose in Maryland before coming down into trees in the Pennsylvania countryside. It could take days, or even weeks, to remove the blimp, which came down Wednesday, said U.S. Army Captain Matthew Villa. He said it is in […]
  
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• River god, drought blamed for power shortages in Africa

  29-10-2015 17:08
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe — With the rains not having fallen as they normally do, water levels have dropped in a dam that supplies electricity to Zambia and Zimbabwe, causing power blackouts, business closures and consternation. Some traditional chiefs are blaming an angry river god. Zimbabwean media, citing the chiefs, said the low water levels at Kariba […]
  
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• Police investigate fatal Las Cruces accident

  29-10-2015 17:08
  
  LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State Police are investigating a fatal vehicle crash that happened overnight on Interstate-10 near the 132 mile marker. Officers remain on scene near the Love’s Truck Stop west of Las Cruces. More details are expected soon, according to a news release from the New Mexico State Police. There was no […]
  
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• Creative Startups on display

  29-10-2015 16:17
  
  New cohort of companies presents on "demo day"
  
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• Updated: Officials: Solar users won’t be separate class

  29-10-2015 16:11
  
  LAS CRUCES — Efforts by El Paso Electric Co. to create a separate rate class for solar residential customers in New Mexico have been halted. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, on a 3-2 vote Wednesday, decided not to allow El Paso Electric to include solar residential customers as a separate class in a proposed […]
  
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• Officials: Solar users won’t be separate class

  29-10-2015 16:11
  
  LAS CRUCES — Efforts by El Paso Electric Co. to create a separate rate class for solar residential customers in New Mexico have been halted. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, on a 3-2 vote at its weekly meeting Wednesday in Santa Fe, approved an order to deny El Paso Electric from including solar residential […]
  
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• New Mexico driver’s license status unclear after fed move

  29-10-2015 16:03
  
  The federal government’s move to deny New Mexico an extension from tougher federal requirements on state driver’s licenses is posing uncertainties. The decision means New Mexico driver’s licenses won’t be accepted at federal facilities like military bases starting Jan. 10. How will contractors in New Mexico have access to Kirtland Air Force Base if state […]
  
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• Convicted killer of 89-year-old Fort Worth man loses appeal

  29-10-2015 16:03
  
  HOUSTON — A Fort Worth man sent to death row for smothering an 89-year-old man and robbing him of some $6,000 more than 11 years ago has lost a federal court appeal. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Wednesday rejected arguments that 35-year-old Tilon Carter had deficient legal help at his 2006 trial […]
  
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• Questions remain after deputy fired over tossing teen

  29-10-2015 16:02
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina sheriff says he acted swiftly but carefully in firing a school resource officer caught on video flipping a disruptive student out of her desk and tossing her across the floor. In the wake of the firing, though, questions remain about whether the officer should have been in the classroom […]
  
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• Heavy rains this month lessen drought conditions in Texas

  29-10-2015 16:02
  
  DALLAS — New data shows heavy rains this month across much of Texas have significantly improved drought conditions in the state. The U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows Texas with no areas in either extreme or exceptional drought, the two worst categories. About 21 percent of the state was experiencing extreme drought while another […]
  
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• Trunk or Treat: Halloween alternative gains popularity

  29-10-2015 16:01
  
  LAS CRUCES — Increasing numbers of parents concerned about the safety of sending their costumed children to the doors of strangers on Halloween night have begun to opt for “trunk or treat” events. The popular alternative, typically held in a large parking lot, provides children with the opportunity to go from car trunk to car […]
  
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• Shell reports loss of $7.4 billion after Arctic exit

  29-10-2015 16:01
  
  LONDON — Royal Dutch Shell reported a third quarter loss of $7.4 billion Thursday as it re-organized and cancelled projects, including drilling in Alaska, to cope with the plunge in oil prices. The net loss compares with a profit of $4.5 billion in the same period last year. Shell reported $7.9 billion in charges, including […]
  
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• West Texas woman found guilty of strangling husband with apron

  29-10-2015 16:00
  
  SAN ELIZARIO, Texas — A West Texas woman accused of strangling her husband to death with an apron has been found guilty. Sixty-one-year-old Martha Acevedo (ah-suh-VAY’-doh) was convicted Wednesday of murder in the death of Jose Acevedo. Prosecutors say Acevedo killed her husband in September 2014 in their San Elizario (san ehl-ee-ZAR’-ee-oh) home. Sheriffs were […]
  
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• Man arrested after posting threat on sheriff’s Facebook page

  29-10-2015 16:00
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A 23-year-old man has been arrested after he posted on the Bexar (bayr) County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page that he intended to open fire on someone’s house. Sheriff’s spokesman James Keith told the San Antonio Express-News (http://bit.ly/1M2y0EL ) that Adrian San Martin even identified the person he was threatening. Investigators used San […]
  
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• Shiprock Chapter opposes fire station takeover

  29-10-2015 15:59
  
  FARMINGTON — The Navajo Nation’s Shiprock Chapter has submitted a resolution to the tribal president stating its opposition to the tribe’s plan to take over a fire station in its community currently operated by San Juan County. On Sunday, 40 chapter members voted in support of the resolution that objects to the transfer of the […]
  
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• Flagstaff’s winter parking ordinance going into effect

  29-10-2015 15:59
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flagstaff’s winter parking restrictions go into effect Sunday. The restrictions last until April 1 and require vehicles to be off most Flagstaff streets between midnight and 7 a.m. Vehicles in the downtown business district must be gone by 3 a.m. The parking ordinance is meant to allow snow plows to navigate the […]
  
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• Sentencing set for man convicted in tribal officer’s death

  29-10-2015 15:58
  
  PHOENIX — A Jan. 4 sentencing date has been set for a man convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a tribal police officer during a traffic stop on the outskirts of Phoenix. Elijah Loren Arthur was found guilty last month in the May 2014 killing of Salt River police Officer Jair Cabrera during […]
  
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• Arizona Legislature begins special session on school funding

  29-10-2015 15:58
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers are set to spend Thursday debating a $3.5 billion, 10-year deal to settle a long-running school funding lawsuit in the first and possibly only full day of a special session. The session is designed to enact the terms of the deal that closes out a lawsuit that began after the Legislature […]
  
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• Officers gather as Webster battles for his life

  29-10-2015 07:09
  
  'Overwhelming' support, prayers for officer in critical condition
  
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• Wet weather will clear out for trick-or-treating

  29-10-2015 07:05
  
  Scattered showers and thunderstorms could put a damper on Friday sports events, but there's not much ...
  
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• Stand4KidsNM won’t have to register as PAC

  29-10-2015 07:05
  
  State election officials drop ruling against advocacy group
  
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• Spooky good fun or in poor taste?

  29-10-2015 07:05
  
  With NM's deadly prison riot, some question use of 'haunted jail' at old county courthouse to celebrate Halloween
  
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• Sheriff’s Office sued over crash that killed 2

  29-10-2015 07:05
  
  A lawsuit has been filed against the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office and others over a suspected...
  
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• Ruling against NM on special-ed funding affirmed

  29-10-2015 07:05
  
  SANTA FE–U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has affirmed a hearing officer's 2014 ruling ...
  
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• House approves budget deal

  29-10-2015 07:05
  
  Pearce calls bill reckless; NM Democrats vote for it
  
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• Griego warned he may be in violation of campaign finance laws

  29-10-2015 07:05
  
  Ex-senator spent campaign funds after resigning from office
  
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