New Mexico news

• NM, city, county fighting El Paso Electric rate request

  17-11-2015 23:54
  
  El Paso Electric Co. is facing stiff opposition to its request for a $6.4 million rate increase in hearings that began this week at the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. The utility, which serves about 400,000 customers in West Texas and southern New Mexico, had requested an $8.6 million increase in its base revenue last […]
  
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• A father fails to stop his son from helping Islamic State — and becoming a Paris suicide bomber

  17-11-2015 23:54
  
  From a distance, Azzédine recognized his son’s smile. Then, as he got closer, he noticed the crutches, the cold demeanor. They were markers of a life of combat he didn’t understand and from which he tried desperately to save his child. In a December 2014 article,French newspaper Le Monde recounted the heartbreaking journey of the […]
  
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• Kurt’s Camera Corral shuttering remaining store

  17-11-2015 23:48
  
  After 65 years in business, the company will close its lone remaining store, in Nob Hill, on Dec. 31.
  
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• American Airlines revamps its frequent flier program

  17-11-2015 23:32
  
  NEW YORK — American Airlines is changing its frequent flier program, becoming the latest carrier to have passengers earn miles based on how much they spend rather than how far they fly. The move announced Tuesday follows similar changes by Delta Air Lines and United Airlines and benefits business travelers who purchase expensive, last-minute tickets. […]
  
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• In annual speech, Berry describes ABQ as resilient city

  17-11-2015 23:29
  
  With just two years left in his term, Mayor Richard Berry on Tuesday described Albuquerque as a resilient city on the rebound — both from the Great Recession and a string of fatal shootings over the last six months. The economy is recovering, he said, and the people of Albuquerque have shown great “heart and […]
  
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• Updated: Sheriff says suspect befriended victims later found slain

  17-11-2015 23:28
  
  MIDLOTHIAN, Texas — The man charged in the killings of six people at an East Texas campsite had earlier befriended the victims and helped dislodge one of their vehicles from mud, a sheriff said Tuesday. William Hudson, 33, spent time with the group Saturday and then returned hours later and killed them all, though authorities […]
  
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• Helicopters used for law enforcement along Rio Grande

  17-11-2015 23:08
  
  McALLEN, Texas — From 700 feet in the air, the Rio Grande looks like an artery, winding into the horizon on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Hundreds of dirt trails and small canals resemble veins connecting the river to farmlands and roads that channel into highways and cities all across the Rio Grande Valley. […]
  
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• White House plans call with governors on Syrian refugees

  17-11-2015 22:56
  
  LANSING, Mich. — The White House plans a conference call with governors about plans to increase the number of refugees accepted in the United States after governors raised concerns that terrorists might use the refugees as cover to sneak across borders. Spokesmen for the governors of Michigan and Arizona say the call is planning for […]
  
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• NM rises to No. 35 in business tax climate index

  17-11-2015 22:56
  
  The state moved up from 38th place last year in theTax Foundation's ranking, thanks largely to a reduction in the top corporate income tax rate.
  
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• France, England soccer teams unite in defiance, respect

  17-11-2015 22:44
  
  LONDON — Uniting in a symbol of defiance and respect, fans and players of the French and English soccer teams delivered a moving display of solidarity at Wembley Stadium at a friendly staged four days after the deadly attacks in Paris. A touching pre-game ceremony saw England and France supporters sing the French national anthem […]
  
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• Texas governor: Ensure current refugees pose no safety risk

  17-11-2015 22:30
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state law enforcement leaders to ensure that refugees in Texas don’t “pose a risk to public safety.” The letter Tuesday comes a day after Abbott and other governors across the U.S. said their states would no longer accept Syrian refugees following last week’s attacks in Paris. […]
  
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• Snowboarders fight ban at Utah ski resort in appeals court

  17-11-2015 22:27
  
  DENVER — Does a snowboarder’s blind spot give a ski resort the right to ban him from public land? It’s a question under federal review in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, which heard arguments Tuesday from a group of snowboarders arguing for the right to rip and shred on the slopes […]
  
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• Official: Minneapolis police shooting vids won’t be released

  17-11-2015 22:27
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — State investigators looking into the fatal police shooting of a black Minneapolis man during a scuffle have several partial videos of the incident but won’t release them despite demands from protesters, an official said Tuesday. Jamar ONeal Clark, 24, died Monday evening, a day after he was shot by police during an early-morning […]
  
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• When refugees arrive in US, here’s what they can expect

  17-11-2015 22:16
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has announced plans to steadily increase the number of refugees accepted in the United States for the next two years. Those fleeing Syria and other war ravaged countries who are brought to the United State are considered refugees, while many people seeking a safe haven in Europe are considered migrants […]
  
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• Nevada man accused of threat to US judge, court in Arizona

  17-11-2015 22:15
  
  LAS VEGAS — A Nevada man is in federal custody in Las Vegas after he was arrested and accused of posting Facebook messages threatening a federal judge and promising to put a bomb at a U.S. District Court building in Phoenix. Jason Andre Willis, 40, was arrested last week and made an initial court appearance […]
  
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• Police remove 3-foot-long snake from Texas bathtub

  17-11-2015 22:14
  
  WACO, Texas — Police in Texas have safely removed a 3-foot-long snake that a woman discovered in her bathtub. Nobody was hurt in the incident before dawn Tuesday. Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton says a woman called police to say her adult daughter found a snake in her bathtub and needed help removing it. The daughter […]
  
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• EPA intends tougher downwind air-pollution rule in 23 states

  17-11-2015 22:14
  
  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed tougher new limits on Tuesday on smokestack emissions from nearly two dozen states that burden downwind areas with air pollution from power plants they can’t control. At the same time, the EPA moved to remove two states –South Carolina and Florida — from the “good neighbor” rules, saying […]
  
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• Updated: Prosecutor: Destroy Oklahoma City bombing conspirator’s guns

  17-11-2015 22:13
  
  DENVER — Federal prosecutors want more than a dozen guns belonging to Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols destroyed rather than turned over to his ex-wife, fearing the weapons would be sold and used in copycat crimes, given their owner’s notoriety. Prosecutors said in Monday court filings that the government should be allowed to destroy […]
  
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• IS militants dig in, anticipating assault on Syria’s Raqqa

  17-11-2015 22:13
  
  BEIRUT — Islamic State militants are stiffening their defenses for a possible assault on their de facto capital Raqqa as international airstrikes intensify on the Syrian city in retaliation for the Paris attacks. The fighters are hiding in civilian neighborhoods and preventing anyone from fleeing, activists said. Activists from Raqqa say the northern Syrian city’s […]
  
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• Over 1,200 European jihadis have returned in past 2 years

  17-11-2015 22:12
  
  PARIS — More than 1,200 Europeans who joined Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq have returned home in the past two years, an Associated Press count shows. Many have been jailed but others — absorbed into the underbelly of some of the continent’s biggest cities — have thrived with impunity. All five Frenchmen linked to […]
  
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• Israel outlaws Islamist group accused of inciting violence

  17-11-2015 22:12
  
  JERUSALEM — Israel on Tuesday outlawed a leading Islamic group it accuses of inciting Arabs to violence in its latest attempt to quash a deadly two-month wave of unrest. The crackdown, which one senior politician tried to link to the global campaign against Islamic extremists following last week’s attacks in Paris, threatened to worsen already […]
  
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• Updated: Germany-Netherlands match called off shortly before kickoff

  17-11-2015 21:53
  
  HANNOVER, Germany — The friendly soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled at short notice due to the serious threat of an attack at the stadium on Tuesday. “We had concrete evidence that someone wanted to set off an explosive device in the stadium,” Hannover police chief Volker Kluwe told German TV. Referring […]
  
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• American Medical Association backs prescription drug ad ban

  17-11-2015 21:48
  
  CHICAGO — The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for a ban on direct-to-consumer ads for prescription drugs and implantable medical devices, saying they contribute to rising costs and patients’ demands for inappropriate treatment. Delegates at the influential group’s policy-making meeting in Atlanta voted to adopt that as official policy as part of an AMA […]
  
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• State Police arrest man after long chase

  17-11-2015 21:46
  
  A 27-year old Pecos man with a long criminal record is in custody after leading law enforcement officials on a chase that covered 60 miles last week. Daniel R. Orndorff, 27, was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle when New Mexico State Police tried to stop him for driving 94 mph in a 75 mph zone […]
  
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• Things are shakin’ at the Luna Center – Bang Bite food and hard cider

  17-11-2015 21:04
  
  Bang Bite Filling Station, one of Santa Fe’s most heralded food trucks, has moved from its former regular spot at Paseo de Peraltra and Old Santa Fe Trail across from the Roundhouse to the parking lot of the Luna Center, at Cerrillos and Manhattan. “Big beefy burger news!! It’s official we have a new home,” […]
  
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• Things are shakin’ at Santa Fe’s Luna Center – Bang Bite food and hard cider

  17-11-2015 21:04
  
  Bang Bite Filling Station, one of Santa Fe’s most heralded food trucks, has moved from its former regular spot at Paseo de Peraltra and Old Santa Fe Trail across from the Roundhouse to the parking lot of the Luna Center, at Cerrillos and Manhattan. “Big beefy burger news!! It’s official we have a new home,” […]
  
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• Germany-Netherlands match called off shortly before kickoff

  17-11-2015 20:14
  
  HANNOVER, Germany (AP) — The friendly soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled at short notice after a suspicious object was found at the stadium on Tuesday. Policeman Joerg Hoffmeister told The Associated Press that everyone inside had to be evacuated after the as-yet unidentified object was found. Announcements at the stadium in […]
  
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• SF Mayor Gonzales welcomes Syrian refugees, calls governors’ opposition ‘heartbreaking’

  17-11-2015 20:10
  
  Santa Fe Mayor Javier M. Gonzales is calling on governors like New Mexico’s Susana Martinez to welcome Syrian refugees to the United States. On Wednesday, Martinez became part of a growing number of state chief executives expressing concern about  President Barack Obama’s plan to accept about 10,000 refugees from war-torn Syria in the wake of […]
  
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• State Police officers to share stories from DWI crashes

  17-11-2015 19:34
  
  New Mexico State Police officers will soon be on television and the radio in a series of commercials to share personal experiences of responding to drunken driving wrecks, Governor Susana Martinez announced Tuesday. The officers’ accounts will include describing the crashes and informing family members that a loved one has been killed in a drunken […]
  
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• Police investigate murder defendant in girl’s disappearance

  17-11-2015 19:30
  
  PHOENIX — A Phoenix man charged with killing a young woman and a teenager in the early 1990s is under investigation in the 1992 disappearance of a 13-year-old girl. Police and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office confirm that prosecutors reviewed a police submission against 43-year-old Bryan Patrick Miller in the presumed killing of Brandy Myers. […]
  
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• Goal of the Manhattan Project historical park is to ‘remember and learn from’ nation’s nuclear achievements

  17-11-2015 19:26
  
  The machinery in Building 9204-3 that enriched uranium for the first atomic bomb has sat idle over the last half-century. During heavy rains, the roof leaks and giant pools of water spread across the floor. Decay, mold and dust abound. The cavernous building, hastily erected as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II, […]
  
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• Suit: Connecticut scoutmaster abused 19 kids in ’60s, ’70s

  17-11-2015 19:20
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — Seventeen men and two women are suing the Boy Scouts of America and local chapters in Connecticut, saying a now-dead scoutmaster sexually abused them when they were children in the 1960s and 1970s. The suit alleges that some of the accusers were assaulted hundreds of times. The lawsuit filed in state court […]
  
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• Officials look to close Fort Hood juvenile prosecution gap

  17-11-2015 19:20
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Some members of Congress are seeking clarification on what law enforcement agencies are responsible for prosecution of juveniles blamed for sexual assaults at Fort Hood. The Austin American Statesman (http://atxne.ws/1NBjm48 ) reported Monday that an investigation found that several incidents at the Central Texas post went unprosecuted, amid jurisdiction issues. According to […]
  
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• New Mexico lawmakers warn agencies of belt tightening

  17-11-2015 19:19
  
  A key legislator is warning that New Mexico could be headed into a financial storm thanks to growing spending pressures and slumping oil and gas prices that have resulted in weaker revenues. Legislative Finance Committee Chair Sen. John Arthur Smith issued the warning during a meeting Tuesday in Santa Fe. He questioned whether state agencies […]
  
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• Large health care workers union backs Clinton

  17-11-2015 19:18
  
  DALLAS — Hillary Rodham Clinton won the endorsement of the Service Employees International Union on Tuesday, giving her the support of a labor powerhouse that backed President Barack Obama in 2008. The nation’s largest health care union represents about 2 million nurses, health care workers and other caregivers and is among the most ethnically diverse […]
  
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• Updated: UPDATED: Heinrich urges compassion toward Syrian refugees

  17-11-2015 19:05
  
  Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., today called on Americans to show compassion toward Syrians seeking refuge from civil war and the ISIS terror group, while also declaring that the refugees be “subject to the highest levels of vetting and scrutiny.” Heinrich, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, has criticized President Barack Obama’s […]
  
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• Heinrich urges compassion toward Syrian refugees

  17-11-2015 19:05
  
  Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., today called on Americans to show compassion toward Syrians seeking refuge in the U.S. from civil war and the ISIS terror group in their own country, while also declaring that the refugees be “subject to the highest levels of vetting and scrutiny.” Heinrich, a member of the Senate Armed Services and […]
  
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• Mouse protection closures in Santa Fe National Forest to stay

  17-11-2015 19:02
  
  SANTA FE–A federal judge has thrown out most of a lawsuit filed by New Mexico ranchers see ...
  
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• Wintery storm brings snow to Colorado, twisters to Texas

  17-11-2015 18:42
  
  DENVER — A powerful wintery storm dumped heavy snow on parts of Colorado on Tuesday while bringing the threat of tornadoes to millions in Texas, where a handful of damaging twisters had plowed through that state’s Panhandle the day before. Much of Interstate 70, Colorado’s main east-west highway, was closed because of blizzard conditions on […]
  
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• Paris attacks lead Americans to wonder about US safety

  17-11-2015 18:15
  
  NEW YORK — From cafes in New York to tailgate parties in the heartland, the bloodbath in Paris is forcing Americans to ponder the awful possibility of terrorist attacks on “soft targets” in the U.S. such as restaurants, bars and other ordinary gathering spots. A Manhattan man says he jumped when a car backfired, while […]
  
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• France seeks EU security aid, launches new airstrikes on IS

  17-11-2015 18:14
  
  PARIS — France made an unprecedented demand Tuesday that its European Union allies support its military action against the Islamic State group after the attacks in Paris — a request that came as France launched new airstrikes on the militants’ stronghold in Syria. The deadly Paris attacks have galvanized international determination to confront the militants. […]
  
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• Texas man set to die for fire that killed 3 children

  17-11-2015 17:49
  
  LIVINGSTON, Texas — Condemned Texas inmate Raphael Holiday says he loved his kids and has no idea how the East Texas log cabin where they lived with their mother caught fire 15 years ago. The blaze killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters. A jury said he was responsible for the September 2000 […]
  
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• Debt forgiveness coming to New Mexico for college students

  17-11-2015 17:49
  
  Authorities say hundreds of New Mexico residents who were students of a for-profit college chain will receive $632,000 in student-loan forgiveness as a result of a settlement of a multistate investigation into consumer complaints. The agreement announced Tuesday by the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is part of a nationwide settlement with Education Management Corp. […]
  
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• GOP race refocuses on foreign policy, testing the outsiders

  17-11-2015 17:48
  
  ATLANTA — The Republican outsiders have been getting a pass on their limited grasp of foreign policy in the presidential campaign. That may be ending. Republicans favored Donald Trump even after he acknowledged not knowing the difference between Hamas and Hezbollah. And they didn’t fret over Ben Carson’s mistaken belief that the Chinese are involved […]
  
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• Victory at Iraq’s Sinjar aided by Islamic State withdrawal

  17-11-2015 17:47
  
  SINJAR, Iraq — The ousting of Islamic State group forces from the Iraqi town of Sinjar is being touted by Kurdish leaders as a major military victory. But commanders on the ground say the extremists largely withdrew, fleeing during a pause in airstrikes. The capture of Sinjar by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters last week did mark […]
  
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• Russia: Plane brought down by homemade explosive device

  17-11-2015 17:47
  
  MOSCOW — A homemade explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia’s FSB security service said Tuesday, telling President Vladimir Putin it’s now clear the crash that killed 224 people was a “terrorist” act and offering a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of […]
  
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• Defense rests in Lubbock capital murder retrial of surgeon

  17-11-2015 17:08
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — The defense has rested in the capital murder retrial of a West Texas plastic surgeon who denies involvement in the 2012 slaying of a pathologist dating his ex-girlfriend. Closing arguments were expected later Tuesday in the Lubbock trial of Dr. Thomas Michael Dixon of Amarillo. Dixon last week testified he had nothing […]
  
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• Police: Drunken man assaults victim with a sandwich

  17-11-2015 17:07
  
  FAIRFAX, Va. — Police say a drunken New Jersey man threw a sandwich at another man at a northern Virginia pizza restaurant and is now facing charges. The Fairfax City Police Department says in a news release that 32-year-old Jonathan M. Magnes of Morristown, New Jersey, threw a sandwich at a 50-year-old man at a […]
  
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• New Mexico plans to devote prison to only sex offenders

  17-11-2015 17:06
  
  GRANTS — New Mexico officials are planning to devote a prison in Grants just to sex offenders. KRQUE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1N8XRgU ) that officials plan to shuffle hundreds of inmates around the state in hopes of alleviating overcrowding at the women’s prison. Female inmates will be split into two prisons, Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in […]
  
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• Updated: State police searching for small plane missing near Albuquerque

  17-11-2015 17:05
  
  New Mexico State Police are continuing the search for a missing plane that was reported missing in the East Mountains Monday night, according to a spokesman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. “Deputies assisted in the search last night but were unsuccessful in locating the plane due to weather and road conditions,” said Sgt. Aaron […]
  
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