New Mexico news

• Pot bank begs for access to nation’s banking system

  28-12-2015 23:47
  
  DENVER — The booming marijuana industry went to a federal judge Monday seeking an answer to the problem that has vexed business owners trying to emerge from the black market: Now that pot is legal and taxed in some states, why can’t they put the proceeds in a bank? A Colorado credit union designed to […]
  
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• Updated: Texas cleans up after twisters, snow and ice pelt Midwest

  28-12-2015 23:45
  
  GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Jacqui Gordon spent Monday sifting through the debris that had been her home, searching for old…
  
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• Large storm brings twisters, floods, now snow and ice

  28-12-2015 23:45
  
  GARLAND, Texas — Residents surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes in North Texas as the same storm system brought winter woes to the Midwest on Monday, amplifying flooding that’s blamed for more than a dozen deaths and prompting hundreds of flight cancellations. At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in the tornadoes that […]
  
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• Teacher raped in prison by sex offender reaches settlement

  28-12-2015 23:43
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona prison teacher who was left alone in a classroom and then raped by a convicted sex offender has reached a settlement in her lawsuit accusing corrections officials of failing to protect her. Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Monday the case was “settled to the satisfaction of all parties” and that his […]
  
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• White officer won’t face charges in killing of Cleveland boy

  28-12-2015 23:42
  
  CLEVELAND — A grand jury Monday declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was shot while playing with what turned out to be a pellet gun. In explaining the decision, Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said it was “indisputable” that the boy was […]
  
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• Updated: White officer won't face charges in killing of Cleveland boy

  28-12-2015 23:42
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury Monday declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old…
  
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• Updated: White officer won't face charges in death of black Ohio boy

  28-12-2015 23:42
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury on Monday declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of…
  
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• Hoverboard at Houston-area mall catches fire

  28-12-2015 23:39
  
  HUMBLE, Texas — Smoke briefly filled part of a large Houston-area shopping mall after a hoverboard caught fire. Police in the northeast Houston suburb of Humble say security staff at the Deerbrook Mall used a fire extinguisher to put out the small blaze Monday afternoon at a kiosk that sells the motorized two-wheel skateboard-like scooters. […]
  
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• Eddie Gilbert, real estate magnate and philanthropist, has died at age 92

  28-12-2015 23:30
  
  Eddie Gilbert of Santa Fe, the real estate magnate once known as “the boy wonder of Wall Street” and who founded of BGK Group, died on Dec. 23,  just four days shy of his 93rd birthday. “Eddie Gilbert was not only co-founder of BGK Group that set the early stage for our company, he was […]
  
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• I 40 westbound shut down at Coors after a vehicle fatally struck a pedestrian

  28-12-2015 23:07
  
  Police are shutting down Interstate 40 at Coors after a vehicle fatally struck a pedestrian Monday afternoon, according to a department spokesman. “Traffic will be diverted at Coors  to go north and south,” said Officer Simon Drobik. “This is in the early stages of investigation and I will have more information as it is provided […]
  
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• Breaking: I-40 westbound closed at Coors after fatal pedestrian crash

  28-12-2015 23:07
  
  Police are shutting down Interstate 40 at Coors after a vehicle fatally struck a pedestrian Monday afternoon, according to a department spokesman. “Traffic will be diverted at Coors  to go north and south,” said Officer Simon Drobik. “This is in the early stages of investigation and I will have more information as it is provided […]
  
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• Women’s hoops: Western New Mexico coach resigns

  28-12-2015 23:06
  
  Rusty Kennedy is resigning as Western New  Mexico University women’s basketball coach immediately to pursue the athletic director’s position at Midway (Ky.) Universith, the school announced on Monday.  WNMU Hall of Famer and current men’s basketball assistant coach Matt Enriquez will assume interim duties as the head women’s basketball coach. “Coach Kennedy did a great […]
  
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• Women’s basketball: ENMU-UTEP canceled

  28-12-2015 22:44
  
  PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball coach Josh Prock has announced the cancellation of today‘s exhibition contest at The University of Texas El Paso. The game was canceled due to hazardous travel conditions which followed Winter Storm Goliath. The Greyhounds will return to action on Thursday to host Northern New Mexico College. Tipoff […]
  
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• Amazon holiday shipping, Christmas Eve deliveries set record

  28-12-2015 22:12
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — Online retailer Amazon has been a prime beneficiary of more consumers doing their holiday shopping online and procrastinating. Amazon Prime, the company’s $99-a-year loyalty program that includes unlimited free two-day shipping, gained 3 million new members in the third week of December alone. Meanwhile, the number of Prime members shopping via mobile […]
  
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• Health law reporting extension issued for employers

  28-12-2015 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Monday gave employers an extension of critical reporting requirements, as it seeks to manage some of the most complicated parts of the federal health care law. Employers had previously faced deadlines in February and March to report 2015 health insurance information to their employees, and also to the IRS. […]
  
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• What’s in a name? Not much unique for NM

  28-12-2015 21:44
  
  We like to think of New Mexico as having a unique cultural identity in these United States and, indeed, that is true in many ways. But it doesn’t show up in the most popular baby names for the year as recently announced by the state Department of Health, which oversees vital records. Most of the […]
  
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• Aggies-Wichita State game postponed

  28-12-2015 20:36
  
  LAS CRUCES – Winter Storm Goliath has prevented the New Mexico State Aggies from traveling to Wichita, Kan., and forced a delay in Monday night’s scheduled game at Wichita State. The teams hope to play Tuesday. Game time is still pending, based on NMSU’s travel arrangements and the Shocker women’s 7 p.m. tip against Oklahoma […]
  
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• 2016 New Year Resolutions

  28-12-2015 20:17
  
  The start of a new year is generally when we vow to make changes that most of us don’t follow thru on past the end of the month. It doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying! Here are some popular New Year’s resolutions; some common ways people lose money from them and how to avoid it!
  
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• Oil slump weighing on housing markets in Texas, North Dakota

  28-12-2015 17:42
  
  There’s a dark side to those delightfully low gas prices: Housing markets are slumping in communities that were recently flush from the U.S. shale oil fracking boom. Home sales are down sharply this year in North Dakota and the West Texas cities of Midland and Odessa. Home sales have also slowed in El Paso, and, […]
  
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• Breaking: 18-year-old charged with murder in weekend triple shooting

  28-12-2015 17:21
  
  An 18-year-old has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a teenager at a party this weekend, and police are searching for a 22-year-old who they say shot and critically wounded another teenager in the same incident. Esias Madrid, 18, was booked into the county jail facing an open count of murder among other charges. […]
  
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• Changing tastes forcing companies like General Mills to change … fast

  28-12-2015 17:10
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Grocery store favorites like Betty Crocker and Hamburger Helper are hurting. Cheerios, still the nation’s No. 1 cereal brand, needs some help. Customers are eating more fresh produce and meats, more and more often bypassing the center aisles where “Big Food” companies like Golden Valley-based General Mills reign. They also are turning to […]
  
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• Tech outlook for 2016

  28-12-2015 17:09
  
  Virtual reality, connected cars, e-sports, the on-demand economy — all are becoming important elements in the Southland economy, and all are poised for rapid growth in 2016 — along with some challenges. And then there’s Snapchat Inc., based in Venice, and one of the most highly valued companies currently competing in the latest venture-capital-juiced start-up […]
  
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• How 2015 became the year of drug price outrage

  28-12-2015 17:08
  
  Prescription drug prices, always a hot-button issue, reached the boiling point this year after several small pharmaceutical companies bought the rights to established lifesaving drugs and jacked up prices by huge margins. The poster child for pharmaceutical greed, Martin Shkreli, captured the nation’s attention as a calculating, grinning villain who acquired the rights to Daraprim, […]
  
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• As rates rise, more pensions offer lump-sum payouts. Now what?

  28-12-2015 17:07
  
  The Federal Reserve’s move to inch up interest rates for the first time in nine years won’t immediately hand seniors the decent yields they’ve been craving on safe money, but it may prompt some new pension and fixed-income dilemmas. More companies with defined benefit pension plans — already reeling from higher pension insurance premiums — […]
  
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• Federal judge rules tribe can continue Urban Outfitters lawsuit

  28-12-2015 16:48
  
  FARMINGTON – A federal court judge has reaffirmed that the Navajo Nation can continue its lawsuit against Urban Outfitters Inc. under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. The tribe filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New Mexico against the retail company in February 2012 for alleged trademark violations, unfair competition, and violation of […]
  
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• Federal judge rules tribe can continue lawsuit

  28-12-2015 16:48
  
  FARMINGTON – A federal court judge has reaffirmed that the Navajo Nation can continue its lawsuit against Urban Outfitters Inc. under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. The tribe filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New Mexico against the retail company in February 2012 for alleged trademark violations, unfair competition, and violation of […]
  
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• NYC may fit more ‘micro’ apartments into housing picture

  28-12-2015 16:38
  
  NEW YORK — The apartments in a new Manhattan building boast little balconies, tall ceilings, dishwashers and storage space. All in 360 square feet or less. It’s micro-living in the nation’s biggest city, and New Yorkers could be seeing more of it. Planning officials are proposing to end a limit on how small apartments can […]
  
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• Holiday spending up 8 percent; online sales surge

  28-12-2015 16:32
  
  NEW YORK — Americans spent more on items like furniture during the holidays this year, with online shopping in particular seeing a big spike, according to a report released Monday. Overall spending rose 7.9 percent from a year ago, according to the MasterCard SpendingPulse report, which tracks retail sales across cards, cash and checks from […]
  
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• Updated: Energy, mining stocks lead a decline on Wall Street

  28-12-2015 16:31
  
  U.S. stocks edged lower in early trading Monday, led by declines in energy and mining companies as prices for oil and other commodities fell. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average lost 84 points, or 0.5 percent, to 17,465 as of 10 a.m. Eastern. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 12 points, or 0.6 […]
  
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• Energy, mining stocks lead an early decline on Wall Street

  28-12-2015 16:31
  
  U.S. stocks edged lower in early trading Monday, led by declines in energy and mining companies as prices for oil and other commodities fell. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average lost 84 points, or 0.5 percent, to 17,465 as of 10 a.m. Eastern. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 12 points, or 0.6 […]
  
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• Updated: Interstate 40 reopened in Albuquerque

  28-12-2015 14:08
  
  Officials reopened Interstate 40 shortly before 11 a.m. Monday after having closed eastbound lanes from Albuquerque to the Texas state line Saturday night. They asked for the public’s patience during the process. “The reopening of I-40 will take some time we are asking for the public to have patience as we move a large amount […]
  
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• New: Interstate 40 reopened in Albuquerque

  28-12-2015 14:08
  
  Officials reopened Interstate 40 shortly before 11 a.m. Monday after having closed eastbound lanes from Albuquerque to the Texas state line Saturday night. They asked for the public’s patience during the process. “The reopening of I-40 will take some time we are asking for the public to have patience as we move a large amount […]
  
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• New: Ice, I-40 shutdown greet morning commuters

  28-12-2015 14:08
  
  Patches of ice along city streets causing some driving hazards and the continuation of the closure of I-40 eastbound from the Big I greet commuters. Officials have said the road will not be opened until at least noon Monday. The temperature at 6 a.m. was 17 degrees at the Sunport. The closure of I-40 will […]
  
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• New: I-40 expected to reopen around shortly., police say

  28-12-2015 14:08
  
  Officer Simon Drobik, a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department, said officials will likely start reopening the Interstate 40 around 10:15 a.m. “The reopening of I-40 will take some time we are asking for the public to have patience as we move a large amount of semi trucks through the freeway first,” Drobik said. The eastbound […]
  
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• New: I-40 expected to reopen around 10:15 a.m., police say

  28-12-2015 14:08
  
  Patches of ice along city streets is causing some driving hazards and the continuation of the closure of I-40 eastbound from the Big I is affecting the morning commute. Officer Simon Drobik, a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department, said officials will likely start reopening the interstate around 10:15 a.m. “The reopening of I-40 will take […]
  
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• T.S.A. Moves Closer to Rejecting Some State Driver’s Licenses for Travel

  28-12-2015 11:44 via nytimes.com
  The Department of Homeland Security said airport screeners would soon start accepting only licenses that meet federal standards, despite resistance from privacy advocates.
  
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• Weather affects tourney schedules

  28-12-2015 08:05
  
  It doesn't happen often, but it has this year–snow has wreaked some serious havoc with som ...
  
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• Weather affects prep tourney schedules

  28-12-2015 08:05
  
  It doesn't happen often, but it has this year–snow has wreaked some serious havoc with som ...
  
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• New Mexico State AD Moccia looks ahead to second year

  28-12-2015 08:05
  
  Mario Moccia replaced McKinley Boston as the New Mexico State athletics director on Jan. 5, taking o ...
  
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• ‘Mein Kampf’ in Germany raises angst

  28-12-2015 08:05
  
  First postwar edition to be published in Germany will be heavily annotated
  
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• James Yodice picks the best prep sports stories of 2015

  28-12-2015 08:05
  
  As I poured over the 2015 calendar year in New Mexico high school athletics in an effort to dwindle...
  
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• Iraqi forces capture key section of Ramadi

  28-12-2015 08:05
  
  Fighters celebrate taking of city's government compound
  
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• Even with annotations, ‘Mein Kampf’ raises angst in Germany

  28-12-2015 08:05
  
  First postwar edition to be published in Germany will be heavily annotated
  
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• Commentary: Problems didn’t start in Hawaii for Lobo basketball

  28-12-2015 08:05
  
  Everybody has a nose, and everybody seemingly has an opinion on what's wrong with Lobo men's basketb ...
  
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• Abortion issue looms large in 2016, both sides agree

  28-12-2015 08:05
  
  Presidential hopefuls campaign on topic
  
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• Santa swaps out sleigh for fire truck

  28-12-2015 08:04
  
  Each year, Albuquerque District 8 City Counci
  
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• PetSmart assists Humane Society

  28-12-2015 08:04
  
  The Española Valley Humane Society is
  
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• Blue Cross delivers some holiday cheer

  28-12-2015 08:04
  
  Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico (BCBSNM)
  
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• American Home aids food bank

  28-12-2015 08:04
  
  American Home is pleased to announce that this past w
  
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• Tightening labor market could herald raises

  28-12-2015 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON–America's workers may be finally in line for a decent raise.After ...
  
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