New Mexico news

• ABQ Lab-to-business accelerator ready to launch

  07-01-2016 23:42
  
  A new “Lab-to-Business” accelerator will officially launch in Albuquerque on Jan. 13 with an initial cohort of three startups seeking to market University of New Mexico technologies. The City of Albuquerque approved a $200,000 grant this week for the new accelerator, dubbed “L2B,” which will help scientists from the state’s research universities and national laboratories […]
  
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• All the winter’s a weird weather stage; Here are the players

  07-01-2016 23:37
  
  WASHINGTON — Get ready for weather whiplash as powerful climatic forces elbow each other for starring roles in a weird winter show. The spine-chilling polar vortex is taking center stage in Europe and bringing persistent cold to much of North America — except in Hollywood, where soggy El Nino won’t give up the spotlight. After […]
  
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• Bill would preempt local labor laws in NM

  07-01-2016 23:28
  
  The Fair Workweek Act proposed by a pair of Albuquerque City Councillors died last year, and now a statewide business advocacy group is working on legislation meant to prevent similar local proposals from cropping up again. The New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry is drafting a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would […]
  
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• Man questioned in prison chief’s death held after new attack

  07-01-2016 23:18
  
  DENVER — Authorities say a man questioned in the killing of Colorado’s prisons chief got into a shootout with police after trying to break in to the home of a former corrections employee. Investigators wouldn’t say Thursday whether the incident involving 34-year-old Thomas Guolee was related to the March 2013 slaying of Department of Corrections […]
  
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• Updated: Police release video of Bill Richardson after car crash

  07-01-2016 23:08
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Police video released Thursday shows former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson feigning ignorance briefly before acknowledging to a Santa Fe police officer that he rear-ended another car and didn’t pull over. A witness identified Richardson’s yellow Jeep after the fender bender Wednesday morning in downtown Santa Fe. That helped police track […]
  
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• Bill would make videotaping police a crime if too close

  07-01-2016 22:59
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona lawmaker wants to bar the public from videotaping law enforcement officers from close-range. Republican state Sen. John Kavanagh’s bill would bar videotaping police from 20 feet or closer. The proposed legislation would make it a petty offense to violate the law, or a misdemeanor if the person keeps taping after being […]
  
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• No good way to improve odds for record $700M Powerball

  07-01-2016 22:38
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — The record-breaking $700 million Powerball jackpot is the stuff of dreams, but it all boils down to math. From the huge prize to the enormous odds against winning it, Saturday night’s drawing is a numbers game that gives players good reason to brush up on their algebra, maybe as they stand […]
  
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• Vegas newspaper names interim editor after scrutinized sale

  07-01-2016 22:37
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Review-Journal has named an interim editor following weeks of uncertainty since its scrutinized sale to billionaire casino-mogul Sheldon Adelson. The largest newspaper in Nevada reported Wednesday that its senior editorial writer Glenn Cook will serve as the top news editor until a new chief is hired. Cook said he’s […]
  
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• Man arrested in killing of Phoenix musician on Christmas Day

  07-01-2016 22:37
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a man has been arrested in connection with the killing of a Phoenix musician on Christmas Day. Phoenix police say 26-year-old Alexander James Chavez is accused of fatally stabbing Isaac Rivera. The Arizona Republic reports that the 41-year-old Rivera was the front man of the punk rock band Section8 for more […]
  
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• Cancer now No. 1 killer New Mexico, 21 other states

  07-01-2016 22:00
  
  NEW YORK — Cancer is becoming the No. 1 killer in more and more states as deaths from heart disease have declined, new health statistics show.
  
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• Updated: Partisan spending rift divides Colorado lawmakers, governor

  07-01-2016 21:24
  
  DENVER — With Colorado’s legislative session due to start next week, the main agenda item for Gov. John Hickenlooper seems dead on arrival, a sign that the state’s partisan divides and unorthodox spending limits will continue to paralyze it in 2016. Partisan sniping over Hickenlooper’s proposal to shuffle money around in the state budget to […]
  
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• Partisan spending rift divides Colorado lawmakers, governor

  07-01-2016 21:24
  
  DENVER — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper likes to transcend partisan divides and says he has a plan for boosting state spending without raising taxes. But those partisan divides are hemming him in with less than a week to go before lawmakers start reviewing his plan. The topic of debate is the usual suspect: Money. Hickenlooper […]
  
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• The Latest: Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen returned to Texas

  07-01-2016 21:23
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — The latest on the case of a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an “affluenza” defense (all times local): 1:30 p.m. The mother of a fugitive teen who used an “affluenza” defense after killing four people in a drunken crash has been returned […]
  
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• Man gets 50 years after attack on San Antonio officers

  07-01-2016 21:23
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Prosecutors say a man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after attacking two San Antonio police officers who were dispatched to an emergency center to detain him in 2013. The Bexar County district attorney’s office says a judge on Monday sentenced 42-year-old Darryn Burgess. In October, a jury found Burgess […]
  
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• State faulted for ‘incomplete’ record searches under Clinton

  07-01-2016 21:22
  
  WASHINGTON — The State Department produced “inaccurate and incomplete” responses to public records requests while Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton led the department, including its inability to find documents showing she used a private email account for official business, the agency’s watchdog reported Thursday. The inspector general’s findings come the same day the State Department […]
  
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• Ranchers cited by armed group have reputation for kindness

  07-01-2016 21:22
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — A prominent ranching family whose legal case sparked an armed occupation of a wildlife preserve has lived for three generations in Oregon’s high desert, building a large cattle operation and stellar reputations for kindness and generosity. The Hammonds are known for supporting charitable and civic causes in a remote region where residents […]
  
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• CES gadget show: Devices connect us from the crib to old age

  07-01-2016 21:17
  
  LAS VEGAS — Umbilical cord? These days, it’s more like a USB cord. Whether in the womb or in one’s twilight years, our lives are becoming ever more connected. Nowhere has that been more evident than at the annual CES gadget show in Las Vegas, where everything from pregnancy tests to beds to dog bowls […]
  
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• Alabama probate judges resume issuing gay-marriage licenses

  07-01-2016 19:32
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Some Alabama probate judges have resumed issuing marriage licenses to gay couples despite a memorandum from the state Supreme Court’s chief justice indicating they should not do so. Several judges suspended license operations Wednesday afternoon after Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an administrative order in which he noted that the […]
  
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• Schools mull medical marijuana policies over student use

  07-01-2016 19:27
  
  AUBURN, Maine — School districts and state legislatures are taking up the issue of medical marijuana use by students as the policies governing cannabis lag behind the growing acceptance of its use. A New Jersey school became the first in the country to allow medical marijuana in school in November. This week, a Maine school […]
  
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• Dallas Safari Club developing into national powerhouse

  07-01-2016 19:23
  
  DALLAS — The Dallas Safari Club’s auction of a black rhino hunting permit brought the group international controversy and brought the winning hunter death threats. But the dust-up over the role of big-game hunters in wildlife conservation and management of endangered species hasn’t slowed the Dallas group. Officials are broadening their reach by starting a […]
  
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• ‘Star Wars’ Monopoly to include Rey after 8-year-old’s note

  07-01-2016 19:06
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The “Star Wars” version of Monopoly will add a game piece based on the female character Rey after an 8-year-old girl wrote “Girls matter” in a letter to game maker Hasbro noting the omission. Carrie Goldman, of Evanston, Illinois, posted a letter on Twitter this week written by her daughter, Annie Rose, […]
  
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• US to help Guyana crack down on gold smuggling

  07-01-2016 19:01
  
  GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The U.S. government is helping Guyana crack down on a massive smuggling operation that ships gold to New York, Miami, Europe and other countries in South America, authorities said Thursday. Guyanese Mining Minister Raphael Trotman said the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are helping track down the money generated […]
  
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• Alabama sues federal government over refugee program

  07-01-2016 18:54
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has become the second state to sue the U.S. government over refugee resettlement, accusing the Obama administration of failing to consult with states on placement of those who have fled their home countries. Gov. Robert Bentley spokeswoman Jennifer Ardis says the lawsuit was filed Thursday. Bentley is one of several Republican […]
  
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• All 17 miners trapped in New York salt mine are rescued

  07-01-2016 18:53
  
  LANSING, N.Y. — Seventeen miners trapped in one of the world’s deepest salt mines were rescued Thursday morning, ending a 10-hour ordeal that began when their elevator broke down 900 feet underground. The workers were descending to the floor of the 2,300-foot-deep Cayuga Salt Mine — nearly deep enough to fit two Empire State Buildings […]
  
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• US stock slump deepens as China woes lead to more selling

  07-01-2016 18:52
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks slipped Thursday on spreading fears about the health of China’s economy, and financial and industrial stocks were among the hardest hit. China’s stock market sank about 7 percent Thursday after the yuan fell to its lowest level against the dollar since March 2011. Trading was automatically suspended as a result. […]
  
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• Updated: US stocks head for worst day in 3 months on new China woes

  07-01-2016 18:52
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks were headed for their worst day in three months on Thursday on spreading fears about the health of China’s economy. Technology and financial companies were among the hardest hit. China’s stock market slipped about 7 percent Thursday after the yuan fell to its lowest level against the dollar since March […]
  
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• Bernalillo County clerk to run for secretary of state

  07-01-2016 18:40
  
  Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver has announced she will, again, seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for secretary of state. She ran for the post two years ago, but she was defeated by Republican incumbent Dianna Duran, who resigned in 2015 after pleading guilty to using campaign donations to gamble at the casino. Gov. Susana […]
  
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• Radical Israeli rabbis come under fire amid settler violence

  07-01-2016 18:35
  
  JERUSALEM — A small group of extremist Israeli rabbis who for years have made incendiary remarks against Arabs are drawing criticism from lawmakers and moderate religious leaders after authorities broke up a ring of Jewish extremists accused in a series of attacks on Palestinian and Christian targets. These fringe rabbis, mainly affiliated with the settler […]
  
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• The latest in gadgets: How your car will help make new maps

  07-01-2016 18:34
  
  LAS VEGAS — The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local): 9:30 a.m. No matter how many cameras, lasers and radar sensors a car has, it will still need super-detailed road maps to drive by itself. Here, a German company owned by Audi, BMW and Mercedes, and […]
  
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• Powerball jackpot climbs to estimated $700 million

  07-01-2016 18:33
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — A lottery official says the estimated prize for this weekend’s Powerball drawing has grown to about $700 million, making it the largest jackpot of any lottery game in U.S. history. Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief says Saturday’s drawing is growing quickly with brisk sales and could grow even larger by […]
  
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• Espinoza to chair PRC in 2016

  07-01-2016 17:15
  
  SANTA FE — District 3 Commissioner has been named chairwoman of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. Espinoza succeeds District 1 Commissioner Karen Montoya of Albuquerque, who was elected vice chairwoman, according to a news release from the agency. “With my new tasks of conducting meetings and the numerous other responsibilities of being chair and […]
  
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• Assistance offered to those who lost livestock in NM storm

  07-01-2016 17:05
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — Ranchers and farmers in southeastern New Mexico may be able to recoup some of the costs of livestock lost in Winter Storm Goliath. The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/1O6Svjw ) that state Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Wittes and officials from the Farm Service Agency met with producers in Chaves County on Wednesday […]
  
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• Las Cruces OKs funding for mental health study

  07-01-2016 17:04
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The Las Cruces City Council has unanimously approved a feasibility study that would look into building a public hospital to treat those suffering from mental illness in the city. KVIA-TV in El Paso (http://goo.gl/D9Pn3a) councilors voted Monday to contribute $25,000 for the study. Mental health advocates at the council meeting expressed […]
  
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• Updated: Trial is expected to reveal polygamous towns’ inner workings

  07-01-2016 17:03
  
  PHOENIX — A trial that begins this month in Phoenix is expected to reveal the inner workings of two secluded towns on the Arizona-Utah line that authorities say were acting as agents of a corrupt polygamist regime. The federal government brought a civil rights lawsuit against Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, that contends local […]
  
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• Trial is expected to reveal polygamous towns’ inner workings

  07-01-2016 17:03
  
  PHOENIX — A trial this month is expected to reveal the inner workings of two secluded towns on the Arizona-Utah line that authorities say were acting as agents of a corrupt polygamist regime. A lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department against Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, alleges local leaders discriminated against residents who aren’t […]
  
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• The Latest: Mother of Sandra Bland says charges not enough

  07-01-2016 17:02
  
  CHICAGO — The latest in the indictment of a Texas state trooper in connection to a contentious traffic stop and arrest of a black woman who later died in jail (all times local): 9:15 a.m. The mother of Sandra Bland says her daughter’s arrest and death in a Texas jail cell should have resulted in […]
  
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• Tail-end of El Nino storms brings more rain to California

  07-01-2016 17:01
  
  LOS ANGELES — The tail-end of a series of several El Nino-driven storms brought scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to Southern California Thursday along with pounding surf and serious winds. Forecasters predicted significantly less rain than has pelted the state since Sunday but warned that flash flooding was still possible before the skies finally clear. […]
  
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• Ohio turns to security expert to shield lethal drug info

  07-01-2016 17:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Records show the state paid a security consultant $4,900 in its efforts to shield the names of people or companies providing lethal drugs to Ohio’s prisons system. The state says the risks identified by consultant Lawrence Cunningham justify keeping those names secret. Those risks include violence, intimidation, harassment, annoyance or oppression. Cunningham’s […]
  
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• NM summit tackles state’s prescription drug abuse

  07-01-2016 17:00
  
  LAS CRUCES — Only a concerted effort by doctors, law enforcement and community organizations can help lower the state’s No. 2 ranking in prescription drug deaths, said several speakers at the Wednesday town hall meeting in the Barbara Hubbard Room at New Mexico State University’s Pan American Center. Doctors, pharmacists, legislators, law enforcement officers and […]
  
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• In the groove: Scrape marks in ground linked to dinosaurs

  07-01-2016 16:59
  
  NEW YORK — Scientists say they’ve discovered evidence of a frenzied mating ritual by dinosaurs: long grooves in the ground etched by the pawing of clawed feet. Such behavior is seen nowadays in some birds, and the discovery suggests that two-legged, meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods did it about 100 million years ago, the researchers said. […]
  
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• Sheriff defends hiring of convicted killer

  07-01-2016 16:58
  
  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The Sheboygan County sheriff is defending his decision to hire a man convicted of killing and dismembering his girlfriend nearly 40 years ago. Sheriff Todd Priebe says Rafael Macias is very grateful he’s been given a second chance. Priebe says Macias had been working as a contractor on the sheriff’s department radio […]
  
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• CU-Boulder bans hoverboards from dorms

  07-01-2016 16:58
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado has banned the use of hoverboards in campus residence halls following an announcement last month from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission that it would investigate the battery-powered devices. The Daily Camera reports (http://bit.ly/22Me2ph ) that CU-Boulder is now among several other universities across the country that has prohibited […]
  
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• Denver police to begin using body cameras

  07-01-2016 16:57
  
  DENVER — The Denver Police Department is set to begin outfitting more than 800 police officers with body cameras. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1Och4tb ) that officers will begin wearing the devices on Thursday. The move comes after state legislators hosted a discussion on race, policing and justice on Tuesday attended by members of law […]
  
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• Cheers for sheriff who tells armed group to ‘go home’

  07-01-2016 16:57
  
  BURNS, Ore. — Cheers erupted at a packed community meeting in rural Oregon when a sheriff said it was time for a small, armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge to “pick up and go home” The group objecting to federal land policy seized buildings at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday. Authorities have […]
  
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• Shiprock man accused of causing DWI crash on U.S. 64

  07-01-2016 16:56
  
  FARMINGTON – A 27-year-old Shiprock man was accused last week of causing a car crash while intoxicated on U.S. Highway 64 east of Farmington, according to a New Mexico State Police press release. State police officers arrested Garrison Francisco on Dec. 28 on suspicion he crashed into a vehicle on U.S. Highway 64 near mile […]
  
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• Carlsbad District plans on appealing school grades

  07-01-2016 16:55
  
  CARLSBAD — The Carlsbad school district is disputing grades given to three of its schools three weeks ago. The district plans to appeal grades given by the New Mexico Public Education Department to the Carlsbad Sixth Grade Academy and Carlsbad Intermediate School, which received Fs, and the Carlsbad Early College High School, which received a […]
  
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• 3 dozen dogs taken from home north of Las Cruces

  07-01-2016 16:54
  
  LAS CRUCES – Doña Ana County animal control personnel this week removed 36 dogs from a property north of Las Cruces, a number of which were living in squalid conditions in a home there. By Wednesday, 15 of the dogs — Czech Shepherds — had been euthanized at the Animal Service Center of the Mesilla […]
  
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• WIPP employee death still under investigation

  07-01-2016 16:53
  
  CARLSBAD — Detectives with the Eddy County Sheriff’s office have a timeline of the day, which led to the discovery of a man found dead at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. However, Sgt. Matt Hutchinson with the sheriff’s office said on Wednesday that because the investigation is still open and ongoing, no new details can […]
  
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• Survey: US progress on health insurance stalled in 2015

  07-01-2016 16:53
  
  WASHINGTON — Going into President Barack Obama’s last year in office, progress has stalled on reducing the number of uninsured Americans under his signature health care law, according to a major survey out Thursday. The share of U.S. adults without health insurance was 11.9 percent in the last three months of 2015, essentially unchanged from […]
  
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• Water overflow from snow melt released into Pecos River

  07-01-2016 16:52
  
  CARLSBAD — If the Pecos River looked a little quicker to you these last few days, that’s because it was. Dale Ballard, Carlsbad Irrigation District Manager, said they were releasing water at around 400 cubic feet per second from Brantley Lake in an effort to get the reservoir back to its standard capacity. The release […]
  
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