New Mexico news

• Colorado wildfire team heads to Alaska

  16-01-2016 22:25
  
  DURANGO, Colo. — A team of wildland firefighters is headed from the Durango area to the rugged terrain of Alaska this year because of their reputation as some of the best in the West. “Durango people started going up, and they all did a good job – everyone was impressed – and if you got […]
  
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• Updated: Lobos bench leading scorer Brown from starting lineup for rule violation

  16-01-2016 21:40
  
  Elijah Brown, the New Mexico Lobos’ leading and Mountain West Conference’s second-leading scorer, did not start Saturday’s game against Wyoming after he and three teammates were caught breaking curfew in Las Vegas, Nev., after Tuesday’s loss at UNLV, the Journal has learned. UNM head coach Craig Neal would not confirm which players were disciplined or […]
  
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• Lobos bench leading scorer Brown from starting lineup for rule violation

  16-01-2016 21:40
  
  Elijah Brown, whose 19.6 points per game leads the UNM Lobos and ranks second in the Mountain West Conference, will not start today’s game against the Wyoming Cowboys due to a violation of team rules, the Journal has learned. Brown and three other Lobos non-starters broke curfew after Tuesday night’s loss to UNLV in Las […]
  
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• Fugitive dies from self-inflicted gunshot in Albuquerque

  16-01-2016 20:19
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bernalillo County authorities say a fugitive wanted in Colorado has died after he shot himself to avoid capture. Sheriff’s Capt. Joshua Kingsbury says deputies and U.S. marshals found 32-year-old Brandon Ledbetter in a stolen vehicle Saturday in northeast Albuquerque. Kingsbury says Ledbetter, who was wanted on a parole violation, suffered a self-inflicted […]
  
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• Boulder immigration attorney disbarred after conviction

  16-01-2016 19:48
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — A Boulder immigration attorney has been disbarred by the Colorado Supreme Court after she was convicted of cheating immigrant families out of thousands of dollars, promising visas and work permits she never delivered. Emily Cohen was convicted of theft in 2014 after prosecutors said she collected more than $41,000 in fees and […]
  
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• Updated: Police searching for suspect in SE Albuquerque shooting

  16-01-2016 19:15
  
  Police have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting that took place on the 1300 block of Dickerson SE Friday night. Officers have filed an arrest warrant for Darrius Valles, 21, on an open count of murder. According to police, Valles is described as approximately 6 feet tall, 280 pounds, and is armed and dangerous. Officer […]
  
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• Police searching for suspect in SE Albuquerque shooting

  16-01-2016 19:15
  
  Police have identified a suspect in the shooting that took place on the 1300 block of Dickerson SE Friday night. Officers have filed an arrest warrant for Darrius Valles, 21, on an open count of murder. According to police, Valles is described as approximately 6 feet tall, 280 pounds, and is armed and dangerous. Officer Daren […]
  
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• 2 face drug counts after fireworks found at Texas apartment

  16-01-2016 18:56
  
  LA MARQUE, Texas — Police closed off several blocks as a precaution after finding commercial-grade fireworks in a Southeast Texas apartment while serving a narcotics warrant. La Marque (luh-MARK’) police say nobody was injured Friday afternoon and two men at the unit were charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Police in La Marque, 10 […]
  
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• Parts of Lavaca Bay close to oyster harvesting, supply issue

  16-01-2016 17:19
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Parts of Lavaca Bay will be closed to oyster harvesting later this month amid concerns over the limited supply of legal-size oysters. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department says the Jan. 23 closure involves areas 19, 20 and 21. Regulators say emergency rules allow such closures when areas are shown to be […]
  
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• State agency: Discovery of mussel at Canyon Lake a concern

  16-01-2016 17:07
  
  PHOENIX — State officials say the discovery of an invasive species of mussels in a lake near Phoenix could become a problem for recreational boaters and municipal water systems and their users. The Game and Fish Department says it positively identified an adult quagga mussel on the hull of a boat removed from Canyon Lake […]
  
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• Trading cards, building trust

  16-01-2016 08:31
  
  Two years ago, Bobby Collins said he landed in the Youth Diagnostic & Development Center jail after leading police "on a high-speed chase with a couple of my friends shooting up the neighborhood."
  
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• Texas-based auto shop to open in RR

  16-01-2016 08:26
  
  Christian Brothers starts business Feb. 1
  
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• Recycled water charge debated

  16-01-2016 08:26
  
  Council overrides utilities commission
  
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• County commission approves $7.6M deal to build new magistrate court

  16-01-2016 08:26
  
  Public referendum not needed on $7.6M tax-exempt loan to county
  
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• 2 Marine copters collide off Oahu; search underway

  16-01-2016 08:26
  
  HALEIWA, Hawaii–Two Marine Corps helicopters carrying six crew members each collided and w ...
  
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• Top speller takes second RR Bee win

  16-01-2016 08:20
  
  Enchanted Hills Elementary claimed its second district spelling bee champ in four years Friday morning when fourth-grader Adrian de la Peña topped the 30-student field at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary.
  
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• Fugitives arrested after jailbreak

  16-01-2016 08:20
  
  Escapee from Oklahoma jail fled from police in frantic chase
  
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• CNM’s $84M bond proposal goes to voters Feb. 2

  16-01-2016 08:20
  
  An $84 million bond proposal for various Central New Mexico Community College projects, including safety enhancements at its Rio Rancho campus, goes to voters on Tuesday, Feb. 2.
  
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• Three options aim to ease traffic congestion on U.S. 550

  16-01-2016 08:17
  
  Public feedback will decide choice
  
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• Education board to weigh extra funding for 4 projects

  16-01-2016 08:17
  
  An additional almost $20 million is required for all the work planned
  
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• Updated: Dying 8-year-old boy’s wish to be famous in China comes true

  16-01-2016 08:10
  
  WESTERLY, R.I.–An 8-year-old Rhode Island boy with terminal cancer has fulfilled his wish...
  
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• Fracking an 80-year-old method with a clean record

  16-01-2016 08:10
  
  In response to Eleanor Bravo's op-ed piece in the Jan. 9 Rio West section of the Albuquerque Journal, I feel compelled to criticize the Journal for publishing a scare piece that is riddled with truths, half truths and lies.
  
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• How China handles slowdown is vital

  16-01-2016 08:09
  
  WASHINGTON – The China bubble has burst. No longer are the country's economic managers viewed as magicians who can orchestrate rapid growth whatever the obstacles.
  
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• Home warranty not always needed

  16-01-2016 08:09
  
  Q: I'm thinking of writing an offer on a house and the question of the home warranty has come up.
  
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• Bulb garden offers big variety of choices for 3 seasons

  16-01-2016 08:09
  
  Q: I have room for a garden here in the courtyard of my new home.
  
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• Praise due Rio Rancho schools for outstanding test scores

  16-01-2016 08:08
  
  When the results from the schools' standardized tests were released last month, there were moans and groans, along with some cheers and sighs of relief.
  
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• NMSU basketball: Men, women to take on Chicago State

  16-01-2016 08:05
  
  LAS CRUCES–Rare is the occasion when a team is eager to get a win out of its system.
  
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• Muslim women to speak at UNM

  16-01-2016 08:05
  
  Speaker has some anxiety about reaction of audience
  
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• House targets what critics call Obama’s lack of openness

  16-01-2016 08:05
  
  WASHINGTON – A new congressional report contends that the freedom of information process under President Barack Obama's administration is broken and legislation approved under the Republican-controlled House this week aims to help fix it.
  
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• Girls prep basketball: Bulldawgs, Cavegirls give the locals a lesson

  16-01-2016 08:05
  
  The calendar says it's just midway through January.night at La Cueva, it felt very much like...
  
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• Boys prep basketball: Eldorado beats buzzer, Hobbs

  16-01-2016 08:05
  
  Nightmare start. Dream finish. And maybe even more than that."It's a miracle," Eldorad ...
  
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• Women’s basketball: UNM set to visit Wyoming

  16-01-2016 08:02
  
  Joseph Anders summed up the University of New Mexico women's basketball team's recent struggles duri ...
  
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• Time to put an end to annoying email spam

  16-01-2016 08:02
  
  These come-ons not only clog Inboxes, they are almost impossible get rid of and can leave markers if clicked open
  
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• Men’s basketball: Lobos have experience playing nation’s top scorers

  16-01-2016 08:02
  
  Lobo basketball fans came to love and respect Larry Nance Jr. in his years donning the Wyoming Cowbo ...
  
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• Majority of minorities is our future

  16-01-2016 08:02
  
  America’s demographics are changing, and some people are not accepting that gracefully
  
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• Krebs follows NMSU’s gross receipts tax lawsuit

  16-01-2016 08:02
  
  Forgive the University of New Mexico athletic department if it roots for rival New Mexico State this ...
  
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• Immigrants fleeing violence deserving of sanctuary

  16-01-2016 08:02
  
  President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union address Tuesday night before an almost-full joint session of Congress.
  
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• Hollow promises by yesterday’s man

  16-01-2016 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON – President Obama's Tuesday night address to Congress was less about the state of the union than the state of the presidency. And the state of this presidency is spent.
  
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• Editorial: SIC right to invest in a diversified NM economy

  16-01-2016 08:02
  
  After making just two investments worth $12 million in two independent venture funds in two years – when at least $60 million was available – the State Investment Council is sharpening its focus on new ventures.
  
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• Editorial: CNM capital bond issue deserves voters’ support

  16-01-2016 08:02
  
  Voters in the Central New Mexico Community College district are being asked to approve an $84 million local general obligation bond issue to pay for improvements.
  
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• SF police searching for missing Colorado man, find his dog, car along river

  16-01-2016 03:15
  
  Santa Fe police and a search and rescue team are looking for a Colorado man who hasn’t been heard from since Jan. 4. but whose car and dog were located near the Rio Grande on Friday. Santa Fe police issued a missing person alert for 54-year-old Randall Bilyeu late Thursday. On Friday, police said that […]
  
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• Las Cruces DA wanted higher bond for freed shooting defendant, now charged with murder in Santa Fe County

  16-01-2016 03:12
  
  SANTA FE — Prosecutors in Doña Ana County wanted a higher bond amount set for a man facing two counts of attempted murder there and who now stands also accused of killing a woman in Cerrillos, south of Santa Fe, on Tuesday night by striking and then running over her with a car. Philip Zaman, […]
  
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• Chicago police unions push for destruction of old complaints

  16-01-2016 01:33
  
  CHICAGO — Unions representing Chicago police officers are fighting for the destruction of tens of thousands of documents from disciplinary files dating back several decades, just as activists and community leaders are demanding more access and transparency from a department under intense scrutiny after several controversial police shootings. The two unions’ contracts with the city […]
  
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• Principal IDs boys pulled from icy Parker pond; 1 dead

  16-01-2016 01:32
  
  DENVER — School officials have released the names of three teenage boys who were pulled from an icy pond in Parker, including one who died. Legend High School Principal Jason Jacob said Friday that Patric Lantz died, Max Gantnier remains hospitalized and Cole Robinson has been released from a hospital and is at home with […]
  
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• Anderson names new Hall of Fame honorees

  16-01-2016 01:30
  
  The University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management Foundation Board has announced its 2016 Hall of Fame honorees. The outstanding Hall of Fame honorees this year, according to a news release from UNM, are Janet M. McHard, McHard Accounting Consulting LLC; Robert B. Sachs, TEAM Technologies Inc.; and Lee Trussell, Advanced Manufacturing Analysis & Research Corp. […]
  
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• Updated: Man critically wounded in SE Albuquerque shooting, police say

  16-01-2016 01:02
  
  A man is in critical condition after another man pulled out a gun and shot him in the head during an argument in Southeast Albuquerque Friday afternoon, according to a department spokesman. Officer Daren DeAguero said the shooting took place at an apartment on the 1300 block of Dickerson late afternoon. The victim was transported […]
  
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• Services set for late Lobo DB Markel Byrd

  16-01-2016 01:02
  
  “A Celebration of Life for Markel Byrd” will be held on Sunday, January 24 in the UNM Student Union Ballroom at 2 p.m.  for the late University of New Mexico defensive back.  The event is open to the public. Byrd, from San Diego, Calif., was a sophomore safety on the UNM football team in 2015.  […]
  
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• Breaking: Man critically wounded in SE Albuquerque shooting, police say

  16-01-2016 01:02
  
  A man is in critical condition after he was shot in the head during an argument in southeast Albuquerque Friday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Officer Daren DeAguero said two men were fighting at an apartment on the 1300 block of Dickerson SE, and one of them got shot in […]
  
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• Lobo football: Pressley’s team picked for all-star game

  16-01-2016 01:00
  
  CARSON, Calif. — Former New Mexico running back Jhurell Pressley, who was selected for the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, has been assigned to Team American, and he will be coached by former Super Bowl winning head coach Mike Holmgren.  The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl will take place on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 3 p.m. in Carson, Calif. […]
  
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• Candyman keeps it old school

  16-01-2016 01:00
  
  Keeping it old school has paid off for Los Angeles rapper Candyman. Candell Manson, who goes by the moniker Candyman, is celebrating the 25-year anniversary of his song “Knockin’ Boots.” The song catapulted his career in 1990 and has been remixed over the years. The song was written in late 1987 and later “dressed up” […]
  
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