New Mexico news

• Phoenix school district ‘outraged’ over photo of racial slur

  22-01-2016 23:55
  
  PHOENIX — A suburban Phoenix school district is taking disciplinary action after a photo of students spelling out a racial slur with T-shirts showed up on social media. Tempe Union High School District spokeswoman Jill Hanks said Friday that the discipline process remains ongoing but six girls will be punished in accordance with district policies. […]
  
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• Judge agrees to narrow order over leaked information

  22-01-2016 23:54
  
  DOVER, Del. — A federal judge on Friday agreed to narrow his order that required scores of people involved in a corporate bankruptcy to disclose under oath whether they had talked to reporters for the Bloomberg news service who were covering the case. Following a hearing on Bloomberg’s challenge to the order, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge […]
  
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• Oil well application near Rio Rancho hits snag

  22-01-2016 23:19
  
  Sandoval County Planning and Zoning staff recommended denial of a zone change sought by SandRidge Energy while the company submits more information.
  
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• AZ lawmaker withdraws bill to restrict medical marijuana

  22-01-2016 23:12
  
  PHOENIX — A Republican lawmaker has withdrawn a bill restricting access to medical marijuana after receiving hundreds of complaints. The bill by Rep. Jay Lawrence of Scottsdale would have removed physicians practicing alternative medicine such as naturopathy and homeopathy from the list of doctors that can issue medical marijuana referrals. More than 87 percent of […]
  
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• Northern Saskatchewan school in lockdown after shooting

  22-01-2016 23:11
  
  LA LOCHE, Saskatchewan — The premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan says there has been a shooting at a grade 7 through 12 school in an aboriginal community in the provice. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says there are victims but did not say how many or release any other details. A school in the […]
  
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• French plan to prolong state of emergency over terror threat

  22-01-2016 23:11
  
  PARIS — President Francois Hollande announced on Friday that the French government will ask parliament to approve a three-month renewal of the state of emergency put into place after the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people. It would be the second time the measure has been prolonged. The president’s office said Hollande cited […]
  
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• Former Arizona lawmaker ordered to repay Navajo Nation

  22-01-2016 23:11
  
  GALLUP, N.M. — A former Arizona lawmaker facing an ethics charge on the Navajo Nation has been ordered to repay about $13,000. The Gallup Independent (http://bit.ly/1lKttWL ) reports the judgment against Sylvia Laughter was issued earlier this week. The tribe’s Ethics and Rules Office says Laughter failed to respond to a complaint that she received […]
  
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• Flight gear adorns crosses for 12 Marines killed in Hawaii

  22-01-2016 23:08
  
  MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii — Servicemen draped flight gear on 12 white crosses Friday to commemorate the Marines who died when two helicopters crashed off the coast of Hawaii during a nighttime training mission. Military members and families gathered for a memorial service at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe after the status of […]
  
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• 2 men charged with Albuquerque homicide plead not guilty

  22-01-2016 23:03
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two suspects accused of fatally stabbing a man who attempted to stop a car burglary in Albuquerque last month have pleaded not guilty. KOB-TV reports that Tyler Hernandez and Craig Whited were ordered held without bond Friday by a Bernalillo County District Court judge. Albuquerque police say Hernandez and Whited were burglarizing […]
  
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• Breaking: Interim Santa Fe Police Chief Pat Gallagher chosen to be permanent chief

  22-01-2016 22:31
  
  SANTA FE — Patrick Gallagher no longer has to put “interim” in front of his job title. Santa Fe City Manager Brian Snyder announced Friday that Santa Fe Police Department Interim Chief Patrick Gallagher has accepted the position permanently after a nationwide search. Gallagher temporarily took over the department after former Chief Eric Garcia abruptly […]
  
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• NM ranked 37th for state and local tax burden

  22-01-2016 22:29
  
  The Tax Foundation study said 8.7 percent of the state's total income went toward paying state and local government taxes in 2012.
  
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• Trump releases first political attack ad against rival Cruz

  22-01-2016 22:21
  
  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is out with his first political attack ad aimed squarely at rival Ted Cruz. The ad, entitled “Clear Difference,” paints the Texas senator as a “flip-flopping” politician who once supported allowing the millions of people living in the country illegally to remain. It features footage […]
  
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• Armed group’s leader balks at FBI talks without media

  22-01-2016 21:52
  
  BURNS, Ore. — The leader of an armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon met briefly with a federal agent Friday, but left because the agent wouldn’t talk with him in front of the media. The short meeting occurred as the standoff over federal land use policies stretches to the three-week mark and […]
  
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• Holm: Trump “seems to get stuff done”

  22-01-2016 21:36
  
  Can The Donald count on support from The Preacher’s Daughter? Albuquerque’s Holly Holm didn’t say yes when ambushed by TMZ Sports on Friday in New York City. But she didn’t say no either. Asked if she would vote for Donald Trump, the apparent front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, Holm said, “He seems to get […]
  
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• Breaking: ‘Irresponsible’ dog owner banned from owning dogs

  22-01-2016 21:32
  
  The owner of three dogs that attacked and injured a Ventana Ranch man and killed his pet Maltese on...
  
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• Thousands rally in support of Chechen leader Kadyrov

  22-01-2016 21:26
  
  GROZNY, Russia — Tens of thousands of people rallied Friday in the capital of Russia’s Chechnya republic in support of strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kadyrov in recent weeks has been speaking out against independent journalists and opposition activists, calling for them to be sent to psychiatric hospitals or prosecuted as […]
  
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• Analysis: Russia’s tone familiar after spy poisoning report

  22-01-2016 21:25
  
  MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has made no public comment on the sensational report by a British judge that concluded the Kremlin leader probably approved a 2006 plan to kill a Russian dissident in London. Instead, his subordinates went before reporters and portrayed it as a groundless accusation concocted by a relentlessly hostile West. Moscow […]
  
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• Voting sites in NW ABQ and in RR open Sat

  22-01-2016 20:55
  
  The two newest early voting sites for the upcoming bond and mill levy election for funding the Albuq ...
  
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• Lost amid the US-Iran news, $1.7B deal now raising questions

  22-01-2016 20:36
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s $1.7 billion payment to Iran to settle an arcane, decades-old financial dispute is prompting questions among Republican lawmakers trying to piece together the full scope of last weekend’s dramatic U.S.-Iranian prisoner swap and the lifting of many American sanctions on Tehran. The announcement’s timing, just after confirmation that three Americans […]
  
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• Ex-Texas police officer gets 10 years for having child porn

  22-01-2016 20:36
  
  DALLAS — A former Texas police officer has been sentenced to the maximum 10 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. Brian Kelley of Quinlan was sentenced Friday in Dallas. The 41-year-old Kelley last January pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. Prosecutors say Kelley in September 2013 had a […]
  
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• Clinton faces challenge in Iowa caucus reminiscent of 2008

  22-01-2016 20:35
  
  WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is finding herself in a heated contest against insurgent rival Bernie Sanders reminiscent of her 2008 face-off with then-Sen. Barack Obama. Sanders has soared to a nip-and-tuck race in Iowa and holds an advantage in New Hampshire, putting Clinton back on the brink in her second presidential bid. […]
  
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• State AG special agents sworn in as special deputy marshals

  22-01-2016 20:28
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Five special agents from the state Attorney General’s Office are among New Mexico law enforcement officers sworn in as special deputy U.S. marshals to work on a multi-agency fugitive task force. The Marshal’s Service says the newly sworn-in special deputy marshals also include an Albuquerque police officer and a Bernalillo County sheriff’s […]
  
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• San Antonio Zoo preschool to expand later this year

  22-01-2016 20:27
  
  SAN ANTONIO — While some preschoolers can only imagine storybook animals like Curious George and Lyle the Crocodile coming to life in their classrooms, kids at the San Antonio Zoo’s preschool get to see real monkeys and reptiles every day. The preschool, which opened in 2004, has plans to expand with the purchase of a […]
  
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• Chinese president in Tehran for 1st visit in 14 years

  22-01-2016 20:10
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state TV is reporting that the Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Tehran to hold talks with Iranian officials about future economic and political cooperation. State TV quotes Ebrahim Rahimpour, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Asia and Pacific affairs, as saying the Chinese president is in Tehran with a high-ranking […]
  
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• US confirms additional civilian casualties from airstrikes

  22-01-2016 20:08
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. military says American airstrikes likely killed two civilians near the Islamic State group’s defacto capital of Raqqa, Syria, last July. That’s on top of eight other civilian deaths the military acknowledged last week. U.S. Central Command said Friday that four other civilians were injured in three other July airstrikes in Syria […]
  
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• Bandelier officials warn of hazards from fire-killed trees

  22-01-2016 20:07
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Bandelier National Monument officials are warning cross-country skiers and others going into forested areas of the Los Alamos-area monument to be aware of hazards from falling trees. Stewart Robertson of the monument’s staff says there’s been a dramatic increase of trees killed in the 20111 Las Conchas Fire breaking and falling, […]
  
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• Immigrant children to arrive at Holloman on Sunday

  22-01-2016 20:06
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — The first group of immigrant children from Central America is slated to arrive at Holloman Air Force Base on Sunday. The Alamogordo Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1Jpp3Xk ) that the base plans to house as many as 700 children. Initial reports said the base would shelter 400 children, but the number has since […]
  
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• Finland to start 2nd govt-sanctioned trial wolf hunt

  22-01-2016 20:06
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Beginning Saturday, Finland is holding a second government-sanctioned trial wolf hunt in what authorities say is an attempt to manage numbers and curb poaching. Finland’s state Wildlife Agency says 46 licenses have been given out for the hunting period that ends Feb. 21. The agency said 17 wolves were killed in 2015, […]
  
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• North Texan, 62, sentenced to life in prison for 10th DWI

  22-01-2016 20:05
  
  WEATHERFORD, Texas — A 62-year-old North Texas man has been sentenced to life in prison for his 10th drunken driving conviction. Ivy Ray Eberhardt of Weatherford was sentenced Wednesday by a judge in Weatherford. Eberhardt will be eligible for parole after serving 15 years behind bars. Investigators say the case involved a 2014 DWI stop […]
  
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• Bill Johnson, brash Olympic downhill champion, dies at 55

  22-01-2016 20:05
  
  Bill Johnson craved speed — the faster, the better. He stole cars as a kid, got in trouble for it and was ordered by a judge to make a choice: Ski school or jail. Johnson picked the slopes and wound up taking the sport by storm. The brash skier had movie-star looks and a personality […]
  
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• Kansas lawmaker imposes dress code on female witnesses

  22-01-2016 20:04
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. — A dress code imposed by a Kansas Senate committee chairman that prohibits women testifying on bills from wearing low-cut necklines and miniskirts is drawing bipartisan ridicule from female legislators. Sen. Mitch Holmes’ 11-point code of conduct does not include any restrictions on men, who he said needed no instruction on how to […]
  
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• GOP lawmakers want exemptions for gay marriage opponents

  22-01-2016 20:03
  
  ATLANTA — Months after the Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage, lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing bills that would give businesses and some public employees the right to refuse serving gay couples because of their religious beliefs. The American Civil Liberties Union opposes such bills and says variations have been proposed in 22 states […]
  
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• Big-money shoots may turn Havana into new Hollywood location

  22-01-2016 20:02
  
  HAVANA — The producers of Showtime’s dark comedy “House of Lies” had $3 million and a mission: shoot the first episode of scripted American television in Cuba in more than half a century. With less than a week to shoot the entire fifth-season finale on the chaotic streets of central Havana, director Matthew Carnahan told […]
  
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• Oil slump takes a toll on petroleum engineering grads

  22-01-2016 16:51
  
  DALLAS — Shane Farren has a timing problem. In 2011, when the Dallas native enrolled at Texas A&M and picked what was then one of the most lucrative college majors, oil prices were soaring above $100 a barrel and energy companies were recruiting petroleum engineers as early as their freshman year. Four years later, with […]
  
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• New Mexico utility dedicates solar energy plant in Santa Fe

  22-01-2016 16:45
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s largest electric utility has dedicated a new solar generating station in Santa Fe County. The plant is made up of nearly 38,000 panels and has the capacity to produce enough electricity for about 3,850 average residential customers. The plant came online at the end of 2015, but community members […]
  
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• Stock market tumble could keep pension funds behind

  22-01-2016 16:41
  
  The slide on Wall Street could damage public employee pension funds around the country, most of which haven’t even recovered from the Great Recession, and the burden could end up falling on taxpayers. Stocks have been tumbling in the first weeks of 2016, with the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 down nearly […]
  
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• US home purchases rebound; 2015 had most sales in 9 years

  22-01-2016 16:34
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. home sales rebounded in December after new regulations had delayed the completion of purchases in November. And total sales in 2015 were the most in nine years. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that sales of existing homes climbed 14.7 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.46 […]
  
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• Tunisia imposes nationwide curfew amid spreading unrest

  22-01-2016 16:30
  
  KASSERINE, Tunisia — Tunisia imposed a nationwide overnight curfew Friday in response to growing unrest as protests over unemployment across the country descended into violence in some cities. The week of increasingly violent demonstrations was triggered Sunday when a young man who lost out on a government job climbed a transmission tower in protest and […]
  
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• Iraqi PM: 3 Americans were abducted by ‘criminal gangs’

  22-01-2016 16:30
  
  BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister said Friday that there appears to be no political motivation behind the recent abduction of three Americans in Baghdad, saying the men seem to have been taken by “criminal gangs.” Speaking from Davos, Switzerland, where he is attending the World Economic Forum, Haider al-Abadi said that no ransom demand have […]
  
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• 45 migrants drown as 2 smuggling boats sink off Greece

  22-01-2016 16:30
  
  ATHENS, Greece — At least 45 people, including 17 children, drowned Friday in the Aegean Sea as two smuggling boats sunk off different Greek islands. A search-and-rescue operation was underway for others feared trapped in the wreckage. The Greek coast guard and other boats saved more than 70 people from the sunken vessels. The new […]
  
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• Author joins search for man who went missing treasure hunter

  22-01-2016 16:27
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Author Forrest Fenn has joined the search for a Colorado man who went missing while hunting for treasure hinted at in his book. KOB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1ZH03g8 ) that Fenn chartered a helicopter after New Mexico State Police called off their search for 54-year-old Randy Bilyeu. Bilyeu went missing nearly three weeks […]
  
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• State Police: Stolen vehicle suspect steals officer’s car

  22-01-2016 16:26
  
  SOCORRO, N.M. — New Mexico State Police say a man detained after being found with a stolen vehicle escaped from the back seat of a State Police officer’s car and drove off in it before crashing into drainage canal about two miles away. State Police Sgt. Elizabeth Armijo said the suspect was taken back into […]
  
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• New television series ‘Preacher’ to film in New Mexico

  22-01-2016 16:25
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Film Office says production of the television series “Preacher” will begin next month in Albuquerque. Produced by AMC Studios and Sony Pictures Television, the series was developed for television by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Sam Catlin. It’s based on the cult comic book of the same name. The […]
  
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• North Korea says it arrests US student for ‘hostile act’

  22-01-2016 16:23
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea announced Friday the arrest of a U.S. university student for what it called a “hostile act” orchestrated by the American government to undermine the authoritarian nation. In language that mirrors past North Korean claims of outside conspiracies, Pyongyang’s state media said the University of Virginia student entered the country […]
  
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• Meth in muffler gets man 27 years

  22-01-2016 16:23
  
  McALLEN, Texas — An Alabama man must serve nearly 27 years in prison in a Texas drug smuggling case linked to 35 pounds of methamphetamine in a truck muffler. James Marcus Malone of Boaz (BOH’-az), Alabama, was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in McAllen. The 42-year-old Malone in September was convicted of importing and […]
  
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• Coolidge, AZ man gets more than 100 years for child porn charges

  22-01-2016 16:22
  
  FLORENCE, Ariz. — A Coolidge man has been sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for downloading child pornography. The Pinal County Attorney’s Office said Thursday that 29-year-old Christopher Nelson was sentenced to 110 years last week. A jury convicted Nelson of 11 counts of child sexual exploitation of a minor. Coolidge police say […]
  
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• Boy, 4, dies after accidentally shooting self at Texas home

  22-01-2016 16:22
  
  HOUSTON — Relatives say a 4-year-old boy has died after he accidentally shot himself in the head while visiting his grandparents at their Houston-area home. The family of Bryson Hernandez announced his death in a statement Thursday. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened around midnight Tuesday when the boy was at the […]
  
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• Blizzard starts dumping snow in South, threatens eastern US

  22-01-2016 16:21
  
  WASHINGTON — A blizzard menacing the Eastern United States started dumping snow in Virginia, Tennessee and other parts of the South on Friday as millions of people in the storm’s path prepared for icy roads, possible power outages and other treacherous conditions. Snowfall as heavy as 1 to 3 inches an hour could last for […]
  
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• Bad Blood: Cruz-Bushes tension underscores deeper GOP divide

  22-01-2016 16:20
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Ted Cruz once proudly wore a belt buckle borrowed from George H.W. Bush that said: “President of the United States.” He campaigned and worked for that former president’s son, Dubya, former President George W. Bush. And Cruz helped write a book lavishing praise on him. Also, the endorsement of George P. Bush, […]
  
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• Former suspect testifies at murder trial

  22-01-2016 16:19
  
  AZTEC — A patrol sergeant, three forensic scientists and several friends and associates of Brandy Robinson testified Thursday about the circumstances of her death and their knowledge of her whereabouts in the days before her body was found in Head Canyon in 2013. The witnesses were testifying in the trial of Cody Soto who is […]
  
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