• Santa Fe mayor, others hosting gun violence town hall

    Santa Fe mayor, others hosting gun violence town hall
    Santa Fe city government, service providers and advocates will host a town hall meeting on Monday,  Feb. 1st,  to discuss gun violence in Santa Fe. The panel leading the discussion will include Mayor Javier M. Gonzales; Miranda Viscoli of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence; District Attorney Jennifer Padgett;  Erin Doerwald of the Sky Center […]
  • Curfew measure on to House; passes panel on 9-4 vote

    Curfew measure on to House; passes panel on 9-4 vote
    Legislation allowing cities and counties to impose curfews on young people is headed to the full House for a vote after clearing the House Judiciary Committee. The committee voted 9-4 for the bill sponsored by House Majority Leader Nate Gentry, R-Albuquerque. Curfews could apply to children 15 and under between midnight and 5 a.m., and during […]
  • MLK State Commission executive director target of probe

    MLK State Commission executive director target of probe
    Search warrants made public Wednesday and related to the Tuesday probe of the Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission, show that investigators from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office suspect commission executive director, Kimberly Greene, of embezzling thousands of dollars via a non profit charged with dispersing funds on behalf of the MLK Commission. According […]
  • AZ lawmakers aim to revise law outlawing bans on plastic bags

    AZ lawmakers aim to revise law outlawing bans on plastic bags
    PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers are attempting to sideline a lawsuit that would overturn an Arizona law blocking cities and towns from banning plastic bags. The law passed last session prevents cities from banning plastic bags and other disposable products and blocks cities from requiring business owners to report energy consumption. Rep. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, sponsored […]
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  • Obama, Sanders at the White House: Nice chat but that’s all

    Obama, Sanders at the White House: Nice chat but that’s all
    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his aides have said a lot of nice things about Bernie Sanders, but not this one: He’s ready to be president. The key omission was particularly noticeable Wednesday as Obama and Sanders met for their first one-on-one since Sanders jolted the Democratic campaign and locked Hillary Clinton in an […]
  • South Carolina Senate committee OKs bill to track refugees

    South Carolina Senate committee OKs bill to track refugees
    COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill requiring state police to track refugees coming to South Carolina and to hold their sponsors liable for damages if they commit an act of terrorism is on its way to the floor of the state Senate. A Senate committee approved the measure on Wednesday. A spokesman for an organization focused […]
  • The Latest: Arson not suspected in Canal Street blaze

    The Latest: Arson not suspected in Canal Street blaze
    NEW ORLEANS — The Latest on a stubborn fire that broke out in a building in downtown New Orleans on Wednesday. All times are local. 4:15 p.m. The fire chief in New Orleans says arson isn’t suspected in the blaze that blanketed part of the city with smoke and forced the closure of historic Canal […]
  • Facebook posts strong 4Q as company closes gap with Google

    Facebook posts strong 4Q as company closes gap with Google
    SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is growing at an exceptional pace as it enters adolescence, propelling it into a better position to challenge Google as the Internet’s most powerful company. Facebook’s fourth-quarter report Wednesday provided the latest gauge of the company’s impressive strides. It marked the first time that Facebook’s quarterly revenue has surpassed $5 billion […]
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  • Updated: Ferguson, feds reaches tentative police reform deal

    Updated: Ferguson, feds reaches tentative police reform deal
    ST. LOUIS — The Justice Department has reached a tentative agreement with Ferguson on systemic changes following the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in 2014, city officials announced Wednesday. The recommended overhaul follows seven months of negotiations and likely averts a civil rights lawsuit that federal officials have the option to bring against […]
  • Apple’s iPhone is slumping. What’s next?

    Apple’s iPhone is slumping. What’s next?
    SAN FRANCISCO — The bloom may be off Apple’s iPhone, at least for now. So now the pressure is on the iconic Silicon Valley company to come up with its next big thing. On Tuesday, Apple acknowledged that it’s likely to see an uncharacteristic sales decline this spring, amid signs of global economic weakness and […]
  • University of New Mexico looks to build new hospital

    ALBUQUERQUE — University of New Mexico Hospital is planning a $600 million hospital intended to reduce emergency room wait times.
  • AP Exclusive: Officials say France wants more Iran sanctions

    AP Exclusive: Officials say France wants more Iran sanctions
    VIENNA — France has asked the European Union to consider new sanctions against Iran over recent missile tests, in a request made shortly after the EU ended sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program, officials have told The Associated Press. Two officials from European Union nations said the French proposal is under EU review but most other […]
  • Bank of NM names Sanchez president

    Bank of NM names Sanchez president
    GRANTS — Clemente Sanchez has been appointed president/CEO of Bank of New Mexico and Ron B. Williams has been named chairman of its board of directors. Sanchez has served on the board since 2008 and as chairman since 2014. He retired at the end of last year as director of the Small Business Development Center […]
  • Film academy reforms spark new round of protests

    Film academy reforms spark new round of protests
    NEW YORK — Since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it was altering membership rules in response to an outcry over the diversity of its voters and nominees, another uproar has erupted around Hollywood. Many academy members are protesting that the new measures unjustly scapegoat older academy members and imply they’re racist. […]
  • Breaking: New Mexico court approves changes to speedy trial rule

    Breaking: New Mexico court approves changes to speedy trial rule
    SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday approved changes to a rule designed to diminish the backlog of criminal cases awaiting trial in Bernalillo County. The court announced that prosecutors in the state’s busiest judicial district will have more time for handling criminal cases. The changes also include safeguards for limiting […]
  • New Gas Co. owner says it will invest in NM

    New Gas Co. owner says it will invest in NM
    Canadian company Emera Inc. says it will make significant investments in natural gas and possibly other clean energy infrastructure if state regulators allow it to buy the New Mexico Gas Co. Emera, a publicly-traded energy firm with about $10 billion in assets in North America, announced plans last September to acquire Florida-based TECO Energy, which […]
  • The Latest: Obama, Sanders meet amid heated primary race

    The Latest: Obama, Sanders meet amid heated primary race
    WASHINGTON — Here are the latest developments from the 2016 race for president, less than a week out from the Iowa caucuses. All times local. 4:20 p.m. Bernie Sanders says he and President Barack Obama talked foreign policy, the economy and “a little bit of politics,” during their first extended sit-down since the Vermont senator’s […]
  • Mammoth bones unearthed on Oregon State football field

    Mammoth bones unearthed on Oregon State football field
    Crews working on an expansion around Reser Stadium found a femur from one of the ancient elephants and bones from a bison and camel, all dating back 10,000 years.
  • Hamas says militants missing in Gaza tunnel collapse

    Hamas says militants missing in Gaza tunnel collapse
    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Islamic militant group Hamas says a group of militants have gone missing inside a tunnel built to attack Israel that collapsed due to heavy rainfall. Hamas confirmed the incident in a statement Wednesday, a day after Palestinian social media activists publicized the matter. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, […]
  • Officials mull security options for judge shot in Austin

    Officials mull security options for judge shot in Austin
    AUSTIN, Texas — Travis County officials concerned about the safety of a judge who was shot in November are considering spending up to $80,000 a month for ongoing security for her protection. Documents obtained by KVUE-TV and the Austin American-Statesman show the Travis County Sheriff’s Office has spent nearly $70,000 in the past five weeks […]
  • House Dems, who delivered for Obama, now diminished minority

    House Dems, who delivered for Obama, now diminished minority
    BALTIMORE — House Democrats clawed their way into power and delivered a burst of historic legislation for President Barack Obama after he took office seven years ago. Now, in his final year, Obama is leaving them greatly diminished and confronting questions about whether their next generation of leaders can lead them back into the majority. […]
  • Rancher killed in refuge standoff vowed to die before jail

    Rancher killed in refuge standoff vowed to die before jail
    BURNS, Oregon — A rancher who was killed during a traffic stop while in Oregon for an armed standoff at a wildlife refuge recently vowed he would die before going to prison. Fifty-five-year-old LaVoy Finicum of Cain Beds, Arizona, died after law enforcement officers initiated the stop Tuesday night near the Malheur (MAL’-hure) National Wildlife […]
  • Firkin BrewHouse finally ready to go

    Firkin BrewHouse finally ready to go
    New microbrewery plans public debut on Feb. 4
  • Walgreens will keep selling tobacco products

    Walgreens will keep selling tobacco products
    CHICAGO — The nation’s No. 1 drugstore has no plans to stop selling tobacco products and said its main focus is trying to help people kick the habit, Walgreens executives told shareholders at Wednesday’s annual meeting. “We do deliberate this on a regular basis,” said Executive Chairman James Skinner. “Our main focus is to try […]
  • Wal-Mart’s shutdown creates new food deserts

    Wal-Mart’s shutdown creates new food deserts
    FAIRFIELD, Ala. — Wal-Mart’s decision to shutter 154 stores across the country means that, starting Thursday, residents without cars in a neighborhood near a historically black college outside Birmingham, Alabama, will have to cross dangerous roadways on foot to get fresh produce and meat. Come Friday, folks in Coal Hill, Arkansas, will need to drive […]
  • Fed voices concern about global economic pressures

    Fed voices concern about global economic pressures
    WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve sounded a note of concern Wednesday about how global pressures could affect the U.S. economy, while keeping a key interest rate unchanged. Six weeks after it raised rates from record lows, the Fed took stock of a more perilous international picture that could alter its plans for further raising rates. […]
  • Breaking: NM ‘new’ money estimate for next year now at $30M, as oil slide takes toll

    Breaking: NM ‘new’ money estimate for next year now at $30M, as oil slide takes toll
    New Mexico lawmakers could have far less money to spend on public schools and Medicaid in the coming year than previously projected, as plunging oil and natural gas prices have prompted economists to reduce the amount of projected “new” money to just $30 million. That’s down more than $200 million from just over a month ago, […]
  • Wendy’s investigating ‘unusual activity’ on payment cards

    Wendy’s investigating ‘unusual activity’ on payment cards
    NEW YORK — Wendy’s says it is investigating reports of “unusual activity” on payment cards that had been used at some of its restaurants. The company says it learned from payment industry contacts this month of reports indicating fraudulent charges may have occurred on cards that had been used legitimately at some of its locations. […]
  • Panic is passé: investors stay steady on retirement savings

    Panic is passé: investors stay steady on retirement savings
    Panic is so passé. Investors are keeping their cool — and keeping their hands off of their retirement accounts — despite huge swings in the stock market that sent it careening to its worst start to a year ever. “They are just plugging away through the ups and downs of the stock market,” said Sarah […]
  • UN chief wants clean energy investments doubled by 2020

    UN chief wants clean energy investments doubled by 2020
    UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. secretary-general on Wednesday challenged investors around the world to at least double their investments in clean energy by 2020, saying that “we must begin the shift away from fossil fuels immediately.” Ban Ki-moon told an investor summit on climate risk that increasing investment in clean energy is critical in following […]
  • Eden tells business leaders department will be understaffed for more than a year

    Eden tells business leaders department will be understaffed for more than a year
    Police Chief Gorden Eden told the Economic Forum of Albuquerque on Wednesday morning that if lawmakers don’t pass “return to work” laws, Albuquerque police will be understaffed until late 2017. Eden was the speaker for the nonpartisan group of business leaders that regularly hosts city and state leaders. He touched on a variety of topics, […]
  • Mobile-payment services draw more shoppers and merchants

    Mobile-payment services draw more shoppers and merchants
    The pay-by-phone crowd is growing at the checkout counter. More consumers are using their smartphones to pay for goods and services, and more companies are offering “mobile-payments” or “mobile-wallet” services. In addition to Apple Inc.’s Apple Pay, which launched in October 2014, the field includes Android Pay from Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Samsung Pay from […]
  • Bosque Brewing starts expansion project

    Bosque Brewing starts expansion project
    Albuquerque craft brewery to double seating, upgrade menu
  • Updated: Sen. McCain assails Pentagon for relying on Russian rockets

    Updated: Sen. McCain assails Pentagon for relying on Russian rockets
    WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee assailed Pentagon officials on Wednesday for relying on Russian rocket engines to launch American military satellites into space, arguing that the practice enriches friends of President Vladimir Putin and puts U.S. national security in jeopardy. “Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security […]
  • Northwestern Colorado town approves pot growing operations

    Northwestern Colorado town approves pot growing operations
    STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — The northwestern Colorado town of Hayden is gearing up to start growing pot. The Steamboat Pilot & Today reports (http://bit.ly/1UqcZps ) that voters in a special election on Tuesday approved an ordinance to allow marijuana growing operations within town limits. The measure passed with 52.4 percent of the vote, with a […]
  • Court throws out death sentence in College Station case

    Court throws out death sentence in College Station case
    HOUSTON — Texas’ highest criminal court has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted of killing a woman at her College Station home in 2010. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled 6-3 Wednesday to return the case of 50-year-old Stanley Griffin to the Brazos County trial court for a new punishment hearing. […]
  • Honoring Alamogordo’s Past

    Honoring Alamogordo’s Past
    ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Last September, Rich Merrick was standing in the Monte Vista Cemetery fulfilling his duties in the honor guard during a funeral for a veteran when he noticed weeds as tall as 3 feet. “In some places the weeds were actually covering grave stones,” Merrick said. “I thought to myself that it wasn’t […]
  • New Mexico state auditor flags 56 entities for late reports

    New Mexico state auditor flags 56 entities for late reports
    SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s state auditor is flagging a long list of state agencies and local government authorities for failing to turn in annual audit results on time. State Auditor Tim Keller announced Wednesday that 56 entities have not submitted audits for the fiscal year ending in June 2015. Audits are overdue from […]
  • FBI checkpoints around refuge where some remain

    FBI checkpoints around refuge where some remain
    BURNS, Ore. — The latest on an armed group that took over buildings at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon (all times local): 7:35 a.m. The FBI has established checkpoints around a national wildlife preserve in Oregon where some armed activists still are believed to be holed up, saying the decision came out of “an […]
  • Zebra, 32, at Houston Zoo dies of age-related ailments

    Zebra, 32, at Houston Zoo dies of age-related ailments
    HOUSTON — A 32-year-old zebra at the Houston Zoo has died of complications from age-related conditions. Zoo officials say the female Grant’s zebra named Charlie died Sunday morning, A zoo statement says the feisty zebra, known to hold her own and kick at the towering giraffes if they got too close, died a month shy […]
  • Off-duty deputy wounded in attempted robbery in Aurora

    Off-duty deputy wounded in attempted robbery in Aurora
    AURORA, Colo. — An off-duty Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot during an attempted robbery in Aurora. Police say the deputy was approached by two juveniles in the parking lot of an apartment complex Tuesday evening. Shots were exchanged and the deputy was critically wounded. He returned […]
  • Texas dad who took away daughter’s phone not guilty of theft

    Texas dad who took away daughter’s phone not guilty of theft
    DALLAS — A Texas father who was accused of theft after he confiscated his 12-year-old daughter’s cellphone over an inappropriate text has been acquitted of the misdemeanor charge. A judge in Dallas found Ronald Jackson not guilty Tuesday, citing insufficient evidence. Grand Prairie police arrested Jackson a few hours after he commandeered his daughter’s cellphone […]
  • Texas man charged in fatal beating of mother

    Texas man charged in fatal beating of mother
    HICO, Texas — Investigators say a Central Texas man has been charged with killing his mother by allegedly beating her with a tool meant to install metal fence posts. Hamilton County jail records show 33-year-old Matthew Long of Hico (HY’-koh) was being held Wednesday on a murder charge. Records don’t list an attorney to speak […]
  • Cloak-and-dagger steps used to protect fugitive sect leader

    Cloak-and-dagger steps used to protect fugitive sect leader
    PHOENIX — The former head of security for a polygamous church rattled off a list of elaborate steps used to assist the sect’s leader while he was a fugitive a decade ago and explained how towns in Arizona and Utah took orders from the church. Willie Jessop, who left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ […]
  • Skandera scolds school board, files complaint

    Skandera scolds school board, files complaint
    LAS CRUCES – New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera sent a strongly worded letter to members of the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education Tuesday, requiring them to undergo training on the board’s roles and responsibilities as well as New Mexico’s Open Meetings Act. The letter points out nine instances in which the […]
  • Nest envisions a ‘conscious home’

    Nest envisions a ‘conscious home’
    PALO ALTO, Calif. — Nest Labs has made its mark by persuading consumers to think of thermostats, smoke alarms and security cameras not as boring appliances but as alluring objects representing the homes of the future. Now the Palo Alto gadget-maker that Google acquired last year is working to get more household devices talking to […]
  • Judge lets restraining order lapse in sheriff’s case

    Judge lets restraining order lapse in sheriff’s case
    LAS CRUCES – A state district court judge on Tuesday allowed a temporary restraining order to lapse in a case that was launched when Doña Ana County Sheriff Enrique “Kiki” Vigil took command of the county detention center for a short time in December. What to do with the restraining order, first put in place […]
  • Ruling: Use of dogs included in consent to police searches

    Ruling: Use of dogs included in consent to police searches
    TUCSON, Ariz. — An Arizona court ruling says unconditionally consenting to a police search of a vehicle includes allowing a drug-sniffing dog to enter the vehicle. A Court of Appeals ruling Monday upheld a woman’s convictions for possession of drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine for sale. The woman’s appeal challenged a judge’s refusal to bar use […]
  • Women’s basketball: Lobos should win game against 0-18 host Air Force

    Women’s basketball: Lobos should win game against 0-18 host Air Force
    It's the kind of game that sends coaches running for antacids.The University of New Me ...
  • Virus outbreak has Sunland racing on hold

    Virus outbreak has Sunland racing on hold
    Millions of dollars in purse money and the running of New Mexico's most prestigious thoroughbred rac ...

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