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• Second suspect arrested in New Year’s Eve beer pong homicide

  27-02-2016 23:02
  
  Cellphone warrant led police to suspect
  
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• Second arrest made in fatal New Year’s Eve shooting

  27-02-2016 23:02
  
  A second suspect has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a New Year’s Eve shooting that developed over a game of beer pong. Luis Delgado, 23, was arrested Friday after meeting with police at the probation and parole office in Downtown Albuquerque. Delgado denied the allegation, but a criminal complaint states that […]
  
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• Doña Ana County DA to investigate treasurer

  27-02-2016 22:52
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The Doña Ana County district attorney is launching an investigation of the county’s treasurer over sexual harassment allegations. District Attorney Mark D’Antonio said Saturday that his office plans to investigate Treasurer David Gutierrez for any criminal or civil violations. The county recently settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Gutierrez for […]
  
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• Former Albuquerque police union head wants child abuse charge dropped

  27-02-2016 22:51
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The former president of Albuquerque’s police union wants a felony child abuse charge against her thrown out. An attorney for Stephanie Lopez tells KRQE-TV he has filed a motion to have all charges dismissed. Attorney Sam Bregman says the state failed to prosecute their case within a 60-day window. Lopez was arrested […]
  
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• Ex-ASU officers’ lawsuit alleges crime stats were altered

  27-02-2016 22:39
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Several former Arizona State University campus police officers are suing the school for discrimination, saying they were the victims of discrimination and retaliation for not altering data to make the school look safe. The group, who are joined by one current ASU police employee, filed a civil suit earlier this month. In […]
  
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• Lemur found in backyard finds home at Sacramento zoo

  27-02-2016 21:07
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A lemur spotted wandering in a backyard in Turlock has found a temporary home at the Sacramento zoo. Zoo officials said there is no evidence the lemur had escaped from a zoo or sanctuary and that leads them to believe the ring-tailed lemur was part of the illegal animal trade, the Sacramento […]
  
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• Highway barriers put up after Durango rockslide

  27-02-2016 19:46
  
  DURANGO, Colo. — The state highway department is putting up a concrete barrier on U.S. Highway 550 south of Durango where a large slab of rock broke away from the mountainside and landed on the road earlier this month. The Durango Herald reports (http://tinyurl.com/zqgh9yu ) the concrete barrier will block off what remains of an […]
  
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• Texas to use birth certificate to determine athlete’s gender

  27-02-2016 19:17
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — School superintendents in Texas have overwhelmingly approved a change that requires public school officials to use a birth certificate to determine a student-athlete’s gender. A referendum ballot submitted to superintendents last month shows they voted 586 to 32 to amend University Interscholastic League rules when it comes to transgender athletes. The UIL […]
  
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• Construction in Colorado mountain resort towns booming

  27-02-2016 18:57
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — New residential and commercial construction is booming in Colorado mountain resort towns, led by Pitkin County, which reported sales topping $2 billion last year. Pitkin County sales were concentrated in Aspen and Snowmass Village. Eagle County was second, with big property deals in Vail and Beaver Creek. Summit County, which includes Breckenridge, […]
  
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• Gulf War cited as beginning of GPS revolution

  27-02-2016 17:51
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Space Command officials in Colorado Springs are remembering the 25th anniversary of the Gulf War as the beginning of the GPS mobile tracking revolution. At the beginning of the war, airmen and civilian workers rushed an experimental satellite system into use, making the Gulf War the first major conflict for the […]
  
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• Volunteers needed for black-footed ferrets project in Ariz.

  27-02-2016 17:08
  
  SELIGMAN, Ariz. — The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking volunteers to help document the population of endangered black-footed ferrets in Aubrey Valley near Seligman. As part of the recovery effort, the department has scheduled two spring spotlighting projects, in March and April. The spotlighting method involves using high-powered lights to locate and identify […]
  
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• Colorado’s Upslope brings its brews to Nob Hill

  27-02-2016 17:00
  
  A newcomer to New Mexico will be taking over the taps on Sunday at Gecko’s Bar & Tapas in Nob Hill.
  
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• Rio Rancho council settles impact fee lawsuit with Curb North

  27-02-2016 08:54
  
  Unanimous vote approves a $280K payment to Curb North
  
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• Council seats, road bond on RR ballot

  27-02-2016 08:52
  
  Five vie for 2 Bernalillo council seats; Rio Rancho to vote on charter changes
  
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• Los Ranchos mayor’s race pits 2 experienced leaders

  27-02-2016 08:48
  
  3-term incumbent faces off against longtime trustee
  
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• Award winner teaches to achieve

  27-02-2016 08:48
  
  ASK Academy science teacher Colin DeGroot was stunned when he won a $25,000 Milken Educator Award
  
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• Paseo del Volcan gets funding, condemnation

  27-02-2016 08:47
  
  Watchdog puts project on list of ‘boondoggles’
  
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• Herbicide’s color comes from marker dye

  27-02-2016 08:47
  
  Q: You recently wrote about using "pre-emergent herbicides" as a way to keep weeds from growing.
  
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• City gets $1.9M for capital projects

  27-02-2016 08:47
  
  No money allocated for Southern Blvd. work as total capital spending falls sharply
  
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• District 1 Rio Rancho City Council Candidates

  27-02-2016 08:42
  
  On Tuesday, Rio Rancho voters will choose from among 10 city council candidates to fill three vacant seats in districts 1, 4 and 6.
  
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• District 4 Questions for the Candidates

  27-02-2016 08:35
  
  Questions for the Candidates
  
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• District 6 Questions for the Candidates

  27-02-2016 08:30
  
  Questions for the Candidates
  
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• Updated: City needs an ethics ordinance with real teeth

  27-02-2016 08:27
  
  Some critics are urging voters in Tuesday's Rio Rancho city election to reject a proposed charter amendment requiring adoption of a city ethics ordinance, claiming that enforcement provisions in the ordinance are too detailed and intimidating.
  
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• Updated: Voters to get say on 11 changes to charter

  27-02-2016 08:26
  
  To help make the charter amendments easier to understand, here's the "Cliffs Notes."
  
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• Updated: To fix ‘stupid,’ research, decide what’s best, and vote

  27-02-2016 08:26
  
  All over Rio Rancho, signs tell us that we "can fix stupid" by voting down all of the charter amendments, which is not exactly the most intelligent suggestion we have ever heard.
  
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• Updated: Star Center should be shuttered

  27-02-2016 08:26
  
  In a Feb. 13 report, "Council candidates tackle hot topics at public forum" by Ann Powers, several candidates weighed in on the current status of the Santa Ana Star Center.
  
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• Updated: Raising taxes is not a creative solution

  27-02-2016 08:26
  
  In 1981 the city of Rio Rancho was incorporated with approximately 10,000 residents.
  
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• UN science report warns of fewer bees

  27-02-2016 08:05
  
  Without pollinators, humans would lose thousands of crops
  
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• Trump wins the endorsement of New Jersey’s Gov. Christie

  27-02-2016 08:05
  
  GOP stunned by announcement
  
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• Protective order likely led to Kansas mass shooting

  27-02-2016 08:05
  
  Officer who killed gunman called ‘hero’
  
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• Injured baby’s family awarded $3.6M

  27-02-2016 08:05
  
  Police flash grenade went off in playpen
  
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• Girls basketball: Hawks, Bears, Mustangs all win

  27-02-2016 08:05
  
  Class 6A districts now have championship game matchups in the metro area.Victories ...
  
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• Updated: Lobos emphasizing return to team defense

  27-02-2016 06:45
  
  It didn't take opposing teams 28 games into the season to realize the UNM Lobos roster isn't exactly loaded with many top individual defenders.
  
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• UNM skiers 5th in 8-team RMISA/regional field

  27-02-2016 03:10
  
  MINTURN/BEAVER CREEK, Colo. – A University of New Mexico skiing squad not at 100 percent strength battled tough on the opening first of two days of the RMISA/NCAA West Region Championships, and picked up four top 10 marks, one in each race as the Lobos finished Friday in fifth place among eight teams. The major […]
  
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• Scott Owens arrested again for DWI; he was acquitted in four-fatality crash in 2009

  27-02-2016 03:09
  
  SANTA FE — A Santa Fe man acquitted of vehicular homicide charges in crash that killed four teenagers on Old Las Vegas Highway in 2009 — although he acknowledged he was driving drunk — has been arrested again for DWI and on other charges, according to a police report. Scott Owens is charged with one […]
  
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• Insurer warnings cast doubt on ACA exchange future

  27-02-2016 03:00
  
  The nation’s largest, UnitedHealth Group Inc., could lose as much as $475 million on its exchange business this year and may not participate in 2017. 
  
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• Softball: Lobos come from behind, beat South Dakota

  27-02-2016 02:50
  
  DAVIS, Calif. – The University of New Mexico softball team beat South Dakota 3-2 on the first day of the UC Davis Tournament. A two-run home run in the top half of the first inning put the Lobos (6-5) behind early 2-0 but that was all South Dakota got as it put up blanks the rest […]
  
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• Skunk in De Baca Co. tests positive for rabies

  27-02-2016 02:20
  
  A skunk found dead on a De Baca County ranch tested positive for rabies this week, prompting health officials to urge county residents to vaccinate their pets and livestock for the deadly viral illness. The finding marks the first time a skunk has been confirmed with rabies in De Baca County since record keeping began […]
  
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• MMA report: UFC signs Cody East

  27-02-2016 01:42
  
    Albuquerque MMA heavyweight Cody East has signed with the UFC and will make his debut with that organization April 23 in Las Vegas, Nev., on the Jon Jones-Daniel Cormier undercard, according to multiple online sources. The UFC has confirmed neither East’s signing nor that he’s scheduled to fight Walt Harris on UFC 197. Mike […]
  
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• Updated: Marshals: Man who fled from crash on I40 taken into custody

  27-02-2016 01:28
  
  The man who fled from the crash after a toddler was ejected onto the interstate Monday has been taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals, according to a spokesman. Ben Segotta said James Moquino, 34, was arrested Friday. Marshals had been looking for Moquino since Saturday when he escaped from a halfway house in Albuquerque, […]
  
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• Marshals: Man who fled from crash on I40 taken into custody

  27-02-2016 01:28
  
  The man who fled from the crash after a toddler was ejected onto the interstate Monday has been taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals, according to a spokesman. Ben Segotta said James Moquino, 34, was arrested Friday. Marshals had an arrest warrant for him in a separate incident, police said. A police spokesman said […]
  
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• Sheriff: Cop who killed Kansas gunman a ‘tremendous hero’

  27-02-2016 01:21
  
  HESSTON, Kan. — A man who stormed into a Kansas factory and shot 14 people, killing three, had just been served with a protective order involving a former girlfriend that probably set off the attack, authorities said Friday. The assault at the Excel Industries lawnmower-parts plant in the small town of Hesston ended when the […]
  
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• Another positive test for horse virus at Sunland Park

  27-02-2016 01:18
  
  SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — It will be at least another two weeks before a quarantine can be lifted at Sunland Park racetrack now that another horse has tested positive for a fast-spreading equine herpes virus. The outbreak at the track along the Texas-New Mexico border began in January. More than 70 horses in New Mexico […]
  
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• Flash grenade into baby playpen — $3.6 million settlement

  27-02-2016 01:05
  
  ATLANTA — A federal judge has approved a $3.6 million settlement for the parents of a toddler who was severely injured when a flash grenade detonated in his playpen during a raid. The settlements were announced Friday by Mawuli Mel Davis, attorney for Alecia and Bounkham Phonesavanh. The judge signed off on three settlements previously […]
  
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• BioPark spring break fun, register now

  27-02-2016 01:03
  Spend a week in the outdoors, exploring the wonders of the Rio Grande and watching animals up close...
  
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• Teen who provided gun for murder-suicide could be charged

  27-02-2016 00:59
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Police are recommending charges for a teenage boy who provided the handgun used in the recent murder-suicide of 15-year-old girls at Glendale’s Independence High School. Glendale police say the 15-year-old boy could be facing a felony charge for gifting a firearm to a minor. They say the charge won’t be submitted until […]
  
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• Sanders’ Super Tuesday focus evident in travel outside South

  27-02-2016 00:59
  
  ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Bernie Sanders was back in South Carolina on Friday, but not for long. As Hillary Clinton barnstormed across the state this week, Sanders was on a tour of middle America. He popped back for a few events in the hours before polls open Saturday in the state’s Democratic presidential primary. He will […]
  
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• Emails: Trump comments on Mexico stirred heat in kitchen

  27-02-2016 00:58
  
  WASHINGTON — A court filing in a business lawsuit involving Donald Trump includes emails citing some Trump executives and family worrying that harsh comments on Mexican immigrants could damage his business brand with Latinos. The filing in District of Columbia Superior Court asks a judge to throw out Trump’s lawsuit against restaurateur Jose Andres. Andres […]
  
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• Snyder lawyer called Flint water ‘scary’ before lead crisis

  27-02-2016 00:28
  
  LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder’s newest release of state emails and documents related to Flint’s water disaster appears to indicate that his aides’ reluctance to brief him, his own mismanagement — or both — led to delays in addressing the public health threat. A full year before his administration helped the city reconnect to […]
  
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• Man who shot Colorado deputies had legally purchased rifle

  27-02-2016 00:19
  
  BAILEY, Colo. — Investigators say a man who fatally shot a Colorado sheriff’s deputy and wounded two others trying to serve an eviction notice used a rifle he legally purchased four years ago. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Friday that Martin Wirth bought the .45-caliber rifle from a private seller in February 2012. Authorities […]
  
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