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• Updated: Man involved in Rio Rancho SWAT standoff dies

  03-07-2016 20:34
  
  The man involved in a lengthy standoff after shooting his father outside of a Northwest Rio Rancho home died Sunday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police. The father, who is 68, was airlifted from the scene and is in stable condition, according to Sgt. Elder Guevara. The son, who was approximately 41, […]
  
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• Rio Rancho man shoots self after standoff with police

  03-07-2016 20:34
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Police say a Rio Rancho man shot his father and turned the gun on himself after an hours-long standoff. Authorities say the 41-year-old suspect died at a hospital Sunday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The suspect’s 68-year-old father, who was shot in the chest, is in stable condition. Officers responded […]
  
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• Rio Ranch man shoots self after standoff with police

  03-07-2016 20:34
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Police say a Rio Rancho man shot his father and turned the gun on himself after an hours-long standoff. Authorities say the 41-year-old suspect died at a hospital Sunday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The suspect’s 68-year-old father, who was shot in the chest, is in stable condition. Officers responded […]
  
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• Elephant Butte draws large crowds over holiday weekend

  03-07-2016 18:24
  
  ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. – Saturday morning, Eric Gorham and David Gomez trudged up the steep shale and slate hillside of Rattlesnake Island, each carrying 20 or 30 pounds of mortars in garbage bags. Gorham, a pyrotechnics operator with Lone Star Pyro, helped orchestrate this year’s fireworks display at Elephant Butte Lake. Noontime clouds brought the […]
  
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• NM charter schools file complaint against state

  03-07-2016 18:23
  
  LAS CRUCES – Twenty-nine New Mexico charter schools have filed a complaint against the current director of the Options for Parents Division — commonly referred to as the Charter Schools Division — of the Public Education Department. In a letter dated May 3, the New Mexico Coalition for Charter Schools outlined 20 complaints against the […]
  
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• Roswell man suspected in fatal stabbing

  03-07-2016 18:21
  
  LAS CRUCES – Las Cruces Police have arrested a Roswell man suspected in Friday night’s fatal stabbing on the 2100 block of west Picacho Avenue. Rodolfo Martinez, 35, of the 6200 block of Wild Road in Roswell, New Mexico, is charged with an open count of murder and one count of tampering with evidence. Police […]
  
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• US attorney celebrates Ramadan with Albuquerque Muslims

  03-07-2016 18:14
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Attorney for New Mexico is hoping a visit to an Islamic community center in Albuquerque will send a message against any anti-Muslim backlash. U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez joined Muslims at the Islamic Center of New Mexico on Saturday night to celebrate the last few days of the holy month of […]
  
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• APD: Armed car jacking suspect caught after pursuit

  03-07-2016 17:56
  
  A suspected carjacker was arrested at The Downs in southeast Albuquerque this morning after a cross-town pursuit, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Quentin Quintana, 43, allegedly threatened two young females with knives and a machete shortly after midnight this morning while they were at Pat Hurley park in northwest Albuquerque, officer […]
  
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• Nine residents displaced after fire at SE ABQ apartment complex

  03-07-2016 16:58
  
  Nine residents of a southeast Albuquerque apartment complex were displaced after an early Sunday morning fire, according to a spokeswoman for the Albuquerque Fire Department. Lt. Carla Williams said firefighters were called to the fire at 1200 Madiera SE around 6 a.m. “AFD crews did a great job in suppressing the fire, unfortunately there was […]
  
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• Finally finding her niche

  03-07-2016 13:00
  
  Kay Beason witnessed the ups and downs of the business world, emerged a survivor and thrived. But it hasn’t always been easy for the owner of Reliance Construction. Like most other builders, when the economic slump settled into Albuquerque big time in 2008-09, things got pretty dicey. Beason got her start in the business by chance and fell back on her remodeling roots. “For a while […]
  
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• Commercial Real Estate Market Report

  03-07-2016 13:00
  
  For the past three years, the commercial real estate market in new mexico has been improving, but mixed. It has been a case where a rising tide has not yet raised all boats. It has been well documented that New Mexico has not enjoyed the job growth or rate of recovery of our neighboring states. Professional seminars that I have attended in just the […]
  
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• About the cover: July 3, 2016

  03-07-2016 13:00
  
  4700 Valle Bonita NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 $1,099,000 5600 sq. ft. 4 bedroom / 5 bath ERA Sellers & Buyers Real Estate 505.296.1500 Maggie Ebbens 505.604.4380 sellersbuyersnm.com This beautiful Scott Patrick home overlooks the Bosque and includes a one-bedroom detached casita. The grand entry is bathed in natural light and flows into the secluded, private yard with pool and hot […]
  
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• Updated: Red light district: $3.7 million still owed in unpaid traffic fines

  03-07-2016 08:05
  
  In the five years since Rio Rancho began using speed-monitoring equipment and red-light cameras, les ...
  
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• ‘Topes fall to River Cats

  03-07-2016 08:05
  
  At Sacramento 8:05 p.m. ...
  
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• Suspect in SWAT standoff shoots himself

  03-07-2016 08:05
  
  RIO RANCHO–A shooting suspect barricaded inside of a Rio Rancho home Saturday shot himself ...
  
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• Outlook bleak for LSAAs, advocate says

  03-07-2016 08:05
  
  The Human Services Department letter refers to state statutes that say a substance abuse associate " ...
  
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• Counselor lost her son to accidental overdose

  03-07-2016 08:05
  
  Last month at a forum sponsored by the Journal and KANW radio, experts from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez and others said that New Mexico faces an epidemic of drug overdose deaths from heroin and prescription painkillers. Christi Warner spoke during the forum. Her son Jorden died from […]
  
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• Vitex, golden rain making a colorful statement

  03-07-2016 07:01
  
  Q: Planted in the landscaping of the business at the northwest corner of 12th Street and Interstate 40 are lots of shrubby trees that are covered with the most amazing brilliant blue flower spikes!
  
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• People skills: Almost 80 and Jane Ong Baker is still bringing in crowds as exercise instructor

  03-07-2016 07:01
  
  Jane Ong Baker knows how to bring in a crowd and get them going.
  
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• ‘Killing Buddha’ an ancient morality tale

  03-07-2016 07:01
  
  The Buddha encounters a serial killer who wants to repent.
  
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• Everything must go: Companies take worry out of estate sale, but choose carefully

  03-07-2016 07:01
  
  A death in the family, the decision to downsize or the need to move to an assisted living facility, those critical life landmarks present the dilemma of what to do with decades of accumulated and unwanted stuff.
  
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• Artistry in the sky: Pyrotechnics experts work hard to dazzle with Fourth of July fireworks

  03-07-2016 07:01
  
  When the night sky explodes in fireworks do you feel a thrill?
  
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• A world of creativity: Santa Fe event draws artists from 60 countries

  03-07-2016 05:54
  
    Constellations of spirals, dots and circles speckle cotton and silk fabric as dark as the African sky. That fabric and its iterations in T-shirts and scarves will drape the booth of Nigerian indigo dyer Gasali Adeyemo at this year’s 13th Annual International Folk Art Market. Gasali, who lives in Santa Fe, creates fabrics of […]
  
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• Police: man fashions hands to look like gun, but robbery attempt thwarted

  03-07-2016 05:37
  
  Four people managed to thwart a robbery attempt by tackling a man after he “fashioned his hands to look like a gun” and demanded that a local auto parts store employee hand over cash from the register, according to court documents. William Colbert, 38, faces one count of attempted robbery, a third degree felony. Police […]
  
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• Updated: Bill Clinton offers rewards, and risks, to wife’s campaign

  03-07-2016 03:39
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — His popularity among Democrats is off the charts, he’s a fundraising powerhouse and his administration is hailed by many as a high-water mark of economic prosperity. Without question, one of the key assets in Hillary Clinton’s second campaign for the White House is her husband, Bill. And yet, there are still […]
  
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• Updated: Israel strikes Hamas sites in Gaza after rocket attack

  03-07-2016 03:37
  
  JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it struck several militant sites in Gaza early Saturday in response to a Palestinian rocket attack that hit a kindergarten in the Israeli border town of Sderot. No injuries were reported on either side but damage was caused to buildings. The exchange comes amid an escalation of violence in […]
  
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• Updated: Prayers for children killed, surviving son and their mother

  03-07-2016 03:10
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A mother killed four of her children by cutting their throats and sheriff’s deputies found a large butcher knife with what appeared to be blood on it in an apartment where the killings took place, according to court documents filed Saturday. Shanynthia Gardner, 29, of Memphis, has been charged with four counts […]
  
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• Updated: Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author, dead at 87

  03-07-2016 02:33
  
  NEW YORK — Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor whose classic “Night” became a landmark testament to the Nazis’ crimes and launched Wiesel’s long career as one of the world’s foremost witnesses and humanitarians, has died at age 87. His death was announced Saturday by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. No other details […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton interviewed by the FBI about private email server

  03-07-2016 02:26
  
  WASHINGTON — The FBI interviewed Hillary Clinton on Saturday about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, her campaign announced after the meeting, as federal investigators neared the end of the probe that has hung over her White House bid. Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, gave a voluntary interview […]
  
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• Shooting prompts SWAT situation in Rio Rancho

  03-07-2016 01:57
  
  A man shot in the chest outside of a Northwest Rio Rancho home was in stable condition Saturday afternoon as SWAT officers continued a lengthy attempt to take an armed suspect into custody, according to media reports. The Rio Rancho Observer reported that an armed suspect was barricaded inside of a home on Sun Court, […]
  
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• Mistrial in case against former Las Cruces police officer

  03-07-2016 00:44
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The prosecution of a former Las Cruces police officer charged with beating a man in a holding cell has ended in a mistrial. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports (http://bit.ly/29kY2bE) that a jury in Dona Ana County court deadlocked Friday after two days of deliberation in the case against Richard Garcia. The […]
  
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• Aggie volleyball star Murphy named WAC female athlete of year

  03-07-2016 00:25
  
    LAS CRUCES — Former New Mexico State standout Gwen Murphy was named the 2015-16 Western Athletic Conference Joe Kearney Award winner, the conference announced this week. Named in honor of former WAC commissioner, the annual award goes to the league’s top male and female athletes. Missouri-Kansas City golfer Antoine Rozner was the other winner. […]
  
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• Ruidoso Downs quarantine lifted, racing resumes

  03-07-2016 00:00
  
  The 14-day quarantine of one barn at Ruidoso Downs was lifted on Friday morning. One horse in that barn tested positive for EHV-1 on June 18 and was euthanized, Downs officials said. Ruidoso Downs did not alter its racing schedule. The season continues with racing every Friday through Monday until the traditional Labor Day closing. […]
  
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