New Mexico news

• Updated: Is Club Rio Rancho golf course closed?

  10-12-2016 23:50
  
  Struggling Club Rio Rancho appears to have shut down its golf course.On Friday, no one ...
  
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• Bernalillo 4th-graders get hands-on science lesson

  10-12-2016 23:45
  
  Fourth-graders at Bernalillo Elementary got a taste of environmental science Friday as part of a han ...
  
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• Twice as proud — Class 6A and 5A football champs

  10-12-2016 23:36
  
  The Rio West area can tip its cap to two football champs.In afternoon games last Satur ...
  
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• Sandoval County Commission bids farewell to three outgoing members

  10-12-2016 23:28
  
  High fives and accolades filled Thursday night’s Sandoval County Commission meeting as three outgoing commissioners said their goodbyes. Two-term commissioner and Chair Darryl Madalena of District 5, two-term Commissioner Glenn Walters of District 4 and Commission Vice Chair Nora Scherzinger of District 2, who lost her bid for re-election last month, will step down at […]
  
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• Galloping Grace donates 690 lbs of pork to St. Felix Pantry

  10-12-2016 23:25
  
  A local youth ranch that uses food waste to feed its livestock used the livestock to create food for ...
  
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• Denver mayor tells police to stop taking tents from homeless

  10-12-2016 22:56
  
  DENVER — Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is ordering Denver police to temporarily stop taking camping equipment, including tents and blankets, away from homeless people because of frigid weather. Hancock said Saturday city enforcement of its unauthorized camping ordinance is being suspended through April because the city has a responsibility to protect residents. Hancock says he […]
  
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• 2 blasts hit near Istanbul soccer stadium; 20 police wounded

  10-12-2016 22:02
  
  ISTANBUL — Two explosions hit Saturday night outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul, and Turkish authorities say about 20 police officers have been wounded. Police cordoned off the area as smoke rose from the newly built Besiktas Stadium. Witnesses said gunfire could be heard in what appeared to have been an armed attack on […]
  
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• Austin officials surprised by park condoms-in-trees campaign

  10-12-2016 21:02
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Austin health department workers hung bags of condoms and information about safe sex from trees at a park — without informing their bosses or the local parks department, according to a newspaper report. The bags in Walnut Creek Park, which has been pointed to as a place of HIV transmission particularly among […]
  
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• Police say 12-year-old boy took Mercedes, hit parked car

  10-12-2016 21:01
  
  EDGEWATER, Colo. — A 12-year-old boy is in big trouble after taking his mom’s Mercedes on a joyride early Saturday and crashing into a parked car. Edgewater Police Chief John Mackey says the mother left the keys to her car on a table and was unaware her child was missing until she was contacted by […]
  
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• Up to 300 endangered salamanders missing from Texas facility

  10-12-2016 21:00
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas — Up to 300 live, endangered salamanders disappeared from a federal facility south of Austin over Thanksgiving, and authorities say they may have been stolen because of a potential black market value of $15,000. The Austin American Statesman reports (http://atxne.ws/2hvgAVz) that most of those missing are Texas blind salamanders. They are pale, […]
  
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• Farmington police: Standoff with suspect ends peacefully

  10-12-2016 20:59
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. — Farmington police say an eight-hour standoff with an armed suspect in a sexual assault and robbery case ended peacefully. Police say 34-year-old David Reimers’ surrender ended the Saturday morning standoff which began when police stopped a truck to arrest Reimers and he then threatened to harm himself. According to police, Reimers was […]
  
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• Las Cruces woman dead; house fire cause under investigation

  10-12-2016 20:58
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Authorities say a 68-year-old Las Cruces woman is dead following a fire in her home. City public-safety spokesman Dan Trujillo says investigators are trying to determine the cause of the Saturday morning fire. Trujillo says firefighters removed the woman after finding her unresponsive inside the dining area of her home and […]
  
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• Updated: Former Major League pitcher becomes police officer

  10-12-2016 18:38
  
  ELIZABETH, N.J. — A former Major League Baseball pitcher has hung up his jersey and become a police officer. Anthony Varvaro graduated from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police academy on Friday. He was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves and Seattle Mariners from 2010 to 2015. […]
  
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• Warehouse fire survivor: People ‘dying right in front of me’

  10-12-2016 17:23
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. — To set foot in the Ghost Ship on a party night was to pass through the doors of an old warehouse and enter an exotic world glowing with rainbow lanterns, guarded by figures of Asian deities and pulsing with a welcoming vibe. Performers who came to play the electronic dance party last […]
  
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• NYPD seeks cure for gun violence with data-driven cases

  10-12-2016 17:23
  
  NEW YORK — Even as homicide rates have climbed in other American cities, New York City is again on pace to have a near-record low number of shootings, and police are partly crediting refined tactics that include collecting more data and forensic evidence than ever before to go after the worst offenders. “It’s no longer […]
  
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• Jurors convict man in 2011 killings of 3 members of a family

  10-12-2016 16:52
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A man who was 16 years old in 2011 when three members of an El Rancho family were killed with a pickax has been convicted in a retrial of murder and other crimes. District Court jurors on Friday convicted 22-year-old Nicholas Ortiz in the killings of Dixie and Lloyd Ortiz and […]
  
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• Advocates: Revamp Texas adoption care after mistreated teens

  10-12-2016 16:52
  
  DALLAS — The child-protection system in Texas should be revamped to better monitor adoptions and prevent a reoccurrence of the seven special-needs children found near Houston isolated and living in filthy conditions, child advocates say. Authorities have described the discovery last month of the disabled adopted teenagers as “heartbreaking,” detailing an oppressive existence in which […]
  
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• Shutdown averted, Senate backs stop-gap spending bill

  10-12-2016 13:28
  
  WASHINGTON — With less than hour to spare, the Senate late Friday backed legislation averting a government shutdown as coal-state Democrats retreated on long-term health care benefits for retired miners and promised a renewed fight for the working class next year. The 63-36 vote sent the stop-gap spending bill to President Barack Obama, who signed […]
  
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• Gildan N.M. Bowl: The nuts and bolts, flattering and not so much

  10-12-2016 05:37
  
  Some Gildan New Mexico Bowl nuts and bolts:• Formation of the game was formally a ...
  
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• Brown may be ready to take off again as Lobos return to NMSU

  10-12-2016 05:30
  
  His teammates were already in the locker room. Most fans had already made their way up ...
  
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• UCLA looks to keep improving amid the hype

  10-12-2016 05:23
  
  LOS ANGELES–Steve Alford, usually first to meet with the media, was last, appearing about 20 minutes later than normal as he stepped out of a Pauley Pavilion corridor on Thursday. UCLA’s basketball coach wasn’t running late so much as he had been held up. Four of his players wanted to spend extra time reviewing game […]
  
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• At SDIS: New Team, New Attitude

  10-12-2016 03:11
  
  Jason Abeyta inherited something of a mess when he took over the Santa Fe Indian School boys basketball program just before the district tournament last spring. The team was reeling from the late February firing of head coach Ceci Moses and her assistant head coach/husband Rick Schimmel, leaving Abeyta the last man standing as the […]
  
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• North Sports Week in Review

  10-12-2016 03:07
  
  Farewell PASSING: Pecos High School four-sport athlete Brandon Quintana, who was studying education at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, died unexpectedly Monday. He was 20. A 2013 Pecos grad, Quintana ran cross-country and track, and also played basketball and baseball. He also played a season of basketball at Lamar Community College in Colorado, said […]
  
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• With Friend, Jaguars are on the prowl for a state tourney

  10-12-2016 03:00
  
  At 5 foot 10, Capital High School senior Rachel Friend may not appear an imposing post player. At least not until the basketball is launched for a shot. Once that happens, Friend is a whirlwind of activity, battling for position to grab an errant attempt. And woe to the rare opponent who tries to dissuade […]
  
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• The Big D, The Borgias and The Art World

  10-12-2016 02:40
  
  Early 11/9/16, an email from Rowan, a close friend, novelist in London, popped up on the screen. In our e-ramblings of near-despair and disbelief during and now after the shocking events of the day before — and hard upon our written commiserations after the shockingly unenlightened Brexit vote in his country — Rowan wrote: “To […]
  
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• Jury finds for Santa Fe County in whistleblower suit over jail firings

  10-12-2016 02:28
  
  SANTA FE – A jury has rejected the claims of two former Santa Fe County jail officials who maintained they were fired for raising concerns about understaffing and other problems at the lockup, county officials said. Former jail warden David Trujillo and former deputy warden Ted Peperas filed a whistleblower suit seeking damages over their […]
  
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• At retrial, Nicholas Ortiz found guilty of bludgeoning family to death

  10-12-2016 02:18
  
  SANTA FE — Emotions ran high on both sides of the courtroom Friday afternoon when District Court Judge Francis Mathew read a jury’s verdict that Nicholas Ortiz was guilty of murdering three members of an El Rancho family in the middle of the night on Father’s Day five years ago. This was the second trial […]
  
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• Updated: France’s court annuls Kazakh banker’s extradition to Russia

  10-12-2016 01:29
  
  PARIS — A top French court refused to hand over a Kazakh banker-turned-dissident to Russia despite accusations he embezzled millions, saying it considered the extradition request from Moscow to be “politically motivated.” Hours after Friday’s ruling, Mukhtar Ablyazov walked free from a French prison, hugging his son, brother and lawyer. It was a surprise twist […]
  
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• Updated: Judge rejects pimping charges against escort services site

  10-12-2016 01:28
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California judge rejected pimping charges Friday against the operators of a major international website advertising escort services that the state attorney general has called the “world’s top online brothel,” citing federal free speech laws. California Attorney General Kamala Harris had charged Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer and former owners Michael Lacey and […]
  
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• Updated: Toulouse Oliver sworn in as Secretary of State

  10-12-2016 01:04
  
  SANTA FE — Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver was sworn in today as Secretary of State, pledging to get to work immediately to restore trust to the troubled office and to boost transparency and accountability. Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat, took the oath of office in a brief ceremony before more than 100 people in a packed […]
  
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• Exxon CEO emerges as Trump’s top secretary-of-state candidate

  10-12-2016 00:54
  
  ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson has emerged as the top candidate for secretary of state, according to two people familiar with the deliberations. Tillerson and former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney were two of the finalists, along with former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Giuliani withdrew his name from contention Friday. Tillerson […]
  
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• Speak Up! On Lobo football and the significance of being 6-3

  10-12-2016 00:53
  
  BOB DAVIE was 6-3 after 9 games and a horrible schedule with 2 of his losses coming against bottom 20 worst teams in the country. Bob Davie is a hero for playing a lousy team in a meaningless bowl game. Craig Neal is 6-3 against a decent schedule and no bad losses like a NMSU/Rutgers […]
  
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• New: Vote recounts in three NM legislative races affirm results

  10-12-2016 00:52
  
  SANTA FE — Vote recounts finalized today in three New Mexico legislative races affirmed the original results, spelling narrow escapes for two incumbent lawmakers and defeat for a third. The unofficial results of the recounts also solidified the political composition of the Legislature for the upcoming 60-day session, as Democrats will hold a 38-32 majority […]
  
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• Ashburn CEO sentenced to life in prison for murder of estranged wife

  10-12-2016 00:47
  
  When Michelle Castillo was found slain in her Ashburn home in March 2014, five children were left without a mother. Four of them, ages 11, 9, 6 and 3, were asleep in the house when it happened, while a fifth, then 21, was away at college. After a jury in June convicted their father, former […]
  
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