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• California Officials Investigating Flight of Migrants to Sacramento

  04-06-2023 23:18 via nytimes.com
  
  The state attorney general’s office said the migrants carried documents that specified a Florida government agency and a firm that dropped migrants in Martha’s Vineyard last year.
  
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• Migrants Abruptly Flown from Texas to California on Private Charter

  04-06-2023 23:07 via nytimes.com
  
  The state attorney general’s office said the migrants carried documents that specified a Florida government agency and a firm that dropped migrants in Martha’s Vineyard last year.
  
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• Albuquerque police arrest ATV driver who was allegedly doing wheelies and more on the ART bus lane

  04-06-2023 22:34
  
  Albuquerque police officers tailed and jailed an ATV driver described as doing stunts and otherwise driving recklessly on a dedicated bus lane before leading officers on a pursuit.Gregory Cordova, 31, was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center on Saturday on charges of reckless driving, aggravated fleeing of a law enforcement officer and three counts of failure to stop upon striking an unattended vehicle, according to police and jail records. Gregory Cordova (MDC)According to the Albuquer
  
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• Pet care: Scratching the surface of an itchy situation

  04-06-2023 21:03
  
  First in a series.Poking my head into the reception room my gaze fell on a nicely groomed Old English sheepdog – my next patient. As I invited her and her person into the exam room I noticed a slight left head tilt. Her gait was normal, with no tendency to veer to one side. An ear infection seemed more likely than a neurologic cause but I would also check her teeth. Shaking the hand of my new client I was stuck by this lady's quiet confidence. Her name was Miss Manners – really, that
  
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• New Mexico Finance Authority launches program to rehabilitate homes

  04-06-2023 18:23
  
  (Bloomberg photo by George Frey)MFA launches program to rehabilitate homesThe New Mexico Finance Authority's board of directors has approved the Restoring out Communities Program aimed at reducing vacated and abandoned homes by acquiring, rehabilitating and reselling single-family homes in communities across New Mexico to create workforce housing and offer financial aid to homebuyers through downpayment assistance programs, according to a news release.The program has $2 million in funding avail
  
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• New Mexico has much to celebrate this Pride Month

  04-06-2023 17:00
  
  Like many people, we have watched with growing alarm as state legislatures in places like Texas, Florida and Nebraska pass laws rolling back hard-fought freedoms and rights for the LGBTQ+ community. As New Mexico lawmakers, we knew we had a responsibility to prevent the same thing from happening here.Over the last several months, we have heard from constituents, community members and advocates worried that they or someone they love might suddenly lose access to life-saving health care or the abi
  
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• Housing Forward is key to the promise of Albuquerque

  04-06-2023 17:00
  
  Mayor Tim KellerIn Albuquerque, New Mexico, there is nothing more fundamental, more important than family. Our priorities, from public safety to housing and everything in between, all reflect our commitment to supporting the families that are the lifeblood of our city. At the end of the day, all that we do, we do for our families.A couple of weeks ago, we came together for our annual State of the City celebration where we shared stories of everyday people in the community whose diverse struggle
  
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• Endangered species need a new approach to conservation

  04-06-2023 17:00
  
  The Endangered Species Act has been our national law for 50 years this year. Last month we recognized our endangered species including New Mexico's iconic lesser prairie chicken on Endangered Species Day. However, New Mexico nonprofit CEHMM rightly sounded the alarm bell for the lesser prairie chicken when it noted its population count of less than 230 birds remaining on 26 leks in the Eastern New Mexico shinnery oak region on lands enrolled in its conservation program.The numbers reported by CE
  
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• BLM needs to lay out what it wants new land rule to do

  04-06-2023 17:00
  
  Citizens in a democracy should be skeptical when any government agency says it needs a new rule, especially when it says the rule won't interfere with existing rights or uses but will "enhance" the agency's efficiency and decision-making consistency.Why does an agency need a new rule to be efficient? Why does an agency need a new rule to make science-informed decisions?A recent rule salvo from a federal agency is the Bureau of Land Management (BLM's) proposed "Public Lands Rule." The BLM listed
  
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• Ukraine keeps up pressure following Russian declaration of victory in Bakhmut

  04-06-2023 09:19
  
  OUTSIDE BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) -- Watching imagery from a drone camera overhead, Ukrainian battalion commander Oleg Shiryaev warned his men in nearby trenches that Russian forces were advancing across a field toward a patch of trees outside the city of Bakhmut.
  The leader of the 228th Battalion of the 127th Kharkiv Territorial Defense Brigade then ordered a mortar team to get ready. A target was locked. A mortar tube popped out a loud orange blast, and an explosion cut a new crater in an already
  
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• New Mexico’s free child care program a lifeline for working parents – where available

  04-06-2023 09:05
  
  Felix Otero embraces his 7-year-old daughter, Destiny, on the playground of East Gate Kids Early Learning Center in Albuquerque on May 3. Otero is receiving free child care under New Mexico’s expanded child care assistance program. (Chancey Bush/Albuquerque Journal)When Felix Otero first got custody of his young daughter, Destiny, about two years ago, he didn't have family around to watch her while he went to work.He would bring her to Big O Tires where he is a service manager, and she wo
  
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• New Mexico’s expanded child care subsidy is a lifeline for working parents – where available EXCERPT:

  04-06-2023 09:05
  
  Copyright © 2023 Albuquerque JournalWhen Felix Otero first got custody of his young daughter, Destiny, about two years ago, he didn't have family around to watch her while he went to work.
  He would bring her to Big O Tires where he is a service manager, and she would hang out in the office during his shift. But Destiny would often wander out looking for him and Otero realized he had to come up with another plan.
  He tried four different child care centers–one he felt wasn't mindful eno
  
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• ‘We Spread’ explores what it means to grow old

  04-06-2023 09:02
  
  "We Spread" is a taut novel packed with mysteries, starting with the title and a front cover design of intertwined tree roots.Author Iain Reid's writing style is spare. There's much left unsaid, allowing readers to interpret who's who and what's what.The tone haunts. And the characters are pencil-sketched rather than deeply drawn. Less is more.The main setting is Six Cedars Residence, a long-term care facility in a wooded area outside of an unidentified town. It's a residence with only two careg
  
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• Popejoy bringing the best of Broadway and beyond to ABQ

  04-06-2023 09:02
  
  Madeline Powell as Eliza Doolittle, foreground, and John Adkison as Colonel Pickering, background, in The National Tour of “My Fair Lady.” (Courtesy of Jeremy Daniel)Popejoy Hall is getting the best of Broadway.The upcoming season has plenty of musicals – both modern and classics – ready to hit the iconic stage.The 2023-2024 Broadway in New Mexico series will see the return of "Disney's The Lion King," as well as the classic "My Fair Lady." "The Lion King" kicks off the
  
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• One ABQ park shares its tenacity and name with a U.S. diplomat

  04-06-2023 09:02
  
    A West Side park in Albuquerque is named for the former ambassador to China, Pat Hurley, who is pictured here in 1929. (Courtesy of Library of Congress)Editor's note: The Journal continues "What's in a Name?," a once a month column in which writer Elaine D. Briseño will give a short history of how places in New Mexico got their names.Pat Hurley Park provides one of the most stunning, publicly-accessible views of Albuquerque, and while many have perched on its hilltop taking in the
  
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• No jest, Upstart Crows to perform ‘King Lear’

  04-06-2023 09:02
  
  Mairi Chanel and LaLa Grenier as Goneril and Regan rehearse a scene from “King Lear.” (Courtesy of Caryl Farkas)Itai Rosen was launching his own production of "King Lear" when he died suddenly in 2022.This month, the Upstart Crows of Santa Fe are honoring that production with a staging of Shakespeare's tragedy at La Tienda at Eldorado."He had amazing ideas," founding director Caryl Farkas said. "He kept notebooks full of sketches and ideas."Rosen had been creating his first Blackfri
  
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• Mysterious white spots a tomato plant puzzler

  04-06-2023 09:02
  
  Q: My Early Girl tomato plant has little, tiny white things on the leaves. It seems as if some of the leaves are eaten away. Will this affect my tomatoes, which are growing or the blossoms? I assume it's a mite of some sort. So if that's the case, will a spray of hand soap help or is there something in the store I should get? This plant is growing in a pot on my patio. – P.L., AlbuquerqueA: My first question is, when the plant is bumped or jostled do the little white things come off the pl
  
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• Festival to put on free shows of two of Shakespeare’s plays

  04-06-2023 09:02
  
  Tait Petersen, left, and Versai Knight star in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” (Courtesy of Jason Ponic)Flush with slapstick and mistaken identities, two of Shakespeare's frothiest comedies take the stage at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial and the National Hispanic Cultural Center this summer."The Comedy of Errors" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" run from June 9 through July 8 and admission is free.Director Paul Ford is staging "The Comedy of Errors" with more than a hint of vau
  
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• Chatter concert to feature rare instruments

  04-06-2023 09:02
  
  Percussionist Alan Zimmerman and the soprano and tenor bells that are a part of the Old Grandad #4 American Gamelan set. (Courtesy of Chatter)Chatter will perform a concert featuring a rare set of instruments known as the American Gamelan on Sunday, June 11, in its warehouse space at 912 Third St. NW.The American Gamelan, which became nicknamed "Old Granddad," is a set of highly resonant instruments consisting of tuned metal pipes and aluminum keys. Only four of these American Gamelan sets exis
  
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• Annual exhibit boasts layers of pastels with ‘Enchanted Colors’

  04-06-2023 09:02
  
  “Lemons with Glass Bottles,” Sarah Blumenschein. (Courtesy of the Millicent Rogers Museum)The New Mexico Pastel Society's annual exhibition germinated in 1991 at Albuquerque's American Furniture Warehouse with 12 artists.This year's show – the 31st – encompasses 73 works at the Millicent Rogers Museum, augmented by an additional 40 online.Still lifes, portraits and landscapes dominate "Enchanted Colors." The exhibition runs through June 18.This year's event drew 219 entr
  
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• And for your second wish …?

  04-06-2023 09:02
  
  Marcus M. Martin as Genie in the National Tour of “Aladdin.” (Deen van Meer/Disney)Marcus M. Martin is a fan of the Tony Awards.When the performer was 16, he recalls watching the award show and seeing James Monroe Iglehart take home the Tony for best featured actor in a musical for his portrayal of Genie in "Aladdin."Flash forward nearly a decade and Martin is in the role of Genie on the national tour of "Aladdin.""Seeing James Monroe Iglehart on that stage winning the award resonat
  
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• Prince says he struggled with decision to leave United

  04-06-2023 08:55
  
  Zach Prince, shown in a file photo from September 2022, announced after Saturday's game that he is  leaving the club for another opportunity. (Mike Sandoval/For the Journal)Zach Prince's tenure with New Mexico United ended on a sudden and emotional note.Eleven games into his second season as head coach and technical director, Prince announced his departure after Saturday night's 1-0 loss to El Paso Locomotive FC at Isotopes Park.Prince had informed club president/CEO roughly two weeks earl
  
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• Springtime is nesting time for many NM birds

  04-06-2023 08:02
  
  Cathryn Cunningham/JournalFor birds, the spring and summer months are spent establishing a nesting territory, attracting a mate, building a nest and raising one or more broods of young.Nesting cycles vary with different species. Some birds begin nest building as early as February while others begin as late as July.The American robin is a familiar backyard bird to most of us. Robins begin nest building in the spring and it can take from four-to-seven days to complete.The female lays the first eg
  
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• Fishing Line for June 4, 2023

  04-06-2023 08:02
  
  CATCHES OF THE WEEKVictor Trujillo Jr. and Victor Trujillo Sr.of Rio Rancho caught a 24-inch rainbow trout and an 18-inch rainbow trout at Charette Lakes using Blue Fox minnow lures on May 24.Jim Sanchez and Larry of Albuquerque caught their limits of walleye at Conchas Lake trolling nightcrawler rigs in 5 feet of water on May 18.At Morphy Lake, Angelina Garciaof Las Vegas caught a 19-inch rainbow trout using Salmon Peach PowerBait on May 26. ... Jeffrey Sandoval, along with Collin Mckellerand A
  
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• Explore Albuquerque’s many trails during Global Running Day

  04-06-2023 08:02
  
  Albuquerque-based runner Roman Gurule often runs through the many trails in and around Albuquerque. (Courtesy of Roman Gurule)New Mexico boasts more than 300 days of sunshine.Sure, there's wind, rain and snow, but usually not enough to keep harriers indoors.On Wednesday, June 7, Global Running Day will take place across the world.According to the organization, the virtual event is a worldwide celebration of running that encourages people of all ages and abilities to get moving. Participants can
  
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• Former Archbishop of Santa Fe dead at 83

  04-06-2023 06:46
  
  Archbishop of Santa Fe Michael Sheehan
  The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced late Saturday that former Archbishop Michael Sheehan has died.Leslie Radigan, a spokeswoman for the Archdiocese, said Sheehan died Saturday at the age of 83. She did not give a cause of death."He was a faithful servant of the Lord who loved this local Church and all its priests, deacons, religious and lay faithful. May Archbishop Sheehan rest in peace, and may his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in
  
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• Report: Borrego is returning to NBA, joining New Orleans as assistant

  04-06-2023 06:27
  
  Charlotte Hornets head coach James Borrego gestures to players during the first half of the team's NBA play-in basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)Albuquerque native James Borrego has accepted a position as assistant coach for the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans, ESPN reported Saturday.Borrego, 45, was head coach for the Charlotte Hornets from 2018-22. His title with New Orleans will be associate head coach, ESPN said. It is his
  
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• A raucous meeting in 1973 may have been the tipping point to create Albuquerque’s ‘strong mayor’ structure

  04-06-2023 05:39
  
  Copyright © 2023 Albuquerque JournalThe beginning of the end of Albuquerque's now-defunct City Commission came during a raucous meeting in December 1973, when commissioners voted 3-2 to fire the city manager.Accusations flew back and forth for five hours at a packed Convention Center Auditorium with an estimated 500 in attendance."The City Commission has lost control," then-Commissioner Bob Poole said. "Policy has gravitated to the city manager."Flash forward half a century, and a pair of A
  
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• New Mexican Spanish, a unique American dialect, survives mostly in prayers

  04-06-2023 05:01
  
  HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) -- On a spring Saturday afternoon, two "hermanos" knelt to pray in the chapel of their Catholic brotherhood of St. Isidore the Farmer, nestled by the pine forest outside this hamlet in a high mountain valley.
  Fidel Trujillo and Leo Paul Pacheco's words resounded in New Mexican Spanish, a unique dialect that evolved through the mixing of medieval Spanish and Indigenous forms. The historic, endangered dialect is as central to these communities as their iconic adobe churches, and
  
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• Male prep athlete of 2022-23: Coach’s kid Brody excelled on field, court

  04-06-2023 04:36
  
  Elijah Brody, of West Mesa, is the Journal's 2022-23 metro male Athlete of the Year. (Chancey Bush/ Albuquerque Journal)Elijah Brody's metro-hopping journey is partially tethered to a coach he never played for, a school he knew little about, and a door he might not have foreseen opening for him.The coach is Anthony Ansotigue, the former head football coach at West Mesa High School. He stepped down from that job after the 2021 season.Early in 2022, that vacancy was filled by Brody's father, Land
  
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• Female metro athlete of 2022-23: With club or racquet, Romero is a winner

  04-06-2023 04:25
  
  Stephanie Romero, of La Cueva High School, is the Journal's 2022-23 metro female Athlete of the Year. (Chancey Bush/ Albuquerque Journal)Fire N Nice. The Smiling Assassin. Or something else. Stephanie Romero could use a nickname. Something that represents both her talents and the inherent dichotomy in her personality."She's a fiery competitor," said Eric Orell, Romero's golf coach at La Cueva High. "You just don't see that fire."She is shy, sweet, extremely soft-spoken, giggly – which mig
  
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• Great Southwest Track and Field: Dallas hurdler is making a name for himself; see how NM stars fared

  04-06-2023 04:02
  
  Texas’ Alexander Chukwukelu finishes in first place in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles event with a time of 13.54 during the Great Southwest Track and Field Classic at the University of New Mexico Track & Field and Soccer Complex in Albuquerque, N.M., on June 3, 2023. (Chancey Bush/ Albuquerque Journal)(Meet results can be found here.)It’s a name that’s difficult to both spell and pronounce, but one track and field fans might be wise to file away:Alexander Chukwukelu.The
  
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• Editorial: Public needs justice and a safety plan going forward for annual Red River Memorial Day event

  04-06-2023 04:00
  
  Who would have thought 28,000 bikers converging in a 1-square-mile mountain town of 539 people for Memorial Day weekend could get out of control?Local businesses apparently knew the risks of having rival motorcycle gangs in town for the 41st annual Red River Memorial Day Weekend Motorcycle Rally. A sign outside the Bull O' the Woods Saloon on Main Street stated: "NO COLORS! No Club Affiliated Clothing Allowed. Jackets, T-Shirts, Hats, etc."But a haphazard dress code wasn't enough to preserve pub
  
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• Bookworms come out in force, kick off Summer Reading Program

  04-06-2023 03:59
  
  Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" and other classics filled the sun-warmed courtyard where children played lawn games while inside the Lomas Tramway Library, Imperial soldiers and Jedi encouraged children to read as the Summer Reading Program kicked off Saturday morning.Imperial soldiers and Jedi from the 501st Dewback Ridge Garrison and The Rebel Legion "Star Wars" groups handed out stickers and posed for photos during the event, which also included a craft room where children could make tops out
  
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• United falls to El Paso before big crowd at Isotopes Park

  04-06-2023 03:23
  
  New Mexico United fell 1-0 to visiting El Paso Locomotive FC on Saturday night at Isotopes Park in United Soccer League Championship play.The match was witnessed by an announced turnout of 11,247.The Journal's Ken Sickenger was on hand. Look for his report here later and in Sunday's Journal print edition. Subscribe to ABQjournal. Call 505-823-4400
  
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• Prince leaving as United coach after 1-0 home loss to El Paso

  04-06-2023 03:23
  
  With a season-best crowd on hand to help celebrate one of the franchise's most popular players, United could not muster a goal at Isotopes Park. And after the match, it lost its coach.Rival El Paso Locomotive FC had the better of things for most of the night and rode Denys Kostyshyn's second-half header to a 1-0 victory on Saturday in front of an announced 11,247 fans.After the match, United announced "the departure" of head coach and technical director Zach Prince. The team offered no details o
  
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• Follow live: El Paso Locomotive FC at NM United

  04-06-2023 03:23
  
   The game is underway at Isotopes Park between host New Mexico United and El Paso Locomotive FC in United Soccer League action. The two rivals are 3-3-7 against each other all time.The Journal's Ken Sickenger is staffing the game. Check out his game preview here. Look for his report here later and in Sunday's Journal print edition. Also check out his Twitter feed below. https://twitter.com/KenSickengerSubscribe to ABQjournal. Call 505-823-4400
  
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• Sports Speak Up! On the Lobo-Aggie basketball impasse, Yvonne Sanchez and Pitino’s new assistant coach

  04-06-2023 02:41
  
  PERSONALLY, I'D BE very disappointed if future UNM/NMSU football and basketball rivalry games were curtailed. Both teams are evenly matched and the games are exciting. I see the events at NMSU and at UNM this past year as an anomaly, albeit a very serious one. Eddie Nunez is absolutely right in demanding a written security plan for future events at NMSU. Hope we can put this behind us and learn from it.— Bob, UNM AreaASSISTANT BASKETBALL coaches come and go with about the same regularity a
  
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• Española woman bites into cocaine baggie after ordering Sonic hot dog

  04-06-2023 02:14
  
  David Salazar (Española Police Department)
  A Sonic in Española had one thing "others don't."A woman who ordered a hot dog from the drive-thru on Tuesday got a mouthful of cocaine when she took a bite.Authorities say a cook is the one who left it there.David Salazar, 54, is charged with drug possession in the May 30 incident and a warrant has been filed for his arrest.It is unclear if Salazar has an attorney.Española police responded to the Sonic at 605 South Riverside to in
  
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• Woman dies while in the custody of the Metropolitan Detention Center

  04-06-2023 00:15
  
  A woman died at an Albuquerque hospital early Friday morning after being transported from the Metropolitan Detention Center — the state's largest jail where nearly two dozen inmates have died in the past three years.Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Angelina Navarro identified the woman as 30-year-old Destiny Baca, who had been booked into the jail days earlier on a warrant for missing a court hearing.Navarro said deputies were called around 2:30 a.m. to investigate Baca's dea
  
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