Sports Betting Coming to NM

A NEVADA SPORTS-BOOK COMPANY SAYS IT IS COMING TO NEW MEXICO. U-S BOOKMAKING SAYS IT IS SETTING UP SHOP AT THE SANTA ANA STAR CASINO AND WILL BEGIN OPERATING A SPORTS BOOK THERE ON OCTOBER 16TH. SPORTS WAGERING REMAINS ILLEGAL IN THE STATE BUT THE SANTA ANA STAR CASINO, ALONG WITH THE INN OF THE…MORE

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Trouble for NM Beauty Pageant

THE MAN WHO WAS THE NEW MEXICO BEAUTY PAGEANT’S FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND IN CHARGE OF THE MISS NEW MEXICO SCHOLARSHIP FINANCES HAD A SEARCH WARRANT CARRIED OUT ON HIS HOME. THIS AFTER SEVERAL OF THE MISS NEW MEXICO CONTESTANTS SAY THEY WERE ROBBED OF THEIR SCHOLARSHIP MONEY. THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GREG SMITH, WAS…MORE

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Child Murder Suspect Arrested on DNA Evidence

NEWLY RELEASED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW 6-YEAR OLD ARIANA ROMEO WAS STRANGLED TO DEATH IN RIO RANCHO IN AUGUST. THEY ALSO SHOW THE GIRL WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. THE PERSON WHO ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED THE CRIME, 21 YEAR OLD LELAND HUST, MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TUESDAY IN SANDOVAL COUNTY. HUST IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN…MORE

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NM Jewel Thief Sought

THE HUNT IS ON IN SANTA FE FOR A MAN SUSPECTED OF STEALING 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF JEWELRY FROM A PARKED CAR LAST MONTH. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN SAYS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR 47 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR. HE’S WANTED FOR TAKING HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF HAND-CRAFTED JEWELRY THAT BELONGS TO ARTISTS ALVIN MONTE…MORE

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What’s Missing From the Balloon Fiesta?

PLENTY OF HOT AIR BALLOONS AT THIS YEAR’S FIESTA IN ALBUQUERQUE…BUT THE GAS BALLOONS AREN’T FLYING. FIESTA BOARD PRESIDENT TY YOUNG SAYS A SCHEDULING CONFLICT FORCED A CANCELLATION IN THE AMERICA’S CHALLENGE RACE, WHICH WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOUNG TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE GORDON BENNETT RACE IN EUROPE WAS SCHEDULED VERY…MORE

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UNM Carjacking Suspect Cuffed

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 18 YEAR OLD SCOTT GIBBS ON CAR-JACKING CHARGES. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS GIBBS IS SUSPECTED OF BEING ONE OF THREE PEOPLE WHO ROBBED THREE UNM STUDENTS FRIDAY EVENING. THE VICTIMS WERE IN A PARKED CAR ON REDONDO NORTHEAST. ONE OF THEM LATER IDENTIFIED GIBBS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON SATURDAY AND POLICE…MORE

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Where Are The Gas Balloons?

PLENTY OF HOT AIR BALLOONS AT THIS YEAR’S FIESTA IN ALBUQUERQUE…BUT THE GAS BALLOONS AREN’T FLYING. FIESTA BOARD PRESIDENT TY YOUNG SAYS A SCHEDULING CONFLICT FORCED A CANCELLATION IN THE AMERICA’S CHALLENGE RACE, WHICH WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOUNG TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE GORDON BENNETT RACE IN EUROPE WAS SCHEDULED VERY…MORE

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Pipe Bomb Found in City Park

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO PLACED A PIPE BOMB IN A CITY PARK. THE DEVICE WAS DISCOVERED BY A PARKS AND REC CREW TUESDAY MORNING AT CITY VIEW PARK NEAR TRAMWAY AND COPPER. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED IN AND RENDERED THE DEVICE SAFE. DROBIK SAYS IT’S UNKNOWN…MORE

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Murder Suspect in Court

NEWLY RELEASED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW 6-YEAR OLD ARIANA ROMEO WAS STRANGLED TO DEATH IN RIO RANCHO IN AUGUST. THEY ALSO SHOW THE GIRL WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. THE PERSON WHO ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED THE CRIME, 21 YEAR OLD LELAND HUST, MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TUESDAY IN SANDOVAL COUNTY. HE’S CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH…MORE

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Sports Book Set to Launch

IS NEVADA-STYLE SPORTS BETTING COMING TO NEW MEXICO? U-S BOOKMAKING, A COMPANY THAT RUNS SPORTS BOOKS IN NEVADA, SAYS IT HAS A DEAL TO LAUNCH A SPORTS BOOK AT THE SANTA ANA STAR CASINO ON THE SANTA ANA PUEBLO NEAR BERNALILLO. U-S BOOKMAKING SAYS THE CASINO, ALONG WITH THE INN OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS IN…MORE

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