Lab Worker Pleads Not Guilty

A NOT GUILTY PLEA ON TUESDAY IN FEDERAL COURT FROM FORMER LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST TURAB LOOKMAN. THE 67 YEAR OLD IS ACCUSED OF LYING ABOUT CONTACTS HE ALLEGEDLY HAD WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. A JUDGE RULED THAT LOOKMAN CAN BE RELEASED ON A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND…BUT HIS TRAVEL WILL BE RESTRICTED TO THE…MORE

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Duke City Zoo Welcomes Wolf Pups

THE EFFORT TO REINTRODUCE WOLVES TO THE SOUTHWEST, INCLUDING PART OF NEW MEXICO, TAKES A STEP FORWARD AT THE ALBUQUERQUE BIO-PARK. TWO PUPS WERE BORN THERE IN EARLY MAY. THE TWO, A MALE AND A FEMALE, WERE THE FIRST NEW WOLF ARRIVALS IN NEARLY 15 YEARS. THE AS-YET UN-NAMED PUPS WERE BORN TO “KAWI” AND…MORE

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TJ’s Seed Sack Offical Rules

94.5 fm and am 770 News Radio “TJ’s Seed Sack Pumpkin” Contest Official Rules A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio station KKOB-AM (“Station”), owned and operated by Cumulus Radio LLC, 500 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102, during normal business hours Monday through Friday or by sending…MORE

Cleanup After Tornadoes in NM

THEY’RE CLEANING UP THE MESS AFTER TORNADOES HIT EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE STORMS THAT RAN THROUGH THAT PART OF THE STATE LEFT BEHIND A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION . VOLUNTEERS ARE HELPING MOP UP ALL THE DEBRIS. KOB TV REPORTS VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED AND AT LEAST TWO ROOSEVELT COUNTY HOMES WERE DAMAGED AFTER THE STORMS AND…MORE

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Fire Burning in the Lincoln Nat’l Forest

SO FAR, ONLY FIVE ACRES HAVE BURNED IN THE LONE MOUNTAIN FIRE IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST IN THE SMOKEY BEAR RANGER DISTRICT. THE FIRE STARTED SATURDAY AND WORD IS IT WAS CAUSED BY LIGHTNING. THE FIRE IS LOCATED ABOUT SIX MILES NORTH OF WHITE OAKS, NEW MEXICO. AT LAST CHECK, IT WAS ZERO PERCENT…MORE

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Fire Wipes Out Trailers in SE NM

FIREFIGHTERS IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO HAD TO FIGHT OFF A FIRE THAT ENGULFED FIVE TRAILERS IN MIDWAY MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE TRAILERS, THE FIRE ALSO THREATENED A HOME FOR A TIME. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED BY FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT THE FLAMES WITHOUT ANY INJURIES REPORTED.MORE

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NM Runoff Predicted to Encourage Water Sports

NEW MEXICO HAS GOOD RUNOFF THIS SEASON THANKS TO ALL THE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS … AND THE SNOW JUST KEEPS COMING, SO FAR. THE RUNOFF THIS YEAR IS EXPECTED TO SEND MUCH NEEDED WATER INTO THE RIO GRANDE, WHERE TOURISM SHOULD FLOURISH THIS SEASON. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS…MORE

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Former Los Alamos Lab Scientist Charged

A FORMER LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB SCIENTIST HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO RECRUIT PEOPLE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. SIXTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD TURAB LOOKMAN OF SANTA FE WAS ARRESTED LAST THURSDAY AND REMAINS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY. LOOKMAN COULD GET FIVE YEARS…MORE

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NM Organizing Gun Buy-Back Event

THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A GUN BUY-BACK PROGRAM LATER THIS SUMMER, AIMED AT PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER WANT THEIR FIREARMS. IT’LL BE HELD SATURDAY, JULY 13TH, AT THE CESAR CHAVEZ COMMUNITY CENTER ON KATHRYN AVENUE SOUTHEAST. ORGANIZERS WILL PAY 75-DOLLARS FOR HANDGUNS, RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS…AND 100-DOLLARS FOR ASSAULT RIFLES. THE WEAPONS MUST BE…MORE

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