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GAME AGENCY CONSIDERS DEER HUNTING REDUCTION
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) The state Game and Fish Department is seeking public comment on possible changes in hunting rules, including a proposal to reduce the number of licenses for hunting deer. Meetings ...
May 20, 2014
AWARD ENDS LAWSUIT ON ‘BILLY THE KID’ RECORDS
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) A New Mexico court has awarded an author $100,000 in damages in a lawsuit she brought over records on legendary outlaw Billy the Kid. The Albuquerque Journal reports that Distric...
May 20, 2014
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY SHOOTING DEATH
ALBUQUERQUE'S LATEST MURDER VICTIM HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED. POLICE SAY 34 YEAR OLD GATLIN ORTIZ WAS SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY MORNING IN THE 87 HUNDRED BLOCK OF SPOTTED PONY AVENUE SOUTHWEST. N...
May 19, 2014
COUNCIL EXPECTED TO CONSIDER BUDGET
ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE FINAL ACTION ON THE BUDGET AT THEIR MONDAY NIGHT MEETING. AT A HEARING LAST THURSDAY, COUNCILORS APPROVED EXTRA MONEY TO BOOST PAY OF POLICE OFFICERS B...
May 19, 2014
HOT DRY CONDITIONS CHALLENGE SIGNAL FIRE CREWS
THIS STANDS TO BE A DIFFICULT WEEK FOR FIRE CREWS WORKING THE 57 HUNDRED ACRE SIGNAL FIRE IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST. THE FIRE IS 60 PERCENT CONTAINED. BUT WITH HOT DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS NEW MEXICO T...
May 19, 2014
HAWKES AUTOPSY RELEASED
THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR HAS RELEASED THE AUTOPSY REPORT ON A WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY AN APD OFFICER LAST MONTH. THE REPORT SHOWS 19 YEAR OLD MARY HAWKES WAS SHOT THREE TIMES, S...
May 19, 2014
A-B-Q RIDE UNVEILS NEW BUSES
MORE A-B-Q RIDE BUSES ARE NOW RUNNING ON COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS. THE CITY IS PUTTING 21 OF THE NEW BUSES ON THE STREET…REPLACING OLDER ONES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME. A-B-Q RIDE&...
May 16, 2014
CRITICS SAY KAFB FUEL CLEANUP NOT ENOUGH
PLANS ARE IN PLACE TO CLEAN UP AT LEAST PART OF THE 6-MILLION-TO-24 MILLION GALLON JET FUEL SPILL DISCOVERED AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN 1999. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT THE AIR FORC...
May 15, 2014
OFFICIALS UPSET BY TRANSFER OF NUKE DUMP CONTRACT
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) Carlsbad officials are crying foul over a decision to transfer record storage — and jobs — for the government's troubled underground nuclear waste dump out of stat...
May 15, 2014
BURNOUTS UNDERWAY ON SIGNAL FIRE
THE SIGNAL FIRE IN THE GILA NEAR SILVER CITY IS STILL JUST OVER 57-HUNDRED ACRES. IT'S ALSO NOW 25 PERCENT CONTAINED … UP FROM 15 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. FIRE MANAGER KAREN TAKAI SAYS I...
May 15, 2014
