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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
NEW MEXICO LEGISLATOR APOLOGIZES TO CANDIDATES
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) A Hispanic state legislator is apologizing to two legislative candidates in Democratic primary races for referring to them in in ethnic terms and for deriding their character in an...
May 15, 2014
NAVAJO WATER SETTLEMENT CHALLENGED
THREE NEW MEXICO LAWMAKERS ARE ASKING THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF THE NAVAJO WATER SETTLEMENT WORKED OUT UNDER GOVERNOR RICHARDSON. FARMINGTON STATE SENATOR STEVE ...
May 15, 2014
100S OF GAY MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED IN BERNALILLO COUNTY
ALMOST 12 HUNDRED SAME SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN BERNALILLO COUNTY SINCE AN ALBUQUERQUE JUDGE RULED GAY MARRIAGE WAS LEGAL LAST AUGUST. COUNTY CLERK MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER SAYS T...
May 15, 2014
STATE COP RESIGNS OVER SCUFFLE WITH REPO MAN
A STATE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WITH A REPO MAN IN LOS LUNAS EARLIER THIS MONTH HAS RESIGNED. CHARLES VERNIER WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA HOLDING A TOW TRUCK DRIVER IN A CHOKE HOLD AFTER...
May 15, 2014
