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UNION PROTESTS RETURN OF WORKERS TO NM BUILDING
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) State workers object to a plan to return Public Education Department employees to the basement of a Santa Fe building that's undergone remediation for mold and asbestos. A law...
Sep 17, 2013
FUGITIVE DENNY’S SHOOTING SUSPECT ARRESTED
AUTHORITIES IN EL SALVADOR ARREST FRANCISCO MELGAR-CABRERA, THE THIRD AND FINAL SUSPECT IN A JUNE, 2009 ROBBERY OF A DUKE CITY DENNY'S RESTAURANT THAT RESULTED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF STEP...
Sep 17, 2013
LOVER TESTIFIES IN ARIZONA FUGITIVE’S MURDER TRIAL
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) The cousin and girlfriend of escaped Arizona inmate John McCluskey says their run from the law turned into a “huge catastrophe'' when an Oklahoma couple they had...
Sep 17, 2013
RIO RANCHO MAYOR STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT INTEL
RIO RANCHO'S ECONOMY WILL TAKE A HIT WITH FRIDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT INTEL IS CUTTING 400 JOBS AT ITS CHIP MAKING PLANT THERE. BUT MAYOR TOM SWISSTACK TELLS 770 KKOB THAT'S NOT NE...
Sep 17, 2013
BARK BEETLES SEEN ON PINONS IN SANTA FE AREA
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) Santa Fe arborists say they're seeing a resurgence of tiny bark beetles that kill drought-stricken pinon trees. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, the beetles are the same...
Sep 17, 2013
ABORTION BAN ON COUNCIL AGENDA
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY EVENING WILL DECIDE IF AND WHEN A SPECIAL ELECTION SHOULD BE HELD ON A PROPOSED LATE TERM ABORTION BAN IN THE CITY. ENOUGH PETITION SIGNATURES WERE VERIFIED T...
Sep 16, 2013
CLEAN UP UNDERWAY FOLLOWING RECORD NM RAINS
THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN NEW MEXICO BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ LAST FRIDAY FREES UP 750 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REBUILD ROADS. AND SINCE GETTING A VIEW OF THE RAIN DAMAGE ACROSS THE STATE OVER ...
Sep 16, 2013
TWO DROWNING DEATHS IN NM
A 53 YEAR OLD PHOENIX RESIDENT IS NEW MEXICO'S FIRST WEATHER-RELATED DROWNING DEATH OF THE YEAR. STATE POLICE SAY STEVEN EISLEY WAS SWEPT AWAY IN HIS RENTAL CAR BY FLOODWATERS IN SIERRA COU...
Sep 16, 2013
NM GETS READY FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico in a few weeks hopes to start bringing some 150,000 more people onto the Medicaid rolls in advance of the federal government's deadline for expanding the program. J...
Sep 16, 2013
BENTON BILLS WOULD DELAY LOOP
TWO BILLS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT MONDAY'S ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WOULD DELAY A TRAFFIC LOOP FROM BEING BUILT AT JEFFERSON MID SCHOOL. COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON PLANS TO INTRODUCE...
Sep 16, 2013
