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APD REPORTS FEWER HOMICIDES SO FAR THIS YEAR
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY, AT THE CURRENT RATE, THE CITY WILL SEE THE LOWEST NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REPORTS THERE WERE 14 MURDERS IN ALBUQUERQUE DURING T...
Jul 08, 2013
COMMUNITY HONORS ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY GRADUATE
ABOUT 200 PEOPLE TURN OUT AT THE ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY SUNDAY TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THE 2010 GRADUATE WHO DROWNED IN LAKE MICHIGAN IN CHICAGO. TWENTY YEAR OLD AUSTIN HUDSON LAPORE WAS ATTENDING CO...
Jul 08, 2013
DOCS: MCDONALD’S STOP MADE BEFORE HOSPITAL CRISIS
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A New Mexico woman is facing child abuse charges after police said she stopped at a McDonald's before taking her severely injured 3-year old son to the hospital. KOB-TV rep...
Jul 08, 2013
NO RAISE FOR UNM HOSPITAL WORKERS
IT'S A SECOND YEAR WITHOUT A RAISE FOR MOST UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO EMPLOYEES. CONTRACT TALKS ARE STILL UNDERWAY FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. BUT UNION REPS SAY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ...
Jul 08, 2013
GROUP SAYS NM RANKS 25TH PER STUDENT SPENDING
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico finds itself in the middle of the pack in a recent ranking of per-student education spending by states. The Albuquerque Journal reports that the National Education As...
Jul 08, 2013
PROGRESS MADE ON MOST NM WILDFIRES
IT'S NOT NEARLY AS LARGE AS THE SILVER FIRE DOWN IN THE GILA … OR THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE NORTH OF PECOS … BUT THE JAROSO FIRE NEAR PECOS AND SOUTH OF TRUCHAS STARTED BY LIGHTNING...
Jul 08, 2013
DEFENSE LAUNCHED IN NM EX-OFFICER MURDER TRIAL
BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) The mother of a former Albuquerque police officer accused of killing his wife says the couple should have divorced years ago. An emotional Rita Romero, the mother of Levi Chavez,...
Jul 03, 2013
LAWMAKERS QUESTION NM MENTAL HEALTH AUDIT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) Some New Mexico lawmakers say the state's largest behavioral health providers are being smeared by the suspension of their funding and the secrecy surrounding alleged wrongdoi...
Jul 03, 2013
NM RECEIVING $1M GRANT FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico will receive a $1 million grant from the federal government to help provide medical care to uninsured children. U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced the gr...
Jul 03, 2013
NM ACLU FILES AGAINST WHOLE FOODS
WHOLE FOODS MARKET AND THE A-C-L-U OF NEW MEXICO SQUARE OFF OVER AN "ENGLISH ONLY" POLICY. LAST MONTH, WHOLE FOODS SUSPENDED EMPLOYEES LUPE GONZALES AND BRYAN BALDIZAN FOR COMPLAINING ...
Jul 03, 2013
