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 THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS YET TO SELECT ITS NEW POLICE CHIEF. BUT WE NOW KNOW WHO IT WON'T BE. INTERIM CHIEF ALLEN BANKS HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT HE'S RETIRING FROM THE DEPARTMENT...

 ANOTHER BILL TO BAN TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IS INTRODUCED AT THE LEGISLATURE. IT WOULD PROHIBIT ALL DRIVERS FROM TEXTING BEHIND THE WHEEL. SIMILAR MEASURES HAVE FAILED AT THE LEGISLATURE SINCE 200...

 EVERY YEAR, NEW MEXICO'S LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP FUND FALLS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SHORT OF DEMAND. NOW, A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO MAKE THE FUND SOLVENT.SENATOR JOHN ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) A state representative's illness has caused him to miss the beginning of the legislative session, and House Speaker Kenny Martinez says that illness may be due to a spider bit...

 SIXTY-EIGHT OUT OF 78 LIGHT POLES AT THE ISLETA AMPHITHEATER PARKING LOT ARE DAMAGED BY COPPER THIEVES. THE THEFTS HAPPENED LAST WEEK. BERNALILLO COUNTY PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR ED CHISMAR SAYS IT...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico's most populous county has money trouble. Bernalillo County Manager Tom Zdunek says the county will need to borrow money or cash out investments to pay its bills...

 THE BILL TO INCREASE POLICE PRESENCE IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE IS WITHDRAWN … BUT MORE OFFICERS WILL PATROL THE AREA ANYWAY. COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON WITHDREW HIS BILL AFTER CHIEF ALLEN BANKS ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) The retirement benefits of officers and firefighters injured in the line of duty would be protected under a bill pending in the New Mexico Legislature. The bill filed Tuesday by Re...

 A MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING A 76 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN ALBUQUERQUE IS FACING A LONG PRISON TERM. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY FRANCISCO PEREZ HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES, AND FACES A SENTENCE OF ANYWHER...

 AN ALLEGED WRONG-WAY DRUNK DRIVER IN SANTA FE NOW FACES THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED DWI RESULTING IN GREAT BODILY HARM. POLICE SPOKESPERSON CELINA WESTERVELT SAYS TEST RESULTS SHOW 52 YEAR OLD JO...