Friday, March 19, 2010 Emergency Fund Helps Livestock Losses By Rene Romo Journal Southern Bureau           LAS CRUCES — Ranchers who lose livestock to Mexican gray wolves will be able to seek compensation from a federal emergency fund that treats the predators like a natural disaster, such as ...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Aggies Ready To Dance By Rene Romo Journal Southern Bureau           LAS CRUCES — Aggie mania: New Mexico's other basketball team has gone from under the radar to the sky's the limit.         "We're stoked. It's a big, big fuss," said 21-year-old Nels Webber ...
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Saturday, March 06, 2010 Oregon Probes Truck Tax Credits By Rene Romo Journal Southern Bureau           LAS CRUCES — Oregon officials are investigating how a local trucking company, Mesilla Valley Transportation, received millions of dollars worth of energy tax credits when only a small fraction ...
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010 Governor Signs Spaceport Bill By Rene Romo Journal Southern Bureau           LAS CRUCES — The Legislature's passage of a bill that protects commercial space companies from liability from "the inherent risks" of space flight was essential to putting New Mexico's ...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 Monuments Spark Concern By Rene Romo Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Southern Bureau           LAS CRUCES — The concept of two new national monuments in southern New Mexico, one in the state's oil patch, is being welcomed by environmental groups and ...
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... convictions.         ED DOVER         Albuquerque         Wolves Not Given Chance To Flourish in Our State         THE JOURNAL'S recent article by Rene Romo, showing the reduction in the number of wolves in the wild makes me angry and concerned — for the wolves. It seems that year after year ...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 It's Official: Hatch Eatery's Big Pig Is In By Rene Romo Journal Southern Bureau           HATCH — A giant pink pig will get to see another day advertising Sparky's diner here.         The village Board of Trustees voted 4-0 Tuesday evening to grant a ...
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Mexican Gray Wolf Population Dropped in '09 By Rene Romo Journal Southern Bureau           LAS CRUCES — The wild population of endangered Mexican gray wolves continued what federal officials called a disappointing downward trend last year, with wolf numbers tumbling ...
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Not Everybody Digs Sparky's Pig By Rene Romo Journal Southern Bureau           HATCH — Sparky's diner features two former A&W restaurant mascots, chubby people with burgers held aloft, on the roof, plus a Ronald McDonald figure standing out in front near Colonel ...
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 That Sinking Feeling By Rene Romo Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Southern Bureau           CARLSBAD — This city embraces nearby Carlsbad Caverns National Park and the hundreds of thousands of tourists who flock to it each year, but another cavern hidden ...
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