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House OKs reduced pot penalties

First-time possession of small amounts wouldn't mean jail
State water bills down to trickle

State water bills down to trickle

New Mexico's water problem is simple. We're using more than we've got.    ...
Española Valley fans cheer for their team during the 4A boys state basketball championship game against Goddard at the Pit in March 2011. Thousands will flock to Albuquerque for this year’s tournament.

Hoops dreams visit Duke City

They're coming — from Shiprock and Hobbs, from Cliff and Des Moines.    T ...

State Supreme Court hears gay bias case

Studio refused to photograph ceremony
Canyon Young, foreground, and his brother, Cody Young, practice their .22-caliber rifle skills last May at the National Rifle Association’s Whittington Center near Raton. The Youngs, from Sandia Park, competed the next day in the NRA’s Youth Hunter Education Challenge. (courtesy of Patti young)

Ammo shortage

The scarcity of ammunition, fanned by fears that gun ownership is being jeopardized by proposed stricter gun laws, could impact a youth competition near Raton sponsored by the National Rifle Association.

House OKs increase in land grant payouts

Also approved was a bill protecting lawmaker emails.
DE LA CRUZ: His proposal  differs from ABQ’s

Wage hike proposed for Bernalillo Co.

County Commissioner Art De La Cruz plans to introduce a proposal that would raise the minimum wage to $8.50 an hour in Bernalillo County.
Leslie Everett prepares to use the crosswalk at Wyoming and Carmel NE, a trip she makes often but one she says is dangerous because cars don’t appear to know they must give pedestrians the right of way in crosswalks. In the stroller are her children, Jaren, 3, (left, not visible) and Kaylen, 2. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal.)

Drive safely, and look out for moms, babies

Note to motorists:    It is never a good idea to nearly run over a mom pushing a jogg ...
Shown here is the lobby of the $13.5 million state-of-the-art facility at UNM’s Rio Rancho campus. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Journal)

Ghost town campus

The “live in Rio Rancho, graduate in Rio Rancho” philosophy that helped the University of New Mexico convince voters in 2008 to approve a quarter-cent gross-receipts tax for a new campus isn’t yet working out as planned.
New Mexico Public Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera, with Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Saturday during her confirmation hearing. (Eddie Moore/Journal)

Sens. grill Skandera for 3 hours

Education designate defends record; vote on confirmation delayed
The state-run Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center for mentally ill and violent boys from 13 to 17 years old has been the subject of investigations by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department and the advocacy group, Disability Rights New Mexico, over the use of restraints on residents.  (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal)

State center for troubled boys under fire

Use of restraints at issue
Former Gov. Bill Richardson made his latest trip to North Korea in January. (The associated press)

As the worm turns

Dennis Rodman and hoops diplomacy are out of bounds.