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Senate gives late-night OK to limiting document releases
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Senate late Wednesday gave final passage to a new legislative rule to limit public release of lawmakers’ documents and emails. The move to adopt... Read more »
New details on North Star/Double Eagle boundary
In this morning’s paper, I reported that APS is considering changing the attendance boundaries of North Star and Double Eagle elementary schools. Since then, APS has released new details about... Read more »
Clawback and PID bills headed to Senate floor
A bill that aims to tighten financial requirements for companies that receive taxpayer incentives and another aimed at protecting home buyers who purchase property in developments that use the Public... Read more »
Breaking: House approves pension solvency bill
A proposal to shore up one of the state’s two large public retirement systems will soon be landing on Gov. Susana Martinez’s desk. House members voted 48-17 to approve the... Read more »
Breaking: House signs off on $5.9 billion budget despite governor’s veto threat
One day after Gov. Susana Martinez suggested she would veto a $5.9 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year if the bill was not changed, the Democratic-controlled House forged ahead on the big-ticket spending plan in its current form.
- House also votes to approve high-profile pension solvency bill
Paradise becomes Panera Bread as bakery chain expands in N.M.
The Panera Bread name is about to start popping up all over the area. As I reported back in January, a new Panera Bread is opening on March 22 in... Read more »
Updated: Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected as Pope Francis
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.
At the Roundhouse: ‘Longmire’
While trying to avoid taking sides on the “Breaking Bad” bill and the state’s film tax credits, I admit I’m glad to hear that Season 2 of “Longmire” will be... Read more »
U.S. retail sales up 1.1 percent in Feb.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans spent at the fastest pace in five months in February, boosting retail spending 1.1 percent compared with January. About half the jump reflected higher gas prices,... Read more »
Sandia Ranger District continues burn
The Sandia Ranger District is continuing its Hondo Prescribed Burn today, about a mile and a half north on Interstate 40 and the village of Tijeras and west of the... Read more »
Cops: Las Cruces man tried to abduct ex
A Las Cruces man suspected of violating a restraining order and trying to abduct his ex-girlfriend Monday afternoon was arrested and booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center on... Read more »
50-year-old Phoenix arrest led to landmark Miranda ruling
PHOENIX (AP) — An arrest in Arizona 50 years ago that led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision is the subject of an exhibit that includes the handwritten confession... Read more »
Mescalero man accused of sex assault
Elroy Duffy, 51, a member and resident of the Mescalero Apache Nation, appeared Tuesday before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Las Cruces who ordered him held pending trial on a... Read more »
UPDATED: I-25 wrong-way driver had 0.20% alcohol level
SANTA FE — A blood test determined a woman’s blood alcohol concentration was well over the legal limit when she caused a crash that led to a baby being born... Read more »
Police investigate alleged Raton hazing
The Raton High School boys’ varsity basketball tean nearly had its season brought to an abrupt end following an alleged hazing incident last month during a bus trip home from... Read more »
New El Paso ballpark to replace city hall
EL PASO (AP) — The 10-story city hall in El Paso will be demolished April 14 to make way for a new $50 million minor league baseball park. City officials... Read more »
Colo.’s marijuana task force finishes work
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s marijuana task force that has been debating how the drug should be grown, sold and taxed has finished its work. The group is making its recommendations... Read more »
UPDATED: Man charged with stabbing wife
LOS LUNAS — The Las Maravillas man accused of stabbing his wife with a pocket knife in February has been indicted by a grand jury on aggravated battery charges. Dale... Read more »
Walmart asst. manager accused of theft
SOCORRO – A Walmart assistant manager is facing forgery and embezzlement charges after he allegedly tried to steal $2,200 from the store’s safe. Troy Parrill has a preliminary hearing in... Read more »
BREAKING: SWAT situation in NE ABQ
6:25am UPDATE: “We are currently dealing with a barricaded subject who is claiming to be armed,” Officer Robert Gibbs of the Albuquerque Police Department said in a news advisory. “SWAT... Read more »
UPDATED: Body found in Carnuel ID’d
The man whose body was found Tuesday afternoon near Cripple Creek in Carnuel has been identified as 34-year-old Joey Rael, Bernalillo County sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Williamson said in an emailed... Read more »
Farmington rape suspect caught in Okla.
U.S. marshals this week caught up with Mathew Black, who was facing a charge of criminal sexual penetration of a minor in Farmington, and arrested him in Oklahoma, the U.S.... Read more »
Mark Kelly under fire for buying AR-15
PHOENIX (AP) — The husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords generated nearly 4,000 comments on Facebook from people on both sides of the gun debate after he posted a... Read more »
Border agents nab N.J. murder suspect
U.S. Border Patrol agents in downtown El Paso Monday arrested a Mexican citizen who had an active arrest warrant for murder out of New Brunswick, N.J., the Border Patrol said... Read more »
