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Morphy Lake State Park To Open Sunday

Morphy Lake State Park will reopen for the season on Sunday, April 1, after being closed for the winter when visitation is minimal, state parks officials announced today. Morphy Lake,… Read more »

Best Buy To Close 50 Big Box Stores

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Best Buy Co. said it plans to close 50 U.S. big box stores and open 100 small mobile locations in the U.S. in fiscal 2013 and cut $800… Read more »

UPDATED: Roswell Shooting Over Loud Music

ROSWELL (AP) — Roswell police say loud music led a man to shoot his neighbor then turn the gun on himself. Police tell KRQE-TV 51-year-old Monico Carbajal was upset with… Read more »

ABQ Breaks Out in Rash of Accidents

As of 10 a.m., all the accidents in the Albuquerque area were cleared and traffic was flowing freely. After a relatively quiet beginning to the day’s commute, several crashes are… Read more »

UPDATED: Colo. Man Charged in Road Rage Rollover

UPDATED: Colo. Man Charged in Road Rage Rollover

Michael Waltenburg, 49, of Colorado, is facing a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for his part in a rollover accident on northbound Interstate 25 at Rio Bravo… Read more »

JetBlue Pilot Meltdown Baffles Friends

RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (AP) — No one recalls JetBlue Airways captain Clayton Osbon coming unhinged before. Not the airline that let him fly for 12 years, the neighbors in his secluded… Read more »

New Call Hours for Workforce Solutions

Beginning Monday, the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions’ Unemployment Insurance call center will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, according to a news release…. Read more »

Five Juarez Police Officers Slain at Party

Five Juarez police officers, including a police commander, were shot and killed at a party Wednesday night — the deadliest attack on police officers in the troubled city so far… Read more »

Los Alamos Man Accused of Rape

Gregory Thompson, 28, of Los Alamos, will be in court April 26 to be arraigned on charges that he raped another man while the man was asleep, the Los Alamos… Read more »

The newly-appointed interim president speaks at the news conference which announced the end to police shooting payments. (Troy Simpson/Journal)

UPDATED: Police Shooting Payments Halted

The practice of paying Albuquerque police officers involved in shootings has been halted. The decision was announced at a news conference with Mayor Richard Berry and the new interim leaders… Read more »

UPDATED: Judge Nixes Gun Defendant’s Release

A federal judge has denied a Reese family member’s motion for release from pretrial detention while he faces charges of allegedly selling weapons and ammunition to Mexican cartel members, the… Read more »

Los Lunas H.S. Football Field Vandalized

LOS LUNAS — Los Lunas Schools officials are trying to figure out who took a section of artificial turf from the Los Lunas High School football field last weekend. Desi… Read more »

Swing Set Stolen from Las Cruces School

Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect or suspects who stole a swing set from East… Read more »

Irrigation Season Starts in Southern N.M.

CABALLO (AP) — The Bureau of Reclamation says water will begin flowing from Caballo Reservoir into the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico early Sunday. The Rio Grande below the… Read more »

State Offers Free Boating Safety Courses

SANTA FE (AP) — The State Park Division says free boating safety courses will be offered starting in April at Elephant Butte Lake State Park. State law requires anyone born… Read more »

UPDATED: 2nd San Rafael Murder Suspect Gives Up

UPDATED: 2nd San Rafael Murder Suspect Gives Up

Murder suspect William “Bucky” Candler, 22, turned himself in to State Police officers at the Grants State Police office at 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to a New Mexico Department of… Read more »

N.M.’s TB Rate Above National Average

SANTA FE (AP) — New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that cases of active tuberculosis have stayed steady in New Mexico despite a 6 percent… Read more »

Native American Foster Families Needed

POJOAQUE(AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez says New Mexico needs more Native Americans willing to serve as foster families. The governor made the appeal Wednesday at a forum with tribal leaders…. Read more »

Texas Senator Tries To Block Lizard Listing

Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is trying to block the proposed listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species. Cornyn on Wednesday filed an amendment to… Read more »

Stolen Items Allegedly Found in Home of Man Accused of Illegally Renting Out Southwest ABQ Properties

Stolen Items Allegedly Found in Home of Man Accused of Illegally Renting Out Southwest ABQ Properties

An Albuquerque man accused of illegally assuming ownership of several homes and renting them out is now in trouble for allegedly having stolen items taken from at least one of… Read more »

Lead/Coal Off-Ramp Closed Tonight

The off ramp to the Lead/Coal exit on northbound Interstate 25 will be closed tonight. The exit will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. due to construction on Lead… Read more »

Scott Owens sit with tears in his eyes after the verdict was read in First District Court in Santa Fe, Tuesday April 19, 2011. Owens was found not guilty on all charges related to a accident that killed four teenagers in 2009. (Journal File)

Owens Pleads Not Guilty to DWI

Scott Owens pleaded not guilty to his latest DWI in Santa Fe Municipal Court this afternoon. Owens, 30 – who became well-known when he was drunk behind the wheel in… Read more »

Former Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. listens as First District Judge Michael Vigil sends him to get a 60 day evaluation on Jan. 27. (Journal File)

BREAKING: Jerome Block Jr. Gets Probation

Former Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block was placed on probation and won’t have to return to prison for felony charges including misuse of public campaign money and fraudulent use his… Read more »

Calvary Chapel East To Buy Former Blue Cross Campus

Calvary Chapel East has agreed purchase the former Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico campus in the Albuquerque foothills for an undisclosed amount, the Rev. Gary Cowan said today…. Read more »

Fire Evacuates ABQ Elementary School

Staff and students at M.A. Binford Elementary School were evacuated for about 45 minutes while a brush fire blazed nearby. Everyone was evacuated to the south side of campus as… Read more »