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At the Roundhouse: Confirmation playbook
Hanna Skandera won’t be the first Cabinet nominee to be grilled by the New Mexico Senate. And while the Senate apparently will have a couple of field days questioning Skandera’s... Read more »
Heather Wilson appointed to NNSA review panel
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday appointed former Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., to a new commission that will recommend ways to improve the performance of the National Nuclear Security... Read more »
MDC inmate faces new charges after biting through officer’s finger
An Albuquerque man is facing new charges after he bit through the finger of a jail guard who was taking him out of a state district courtroom on Wednesday, officials... Read more »
UPDATE: Skandera confirmation hearing recessed
Hanna Skandera’s confirmation hearing has been recessed until tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. Today’s hearing before the Senate Rules Committee lasted only two hours; enough time for the public to... Read more »
PNM earnings improve, dividend raised
PNM Resources on Friday reported 2012 ongoing earnings of $105.6 million, or $1.31 per diluted share ...
Former Albuquerque officer sent to SD prison
A former Albuquerque police officer convicted of obstruction of justice is now in prison. KRQE-TV reports that Brad Ahrensfield was placed this week in a minimum security prison for men... Read more »
Denish won’t run for mayor
Former Lt. Gov. Diane Denish announced on Facebook this morning that she won’t run for mayor of Albuquerque this year. Here’s her full statement: “I have received encouragement from people... Read more »
Man strikes girlfriend, bites off her brother’s fingertip
An Albuquerque man is accused of striking his girlfriend and biting off one of her brother’s fingertips before fleeing and being hit by a vehicle. The fight occurred late Wednesday... Read more »
Clear and warmer heading into weekend
Skies will be clear and temperatures warmer heading into this weekend. Today: Sunny, with a high near 56. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low... Read more »
N.M. religious leaders to hold immigration rally
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Religious leaders from different faiths are scheduled to hold a rally in support of federal immigration reform. The coalition of faith leaders are slated Friday to... Read more »
Updated: N.M. braces for automatic budget cuts
Thousands of federal workers and contractors in New Mexico face unpaid furloughs. Santa Fe, Roswell and Hobbs could lose their airport control towers. And programs that fund everything from education... Read more »
N.M. art teacher recalled in fatal stabbing case
SANTA FE — Friends say 21-year-old Victoriano “Mo” Moises Byrne-Gonzales was an expectant father and aspiring artist who had just been promoted to assistant director at his Santa Fe preschool.... Read more »
Diocese of Las Cruces installs leader
Bishop Oscar Cantú comes to New Mexico from the Archdiocese of San Antonio
Police looking for Shooter
Albuquerque police were searching for an assailant who shot a man in the hip; the injured man was taken to University Hospital where he was reported to be in satisfactory... Read more »
NM House signs off on $122 million capital outlay package
Money for new vote-counting machines, university buildings and water rights settlements was approved today by the New Mexico House on a 58-10 vote. The $122.6 million public works package that... Read more »
Teen and fugitive boyfriend missing from Española
State Police are asking the public for help in finding a 16-year-old girl who is missing and possibly in danger after she and her boyfriend ran away Feb. 14 from... Read more »
Home-school bill passes the Senate
A bill that would provide funding to districts for home-school students who take courses at local schools has passed the Senate 29-10. Senate Bill 302 was sponsored by Sen. Craig... Read more »
Updated: Deputies come up short in search for fugitive
7:03 p.m. – After an “exhaustive search”, the sheriff’s department was unable to find the armed-and-dangerous suspect, whom they later identified as 32-year-old Ronnie Jaramillo. Jaramillo fled from his vehicle during... Read more »
Manhole Work Affects City Bus Routes
ABQ RIDE is detouring some of its bus routes because of street work on a manhole on Gold SW between First and Second. The detours, which began today, will last... Read more »
Middle Rio Grande Valley water irrigation season beginning, but with drought, how much water, and for how long?
The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District began diverting water into its irrigation ditches this week, but uncertainty hovered in the background over how much water valley farmers will get, and... Read more »
Recordings heard in fatal ‘good Samaritan’ N.M. case
SANTA FE — A New Mexico man charged with killing a preschool teacher who was trying to stop the man from beating his girlfriend was heard later telling his girlfriend... Read more »
