ABQjournal Photos of the Week

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Anna Sanchez-Glenn, chairwoman of the women's committee of the New Mexico Farm Bureau, helps Ronald McDonald select a bag of potatoes at a Smith's grocery on Carlisle NE. The Farm Bureau donated thousands of dollars in food Monday to Ronald McDonald House, which provides a home away from home for the families of hospitalized children. The event was part of a charitable "Food Check-Out Day" shopping event sponsored by Smith's and the Farm Bureau. Photographed Monday Feb. 8, 2010. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal) ...

Ski Rio Revival

Top photo, Skiers get ready to climb back on a snowcat for a ride back up the mountain at Endless Blue Resort near Amalia. Marc Harrell, bottom photo, skies through untracked snow. Friday, February 6, 2010. Read more. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Lobo Slide Show

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Xtreme Ice Racing

Russell "the Rocket" Green, left, and Anthony "the British Bulldog" Barlow, right, race around inside of the Santa Ana Star Center as they test the ice for the up coming Xtreme Ice Racing this Saturday night. The special bikes go 0-60 in under three seconds and they have no brakes as the racers race four across for four laps. Thursday, February 4, 2010. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) ...

The Death of Macho B

Macho B, a rare jaguar living in the United States, was captured and euthanized last year. A federal report just out blames game officials. ...

Search For Body

Workers haul concrete out of a garage in North Albuquerque Acres on Tuesday. Police believe the body of a local mechanic who disappeared in 2002 is buried beneath the garage. February 2, 2010. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Church Needs Matching Funds

The San Miguel Chapel on Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe, NM is one of the nation's oldest churches and Cornerstones Community Partnerships has received a "Save America's Treasures" grant of $200,000 for preservation efforts on the building. The historic church needs matching funds to access the grant.(Greg Sorber/Albuquerque Journal)

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Auto Show

Tanner Gillispie, 6, and his aunt, Becca Jones take a closer look at The Elegant Lady, a 1941 Willys, at Supernationals at Expo New Mexico, Sunday, Jan. 231, 2010. (Morgan Petroski/Albuquerque Journal) ...

New State License Plate

Gov. Bill Richardson shows off the state's new official license plates during a news conference Thursday in Santa Fe. New Mexico had two standard license plates - the classic yellow that has existed in various forms for years and the more modern looking hot-air balloon plate. But the state started phasing out the balloon plate this month.(Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal) ...

State Police Vehicle Burns

Firefighters put out the flames from an unmarked State Police car along Interstate 25 near the San Mateo exit Wednesday night. A State Police officer was driving northbound when he noticed in the rearview mirror sparks coming form the back of the car. The officer pulled over away from traffic, removed his weapons and most of his other gear and, within seconds, the car was fully engulfed in flames. The cause of the fire remains under investigation and appears to have been electrical. Officals do not suspect arson. The car is a total loss. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Stormy Weather

A snow plow works on U.S. 380 between San Antonio and Carrizozo Thursday as a winter storm hit New Mexico. (Journal Photo/Richard Pipes)
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A Way With Words

Chris Hunter, left, spells a word along with his brother as they compete in the Santa Fe County Spelling Bee. The contest was held at the Genoveva Chavez Community Center in Santa Fe January 27, 2010. Chris Hunter was the runner-up in the event. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Lobos vs. BYU Slide Show

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Stormy Weather

A Cholla cactus pokes through the snow at Elena Gallegos Picnic Area in Albuquerque's foothills. Another storm is on the way, according to the National Weather Service, targeting the state's eastern plains by Thursday. ...

Electronic Cigarettes: Too Good to be True?

Electronic cigarettes have raise concern from public health officials although some consumers say they think they are a safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes. In this photo illustration, and electronic cigarette user exhales vapor. Photographed Thursday Jan. 14, 2010. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal) ...

Lobos Vs. CSU Slide Show

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Rodent Refuge

Lucy, a dwarf hamster, peaks out of her cage at Cindy Cribbs' home, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Cribbs' sunroom is a combination rescue and sancturary called Haven for Hamsters. Read more in today's Fetch section. (Morgan Petroski/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Nature Center Clash

Parent Leslye Padilla, second from left, and three students from Monte Vista Elementary School use binoculars while bird watching at the Rio Grande Nature Center, photographed Wed. Jan. 20, 2010. A proposed education building for the Rio Grande Nature Center is drawing criticism from area residents. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal) ...

Snowy Scene

The first of three storms left this scene on the edge of Sandia Crest on Tuesday Jan. 19, 2010. Track the next two storms with the Journal's 5-Day Forcast. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal) ...

New Mexico Legislative Session Begins

House staff members listen to Wilfred Qintana, chief deputy sergeant of arms, at left bottom, during their orientation at the New Mexico State Capitol building on the floor of the house, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Of the 18 house staff members, only three are new for the legislative session. (Morgan Petroski/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Amy Biehl Kids Give Back For MLK Day

Amy Biehl High School students Miriam Macias, left, 17, Nina Montoya, second from left, 17, Victoria Smith, foreground top, 17, and Terrapin Frazier, foreground right, 14, repackage corn flakes at the Roadrunner Food Bank, Monday Jan. 18, 2010. Students from the high school marked Martin Luther King Jr. day by volunteering at the Road Runner Food Bank, Rio Grande Community Farm, and the Ronald McDonald House. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal) ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Nyima Orosco, 1, gets a ride on her mother, Lorrisa Orosco's shoulders during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. (Morgan Petroski/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Sandia Ski Area Slide Show

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Lobos Vs. Utah

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Railroad Crossing Safety Blitz

Santa Fe Police officers talk with motorists that pulled too far forward on a red light at Cerrillos Road and St. Francis Drive in Santa Fe Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Police were holding an "education blitz" to make sure people know to stop before the railroad signal.(Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Georgia O'Keeffe School Construction

Construction at Georgia O'Keeffe Elementary School, which is being rebuilt after two decades of housing students and classrooms in metal buildings, is expected to be completed in the summer. photographed on Friday January 8, 2010. (Dean Hanson/Albuquerque Journal) ...

One Man's Climb

After hiking to the top of Sandia Peak from the ski area base, Jason Strauch finds a quiet snowy spot to change into his snowboard boots, Thursday, New Years Eve morning, Dec. 31, 2009. Strauch has been hiking up the ski hill and snowboarding down before work, once a week, for the past 12 winters. "I just love winter in the mountains," Strauch said. On Thursday morning, Sandia Peak reported 14 inches of snow from the previous day. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Only Double Atomic Bomb Survivor Dies

Tsutomu Yamaguchi poses during a news conference at Nagasaki City Hall in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, in this July 20, 2007 file photo. Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93. Yamaguchi died Monday morning Jan. 4, 2010 of stomach cancer, the mass circulation Mainichi, Asahi and Yomiuri newspapers reported. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ...

Santa Fe River Trail Work

Marco Torres and other workers install a wire mesh that prevents erosion along the Santa Fe River where they are working on the next phase of the Santa River Trail, in Santa Fe Tuesday, January 5, 2010. This 3/4 mile section will have a concrete-paved path to connect the trail at Alto Park with one at Ricardo Road. This phase should be completed in April. A third section not under construction will contenue the trail to Frenchy's Field. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) ...

City Shuts Down Apartment Complex

Angelica Vazquez, left, packs up items in her apartment as her son Isidro Vazquez, center age 15, and husband Isidro Vazquez, right, in wheel chair, help, after all residents were told to vacate their apartments at the Western Palisades Apartments by Monday afternoon, photographed Monday Jan. 4, 2010. Mr. Vazquez is disabled and requires a wheelchair for mobility, requires kidney dialysis three times per week and was hospitalized following a carbon monoxide poisoning at the apartment complex. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal) ...

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