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Fuel Oil Spills Near Bosque del Apache After Train Derails – 6:50pm MDT
Railway spokesman says the spill is being cleaned up and is where it doesn't pose a threat to the wildlife refuge ... (By Olivier Uyttebrouck)

Central/San Mateo Traffic Signal Work On Wednesday – 6:13pm MDT
Traffic control lights at Central and San Mateo will be out from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, while a control cabinet is replaced. ... (By Lloyd Jojola)
Feds Give Grants to 3 N.M. Small Businesses for R&D – 5:08pm MDT
The more than $2.7M was awarded through the U.S. Department of Energy's Small Business Innovation Research program ...

Latest Reports from APD – 4:23pm MDT
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Las Cruces Police Ask Public's Help To Find Missing Man – 3:52pm MDT
Officers are searching for 56-year-old Robert Stern, who police say may be a danger to himself ...

Curry County Inmate Back in Custody After Being Mistakenly Released – 3:26pm MDT
The 45-year-old man was apprehended at a relative's home in Clovis ...

N.M. Cabinet Secretary Hired as Santa Fe County Manager – 3:01pm MDT
Department of Finance and Administration Secretary Katherine Miller will begin the new job on Sept. 2 ...







Zoo Break-in Group Identified, Charged – 2:52pm MDT
Albuquerque Police charged 12 people in connection with a June 1 break in at the Rio Grande Zoo during which they took pictures of themselves in animal enclosures. ... (By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez)

Police Identify Man Killed By Officer – 2:00pm MDT
Len Fuentes had criminal history in California, police said ... (By Astrid Galvan)
N.M. Hits Million Mark of Registered Organ, Tissue Donors – 1:34pm MDT
New Mexicans can register at MVD or at new online registry ...
Deming Gets Grant Money for Planned Sports Complex – 12:59pm MDT
The $300,000 awarded by the New Mexico Finance Authority will be used for an irrigation pipeline ...
Father Accused of DWI in Crash That Killed Baby Boy – 12:17pm MDT
Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office awaiting results of warrant-obtained blood draw taken from the father, who refused a breath test ...
NM Shut Out of Race to the Top – 12:05pm MDT
The federal government this morning named 18 states and the District of Columbia as finalists in the federal Race to the Top program, a competitive grant that aims to use stimulus money as an incentive for education reform. New Mexico was not among the finalists. ... (By Hailey Heinz)
Shark Week at the Albuquerque Aquarium Begins Saturday – 11:28am MDT
Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about one of the ocean's most misunderstood creatures ...
Morning Roundup – 10:40am MDT
News from around New Mexico: ... (By Jim McElroy)
9:00am – BCSO Deputy Under Investigation for Remarks to Protesters
YouTube video shows lawman bad-mouthing religious picketers, their beliefs. ...
8:35am – Uganda Honors Lordsburg Priest
Priest, who died in 2009 car crash, recognized for work with Ugandan orphans. ...
8:10am – Uranium Resources Inc. Moving Ahead With Church Rock Project
Firm seeking state and federal OK to begin uranium production by 2013. ...
7:45am – Los Lunas Pastor's Family Sues Wal-Mart for Wrongful Death
Suit claims firm refused to turn over evidence that could have saved man's life. ...
7:20am – High-Ranking Juarez Cartel Leader in Custody
Man, 39, allegedly ran drug operations, collected U.S. cash for cartel boss. ...
6:55am – Durango Restaurant Manager Found Shot to Death in Home
Man's body found Saturday morning; authorities investigating 'unattended death.' ...
6:30am – La Cienega Man Charged With Cockfighting
Sheriff says he will ask court to permanently impound 71 birds seized on July 14. ...
6:05am – Bridge Collapse Strands San Juan County Residents
Residents of more than 100 homes cut off during flash flood Sunday night.

5:40am – Police ID Carlsbad Woman Killed on I-10
Woman had gotten out of pickup during argument around 2:15 a.m. Sunday. ...
Man Accused of Killing Girlfriend Back in Custody
Judge had set low bond during appearance in Tribal Court on Monday. ... (By Rozanna M. Martinez )

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Boarded-up apartments in the 600 block of Iron SW are to be torn down to give way to affordable housing. They were condemned by APD in 2007 because of drug trafficking and other crimes and have been declared unsafe. Read more. (Greg Sorber/Albuquerque Journal)

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UPDATED: State Investment Council Selects Film Adviser for $260K a Year read more (new 5:43 PM MDT)

Police, Activists Prepare Days Ahead of Arizona Law read more (new 5:31 PM MDT)

Western Climate Initiative Offers Cap-and-Trade read more (new 5:24 PM MDT)

Farmington Poised To Buy Water Rights read more (new 10:51 AM MDT)

Carson Rangers Ask Locals To Take Home Firewood read more (new 10:15 AM MDT)

ABQ Woman Arrested After Autistic Son Found Wandering read more (new 6:01 AM MDT)

Weather Forecast:  . . . Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.     Albuquerque | New Mexico National Weather Service Radar Road Conditions | KOAT Closings List | ABQ Pollen see weather in your neighborhood Weather Station Map Albuquerque Traffic

WHEN IT RAINS... [+] Click to view Full Size Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal Some sections of Academy Boulevard, east of Eubank, looked less like a road and more like a stream as vehicles headed east Monday. Moisture-starved Albuquerque may have gotten more than it bargained for with Monday's drenching By Rozanna M. Martinez/ Journal Staff Writer   What a difference a week makes. Last week people were doing all they could to stay cool. On Monday, they were doing all they could to stay dry. Last Monday: Albuquerque hit 100 degrees and had just ended a two-week span without measurable precipitation. This Monday: More than an inch of rain fell in some parts of town and temperatures topped out at 78.

Gov.: Budget Woes Won't Force Green Retreat By Dan Boyd/ Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Capitol Bureau    Richardson Rejects Calls To Relax Rules, Defends Record. Impact Fees Next on Berry Agenda By Dan McKay/ Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer   City Shifts With Republican Mayor and Council Majority. N.M. Dips in Children's Ranking By Juan Carlos Rodriguez/ Journal Staff Writer   State Now in Bottom Five; Falls 11 Places in Teen Deaths. Boy Lived Near Slain Student By Charles D. Brunt/ Journal Staff Writer    13-year-old believed to have burgled dead woman's home in past. Lease Is Up By Juan Carlos Rodriguez/ Journal Staff Writer   Condemned apartments to make way for affordable homes. 'Wanted' Ads Yield 110 Arrests By Olivier Uyttebrouck/ Journal Staff Writer    Mayor Points To Newspaper Inserts. Jemez Plan for Anthony Casino Revived Associated Press   Proposal Rejected By Feds in 2008.

Water Issues Need Better Forum
By John Fleck/ Journal Staff Writer
  Brad Udall likes to describe the West's water problems as a collision between 19th century law, 20th century engineering and 21st century realities. Few recent issues in New Mexico illustrate the quandary as clearly as the ongoing battle over a proposed water rights deal between the Interstate Stream Commission and computer chip maker Intel. Udall, who heads a University of Colorado water research group, is a frequent speaker around the West on the region's future water problems. I most recently heard him make this point on a hot April day in Las Vegas, Nev., at a conference on coping with dwindling levels in the Colorado River's reservoirs, as drought, climate change and rising use sap the region's water supply.
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