Suspected fugitive in custody after SWAT standoffPosted: 2/9/2012, 7:40 PM Mountain time
Police on Thursday tracked the fugitive's footprints in the melting snow toward a 6-foot backyard wall in a south-central Santa Fe neighborhood. Jairo Adair Contreras, who had escaped nearly two wee ...
Lt. Gov. Sanchez drops bid for U.S. SenatePosted: 2/9/2012, 12:32 PM Mountain time
Lt. Gov. John Sanchez's decision Thursday to drop his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Jeff Bingaman is great news for former congresswoman Heather Wilson, who already was c ...
Foreclosure settlement brings some aid to N.M.
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
Tens of thousands of New Mexicans who have tangled with foreclosure will benefit from a national settlement that will bring about $92 million to the state, Attorney General Gary King said. The landm ...
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
Tens of thousands of New Mexicans who have tangled with foreclosure will benefit from a national settlement that will bring about $92 million to the state, Attorney General Gary King said. The landm ...
Feds charge campus owner with fraud
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
The owner of the campus of the former St. Catherine Indian School has been indicted on charges of obtaining nearly $11 million in federal contracts by making fraudulent statements to qualify for a pro ...
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
The owner of the campus of the former St. Catherine Indian School has been indicted on charges of obtaining nearly $11 million in federal contracts by making fraudulent statements to qualify for a pro ...
Unions spar over public pension reforms
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
A tightening of national accounting rules in recent years has required states to set aside more money to pay pensions for both current and future retirees. For New Mexico's two public retirement sys ...
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
A tightening of national accounting rules in recent years has required states to set aside more money to pay pensions for both current and future retirees. For New Mexico's two public retirement sys ...
Artwork goes up as weather slows St. Francis Drive underpass Posted: 2/9/2012, 7:00 PM Mountain time
It could be midsummer before the new South St. Francis Drive underpass is completed -- more than half a year later than originally planned. But one panel of the project's artwork, with the "sister w ...
'Transparency' guv declines to release schedulePosted: 2/9/2012, 3:37 PM Mountain time
ALBUQUERQUE -- Gov. Susana Martinez bills herself as the transparency governor, promoting her mandate that all state employee salaries be posted publicly, touting her support for a bill that would req ...
Forestry officials brace for fire season
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
If weather predictions hold true, and the drying trend caused by La Niña continues, New Mexico could be in for another big fire season. "We're hoping for the best but preparing for the worst, ...
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
If weather predictions hold true, and the drying trend caused by La Niña continues, New Mexico could be in for another big fire season. "We're hoping for the best but preparing for the worst, ...
Legislative roundup, Feb. 10, 2012Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
Days remaining in session: 6 Anti-corruption bill passes Senate: The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would add prison time to sentences of public officials convicted of corruption- ...
Local news in brief, Feb. 10, 2012
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
Woman struck by truck near Capitol A female pedestrian was hit by a truck in front of the east side of the Capitol on Thursday evening. Police say the woman, whom they have not identified, was wea ...
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
Woman struck by truck near Capitol A female pedestrian was hit by a truck in front of the east side of the Capitol on Thursday evening. Police say the woman, whom they have not identified, was wea ...
Custom fishing rods fulfill a dream
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
When the doors open and the crowds start to filter in at Bob Gerding's annual hunting and fishing show this weekend, fledgling bamboo fly-rod builder Bruce Smith of Edgewood will be there to realize h ...
Posted: 2/9/2012, 8:00 PM Mountain time
When the doors open and the crowds start to filter in at Bob Gerding's annual hunting and fishing show this weekend, fledgling bamboo fly-rod builder Bruce Smith of Edgewood will be there to realize h ...
Court rules in favor of governor in union dispute
Posted: 2/9/2012, 3:39 PM Mountain time
ALBUQUERQUE -- Republican Gov. Susana Martinez won a court fight with labor unions Thursday over her appointee to a board that enforces New Mexico’s collective bargaining law for government empl ...
Posted: 2/9/2012, 3:39 PM Mountain time
ALBUQUERQUE -- Republican Gov. Susana Martinez won a court fight with labor unions Thursday over her appointee to a board that enforces New Mexico’s collective bargaining law for government empl ...
House OKs change in legislative pension plan
Posted: 2/9/2012, 3:38 PM Mountain time
The House has approved a proposal to require legislators to contribute more into their pension plan, but the sponsor of the measure says the Legislature needs to scale back its retirement program. L ...
Posted: 2/9/2012, 3:38 PM Mountain time
The House has approved a proposal to require legislators to contribute more into their pension plan, but the sponsor of the measure says the Legislature needs to scale back its retirement program. L ...
Rio Arriba fugitive, cage fighter surrenders
Posted: 2/9/2012, 12:00 PM Mountain time
An Abiquiú cage fighter wanted on charges of beating his girlfriend voluntarily surrendered earlier this week. Margarito Velasquez, 43, remained in the Rio Arriba County Detention Center in T ...
Posted: 2/9/2012, 12:00 PM Mountain time
An Abiquiú cage fighter wanted on charges of beating his girlfriend voluntarily surrendered earlier this week. Margarito Velasquez, 43, remained in the Rio Arriba County Detention Center in T ...
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