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Albuquerque mayor to host US Japanese Ambassador
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry is set to host the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki is slated Thursday to attend a private reception with Berry and will tour the Sasebo Japanese Garden at the Albuquerque BioPark. Fujisaki is in New Mexico related to Japan's investment of more than ...
NM Gov. Martinez to sign business tax cuts
Republican Gov. Susana Martinez plans to sign legislation into law that will reduce taxes for the construction and manufacturing industries. Supporters say the tax cuts should help lower costs for businesses and encourage companies to hire workers. The governor's office says Martinez will sign the tax measure on Thursday in ...
NM officials warn of fake tax returns
New Mexico tax officials are warning residents about potential identity theft rings that have unsuccessfully tried to cash in more than $1.7 million in fraudulent tax returns since mid-January. The state Taxation and Revenue Department says its investigators so far have stopped about 900 fraudulent personal income tax returns for ...
Independent film 'Biomass' filming in NM
New Mexico Film Office director Nick Maniatis says an independent feature, Biomass, is shooting in and around Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The production will employ at least 17 New Mexico crew members and 39 principal and background talent. The movie is the first feature for Anthony Riazzi, a New Mexico ...
Border patrol arrests teen girl with marijuana
Border Patrol officials say they arrested a 16-year-old Deming girl on marijuana smuggling charges during a busy day at the Columbus border crossing. Authorities say they seized 14.9 pounds of marijuana from the girl Tuesday as she crossed in a 1998 Lincoln Town Car that caught the attention of a ...
NM sportsmen upset over appointment to game panel
Gov. Susana Martinez's decision to replace a member of the state Game Commission with an Albuquerque attorney has upset southern New Mexico sportsmen. The governor last week appointed Paul M. Kienzle III to succeed retired New Mexico State University professor Rob Hoffman of Las Cruces on the seven-member panel. Kienzle ...
More habitat set aside for 2 Southwestern fish
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday pointed to prolonged drought, climate change and an increase in nonnative fish for its decision to reclassify as endangered two fish found in New Mexico and Arizona. The agency also designated another 200 miles of critical river and stream habitat for the ...
Homeland Security to up presence in Four Corners
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations in New Mexico said it plans to increase its presence in the Four Corners region to counter to growing influences of drug cartels in the area. The Farmington Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/wxZvqT ) the federal agency proposes that two agents move to San ...
Garden City approves support of Amtrak route
Garden City Commissioners are offering symbolic and financial support to help persuade Amtrak to keep running a route through southwest Kansas and southeast Colorado, rather than beginning an alternative route that would not stop in most of the region. The commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution asking Amtrak to maintain ...
Cops: NM 9-year-old passed out drunk on playground
Police say a nine-year-old boy was very drunk when he was found passed out and barely conscious on a New Mexico playground. KRQE reports (http://bit.ly/yE9BTY) that two kids found their nine-year-old friend passed out at a Carlsbad playground last month. The boy was rushed to the hospital and doctors said ...
Curry County approves ban on most open fires
Curry County residents face severe restrictions on open fires after county commissioners voted to implement a fire danger resolution. The Clovis News Journal (http://bit.ly/z4Ur0C) reports the fire ban becomes effective immediately and contains limited exceptions for agriculture, such as controlled burns, under certain conditions. Curry County Commissioners approved the resolution ...
Eddy County votes for new sheriff's complex
The Eddy County Commission has voted to give the sheriff's department a new office complex. Still to be answered is the cost, how big a complex and where the complex would be built. The sheriff's department is currently housed in the basement of the Eddy County courthouse. Commissioner Guy Lutman ...
State PD search records at Sunland Park City Hall
State police investigators armed with a search warrant temporarily shut down City Hall, but officials were tight-lipped about what might have prompted the unusual move in this small town known for scandal. State police and investigators showed up about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and asked workers to leave. City Hall doors ...
Santa Clara police officer arrested
A Santa Clara police officer has been arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual penetration of a minor for alleged incidents involving a 13-year-old boy. New Mexico State Police say 25-year-old Estevan Arizaga was arrested Monday. The Silver City Sun-News (http://bit.ly/zE3EgS ) reports court documents show Arizaga has been under investigation ...
State fires worker over graphic sex pamphlet
The state health department has fired a contract worker in Roswell over a graphic sex pamphlet that nearly made into the hands of teenagers. The acting director of the state's public health division Dr. Maggi Gallaher says the material was not appropriate for the age group. The Web site for ...
Sen. Bingaman to host student institute at NMSU
Sen. Jeff Bingaman is set to host his annual Student Leadership Institute at New Mexico State University. The New Mexico Democrat is scheduled to host his annual event Wednesday. The institute with New Mexico high school students is designed to encourage their interest in public policy. Bingaman's top policy advisers ...
NM trustee settles with copper producer
New Mexico's natural resources trustee, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Freeport-McMoRan and several subsidiaries have reached a $5.5 million settlement over the release of hazardous substance from mine facilities in southwestern New Mexico. The settlement includes funds for restoring habitat as well as the transfer to the state of ...
Gov. Martinez signs health care proposal
Gov. Susana Martinez has signed legislation that supporters say can help ensure high quality care is available for stroke patients in New Mexico hospitals. The measure calls for the state to certify hospitals as a "stroke center" if they are accredited by an independent, nonprofit group called the Joint Commission, ...
Ex-NM policeman acquitted in pedestrian's death
A former state police officer has been acquitted of leaving the scene of a crash that left a pedestrian dead in downtown Santa Fe. The New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/zkOx1n ) the jury returned its verdict in the case of Alfred Lovato on Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, a charge of vehicular ...
LANL to cut up to 10 percent of permanent staff
The nation's premier nuclear facility unveiled plans Tuesday to shed as many as 800 employees, or nearly 10 percent of its regular permanent workforce, as it faces a $300 million budget cut this year and the prospect of continued reductions. Los Alamos National Laboratory said it has submitted a plan ...
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