News 2008-07-02 Andanh.com

Moriarty boy killed, brother hurt in Alabama crash
MORIARTY, N. M. (KRQE) - The families of two New Mexico brothers are struggling to deal with a highway crash far from home that killed one boy and left the other in critical condition.

Two charged here in Mexico kidnapping, ransom payoff
SANTA FE (KRQE) - FBI agents today made two arrests in the kidnapping of a Santa Fe man who was held for ransom in Mexico.

City takes custody of sweltering dogs
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Four little dogs had to be rescued from a hot truck Monday, and now the search is on for their owners who are in big trouble with the city's Animal Welfare Department.

Education gets summer boost at 25 schools
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - It was unusual to see school buses on the streets this time of year but not now that 25 public schools within APS are taking part in a program designed to bring kids five extra weeks of school.

Tourists invade Roswell for UFO Festival
ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE-KBIM) - As Roswell's annual UFO festival approaches, tourists and television networks are headed to town in droves.

Police: Suspects never intended to kill homeowner
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A fatal shooting in a northeast Albuquerque home early Saturday morning was apparently an unusual case of mistaken identity.

Cravens: Daughter will enter rehab after DWI arrest
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - One of the state's leading anti-DWI advocates apologized and said his daughter will enter rehab after she was arrested on a charge of aggravated DWI.

New laws take effect
SANTA FE (KRQE) - A batch of new laws passed during this year's legislative session took effect today, including several that change the way the state handles domestic violence.

Navajo medicine man pleads guilty in rape case
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - A 70-year-old Navajo medicine man has pleaded guilty to charges he raped a teenage girl, who authorities say later gave birth to a daughter he fathered.

Families sue bars over New Year's crash deaths
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The driver charged with killing two people in a New Year's collision isn't the only one to blame, according to an Albuquerque attorney who is suing several downtown bars on behalf of the victims' families.

Fire rehab races monsoon to prevent flooding
MANZANO, N. M. (KRQE) - The Trigo Fire that raged for a month in the Manzano Mountain has been out for weeks, but the burn area now poses the threat of severe flooding when the summer rains come.

Driver may have run down pedestrian deliberately
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A hit-and-run collision that left a pedestrian injured in an Albuquerque street Monday night may not have been an accident.

Face scanning adds twist to driver's license photos
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Be prepared to have your face biometrically scanned the next time you renew your driver's license.

Union, mayor wrangling over budget
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - About 4,000 city and water authority employees who are also members of a public-employees union AFSCME are protesting a proposed raise.

Couple, 3 kids aboard crashed plane
PHOENIX (KRQE) - The Arizona Republic newspaper says tonight that the five people killed in Sunday's plane crash at Santa Rosa were a couple and three of their children from Gilbert, Ariz., the Arizona Republic is reporting.

Ranch critter may be gray wolf
SANTA FE (AP) - A possible gray wolf has been sighted on a large ranch in northern New Mexico, and government biologists have tried to capture it.

State utilities seeking solar partner
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Four of New Mexico's largest electricity providers have issued a request for proposals for the development of a solar-power generation facility.

Pyle apologizes, pleads guilty to office shooting
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A 75-year-old man who pulled a gun and tried to shoot an employee in a homebuilder's office last year pleaded guilty to a felony today.

City plans 4th of July party
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend this year's Freedom Fourth celebration at Balloon Fiesta Park.

Witness: Cody East picked up, threw girl
LOS LUNAS, N. M. (KRQE) - A neighbor of Cody East today testified he saw the former high school wrestling star pick up a teen-age girl and throw her to the street where she landed on her head.

Butte marina scrambles to repair storm damage
ELEPHANT BUTTE, N. M. (KRQE) - The owners of the Marina del Sur at Elephant Butte Lake are cleaning up after a massive windstorm rocked boats and docks with 5-foot waves.

Reforms promised after woman dies on floor of psych ward
Associated Press - July 2, 2008 12:13 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Officials promise to make changes at the psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, after workers ignored a dying woman...

Dolphins can spend Independence Day in NJ river
Associated Press - July 1, 2008 11:53 PM ET SEA BRIGHT, N.J. (AP) - A group of dolphins who have taken up residence near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stick around through the July Fourth...

Suspect captured while smoking outside a bar
Associated Press - July 1, 2008 11:33 PM ET GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) - A man suspected of killing eight people in two states was smoking a cigarette outside a bar when he was captured.

NTSB to remove, examine helicopter wreckage
Associated Press - July 1, 2008 11:33 PM ET FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Investigators will try and piece together what caused two medical helicopters to collide in Flagstaff, Arizona, using the...

18 dead in northwest China mine collapse
Associated Press - July 2, 2008 12:13 AM ET BEIJING (AP) - State media reports that 18 miners have been killed in a mine-shaft collapse in northwest China.

UN reports big jump in "green energy" investment
Associated Press - July 1, 2008 7:53 PM ET UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. calls it a "green energy gold rush" -- global investors plowed $148 billion into new wind, solar and other alternative...

Olmert visits Israeli nuclear site
Associated Press - July 1, 2008 6:53 PM ET JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (EH'-hood OHL'-murt) has set off a round of commentaries in Israeli media about the possibility of...

Truck bomb wounds at least 15 near Mosul, Iraq
Associated Press - July 1, 2008 11:43 AM ET BAGHDAD (AP) - Hospital officials say a truck bomb has wounded at least 15 people near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Dutch smoking ban in effect
Associated Press - July 1, 2008 11:33 AM ET AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - It's now outdoors-only for tobacco smokers at bars and restaurants in the Netherlands, even at the so-called "coffee...

Santa Fe men face federal kidnapping, extortion charges
SANTA FE (AP) - Authorities have arrested two men accused of abducting a Santa Fe man in Mexico and releasing him after a ransom of about $161,000 was paid.

Gallup man arraigned in slaying
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) - A 20-year-old Gallup man pleaded not guilty today at his arraignment to a murder charge and other counts.

Tohatchi teacher arrested on child sex charges
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) - A U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs elementary school teacher has been accused of molesting an 8-year-old boy during an overnight party for children at Tohatchi.

Tattoo studios now allowed in Farmington
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - Tattoo artists are now allowed to set up shop in Farmington.

West Fork fire 40% contained
RATON, N.M. (KRQE) - A fire burning twenty-eight miles south of Raton, known as the West Folk fire is now forty percent contained. The fire started June 17, 2008 by lightening is burning mixed conifer,

Jury hangs on killing of Durango woman
MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - A jury hung on a murder charge but convicted a second man of other crimes in the brutal sexual assault that killed a Durango woman.

Durango sex-assault murder goes to jury
MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - The second trial related to a brutal sexual assault that killed a Durango woman has gone to the jury.

Ballots missing in tight Senate race
SANTA FE (AP) - Ballots from the primary election are missing from two Cibola County voting places raising questions whether that will affect an automatic recount expected in a razor-thin state senate race.

5 months after disappearing snowboarders laid to rest
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The two snowboarders whose bodies were found earlier this week five months after they disappeared in the Colorado high country were remembered and laid to rest this morning.

Man gets maximum sentence for Navajo Lake killing
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) - A Colorado man accused of fatally beating his girlfriend during a camping excursion in northwestern New Mexico has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Ground broken for first casino on Navajo land
CHURCH ROCK, N.M. (AP) - Construction has begun on the Navajo Nation's first casino, a 27,000-square-foot building that will house 300 slot machines.

Medical investigators work to identify plane crash victims
SANTA ROSA, N.M. (KRQE) - Officials are working to identify five people killed Sunday afternoon in a fiery plane crash near the Santa Rosa Municipal Airport.

Tempers short as residents seek fire news
TORREÓN, N. M. (KRQE) - It's not yet clear if the Big Spring Fire Thursday gobbled up residences on Thursday, but that's the kind of information evacuated homeowners desperately sought as they met with fire managers Thursday night.

West Fork fire to be contained by Thursday
RATON, N.M. (AP) - A fire that has scorched 4,980 acres in northeastern New Mexico is 75 percent contained.

Wildland fire update-Tuesday 5 p.m.
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Numerous wildland fires mostly started by lightning continue to burn in New Mexico.

Containment on West Fork fire expected Thursday
RATON, N.M. (KRQE) - Crews estimate they'll have the week-old West Fore fire near Raton completely contained by Thursday.

Updates on New Mexico wildfires
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Numerous wildland fires are burning in New Mexic, most of them believed to be started by lightning.

Wildfires continue to rage
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE ) - The lightning-sparked wildfires burning in New Mexico are growing.

West Fork fire burning near Raton 5 percent contained
RATON, N.M. (AP) - A fire that has charred an estimated 3,500 acres on the Vermejo Park Ranch west of Raton is five percent contained this morning. Firefighters are focusing today on clearing and bolstering

NMSU newspaper editor resigns, accused of sexual assault
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) - The editor of the New Mexico State University student newspaper has resigned after being accused of sexual assault.

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