News 2008-07-11 Andanh.com

Yet Another Stake Through RRW's Heart Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:14:43 +0100
There was yet another vote today to kill the Reliable Replacement Warhead.

1:55pm -- State Seconds CDC Advice on Salmonella Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:56:54 +0100
Health department urges New Mexicans to lay off raw jalapeños, serrano peppers.

11:55am -- So You Want To Be a Queen? Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:55:34 +0100
EXPO New Mexico hosts free clinic Saturday and Sunday to prep 2008 State Fair Queen candidates.

10:35am -- S.F. Jury Finds Furr's Insurer Liable for $2.1 Million Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:35:42 +0100
Arroyo Seco woman slipped and fell at cafeteria on Cordova Road in 2000.

9:50am -- Flooding Reported in T or C Area Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:48:25 +0100
Flash flood warning in effect until 11:45 a.m. for parts of southern New Mexico.

First State Leaving Utah
Albuquerque's First State Bancorporation is abandoning the Utah market in hopes of improving its stock price.

AROUND N.M.
Roswell Painting Firm Agrees To Pay Back Wages, Benefits Dean Baldwin Painting in Roswell has agreed to pay $227,353 in back wages and fringe benefits to 255 current and former aircraft painters after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.

'Topes' Murphy on A Surge
Usually when a baseball player is looking for work in summer, it's not good. He's been released or, even worse, didn't have a job to start the season.

Lady Asylum Return Home To Close Season
Shortly after the Albuquerque Lady Asylum came back to beat the Salt Lake City Sparta 3-1 on a 95-degree afternoon last weekend, the team grabbed a quick lunch, then hit two vans for a grueling 13-hour, 621-mile drive back to Albuquerque.

UNM Should Be Careful How It Uses Alford To Raise Money
This just in: The University of New Mexico athletics department will gladly accept your generous donation, regardless of your political leanings.

Lobo Signee OK'd To Play

Grantham Completes Romp With 1-over 73
SANTA ANA PUEBLO — In hindsight, maybe they should have moved the tees up.

Raton Campaigns To Open Racetrack
RATON — Jockeying to open the state's last non-reservation horse track, this city gave the state Racing Commission a hero's welcome as it rolled into town Thursday.

Offroad Restrictions
Santa Fe National Forest officials unveiled a proposal on Thursday that would cut in half the roads available to motorized travel and practically eliminate off-road or off-trail use of motorized vehicles.

Diversion Project Appeal Denied
Environmental nonprofit groups concerned about potential contaminants in a joint city-county water diversion project suffered a setback Thursday when the U.S. Department of the Interior denied an appeal filed by the groups this spring.

Around Northern New Mexico

Publisher Pleads Guilty in Vandalism
A Las Vegas, N.M., publisher who in May was arrested for vandalizing a rival newspaper editor's car with shoe polish has been sentenced for that crime.

Taste of Las Cruces: Break an Egg Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:51:53 MDT
On the outside, Break An Egg does not look like the Rio Grande Theatre or the Telshor 12, but on the inside, you're sure to see a theatrical performance.

Officials add jalapeños to salmonella warning (12:58 p.m.) Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:01:16 MDT
Federal health officials now blame raw jalapeños for some of the illnesses in the 3-month-old salmonella outbreak and are advising the elderly, infants and people with compromised immune systems

UPDATED: Sandbags at a premium as rains continue to soak Doñ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:00:22 MDT
LAS CRUCES — You may be out of luck if you go looking for sandbags at a county volunteer fire station.

Casting call Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:45:06 MDT
Luis Gurrola, 10, of Las Cruces casts Wednesday as he increases his fishing bounty at Young Park Pond. "It's slow today," he said after catching two catfish, five "smaller fish" and a turtle in the little less than four hours he was luring them to the hook with bits of hotdogs.

Tunes: CW Ayon's blues/rock ballads invoke community Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:52:38 MDT
Blues and rock musician CW Ayon started playing guitar 12 years ago, but his encounter with music goes back longer than that, and has inscribed in him memories and feelings he wants to transmit through his music.

High fives Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:33:00 MDT
Two win Kohl's Kids scholarshipBrenden Martinez, 9, of Las Cruces, and Kayla Brown, 18, of Mesilla Park were the winners of the Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program.

WEATHER WATCH: Soggy skies, flooding swamp morning commute (10:2 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:03:26 MDT
LAS CRUCES — Much needed, although in some cases disruptive, rain has been falling throughout southern New Mexico most of the morning.

Police called to shooting at Starlight Court Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:47:43 MDT
Alamogordo police were at the scene of a reported shooting Thursday night, with at least one person believed taken to a local hospital by ambulance.

Bass from new hatchery released at Elephant Butte Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:20:17 MDT
ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. The first group of largemouth bass raised at the state's new warmwater hatchery in eastern New Mexico have been released in Elephant Butte Lake.

Congratulations promotees Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:45:03 MDT
The Air Force publicly released the names of the newest technical and master sergeants at 8 a.m. June 26.

Man faces charges for having sex with minor Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:09:17 MDT
CARLSBAD — A 22-year-old Carlsbad man faces felony sex charges after allegedly having sex with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

Drive-by shooting suspect enters no plea Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:09:17 MDT
CARLSBAD — An argument outside a Carlsbad convenience store last month soon escalated into a drive-by shooting and resulted in one man facing felony charges in magistrate court Thursday.

Cascades: Irrigation or potable city water? Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:09:14 MDT
CARLSBAD — The city of Carlsbad plans to explore the option of using some of its Carlsbad Irrigation District water rights to pump water from the river into the controversial Cascades canal on Park Drive.

For the Record: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:08:48 MDT
Carlsbad Police Department Arrests Rey David Ochoa, 30, of the 400 block of Hillcrest, charged with resisting or obstructing a police officer.

Real-time advice available to homeowners, renters Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:58:24 MDT
ALBUQUERQUE — Homeowners who want to know more about preparing for disasters can reserve time in their schedules to participate in a Web chat with Diana McClure.

Farmington Grower's Market starts Saturday Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:56:05 MDT
FARMINGTON — Squash, honey and radishes are among some of the crops and food items that can be found Saturday at the Farmington Grower's Market.

Littleman gives big performance Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:45:55 MDT
FARMINGTON — Naa'taanii's Craig Littleman readily admits he's not a power pitcher. Instead, he puts the ball in play, relying on a defense that has been both outstanding and horrific this summer.

Taking a good walk in another's shoes Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:58:23 MDT
Network television planning always includes its highs and lows for viewers, but FOX and its FX Network hit on something good and noble with their series "30 Days.

Sheriff's deputy resigns after domestic violence arrest Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:47:58 MDT
FARMINGTON — A county sheriff's deputy resigned Wednesday after being arrested on a felony domestic violence charge, the San Juan County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

Ray Bedoni Yazzie Sr. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:58:27 MDT
FRUITLAND Ray Bedoni Yazzie Sr. May 15, 1934 - July 6, 2008 Ray B. Yazzie Sr., 74, of Upper Fruitland, was called to his Heavenly home Sunday, July 6, 2008, at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington.

Friends, strangers light candles for slain hostess
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Soft candlelight ended a day of mourning for Qui Seng Chen who was shot and killed Wednesday in a holdup that netted only the tip jar from her family's Chinese restaurant.

Civil War band's rare music stolen
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Rare music played during the Civil War and painstakingly pulled from archives by New Mexico Territorial Brass Band over the last 20 years has been lost to thieves.

Audit finds ethical violations in Indian trust management
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - In a sharply worded report government auditors ripped into the relationship between senior managers at a federal agency in Albuquerque and an accounting firm awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contract work.

Fire damages historic Chimayó restaurant
CHIMAYÓ, N. M. (KRQE) - Fire damaged the historic and popular Rancho de Chimayó restaurant early this morning although the extent of that damage is not yet known.

Rain snuffs fire restrictions
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The arrival of summer rains has dampened the fire danger in the Cibola National Forest.

Fort Sumner nears 6 inches of rain
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Some areas around Fort Sumner in east-central New Mexico have received nearly 6 inches of rain over the past three days, according to the National Weather Service.

Two more plead guilty in beating death of security guard
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Two men who were part of a group stealing wheels from a car dealership today admitted their roles in the killing of a female security guard who caught them in the act.

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