http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nm-news/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:14:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286374/posts A bizarre shooting in Belen leaves a former corrections officer dead, and a former Marine in jail charged with his murder. The shooting is once again raising debate over what's considered self defense. The brother of the person who was shot and the suspect's friend each have very different opinions about what happened. The incident happened around 10:15 Saturday night at Enchantment Propane. Evidence of a break-in was still visible on Sunday. The murder that happened in the midst of the burglary is likely going to extend a long-standing debate for years to come. Louie Gabaldon still has a lot... kob.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286374/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:14:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286241/posts BELEN, N.M. -- A Belen man is facing murder charges after deputies said he chased down two burglary suspects and then shot and killed one of them. The incident happened near Highway 314 and Gabaldon Road at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Authorities said 38-year-old Luke Sanchez somehow knew a business was getting robbed and took matters into his own hands. "As you can see, they had a good time," said Gerald Schell, manager of Enchanted Propane. When Schell showed up to his place of business Sunday morning, he said he found the place ransacked. Sheriff's deputies said two men are... koat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286241/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:12:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285703/posts Albuquerque Tea Party was due to start at 4 pm and run until 6. By 2 pm we had lots of people there signing petitions, filling out postcards and 'notices of termination' to their elected officials and waving homemade signs! We had a few speeches - nothing major (no big names were on hand). There was a band, some lively music, many renditions of the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless the USA, some good barbecue and fun had by all. Not sure how many people showed up but there were large crowds for most of the time we were... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285703/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:13:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285222/posts The Rainbow Gathering and the U.S. Forest Service continue to trade charges over the festival that is expected to draw 10,000 people to a Northern New Mexico forest by Independence Day. More than 200 people so far have had to travel 240 miles round-trip from the site in the Santa Fe National Forest near Cuba, N.M., to Albuquerque to see U.S. Chief Magistrate Lorenzo Garcia ... Forest Service spokeswoman Denise Ottaviano said only six of the arrests have been for felonies — assault on a federal officer, theft of government property, damage to government property and conspiracy. Seized drugs, she... The New Mexican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285222/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282816/posts WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military's counter-drug efforts along the Mexican border, senior administration officials said Monday. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282816/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:38:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282333/posts 1. Alaska 2. Maine 3. New Mexico 4. Arkansas 5. Texas 6. Missouri 7. Oregon 8. Idaho 9. Virginia 10. Wyoming human events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282333/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:33:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282506/posts Rio Rancho police arrested the head of the Santa Fe Police Department's Internal Affairs Division early Sunday morning and charged him with aggravated drunken driving, according to a police report. Lt. Stephen Ryan, 44, was pulled over about 1:40 a.m. at the intersection of Golf Course Road and Southern Boulevard in Rio Rancho after an officer saw his 2002 Toyota Tundra pickup weaving, the report says. He was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and failure to maintain a traffic lane after Ryan refused to take a breath test, according to the report. Ryan was placed on administrative leave Monday... The Santa Fe New Mexican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282506/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282448/posts One minute they were a bunch of carefree teenagers headed to somebody's house to “hang out.” The next minute four of them were dead, one critically injured and others on their cell phones describing for dispatchers the horrific crash scene east of Santa Fe. “Tell someone to get out here. It's really bad. I mean, half the (expletive) car is gone,” pleads Mikhail McReynolds, the first caller to reach dispatchers. “I think people might be dead.” Kate Klein, Alyssa Trouw, an Julian Martinez, all 16, and Rose Simmons 15 were killed shortly after midnight Sunday when the Subaru in which... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282448/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:04:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280765/posts Authorities have recorded more than 370 incidents, including 120 violation notices, in the past week as people flock to the Santa Fe National Forest ... between 10,000 and 12,000 people are expected to attend the gathering from July 1-7. Forest Service spokesman Lawrence Lujan says most of the violation notices handed out since June 14 are related to alcohol, and drug and traffic violations. Some of the people who were issued notices were required to appear Monday in federal court in Albuquerque. ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280765/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:20:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278635/posts Three men who allegedly stormed into a West Side Denny's over the weekend and killed a 34-year-old cook were in the United States illegally, and one had been deported less than a year ago after an arrest. Pablo Ortiz, who police say is a member of the notorious Salvadoran gang MS-13, was arrested in Albuquerque in May 2008 on suspicion of DWI. After a judge found him guilty, Ortiz spent 46 days at the Metropolitan Detention Center. He was released on July 7. -SNIP- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents "put him on a plane and sent him back to El... Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278635/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:44:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276401/posts Federal wildlife managers have decided to allow an endangered Mexican gray wolf that has been linked to four livestock killings to remain in the wild in southwestern New Mexico. Despite a policy that allows the agency to remove a wolf from the wild after three livestock kills in one year, Tuggle said in a memo to the coordinator of the Mexican gray wolf recovery program ... Tuggle requested in his memo that the recovery program's interagency field team continue to monitor the San Mateo pack and try to prevent any further livestock kills by the pack. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276401/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:14:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276220/posts ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A young woman who worked at a Denny's Restaurant on Albuquerque's West Side was killed Saturday morning during what police describe as a takeover-style robbery, and officers are still searching for suspects. Police by mid-afternoon Saturday detained two possible suspects from the 10 a.m. robbery at the Denny's on Coors Boulevard at Iliff Road NW. "Four masked men came in with guns," Brian Thompson told News 13. "Two went toward the back. That's all we could see because we all hit the ground." Albuquerque police spokeswoman Nadine Hamby said witnesses told police they saw between two and... KRQE News 13 Albuquerque http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276220/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:32:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276168/posts SNIPPET: "Police were nearby and took one suspect into custody while another was arrested after a getaway car was followed to a nearby trailer park." (AP) via WTVM.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276168/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276111/posts Police in Albuquerque said a restaurant employee has been killed after several armed suspects attempted a takeover-style robbery at a packed Denny's Restaurant. Police spokeswoman Officer Nadine Hamby said "multiple" armed suspects rushed the northwest Albuquerque restaurant at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. As many as 100 people were inside. A Saturday morning breakfast for 60 restaurant guests quickly turned into a nightmare. KOAT 7 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276111/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275798/posts PHOENIX (Reuters) - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson broke ground on Friday on construction of Spaceport America, the world's first facility built specifically for space-bound commercial customers and fee-paying passengers. The $198 million project, which is being funded by the New Mexico state government, is located on a remote high-desert range near the town of Truth or Consequences. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275798/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:09:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275230/posts Federal stimulus feeding New Mexico’s hungry By Trip Jennings 6/19/09 8:47 AM ALBUQUERQUE — Ask Carmen Martinez, and the Albuquerque senior will tell you how the federal government’s stimulus plan is helping. The chicken and pork products, along with canned fruit and produce, is being distributed over the next several months to low-income New Mexicans across the state who might otherwise go hungry. Among those expected to benefit are senior citizens who rely on boxes of food supplied by Albuquerque’s Roadrunner Food Bank and children at 35 low-income schools. They receive backpacks during the school year packed with food for... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275230/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:02:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274867/posts State police say they have pulled a car out of Cochiti Lake in Sandoval County Thursday and they say they have located the skulls of two bodies. One of the skulls is described as smaller, and was found in a child's car seat. They say the registered owner of the vehicle is wanted in connection with a custodial interference case in which three children were taken in 2001 in Albuquerque. Authorities have been at the scene all day, using a dive team to look for clues and figure out who was inside the car. The state police dive team was... KOB-TV4, Albuquerque http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274867/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:21:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273867/posts So it looks like the anti-war Marine is running for NM's 3rd congressional district. Kokesh for Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273867/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:29:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273834/posts The questions below concern the discussion by Panel 2: "Renewable Energy and Crisis, Cost and Carbon.” Each question was submitted by attendees of the 2009 Energy Conference. New Mexico Center for Energy Policy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273834/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:39:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273598/posts HOBBS, N.M. — Renewable energy will be the focus of the 2009 energy conference presented by the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy beginning at 9 a.m. April 14 at the Lea County Events Center. The all-day conference, “The Making of Energy Policy: Where Are We Going? Part II,” features U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., as keynote speaker. It’s a follow-up to the 2008 conference, which featured now-retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M. Among those who will introduce conference sessions is U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M. 575 Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273598/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:53:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271523/posts Between 5,000 and 10,000 people are expected to attend July 1-7. The gathering will be 22 road miles northeast of Cuba and southeast of the San Pedro Parks Wilderness. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271523/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:14:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270741/posts ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A New Mexico law intended to keep illegal aliens from going underground has instead fed a criminal underworld as some 1,500 foreign nationals using bogus documents obtain both real driver's licenses and new identities. KRQE TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270741/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:56:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269969/posts Former University of New Mexico President Louis Caldera - who resigned as director of the White House Military Office last month following an Air Force One photo op gone wrong - has a new gig. The Center for American Progress, a self-described "progressive" think tank founded by John Podesta, a former chief-of-staff to President Clinton, has hired Caldera to work on higher education and national security issues. Caldera, a former U.S. Army secretary, will make a strong addition to the staff, Podesta said. The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269969/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:28:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269850/posts State police have confirmed that the pilot of a state police helicopter that went down on a Santa Fe mountain has died. Sgt. Andy Tingwall perished as a result of the crash Tuesday night in which he and a state police office were trying to rescue a lost female hiker in rough weather, the officials said at a news conference Thursday. Earlier, authorities said that Megumi Yamamoto, a University of New Mexico physics graduate student from Tokyo, was found dead by rescuers. He said her family in Tokyo has been notified. The chopper went down after it had just rescued... The Santa Fe New Mexican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269850/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267574/posts CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., June 8, 2009 – Air Force Senior Airman Eric Slaugh was returning here from leave in December when he encountered a snowstorm in northeastern New Mexico, a storm that would detour him into assisting in saving someone's life. Air Force Senior Airman Eric Slaugh, his wife, Marcie, and his son, Skyler, enjoy the view of the Green River in Wyoming during a family vacation. Slaugh, assigned to the 27th Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., used his self-aid and buddy care training to assist a man hit by a... Face of Defence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267574/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:45:40 GMT