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Pill abuse on summit agenda
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - It's no secret prescription drug abuse is a big problem in New Mexico. In fact more people die from overdosing on them than on other drugs. All day Thursday the attorney general and other state leaders are going to talk about how to change those statistics. A summit is underway at the embassy suites in downtown Albuquerque. It goes until 5 pm. One thing they're ...
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City council approves veterans shelter
The shelter will give vets a place to stay and a lot more. "Get them back on their feet...get them all the education, all the tools they need to be productive citizens of the united states of America," D'Onofrio said. The shelter's been a bit ...
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Program will keep drunks out of ER
"It's a program to provide intervention for people who are chronically out on the street very, very intoxicated," said Maggie Hart Stebbins, a Bernalillo County ...
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School Spirit winners donate $1000 to injured student
Colinas del Norte Elementary School won $1,000 in the KOAT.com u local School Spirit contest recently. They will use the money to help pay the medical bills for student Courtney Edgin, who was badly injured in a car ...
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Texas town crosses state border to tap aquifer
Midland, Texas, officials are "securing" water for their immediate needs -- and they're doing so by tapping into an aquifer across the state ...
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Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered nine months ago after a salmonella outbreak is making nut butter ...
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84-year-old NM woman indicted for drug trafficking
http://bit.ly/10pHzTh ) that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and ...
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Crews clean up River of Tires
In 2011, Target 7 first documented the 400,000 or so tires that were illegally dumped on state trust land. State Land Commissioner Ray Powell said those tires are a huge safety ...
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Drug-laced mail finding its way to NM inmates
Sometimes the mail is disguised as artwork, sometimes as letters from law offices -- but the Department of Corrections is beginning to find a trend in drugs being sent to ...
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Rain strong winds batter recovering Okla. area
Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ...
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Governor State wasting thousands on pay stubs
Even though the vast majority of New Mexico's 23,000 state workers get their paychecks deposited directly into their bank accounts, workers are still getting paper pay stubs every pay period. That means every two weeks, employees at the Department of Finance and Administration, or DFA, print off 23,000 pieces of paper, which then need to be delivered and distributed to every single state ...
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Study finds germs in public pools
Posted at: 05/23/2013 7:48 AM By: Erica Zucco, KOB Eyewitness News 4 A recent study shows a wealth of germs in more than half of public swimming pools are caused primarily by poor hygiene by swimmers. Researchers analyzed pool filters and found that 59 percent of pools had bacteria resulting from the environment and dirt on swimmers and swimming toys, and 58 percent of pools had E. Coli ...
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City faces lawsuit after fatal crash involving officer
The 22-page suit stems from a fatal crash involving Sgt. Adam Casaus, accusing him of violating APD policy the night he hit 21-year old Ashley Browder and her 19-year old sister Lindsey. This is a civil matter, but Casaus is also criminally charged with reckless vehicular homicide and great bodily injury. Her grandfather spoke with Action 7 News from Nevada, and broke the family's silence ...
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Wind blows off part of gyms roof at NM school
http://bit.ly/10OpflN ) reports that the damage to Barranca Elementary School on Wednesday left insulation and roofing material throughout the school grounds and parking ...
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NM man settles old restaurant bill after 16 years
http://bit.ly/1abvdSY ) that Matt Sanchez repaid owner Claus Hjortkjaer this month after the owner recently reopened his French restaurant Le Cafe Miche in ...
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Major Rio Rancho intersection remains closed
Posted at: 05/22/2013 9:59 PM | Updated at: 05/23/2013 7:29 AM By: KOB.com staff Traffic remains shut down at Unser Boulevard and Northern in Rio Rancho due to a water main break. The break occurred Wednesday evening. Officials say the intersection would remain closed until further notice. Motorists are advised to avoid the ...
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Grease river remains mystery
But the source of the grease in the bins remains a mystery. An attorney for one of the restaurants that backs up the alley, The Library Bar and Grill, said they have a private service that carries away their ...
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Dust devil rips off roof of school gym
The unbelievable strength a dust devil packed ripped the roof right off the gym of a Los Alamos school. KOB Eyewitness News 4 got a firsthand look of the damage at Barranca Mesa Elementary School. Wednesday afternoon, there was green tape blocking off the front doors of the building because it is closed for extreme repair. Call it a dust devil or an unbelievably strong gust of wind, but ...
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Safety concerns surround Anasazi construction
The Anasazi building is getting a makeover. Residents have raised concerns, though, about how safe it is to walk by the construction site at the corner of Central and ...
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Grinder sparks started brush fire near Silver City
SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) -- Authorities say sparks from a grinder being used by a resident in his garage started a fire that burned 160 acres of brush and grass near Silver City before being ...
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Santa Fe police investigate fatal hit-and-run
Details on the accident and the victim weren't immediately available, but southbound St. Francis Drive was closed between Cordova and San Mateo while police investigated the ...
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Unser Northern intersection restricted in Rio Rancho
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) - Rio Rancho officials expect to reopen one lane each way on Unser Boulevard late Thursday evening as utility workers deal with a water main break and associated road damage. The street has been closed at Northern Boulevard since Wednesday evening. The single northbound and southbound lanes should be open about 9 p.m., according to a notice on the city of Rio Rancho ...
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Secret deal cheats taxpayers
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The former Bernalillo County assessor cheated taxpayers out of tens of thousands of dollars in December when she made a secret, back-room deal before resigning to join the Public Regulation Commission. "Everybody that pays their taxes, works hard, pays them in full, is getting cheated," said Bernalillo County Commissioner Wayne Johnson. "Either through ...
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Atty Aragon may be paying too much
steal millions from taxpayers and is serving time in a federal prison says he may be getting cheated. In 2009, Manny Aragon was sentenced to five years seven months in prison for helping inflate invoices for the construction of Albuquerque's Metropolitan Courthouse. Investigators believe Aragon personally pocketed $650,000 from a scheme which cost state taxpayers around $4.3 million. As ...
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Indicted APD cop still collecting pay
was killed by a cop who a ran red light is speaking out. "It would have been her 22nd birthday yesterday," said Vicki Serfoss. Birthday balloons fly at the memorial site for Ashley Browder, killed at this intersection of Paseo and Eagle Ranch in a brutal crash February 10. The crash left her sister in a wheelchair. While the Browder family mourns their loss, her grandmother wants to ...
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New Mexico's ancient feud between Billy the Kid and Pat Garret continues
Billy the Kid is one of the most notorious gangsters of all time and a legend for those who lament the abuse of authority and corruption that was prevalent in the frontier lands of American during the time, while others dismiss him as nothing more than a glorified gangster. Governor Richardson’s consideration of a pardon then, is highly contentious.
With Governor Richardson giving serious consideration to pardoning Billy the Kid, arguably the most notorious of all outlaws, we thought it would be helpful to provide some context to the story of Billy the Kid, who even now continues to capture New Mexico news headlines. Read more
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