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Who Wins, Who Loses

Itโ€™s hard to know who the biggest loser in the Hunter Biden trial might be. Hunter Biden, of course, who was convicted on three felony counts on June 11 by a jury of his Delaware peers, lost the legal case.  Donald Trump lost something bigger; his complaints about two-tiered justice were stopped cold.  During the […]

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Letโ€™s Not Even Call This a Debate

At 7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on June 27, more than four months before Election Day, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will spend 90 minutes on CNN airing rehearsed talking points in front of a moderator in two-minute soundbites in a studio empty but for the production crew and campaign staff. Happily, I will be […]

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Powerful storm transformed ‘relatively flat’ Willard into ‘large lake,’ forecasters say

WILLARD, N.M. (AP) โ€” A powerful storm battered a small New Mexico village for several hours Wednesday, causing severe flash flooding that trapped dozens of vehicles in rushing flood waters. The storm unleashed a thick curtain of rain and lime-sized hail over the 200-person village of Willard outside of Albuquerque, as fire crews farther south […]

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Heinrich-led bump stock ban gained speed, then stalls when one Republican objects

By City Desk Staff Report On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Courtโ€™s conservative majority ruled that it would take an act of Congress, not a Trump-era regulatory rule, to ban bump stocks for firearms. Monday afternoon, New Mexicoโ€™s U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, joined by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), announced that they […]

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Torrance County Wants Your Input on Development Projects Around the Countyย 

The Torrance County Commission has scheduled a public hearing about the countyโ€™s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) during the next regular council meetings. ICIP provides a framework for county leaders to build a five-year plan for community growth and development projects.  Residents will have two opportunities to voice their concerns and ideas about public projects […]

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PNM seeks rate increase

By Hannah Grover Customers of New Mexicoโ€™s largest electric utility may pay more for energy in the future. The Public Service Company of New Mexico filed an application with state regulators on Friday proposing a rate increase. According to the application, if approved, the average residential customer that uses 600 kilowatt hours of electricity would […]

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Albuquerque Fire Rescue Sends Crew to Help Fight Ruidoso Fires

The Albuquerque Fire Rescue Wildland Division is deploying resources to Ruidoso to help with the ongoing efforts to fight the South Fork and Salt fires.  AFR resources have been requested through New Mexico State Forestryโ€™s Resource Mobilization Plan and the City of Albuquerque Office of Emergency Management. โ€œThe Wildland Division is currently preparing to deploy […]

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Residents flee Ruidoso as wildfires bear down on homes

By MORGAN LEE / Associated Press Residents of the mountain village of Ruidoso in southern New Mexico fled their homes under evacuation orders with little time to rescue belongings as fast-moving wildfires bore down on the village of 7,000 residents. Traffic clogged downtown streets of the normally pastoral village and vacation destination for hours Monday as smoke […]

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Dead Cows and Blowing Trash Prompt Estancia Rancher to Sue Solid Waste Facility

An Estancia rancher whose property borders the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority has filed a lawsuit against the facility.  โ€œFor a number of years, theyโ€™ve (EVSWA) completely failed to mitigate trash blowing away and blowing off their landfill onto these peopleโ€™s property,โ€ said attorney Blair Dunn who represents Ernie and Kim Ortiz.  The most recent […]

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