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HOBBS — Seeking to reset his economic message, Republican Mitt Romney pledged Thursday to create 3 million jobs and more than $1 trillion in revenue by ramping up offshore oil drilling and giving states more control over energy production on federal land. Romney, reviving a long-elusive goal pushed by presidents and presidential candidates for decades, said his plans would make the U.S., along with Canada and Mexico, energy independent by 2020. "This is not some pie in the sky kind of thing," Romney told voters in Hobbs, t...
FORT SUMNER — The tombstone of Billy the Kid has been repaired. Officials at the old Fort Sumner Museum say the famous outlaw's 2000-pound tombstone was restored this week after vandals tipped it over and damaged it last month. De Baca County authorities say other graves in the cemetery were also vandalized and thieves broke into the old Fort Sumner Museum. Three antique rifles and a shotgun were stolen from the museum. Museum officials say an air conditioning unit has been fixed and the exhibits are open to the public. No a...
PORTALES — Portales police have arrested two people involved in what authorities call a sophisticated ring that specialized in helping illegal immigrants obtain fraudulent New Mexico driver's licenses. Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler announced Wednesday that Veronica Diaz and Jose-Luis Tirado were arrested this weekend for their roles in the scheme. Both are being held on $10,000 cash only bond. Authorities believe hundreds of licenses have been fraudulently obtained through the ring over the last couple o...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Federal agents raided a sprawling ranch in Oklahoma and a prominent quarter horse track in New Mexico on Tuesday, alleging the brother of a high-ranking official in a Mexican drug cartel used a horse-breeding operation to launder money. An indictment unsealed Tuesday accused Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, a key figure in the Zetas drug operation, of setting up a horse operation that a younger brother operated from a ranch near Lexington, Okla., south of Oklahoma City. Millions of dollars went through the operat...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Federal agents raided a sprawling ranch in Oklahoma and a prominent quarter horse track in New Mexico on Tuesday, alleging the brother of a high-ranking official in a Mexican drug cartel used a horse-breeding operation to launder money. An indictment unsealed Tuesday accused Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, a key figure in the Zetas drug operation, of setting up a horse operation that a younger brother operated from a ranch near Lexington, Okla., south of Oklahoma City. Millions of dollars went through the operat...
LOS ANGELES — Freedom Communications Inc., the former owner of the Clovis News Journal, Portales News-Tribune and Quay County Sun, is being sold to an investment group that had earlier tried to purchase The Boston Globe. The sale to 2100 Trust LLC represents the last of six pieces of Freedom that have been sold since it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2010. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In April, Freedom sold eight TV stations to Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. for $385 million. This year, it a...
LOS ANGELES — Freedom Communications Inc., the former owner of the Clovis News Journal, Portales News-Tribune and Quay County Sun, is being sold to an investment group that had earlier tried to purchase The Boston Globe. The sale to 2100 Trust LLC represents the last of six pieces of Freedom that have been sold since it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2010. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In April, Freedom sold eight TV stations to Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. for $385 million. This year, it a... Full story
DENVER — The Air Force said Wednesday it will indefinitely delay plans to fly low-altitude training missions over parts of New Mexico and Colorado. Officials at Cannon Air Force Base will examine the training requirements for the base's aircraft and then decide what kind of environmental review process to undergo, 1st Lt. Stephanie Schonberger said. The aircraft that would make the proposed training flights are based at Cannon. "We're taking a step back from the whole proposal to take a look at our training requirements," she... Full story
DENVER — The Air Force said Wednesday it will indefinitely delay plans to fly low-altitude training missions over parts of New Mexico and Colorado. Officials at Cannon Air Force Base will examine the training requirements for the base's aircraft and then decide what kind of environmental review process to undergo, 1st Lt. Stephanie Schonberger said. The aircraft that would make the proposed training flights are based at Cannon. "We're taking a step back from the whole proposal to take a look at our training requirements," she... Full story
DENVER — The Air Force said Wednesday it will indefinitely delay plans to fly low-altitude training missions over parts of New Mexico and Colorado. Officials at Cannon Air Force Base will examine the training requirements for the base's aircraft and then decide what kind of environmental review process to undergo, 1st Lt. Stephanie Schonberger said. The aircraft that would make the proposed training flights are based at Cannon. "We're taking a step back from the whole proposal to take a look at our training requirements," she...
DENVER — The Air Force said Wednesday it will indefinitely delay plans to fly low-altitude training missions over parts of New Mexico and Colorado. Officials at Cannon Air Force Base will examine the training requirements for the base's aircraft and then decide what kind of environmental review process to undergo, 1st Lt. Stephanie Schonberger said. The aircraft that would make the proposed training flights are based at Cannon. "We're taking a step back from the whole proposal to take a look at our training requirements," she...
ALBUQUERQUE — Turnout was light across the state Tuesday as New Mexicans weighed in on the already decided Republican presidential primary and narrowed their field of candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress, Registered Republicans could cast ballots for presidential candidates Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney, although Romney sewed up the nomination last week with a win in Texas. Most eyes were on the Democrat primary, where Rep. Martin Heinrich and state auditor Hector Balderas were competing in a g... Full story
ALBUQUERQUE — Turnout was light across the state Tuesday as New Mexicans weighed in on the already decided Republican presidential primary and narrowed their field of candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress, Registered Republicans could cast ballots for presidential candidates Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney, although Romney sewed up the nomination last week with a win in Texas. Most eyes were on the Democrat primary, where Rep. Martin Heinrich and state auditor Hector Balderas were competing in a g...
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney says he's honored and humbled to become the Republican Party's 2012 presidential nominee. And he's expressing confidence in his chances of winning the White House this fall. The former Massachusetts governor clinched the party nod Tuesday night with a Texas primary victory. In a post-victory statement, he claims the party has come together after a divisive primary with one goal. He says that's putting what he calls the country's failures of the last three-plus years in the past. He also says he's m...
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney says he's honored and humbled to become the Republican Party's 2012 presidential nominee. And he's expressing confidence in his chances of winning the White House this fall. The former Massachusetts governor clinched the party nod Tuesday night with a Texas primary victory. In a post-victory statement, he claims the party has come together after a divisive primary with one goal. He says that's putting what he calls the country's failures of the last three-plus years in the past. He also says he's m... Full story
WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee on Thursday overwhelmingly backed a $642 billion defense bill that calls for construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast, restores aircraft and ships slated for early retirement and ignores the Pentagon's cost-saving request for another round of domestic base closings. Despite the clamor for fiscal discipline, the committee crafted a military spending blueprint that's $8 billion more than the level President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans agreed to l... Full story
WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee on Thursday overwhelmingly backed a $642 billion defense bill that calls for construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast, restores aircraft and ships slated for early retirement and ignores the Pentagon's cost-saving request for another round of domestic base closings. Despite the clamor for fiscal discipline, the committee crafted a military spending blueprint that's $8 billion more than the level President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans agreed to l... Full story
Pojoaque Valley athletic director Matt Martinez confirmed that Michael Littlejohn has withdrawn his name from consideration for the head volleyball coaching position. Littlejohn, as reported recently by the Santa Fe New Mexican, was investigated for sexual harassment while coaching at a high school in Borger, Texas, before leaving that job earlier this year. Littlejohn also had previously coached at Texico. Martinez said Littlejohn was the top candidate of the search committee, but a formal recommendation for his hire was...
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House counterterrorism official John Brennan publicly described how al-Qaida targets are chosen for drone strikes, the first time the Obama administration has described the widely known practice so openly and in such detail. Brennan, speaking in Washington on Monday, says President Barack Obama wants to be more transparent with the American public a year after a raid by Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. "Yes, in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House counterterrorism official John Brennan publicly described how al-Qaida targets are chosen for drone strikes, the first time the Obama administration has described the widely known practice so openly and in such detail. Brennan, speaking in Washington on Monday, says President Barack Obama wants to be more transparent with the American public a year after a raid by Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. "Yes, in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to s...
HOUSTON — The wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday. The circumstances of Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's death were not immediately available. The Pentagon said it was under investigation, and his brother-in-law said he didn't have details. "We are entrusting the military with investigating and with finding out what happened to Capt. Clark," Bradley Taber-Thomas told The Associated Press. Clark, a 43-year-old Army chief nurse, grew u...
HOUSTON — The wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday. The circumstances of Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's death were not immediately available. The Pentagon said it was under investigation, and his brother-in-law said he didn't have details. "We are entrusting the military with investigating and with finding out what happened to Capt. Clark," Bradley Taber-Thomas told The Associated Press. Clark, a 43-year-old Army chief nurse, grew u...
SANTA FE — Gov. Susana Martinez is drawing heat from a few Republicans for throwing her might and her political action committee's money in a contested GOP primary for a state senate seat in eastern New Mexico. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that Martinez is supporting Angie Spears over two other Republicans in a race for the state Senate in a rural, heavily Republican district around Clovis. Spears' two opponents say they do not appreciate Martinez taking a side in a campaign where no Democrats are running. Trucking c...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez is drawing heat from a few Republicans for throwing her might and her political action committee's money in a contested GOP primary for a state senate seat in eastern New Mexico. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that Martinez is supporting Angie Spears over two other Republicans in a race for the state Senate in a rural, heavily Republican district around Clovis. Spears' two opponents say they do not appreciate Martinez taking a side in a campaign where no Democrats are running. Truck...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Emergency crews searched the charred remains of a Virginia Beach apartment complex Friday after a fighter jet crashed into it just after takeoff in what Navy officials called a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction." Two Navy pilots — a student and an instructor from nearby Naval Air Station Oceana — ejected just before the jet careened into the apartment complex, demolishing sections of some buildings and engulfing others in flames. Some 40 apartment units were damaged or destroyed in the crash, but h...
