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Panel derails tougher DWI bill (Clovis News Journal)
Some state senators cited financial reasons as a Senate committee on Monday effectively killed a bill that would have increased DWI penalties. Currently there is no mandatory jail time for first-time DWI offenders in New Mexico. However, Senate Bill...Tougher DWI penalties derailed (Santa Fe New Mexican) Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Some state senators cited financial reasons as a Senate committee on Monday effectively killed a bill that would have increased DWI penalties.
Deny & Delay (Santa Fe Reporter) Ten years ago, New Mexico State Police Officer Marvyn Jaramillo was pulled over by a Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy for speeding. He flunked a sobriety test. His loaded shotgun lay behind his seat.
Updated at 5:45am -- Man Gets 49 1/2 Years for Killing, Beheading Woman (Albuquerque Journal) Roswell woman was killed, dismembered in March 2009 after argument over money. Allen Dale Bruce, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and other charges in the March 2009 killing and dismembering of a Roswell woman, was sentenced Monday to nearly 50 years in a New Mexico . . .
Two-Vehicle Crash in Southeastern N.M. Leaves One Dead (Albuquerque Journal) Collision occured on U.S. 380 near the Lea and Chaves county line A man from Ocean Shores, Wash., has been killed in a two-vehicle crash in southeastern New Mexico, according to State Police. Martin Studer, 67, was pronounced dead at the scene of . . .
9:00am -- Silver City Mourns 'Cowboy Reporter' (Albuquerque Journal) Veteran broadcaster/journalist Sam Conn died Saturday at the age of 47. Veteran journalist Sam Conn, known in Silver City and throughout the Southwest as the "cowboy reporter," died Saturday in Silver City after a long illness, the Silver . . .
Training, education keys to disaster response (Portales News-Tribune) While local counties don’t have to deal with tragedy on the scale of the earthquake in Haiti, they must be prepared for tornadoes, severe weather and the possibility of an agriculture disaster. Curry and Roosevelt counties also face the possibility...
Clovis not alone in fight (Clovis News Journal) A business wants to locate in your city. Like most businesses, it wants land cheap. In most cases that means land outside the core city. The business buys, the city expands and all parties are happy. Unless, of course, the older parts of the city get...
Morning Roundup (Albuquerque Journal) News from around New Mexico: Chaves County's top prosecutor says there will be no charges filed against two police officers involved in the shooting death . . .
2 judges named in southern NM (KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque) New judges have been appointed in southern New Mexico's Otero and Chaves counties.