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  • Audit: More than 50 inmates released early

    By Russell Contreras
    The Associated Press

    More than 50 inmates were mistakenly released early from New Mexico prisons, including a convicted murderer with more than four years left to serve, according to a new state audit released Wednesday.

    The New Mexico Corrections Department said most of 51 offenders identified in the audit of 6,900 inmate files were erroneously released from September 2010 and September 2012 due to miscalculations on time left to serve.

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  • Nursing Home week
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  • Jail Log - May 17, 2013

    The following individuals were booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center between May 7 and May 13:
    Brant Roybal, age unavailable,10 day commitment
    Roberto Campos, 65, positive UA (THC)
    George Martinez, 32, positive UA (cocaine)
    Brandy Sanchez, 19, 72- hour hold drug court Violation
    Michael Martinez, 36, hold for court
    Paul Griego, 54, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle
    Lonnie Baca, age unavailable, battery on household member

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  • In Brief - New Mexico News - May 17, 2013

    The Associated Press

    Mom chases down abductor
    ALBUQUERQUE — A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt, Albuquerque police said Thursday.
    The young girl was playing in her yard at an apartment complex in Albuquerque’s North Valley when a group of teenagers saw the kidnapping and ran to alert the girl’s mother.

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  • Auditors fault regulators

    By Barry Massey
    The Associated Press

    SANTA FE — New Mexico needs to strengthen its regulatory oversight of a billion-dollar gambling industry that includes horse racing tracks and casinos operated by Indian tribes, legislative auditors recommended Wednesday.

    A report by staff of the Legislative Finance Committee said the New Mexico Racing Commission and the state Gaming Control Board are understaffed and hampered by limited regulatory powers.

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  • Judge delays ruling in Chavez case

    By Russell Contreras
    The Associated Press

    BERNALILLO — A judge in the case of a former Albuquerque police officer accused of killing his wife on Wednesday rescinded on oral ruling to seal all new pretrial motions and said he will rule next week on whether to unseal other documents sought by media outlets.

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  • Annual Bike Rodeo for kids Saturday

    Submitted to the Optic

    The 22nd annual Kiwanis Bike Safety Rodeo is set for 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.  Saturday at the parking lot of the Wilson Gym Complex at Highlands University.

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  • Middle school dance tonight at rec center

    Sixth- and seventh- grade students may soon be dancing the evening away. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today (Friday) the Abe Montoya Recreation Center will hold a dance for the middle school students.

    “We are trying to do something for sixth and seventh grade students,” Lucas Griego said.
    Griego, a youth coordinator at the local center, said local DJ, J&J will provide the music for the three-hour dance. Jeanette Nolan also donated her time to the teen dance held earlier this month.

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  • VA to host health fair Tuesday at local clinic

    Submitted to the Optic

    Area veterans are invited to attend a special health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the VA Clinic located at 624 University Ave.

    Veterans and their family members will have an opportunity to learn about many VA programs during the fair, including nine Healthy Living Messages.

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  • East to end year in black

    Las Vegas City Schools has had a run of good luck in recent weeks.  

    Superintendent Sheryl McNellis-Martinez said that in late April she received a letter that helped solve the district’s budget woes. The letter informed the district it had been approved for E-rate funding since last July.

    The approved funding is for roughly $300,000 and will help eliminate the district’s shortfall for this fiscal year, which ends June 30.

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