Richardson aims to make New Mexico a film hub
Democratic candidate Bill Richardson pitches state tax credits and free use of state buildings to attract film business. At Studio New Mexico he pledges to visit Hollywood leaders in California within 30 days of taking office to recruit companies like Disney Sony Warner and Paramount while highlighting stars living in New Mexico.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Bill Richardson
New Mexico Soundstage
California
Disney
Sony
Warner
Paramount
Hollywood
Japanese tourist vanishes at White Sands National Monument
Kazuomi Fujita, 29, visiting from Tokyo, disappeared after entering the dunes at White Sands NM in New Mexico last Sunday. Hundreds joined searches over five days, using dogs, horses, helicopters and ground crews. the Otero County Sheriff's Office found no signs of foul play. Fujita had been in New York for meetings and museum and Yankees activities before his planned return to Japan.
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White Sands National Monument
Kazuomi Fujita
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Japan
Fujita
White Sand
New Mexico
White Sands
Jim Mack
Sumikin Bussan International Corp
Mack
Otero County
Artesia man found guilty in Sky Samora murder case
An Eddy County jury convicted Richard Sigala of first degree murder armed robbery tampering with evidence and conspiracy for the September 2001 shooting death of Sky Samora in Artesia. Venegas pled guilty to second degree murder conspiracy and tampering with evidence and received 16 years.
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Carlsbad
Artesia
Eddy County
Richard Sigala
Sky Samora
Sigala
Eleuterio
Junior
Venegas
Brown
Muleshoe
Texas
Hardeman wins suit against Albuquerque over wrongful termination
Marsha Hardeman, former director of the Albuquerque Convention Center, won 4.4 million from the city, mayor Jim Baca, and another official. The jury found her discharge in 1998 was motivated by protected free speech about audits, with race overtones cited by supporters.
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Albuquerque
Albuquerque Convention Center
Marsha Hardeman
Jim Baca
Roswell
Hardeman
Eric Sirotkin
Sirotkin
State moves to take over Cuba school district
New Mexico state education officials will assume control of the Cuba school district while seven other districts will use locally developed plans to address failing schools. Superintendent Michael Davis announced plans after identifying 15 low achieving schools. Cuba High School and the district will be placed under state control.
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Santa FE
State Department of Education
Cuba
Michael Davis
Davis
Albuquerque
Bernalillo
Central Consolidated
Gallup-McKinley County
Grants-Cibola
Las Cruces
Zuni
Cuba High School
Pojoaque Pueblo Defends Water Rights in State Lawsuit
Pojoaque Pueblo officials call the state’s bid to curb its water use in the Aamodt case political and petty while noting there is enough water for the tribe. The state seeks an injunction to limit water use linked to its golf course and hotel projects amid wider Rio Pojoaque watershed claims.
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Pojoaque
Jacob Viarrial
Aamodt Water
Viarrial
Aamodt
Rio Pojoaque
Rio Tesuque
Rio Nambe
Tesuque
Nambe
San Ildefonso
Patricia Madrid
Madrid
Pojoaque Pueblo
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Julia Roberts
Wes Studi
Thomas Edison
Isleta Pueblo
Energy
United Nations
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