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  • 11 city of Las Cruces employees earn more than $100000 a year and other interesting facts

    click here to search City of Las Cruces: Did you know? - Eleven city of Las Cruces employees earn more than $100,000 a year - Five city government department directors are paid less than $100,000 a year - Mayor, City Council aren't among high paid city positions - It's a man's world: Top 10 city government salaries belong to men - City salaries include a 2 percent ...

  • By the numbers NMSUs highest paid employees

    click here to search Who makes the most money at New Mexico State University? Football coach Doug Martin earns the top spot at $363,000. Interim president Manuel Pacheco is just behind at $360,000. The top 10 earners at the university make a combined $2.57 million - up 1 percent from $2.55 million in fiscal year 2012. Highest-earner Martin took over the head coaching slot in February after ...

  • New video reveals how cops caught women with body in trunk

    A shocking confession was caught on dash cam video and in police interrogation audio after a high speed chase in Belen. New Mexico State Police said two women killed a man and stuffed his body into a trunk. A grand jury has indicted suspected murderers, Jennifer McKee and Ashlee Gurule. Police said they planned a grisly murder for a man’s car. Hours after a high speed chase ended in ...

  • North American Sports Group introduces the Sportsfest kickoff

    The first annual Albuquerque Sportsfest will be held June 8-9 at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There will be live music, fireworks and food trucks. All soccer athletes participating in Sportsfest will have the opportunity to qualify for the Kick It 3v3 Regional Championships and/or the Disney 3v3 Championships. This is the first annual Albuquerque Sportsfest, while Hoop It ...

  • Transgender teen opts out of grad ceremony

    Posted at: 05/22/2013 7:06 PM | Updated at: 05/22/2013 7:12 PM By: Maria Guerrero, KOB Eyewitness News 4 St. Pius High School celebrated its 54th graduation ceremony today,one graduate didn’t show up to receive a diploma. The city’s only Catholic high school sent 192 young adults into the world. Santa Fe Archbishop Michael Sheehan was also on hand for Wednesday ...

  • City encourages homeowners to plant trees

    The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Authority is going all out to encourage homeowners to plant more trees in a time of drought when thousands have simply given up, turned their lawns in to xeriscapes, and quit watering. We’re supposed to conserve water, right? But that doesn’t mean you have to let your trees die of thirst. At local nurseries, like Jericho Nursery at I-25 ...


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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [DVD]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [DVD]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the best of the Star Trek film series, a gloriously operatic revenge tale full of sound and fury, violence and vengeance, humor and empathy. It followed three years after Robert Wise's elegant, but somewhat tedious Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), and Wrath of Khan couldn't have been any different. Taut, tense, and deliciously ov ... ...

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  • Proactive policing drains lockup funds

    SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) - Police in Santa Fe say increased patrols and aggressive tactical plans are resulting in more arrests, and more time in jail for bad guys, but it's also coming with a hefty price tag. Santa Fe police have to pay the jail $85 a day for every inmate they arrest. They need nearly $200,000 just to cover the costs until the end of June. Police Chief Ray Rael said lately ...

  • Neighbor opposes plan to house veterans

    RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) - A local man is trying to open up a shelter for veterans who, like him, need help getting back on their feet as they figure out life after the military. But not everyone is on board with the idea. In fact, one man is asking the city of Rio Rancho to deny the proposal. He says even though he loves and respects veterans, he does not think his neighborhood is the place for ...

  • Drug figure spins jails revolving door

    CHIMAY, N.M. (KRQE) - A convicted drug kingpin is locked up for the third time for dabbling in the world of drugs just months after he was released from jail for a similar charge. Jose Mario Trujillo, 27, was arrested Monday after probation officers and New ...

  • Lone Cornerstone Christian Academy senior to heads to NMSU

    LAS CRUCES - Andrew Gallegos, a senior at Cornerstone Christian Academy, a private Christian school in Las Cruces, will be the school's sole graduate Thursday. Gallegos started at Cornerstone in fifth grade. He has played with the school's Conquerors basketball team as the team captain and point guard. He has been accepted into New Mexico State University where he plans to study ...

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