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Third in a series. Have you chosen your own spouse or life partner? How about your friends? Me too. These relationships are imperfect, but, gee, I would still never allow someone else to assign my friends to me. Don't let anybody ask questions about your life and personality, and then tell you […]

Today, the Journal concludes its endorsements in contested primary races with its picks for governor and lieutenant governor. The Editorial Board interviewed nearly 50 contested primary candidates in recent weeks, and we thank them all for their time, participation and commitment to public service. […]

OREM, Utah — With 11 runs over the final two innings, the New Mexico State baseball team beat Utah Valley 17-6 to clinch a berth in next week's WAC tournament in Mesa, Arizona. NM State jumped out to a 5-0 lead over the first two innings of play. In the first inning, Edwin Martinez-Pagani […]

In Blaine, Minnesota, forwards Jake Keller, Wilmer Svensson and Alex Gomez each scored goals and Beni Halasz saved 36 shots leading the New Mexico Ice Wolves to a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Titans on Friday in the opening game of their three-game Robertson Cup semifinal series. The Ice Wolves […]

SATURDAY: At Salt Lake, 6:35 p.m., 610 AM/95.9 FM PROBABLES: Isotopes RHP Peter Lambert (0-1, 9.00) vs. Bees RHP Jason Junk (0-1, 5.29) FRIDAY: For the second time in 2022, the Isotopes lost a game on a walk-off home run. Salt Lake Bees catcher Colby Fitch stepped to the plate with a runner on […]

[abq-featured-image size="large" /] POKROVSK, Ukraine -- In what would be its biggest victory yet in the war with Ukraine, Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared […]

[abq-featured-image size=large /][journal_continued_coverage_notice/] SEOUL, South Korea -- U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said after meeting Saturday that they will consider expanded joint military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea at a time […]

Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal Authorities say a man was drinking with some friends before he decided to fire a rifle at multiple police officers from an apartment balcony Thursday evening in Southeast Albuquerque. [caption id="attachment_2501336" align="alignright" width="200"] Jimmy […]

Some eastbound Interstate 40 lanes and ramps will be closed between Sixth and the Big I over the weekend due to roadwork. The state Department of Transportation says the work is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. today (Friday) and run through 5 a.m. Monday. According to the DOT news release: ■ […]

Valley High School filled its football coaching vacancy, and Eldorado hired its new girls basketball coach, both on Friday afternoon. The Vikings promoted assistant Billy Cobos, who was coaching offensive and defensive linemen, to replace Judge Chavez. At Eldorado, former Hope Christian head […]

[caption id="attachment_2501325" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Calvin Magee was all smiles from the sidelines as he watched the Lobo offense scrimmage at University Stadium during this spring football practice in 2018. Magee, who was working at Jacksonville (Ala.) State, has died, JSU announced […]

[caption id="attachment_2501069" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Smoke from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire rises to join with clouds northeast of the village of Llano, near Penasco, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)[/caption] Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque […]

[caption id="attachment_2501286" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] Republicans Rebecca Dow, Ethel Maharg, Jay Block, Greg Zanetti and Mark Ronchetti stand on stage at an event sponsored by the New Mexico Business Coalition as they compete for the nomination to run for governor. The GOP primary […]

Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal The families of more than 39,500 New Mexico students in grades K-12 will share in $2.3 million in federal money for food credits as reimbursement for missing free and reduced-price school meals because of COVID-related absences, the state Human Services […]

Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal As baby formula manufacturers rush to ramp up production to mitigate a nationwide shortage of the product, one Albuquerque pediatrician says cow milk can be used as a stopgap measure, but only for a brief period of time. [caption id="attachment_2501310" […]

Pet owners will get an opportunity to show which of their canines is top dog at the Mutt Strutt pet fair and community social to be held Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at Altura Park, 4101 Aspen NE, in Albuquerque. Dogs will strut their stuff in a "catwalk" for prizes and titles that include Best Dressed, […]

[caption id="attachment_2501348" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] The speed cameras on Gibson at Carlisle clock speeders both eastbound and westbound. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)[/caption] The city of Albuquerque has been sending out warnings for almost a month to drivers clocked […]

SANTA FE — The five Republican candidates for governor clash in their only televised debate Friday as they question each other's qualifications and pitch themselves to GOP voters. Click on the video above to watch the debate recorded earlier this week and jointly sponsored by KOAT-TV, News […]

UNM FOOTBALL COACH Danny Gonzales confirmed that a quarterback named General Booty was recently in town on a recruiting trip. From Tyler Junior College in Texas, Booty ultimately ended up signing with Oklahoma. That's unfortunate because the Lobos can use all the marketing help they can get. But we […]

[caption id="attachment_2501275" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Jonathan Martinez sets up tabulator machines and an absentee ballot drop box Friday at the Max Coll Corridor Community Center. He and others in the Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office are setting up early-voting locations around the […]

Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal [caption id="attachment_2501268" align="alignright" width="162"] Robert Smith (State Police)[/caption] New Mexico State Police says it didn't take long for a new hire at a women's prison in Grants to start a sexual relationship with a female inmate […]

A man was fatally shot Friday afternoon in Southeast Albuquerque. Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque police spokesman, said officers responded around 2 p.m. to a shooting in the 1500 block of High SE, near Interstate 25 and Central. He said as officers responded a man with a gunshot wound showed up […]

Albuquerque MMA fighter Holly Holm weighed in on Friday at 135.5 pounds for her bantamweight main event against Ketlen Vieira on Saturday (5 p.m., streamed at espn+) at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Vieira, of Manaus, Brazil, weighed in at 136 pounds. The bantamweight limit is 135 pounds, but one […]

[abq-featured-image size=large /][journal_continued_coverage_notice/] TULSA, Okla. -- The Latest on the second round of the PGA Championship (all times local): ___ 7 p.m. Bubba Watson matched the lowest round in PGA Championship history and climbed into contention during the second round at […]

New Mexico United's dry spell between summer home matches got significantly longer Friday. United's home game against Phoenix Rising FC, scheduled for Saturday night at Isotopes Park, was postponed by the USL Championship on Friday because of COVID-19. According to a league release, "multiple […]

[caption id="attachment_2501194" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Ultramains electronic logbook appears on the iPad at left, alongside other cockpit displays, for pilots to digitally log all technical issues before, during and after flights. (Courtesy of Ultramain)[/caption] Copyright © 2022 […]

Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal [caption id="attachment_2501187" align="alignright" width="349"] Johnny Garcia (MDC)[/caption] An Albuquerque Police officer in the aviation division has been charged with rape and put on unpaid leave after an airport security guard reported that he […]

[caption id="attachment_2501184" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham with fiancé, Manny Cordova, after her inaugural address on Jan. 1, 2019. The two are set to wed Saturday in Washington, D.C.. (Eddie Moore/Journal)[/caption] Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque […]

[abq-featured-image size=large /][journal_continued_coverage_notice/] WASHINGTON -- Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative political activist, urged Republican lawmakers in Arizona after the 2020 presidential election to choose their own slate of […]

[abq-featured-image size=large /][journal_continued_coverage_notice/] NEW ORLEANS -- Pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border must continue, a judge ruled Friday in an order blocking the Biden administration's plan to lift them early next week. The ruling was […]

[abq-featured-image size=large /][journal_continued_coverage_notice/] A current U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a former supervisor in the agency were charged Friday with leaking confidential law enforcement information to defense lawyers in Miami in exchange for $70,000 in cash. A […]

[abq-featured-image size="large" /] NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York's attorney general. Trump paid the fine Thursday but must still submit […]

[abq-featured-image size=large /][journal_continued_coverage_notice/] SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge in California has dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit filed by a Tesla investor against CEO Elon Musk, one of Musk's supporters and Tesla. In an order filed Thursday, Judge James […]

[abq-featured-image size=large /][journal_continued_coverage_notice/] CUNEO, Italy -- Romain Bardet pulled out of the Giro d'Italia due to a stomach bug on Friday before French cyclist Arnaud Démare claimed his third victory in this year's race. Bardet, who was among the overall title […]

[abq-featured-image size="large" /] The Southeastern Conference spring meetings will be held in person for the first time since 2019 in a little less than two weeks. It is unlikely two of the league's superstar coaches will be chumming around Destin, Florida, together. Texas A&M coach Jimbo […]