CURRIE.
.TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.
HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO
.TONIGHT...MOST LY
CLEAR. LOWS 10 TO 20.
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15
MPH.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING AN ELEVEN YEAR
OLD
GIRL ON THE NAVAJO
NATION LAST YEAR WILL
HAVE A HEARING IN
FEDERAL COURT THIS
MORNING.
A JUDGE WILL DETERMINE
IF A HEARING IS
NECESSARY TO SEE IF TOM
BEGAYE JUNIOR IS
COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL
FOR KILLING ASHLYNNE
MIKE. AUTHORITIES SAY
BEGAYE KIDNAPPED THE
GIRL AND SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED HER
BEFORE KILLING HER.
BEGAYE REMAINS IN
FEDERAL CUSTODY ON
MURDER AND KIDNAPPING
CHARGES. FERNANDA...
TWO FAMILIES ARE WITHOUT
HOMES THIS MORNING AFTER
A FIRE DAMAGED TWO HOMES
NEAR BROADWAY AND
AVENIDA CESAR CHAVEZ. IT
STARTED AROUND 2-30 THIS
MORNING. CREWS WERE ABLE
TO QUICKLY PUT OUT THE
FIRE BUT NOT BEFORE IT
SPREAD CAUSING A TOTAL
LOSS TO BOTH ROOFS.
A-F-D SAYS THERE
ARE NO INJURIES . THEY
WERE ABLE TO RESCUE SIX
DOGS FROM THE HOMES.
CREWS ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE
OF THE FIRE.
WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT AN
18-YEAR-OLD MAN
WHO CAUSED A STAND OFF
WITH SWAT IN RIO RANCHO.
AROUND 10-30 LAST
NIGHT... B-C-S-O
RESPONDED TO THE CALL
NEAR SARAH ROAD AND 36
STREET--- WHERE DEPUTIES
SAY A MAN BARRICADED
HIMSELF. WITHIN AN
HOUR--- DEPUTIES SAY
THEY TOOK THE MAN INTO
CUSTODY-- IN REFERENCE
TO AN ARMED ROBBERY
WARRANT.
MORE PROTESTS ARE
PLANNED TODAY AT WELLS
FARGOS OVER ITS
FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE
DAKOTA ACCESS
PIPELINE...INCLUD
ING ONE IN ALBUQUERQUE.
LAST NIGHT HUNDREDS OF
DEMONSTRATORS TOOK OVER
THE LOBBY OF A WELLS
FARGO BANK IN SEATTLE.
YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT
TRUMP CLEARED THE WAY
FOR THE TWO
CONTROVERSIAL OIL
PROJECTS, -- THE
KEYSTONE AND DAKOTA
PIPELINES..
POLICE IN SOMALIA SAY AT
LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE WERE
KILLED AND 14 INJURED AS
SECURITY FORCES ENDED
THIS MORNING'S SIEGE BY
EXTREMIST FIGHTERS WHO
STORMED A HOTEL IN THE
CAPITAL CITY. SURVIVORS
DESCRIBED CHAOTIC SCENES
IN WHICH HOTEL RESIDENTS
HID THEMSELVES UNDER
BEDS AND
OTHERS JUMPED OUT OF
WINDOWS TO ESCAPE THE
ATTACKERS. SOMALIA'S
MILITANT GROUP AL
SHABAAB WAS BEHIND THE
ATTACK.
TWO DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS
ARE PUSHING A PROPOSAL
THAT WOULD ALLOW
TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS
IN NEW MEXICO TO END
THEIR LIVES WITH HELP
FROM DOCTORS. THE BILL
WOULD PREVENT NEW MEXICO
DOCTORS FROM FACING
PROSECUTION FOR HELPING
TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS
END THEIR LIVES. FIVE
OTHER STATES ALLOW
RESIDENTS TO END THEIR
LIVES LEGALLY WITH
MEDICATION PRESCRIBED BY
A PHYSICIAN.
A WELL-KNOWN ALBUQUERQUE
CAR THIEF WILL SPEND THE
NEXT
FOUR YEARS BEHIND BARS.
30- YEAR-OLD REYANON
DUNCAN
LED POLICE ON A CHASE IN
A STOLEN CAR LAST
SUMMER. THEY ARRESTED
HER WHEN THEY SAW HER
CASING CARS IN THE
HEIGHTS. SHE PLEADED
GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS
INCLUDING
STEALING A CAR AND
RESISTING ARREST.
TOSS TO CRYSTAL
STARTING NEXT WEEK---
THE U-N-M ANDERSON
SCHOOL OF
MANAGMENT WILL RECEIVE A
MAKEOVER... AS CREWS GET
READY TO BUILD THE BRAND
NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART
MCKINNON CENTER FOR
MANAGEMENT. IAN
MCKINNON AND HIS WIFE,
AN ANDERSON ALUM, ARE
LONG-TIME SUPPORTERS OF
THE SCHOOL AND DONATED
SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE
PROJECT. GROUNDBREAK
ING IS MONDAY--- AND IS
SET TO OPEN IN MAY
20-18.
IN JUST MONTHS--- WYNDAM
WILL TAKE OVER
ALBUQUERQUE'S HOTEL
CASCADA. IN MAY-- THE
HOTEL AT CARLISLE AND
I-40 WILL OFFICIALLY
BECOME "THE WYNDHAM
HOTEL AND CONFERENCE
CENTER"... WITH
5-MILLION DOLLARS IN
UPGRADES. THEY INCLUDE A
REDESIGNED LOBBY, NEW
GUEST AND MEETING ROOMS,
AND NEW FITNESS CENTER.
MORE HOMES WERE BOUGHT
AND SOLD LAST YEAR THAN
ANY TIME IN THE LAST
DECADE. NEW DATA FROM
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF REALTORS COUNTS 5
POINT 45 MILLION
EXISTING HOME SALES IN
2016. THAT'S THE BIGGEST
NUMBER
SINCE 2006, BEFORE THE
HOUSING CRISIS. SALES
DIPPED IN
DECEMBER THOUGH, WITH
FEW HOMES UP FOR SALE
AND
MORTGAGE RATES CREEPING
HIGHER.
FEWER PEOPLE ARE DYING
FROM CANCER IN THE U.S.
NEW RESEARCH IN THE
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN
MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION SHOWS A 20
PERCENT DECLINE IN
RECENT
DECADES. RESEARCHERS SAY
CANCER CLUSTERS ARE
STILL PREVALENT IN SOME
AREAS, INCLUDING IN THE
SOUTH AROUND THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHERE
BREAST CANCER RATES ARE
HIGH. AND ALONG THE
TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER
WHERE LIVER CANCER RATES
ARE HIGH.
NOW LET'S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
THE JOY CONTINUES FOR
LOBO BASKETBALL
FANS. LAST NIGHT--- NEW
MEXICO DEFEATED UTAH
STATE 74- 61... IN WISE
PIES ARENA A-K-A THE
PIT. ELIJAH BROWN LED
THE WAY WITH 24 POINTS.
THAT MAKES FOUR STRAIGHT
WINS
FOR THE LOBOS... WHO ARE
NOW 13-8 THIS SEASON.
NEXT UP--- U-N-M TRAVELS
TO NEVADA THIS SATURDAY.
ZOO KEEPERS IN NORFOLK,
VIRGINIA ARE SEARCHING
FOR A MISSING RED PANDA.
"SUNNY" WAS LAST SEEN
MONDAY AT
CLOSING TIME .. WORKERS
AT THE VIRGINIA ZOO ARE
USING THERMAL
CAMERAS TO LOOK FOR HER,
HOPING SUNNY IS
SOMEWHERE
INSIDE THE ZOO. THE ZOO
SAYS RED PANDAS ARE NOT
CONSIDERED TO BE
AGGRESSIVE, BUT LIKE ANY
WILD ANIMAL... THEIR
BEHAVIOR CAN BE
UNPREDICTABLE.
THE DEMAND FOR GEORGE
ORWELL'S NOVEL "1984"
HAS BEEN
SKYROCKETING. THE BOOK
BECAME THE TOP SELLER ON
AMAZON'S COMPUTER-
GENERATED LIST
OVERNIGHT. SOME
COMMENTATORS ARE
ATTRIBUTING THAT TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
INAUGURATION AND THE
TERM "ALTERNATIVE
FACTS." "19-84" IS A
GLOOMY TALE OF AN
OPPRESSIVE
GOVERNMENT THAT CONTROLS
MINDS THROUGH A
SO-CALLED "MINISTRY OF
TRUTH".
THIS MORNING--- SOME
PEOPLE ARE STILL TALKING
ABOUT THESE PHOTOS.
THIS IS A FROZEN LAKE IN
MICHIGAN--- AND THE ICE
IS SO CLEAR... THAT IT
LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE ARE
LITERALLY
WALKING ON WATER. THE
PHOTOS HAVE BEEN SHARED
MORE THAN 60-THOUSAND
TIMES. RESIDENTS SAY
THIS IS NOTHING
NEW FOR THE LAKE---
WHICH HE SAYS IS JUST
INCREDIBLY CLEAR TO
BEGIN WITH.
TIME FOR THE FIVE FACTS.
NUMBER FIVE... YOU MAY
HAVE TO WAIT A FEW WEEKS
BEFORE
GETTING YOUR HANDS ON
DION'S SIGNATURE RANCH.
THE RESTAURANT WILL NOW
SERVE THESE UNMARKED
CONTAINERS FILLED WITH A
FILL-IN RANCH DRESSING.
THAT'S BECAUSE DION'S
C-E-O SAYS THEY ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING
THEIR PRODUCTION
FACILITY. THE NORMAL
SALAD DRESSING SHOULD BE
BACK WITHIN THE NEXT
COUPLE WEEKS.
NUMBER FOUR... TODAY--
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
WILL BE REVIEWING
ANSWERS TO A QUALITY OF
EDUCATION
SURVEY YOU MAY HAVE
FILLED OUT LAST YEAR.
THE DISTRICT EQUITY AND
ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
WILL BE PRESENTING AND
REVIEWING THOSE RESULTS
TO BOARD MEMBERS
TONIGHT.
DISTRICT WIDE-- 94% OF
PARENTS BELIEVE THE
SCHOOLS ARE SAFE. WHEN
IT COMES TO FACILITIES
AND TECHNOLOGY-- NEARLY
90% OF PARENTS FEEL THE
SCHOOLS ARE IN GOOD
REPAIR.
NUMBER THREE
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NUMBER TWO A CARLSBAD
CITY COUNCILOR J-R
DOPORTO POSTED
THIS ON HIS FACEBOOK
PAGE FOLLOWING THE
WOMEN'S MARCH OVER THE
WEEKEND ... SAYING IN
PART "WOMEN HAVE
RIGHTS... A RIGHT TO
COOK, CLEAN AND A RIGHT
TO GET SLAPPED." HE
GOES ON TO SAY "THE NFL
PLAYOFFS ARE ON... STOP
YOUR PROTESTING." THE
CARLSBAD CURRENT ARGUS
SAYS DOPORTO APOLOGIZED
FOR THE POST AT A
COUNCIL MEETING LAST
NIGHT--- SAYING HE
REGRETTED IT.
AND NUMBER ONE..
LAWMAKERS WILL DISCUSS A
PROPOSAL AIMED AT
KEEPING STATE AND LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
FROM ENFORCING FEDERAL
IMMIGRATION LAWS. THE
BILL PROHIBITS POLICE
DEPARTMENTS OR SHERIFF'S
OFFICES FROM COOPERATING
WITH FEDERAL AGENTS TO
DEPORT IMMIGRANTS WHOSE
ONLY CRIME IS BEING HERE
ILLEGALLY.
THE PROPOSAL COMES AS A
NUMBER OF NEW MEXICO
CITIES HAVE DECLARED
THEMSELVES "SANCTUARIES"
FOR UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS.