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Public project a polluted money pit
Santa Fe County decided a central spot in downtown Santa Fe would be a good place to build a new $38 million dollar courthouse, but today all the county has to show for spending a year and $14 million is a big hole in the ground.
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A brief look at key moments in former Gov. Bruce King's life: April 6, 1924: King was born in Stanley to Will and Molly King.
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NM's medical pot program has slow, cautious start
Businessman Len Goodman owns a company that makes hand-painted art tiles, but these days his office desk is strewn with the raw materials of a new enterprise: fat, sweetly pungent marijuana buds.
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Police: Men lured to knifepoint robbery
Two Santa Fe women and two men were arrested by a Santa Police SWAT team early Sunday morning at the Las Palomas apartment complex after two other men reported they were lured to a party by the women and then were robbed, and one of them was beaten.
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$20 million property added to county tax rolls
Don't expect your property taxes to go down, at least not now. But the Santa Fe County Assessor's Office announced Friday that it has completed its valuation of the mansion built by Andrew and Sydney Davis on a ridgetop off of Hyde Park Road.
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Editorial: Political games aside, fire tax is needed
For decades, hosing down flames has been only one of the lifesaving services performed by people once known as firemen.
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Timeline: Bruce King's life, career
Bruce King served 40 years in various political positions, starting with his election to the Santa Fe County Commission in 1954 and ending with his third term as governor, which ended in 1994.
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Checkpoint nets five DWI arrests
Law-enforcement officers arrested five drunken-driving suspects at the Wednesday evening checkpoint on Interstate 25, located at the spot where five members of a Las Vegas, N.M., family were killed by a drunken driver exactly three years earlier.
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Two county commissioners jump into land office race
The Democratic primary for state land commissioner is becoming one of the more crowded races for 2010, and two Santa Fe County commissioners are among the contenders.
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City delays suing county, schools over historic rules
The city of Santa Fe won't immediately file a contemplated court action about enforcing its historic styles rules on county or school district property, elected officials decided Tuesday.
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County GOP urges no votes on fire tax
Party chief says officials must make better spending choices, not hike taxes, to cover equipment, stations Julie Ann Grimm - 11/10/09 1 Critics of a proposal that would increase sales tax in the unincorporated parts of Santa Fe County plan a phone drive this weekend to encourage voters to reject it.
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Ready to grow: Santa Fe County gets second licensed pot provider
The state Health Department on Monday announced that it has licensed four new nonprofit medical-marijuana producers, bringing the total to five.
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County fire tax election under way
Self-contained breathing apparatus for firefighters, jaws of life, firetrucks and tankers are among the emergency equipment Santa Fe County would buy with revenue from a proposed new tax.
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A Rio Rancho man was arrested Saturday and charged for the tenth time with driving while intoxicated.
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Santa Fe County Magistrate Court Offers Warrant Forgiveness
The Santa Fe County Magistrate Court will offer warrant forgiveness to defendants with traffic cases in warrant status if they appear before the Court and address their outstanding obligations on November 21, 2009, from 8 AM to noon.
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The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: a An unknown person stole $2,000 worth of jewelry on Oct.
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Agency works with state to ID high risk drivers
Government workers hoping their employer doesn't find out about a DWI on their record have reason to be nervous.
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Santa Fe man gets five years in road rage attack
SANTA FE A Santa Fe man has been sentenced to five years in prison stemming from a high-speed road rage attack a year ago.
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End of buildup keeps county mired in recession
The construction cranes that towered over Santa Fe for two years did more than just move steel into new buildings and bridges a ' they created jobs.
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The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: a Two paintings by Mark McDowell valued at a total of $2,850 were stolen Friday from Strong Schenck Galleries, 200 Canyon Road.
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