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A funnel cloud was spotted over Tucumcari about 2 p.m. Wednesday as dark storm clouds moved across the region.

A severe thunderstorm warning for East Central New Mexico has been issued by the National Weather Service.

“The assumption would be (Otero is) out”

The head of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority won't go so far as to say Spaceport America is dead in the water if a crucial tax is not approved Tuesday in Sierra County. via Las Cruces Sun-News

Teresa Baca is a senior at St. Michael's High School and has served on New Mexico's Gay-Straight Alliance Youth Council for two years; she also has started a social justice group at St. via Santa Fe Reporter

“She always made people feel good about themselves, regardless of her day. She just knew how to light up a room”

An IPFW student found dead in her campus apartment Friday was stabbed and bled to death, the Allen County coroner's office said. via Las Cruces Sun-News

“Which Ten Pound Test is Best?", entered in the Junior Mathematical Sciences category. Wurtz received an honorable mention in his category. Emily Joy Chapman of Heights Middle School for the exhibit "Plant paradise”

Farmington High School ninth grader Matthew Ketcham explains his science project to the judges during the San Juan Regional Science and Engineering Fair in March. via Farmington Daily Times

“The public expects fair and accurate election results in a timely manner as they should.”

The state Board of Finance on Tuesday approved an emergency loan of up to $595,300 to help Secretary of State Mary Herrera cover expenses for the upcoming June 3 primary election. via Las Cruces Sun-News

“When you look at the Downtown snapshot of the price range [of Downtown condos], $185 to $300 a square foot -- what do you get for that?”

New Mexico Business Weekly - by Tom O'Connell NMBW Staff rsphotog.com Coldwell Banker Commercial’s April Ager stands in front of the new Emerald Building at 4th and Rosemont Avenue NW. via Construction News

“We bring doctors from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque to the local areas Carlsbad, Roswell and Hobbs to eliminate the need for families to make the trip all the way up there.”

CARLSBAD The Carlsbad Public Health Office held a celebration in honor of National Health Week at its offices at 1306 W. Stevens St. via Carlsbad Current-Argus

“In my senior year, 1993, we performed one of my compositions called 'The Journey.' And I did a piece for Maypole there, too, in 1993”

When B.J. Brooks was a little boy in Portales, he often spent weekends side by side with his grandmother Lucille, who loved to play the piano. via Portales News-Tribune

The parking lot in which a 47-year-old woman was run over and killed Sunday night A sergeant in the traffic unit of the Albuquerque Police Department is a suspect in a hit-and-run accident over the weekend that ... via KOB-TV

The state is putting restrictions on campfires, open fires, smoking and fireworks in 23 of New Mexico's 33 counties starting Friday. via KOAT.com

Richard Melzer and Rudy L. Baca La Historia del Rio Abajo La Historia del Rio Abajo is a monthly column about Valencia County history written by members of the Valencia County Historical Society. via Valencia County News

With Tax Day on April 15 and Earth Day on April 22, this is a good time for New Mexicans to consider investing in solar energy systems and sustainable or green building -- low-risk investments that benefit both ... via Alamogordo Daily News

“I fully support increasing funding for PILT”

Grothus' last stand: Peace activist seeks to mark history A renewed sense of urgency drives well-known pacifist Edward Grothus to secure a site to erect massive twin monuments he designed to commemorate the ... via Los Alamos Monitor

“I'm insulted by this because I don't trust the system because the laws are not being enforced”

Lyle Strong could be out in less than four years A Stanley, New Mexico family whose relative was murdered almost two years ago says they are being victimized again by the gunman's sentence and the judge who ... via KOB-TV

“The Lincoln National Forest, in conjunction with the Bureau of Land Management field office, will enact Stage II fire restrictions for all Lincoln and BLM lands to include Fort Stanton.”

The Forest Service said Saturday that increased fire danger in the Lincoln National Forest warrants Stage II fire restrictions. via Las Cruces Sun-News

“It's good to have the young people involved”

Arms talk supports nuclear posture O'Dean Judd, a former chief scientist of the Strategic Defense Initiative Missile Defense Program in Washington, D.C., pretty much took the "dis" out of "disarmament" in a ... via Los Alamos Monitor

“He'll give the talk in less technical language so you don't have to be a scientist to enjoy it”

Lovers of the Guadalupe Mountains may want to attend a special presentation next week reconstructing the geological history that created the mountains and their caves. via Carlsbad Current-Argus

With area high temperatures expected to remain in the 80s for much of the rest of the week, windy conditions in the forecast and no precipitation in the foreseeable future, the National Weather Service has ... via Carlsbad Current-Argus