KBIM News 10 - Southeast New Mexico

County challenges governor on election

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:06:02 GMT

Officials in Lea County are questioning whether Gov. Susana Martinez was wrong when she ordered them to hold an election for sheriff this year.

Meth training boosts responder safety

Gabrielle Burkhart — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:53:46 GMT

Agents back by firefighters busted a meth house Friday morning in Roswell, but it wasn't real. It was part of a week-long program to train law enforcement how to handle meth labs in a realistic setting.

Inside look: Remotely piloted warbirds

Gabrielle Burkhart — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:53:38 GMT

The Air Force training underway in southern New Mexico is helping keep U.S. forces safe across the world.

Red Bull to attempt skydive from space

Bob Martin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:19 GMT

A world record skydive from the edge of outer space will be attempted high over the plains of Southeastern New Mexico this summer.

Home broken in three times in one month

Gabrielle Burkhart — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:13:10 GMT

A single mom in southeastern New Mexico has become the target of thieves, not once, not twice, but three times in one month

ENMU sets enrollment record

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:53:12 GMT

Eastern New Mexico University says its enrollment for a spring semester has broken a school record.

Shortage feeding rancher's hunt for hay

Gabrielle Burkhart — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:41:58 GMT

The drought in New Mexico and Texas is causing a major alfalfa shortage. Many Texas ranchers who can't find hay there and are paying a premium price for it here, which is making it hard for some local farmers to compete.

Moms admit roles in kids' brawls

Bill Diven — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:13:22 GMT

Two Hobbs mothers who egged their children on during fights with other kids pleaded guilty to charges Wednesday.

Dancing pizza slice missing in Portales

Gabrielle Burkhart — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:28:14 GMT

The search is on and a reward is offered for a prized slice of pizza named Pepe apparently kidnapped from a basketball arena in Portales.

Man arrested in security guard death

Matt Mauro — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:54:45 GMT

Artesia police say they may have caught the man who murdered a security guard last weekend.

Pot seized may be medical marijuana

Gabrielle Burkhart — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:54:43 GMT

A New Mexico man was busted for marijuana, but narcotics agents said this isn’t your run-of-the-mill weed.

Man wanted in child killing is captured

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:10:59 GMT

A Clovis man wanted in the 2005 killing of a sleeping 10-year-old boy has been taken into custody in Mexico. Clovis District Attorney Matt Chandler confirmed Tuesday for the Clovis News Journal that Noe Torres was arrested nearly a week ago in Mexico City.

Holloman community seeks help for boy

Elizabeth Alvarez — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:38:02 GMT

The Holloman Air Force Base community is coming together to try to save the life of a little boy.

Police: security guard murdered on duty

Gabrielle Burkhart — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:22:54 GMT

A security guard in southeast New Mexico was murdered on the job. Police believe the killer is the subject of a 9-1-1 call the guard made, just moments before his phone went dead.

Third man arrested in Artesia homicide

Kim Vallez — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:09:08 GMT

Artesia police have arrested a third man in connection to the town's first homicide of the year.

Curry County searches for TB patient

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:28:43 GMT

Eastern New Mexico authorities are searching for a man with contagious tuberculosis. The Department of Public Safety issued a news release Monday asking the public for helping in finding 45-year-old Robert J. Gutierrez. He was last seen in Clovis on Friday.

Bad day for lawyer: disbarred, arrested

Gabrielle Burkhart — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:34:16 GMT

A New Mexico attorney accused of abandoning his clients was disbarred and then arrested for unrelated reasons all within hours.

Missing man's wife searches from sky

Gabrielle Burkhart — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:44:27 GMT

The family of a Ruidoso man who went missing last Friday is stopping at nothing to try and find him. Thursday his wife got into a plane to search for any sign of him.

Southern officials warn of fire danger

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:39:17 GMT

Despite recent rain and snow in southwest New Mexico, officials are still concerned about dangerous wildfires.

Roswell long on crime, short on cops

Gabrielle Burkhart — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:36:33 GMT

There aren't enough officers to fill the ranks of the Roswell Police Department. The force is down 25 officers, and while the chief tries to get the positions filled, the community will see the effects.

Bark beetles, drought killing trees

Gabrielle Burkhart — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:36:49 GMT

Thousands of trees in New Mexico are dying a slow death. Their killers, a miniscule insect called the bark beetle, is raising big concerns about fire danger.

Lincoln County man missing two months

Bill Diven — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:06:14 GMT

Jack Hemby was last seen in Ruidoso Downs on Nov. 15, and the only trace of him since then was the discovery of his pickup truck.

Sunday liquor sales include bars

Gabrielle Burkhart — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:50:27 GMT

Voters in Portales narrowly approved a measure allowing Sunday liquor sales. Many of those residents thought it only applied to restaurants, but that isn't the case, and this has some people felling like they weren't given all the information.

Police search for missing man

Crystal Gutierrez — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:22:11 GMT

Ruidoso police need help finding 73 year-old Kenneth Payne.

NM airman acquitted of murder charges

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:12:58 GMT

A military jury has cleared an airman at Holloman Air Force Base of charges he killed his roommate.

Store video captures credit card capers

Gabrielle Burkhart — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:37:18 GMT

Police are asking you to help them catch two men who they believe may be responsible for a rash of fraud cases.

State land expands USAF bomber training

Alex Goldsmith — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:20:00 GMT

The state leased 11,000 acres of land to the Air Force Wednesday, paving the way for a major expansion to the military's Melrose bombing range near Cannon Air Force Base.

Pecan farmers on alert for nut rustlers

Gabrielle Burkhart — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:33:27 GMT

With pecan prices up and motivated thieves on the prowl, it's gotten so bad for New Mexico growers that one farmer now has armed guards patrolling his crops 24-7.

Animals found shot to death

Gabrielle Burkhart — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:29:39 GMT

Police and Animal Control officers are now trying to find out who shot several animals to death in Roswell over the last few days.

PD: Man knocks out daughter, stabs wife

Hawa Konte — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:25:30 GMT

A Roswell man is behind bars for allegedly stabbing his wife and knocking her and his 14 year-old daughter unconscious.