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An Alcalde man was bound over on a charge of battery on an officer, stemming from his arrest on a warrant in a child abuse case where he allegedly attacked his nieces and nephews.

Prosecutors dropped felony domestic violence charges against a Hernandez man after his ex-wife “made it clear she will not cooperate with the prosecution of this case.”

A 19-year-old Ohkay Owingeh man, originally charged with two felonies for a drunk driving car crash into a tree with his underage girlfriend, pleaded down to a single charge of drunk driving.

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New Mexico State Police officers charged an Albuquerque man with multiple counts of child rape after he allegedly admitted to meeting up with a 14-year-old girl in Chimayó.

SANTA FE — Six grants to implement or expand public Wi-Fi service across New Mexico were awarded to two cities, two counties, a university and an internet service provider, according to a Feb. 11 press release from the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE).

SILVER CITY — A bill in the state Legislature that would create a registry of people convicted of animal cruelty originated with animal control officers in Grant County.

SILVER CITY — In an unusual agenda shuffle-up, Grant County Commission Chair Chris Ponce delayed Feb. 12’s regular meeting public comment session until after presentations, so that potential commenters would first hear information from the U.S. Forest Service about draft plans for Pinos Altos Exploration to operate on the 634 mineral claims they have staked in the Gila National Forest, as well as a presentation on the topic by representatives of Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, who have seven of those claims on their property.