ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The FBI is looking for the public's help in solving the 1994 murder of a Rio Rancho father. Authorities in Albuquerque are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in Jeff Oelcher's death. The 28-year-old Oelcher was driving an armored van on a stretch of highway between Grants and Socorro when he was ambushed and fatally shot in the head.
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) - The University of New Mexico opens its new hospital in Rio Rancho today. UNM officials say the $189 million, 72-bed UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center is the first community-based teaching hospital in the state of New Mexico. The hospital opens this morning with clinical services and a full emergency and trauma room.
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) - Alamogordo police arrested a man from Germany who is accused of trying to sell stolen aircraft navigation equipment on the Internet. The Alamogordo Daily News reports that 46-year-old Ralf Hupfeld is charged with commercial burglary, larceny over $20,000, receiving or deposing of stolen property over $20,000 and criminal trespassing.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Sportsmen in New Mexico and elsewhere are throwing their support behind federal legislation that aims to improve access for hunters and anglers to millions of acres of public land. Democratic U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich introduced the measure last week. It calls for an inventory of all public parcels larger than a square mile where hunting and fishing are allowed but where access is blocked.
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