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CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... CLOVIS... FORT SUMNER... PORTALES AND ROSWELL 435 AM MST TUE NOV 2 2004 .... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED WITH CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES RECEIVING THE LIONS SHARE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. SNOW...

Sheriff Asks For Formal Apology From ATF -- (Otero County, NM) ALAMOGORDO (AP) — Otero County Sheriff John Lee is seeking a formal apology from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for not notifying his office of a gun raid it led in Otero County. Lee said ATF agents had been in contact with his office over the course of the investigation into alleged illegal gun sales in the La Luz area, but said he was not notified of last week’s raid because the ATF considers him “antigovernment.” “What ATF did was a direct slap in the face ...

County glitch forces recount of 67,000 early, absentee ballots By Rick Maese and Tim Archuleta Tribune reporter Bernalillo County election workers today began recounting more than 67,000 ballots after an election night breakdown that left nearly all local races undecided. The error not only wreaked havoc on hotly contested local races, but it kept New Mexico's presidential balloting from being finalized. Vice President Al Gore was on his way to winning the state's five electoral votes until the county voting crisis put that race on hold. Now, nobody is quite certain which way the state will go. "It's always Bernalillo ...

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Clinton's New Gun Control Plan