The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from April 2004

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from April 2004

Guard deficit at jail.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Officers' extensive OT hazardous to them and the city, audit finds Understaffing at the Metropolitan Detention Center is putting guards at risk, causing some to work more than 60 hours...

Room to grow.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Zoo officials are answering the call of the wild and expanding animal playgrounds and exhibits At the Rio Grande Zoo, the residents do their part to get involved in renovation...

Sex secret emerges in case.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 A cousin says he didn't tell the murder defendant that he too had been molested by the victim. BERNALILLO Teenage cousins Edgar Rios and Jaime Ruiz possessed a dark...

Councilor proposes inspector general.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Four years ago, an internal audit warned there were weaknesses in the operation of the Albuquerque Police Department's evidence room that could lead to the disappearance of items. But...

Romero opponent starts TV spots.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Politics Candidate for Congress Miles Nelson will take his campaign beyond front lawns and a pair of billboards today with his first TV ads. Nelson, an Albuquerque...

Richardson meets with official from Qatar.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 SANTA FE Calling Gov. Bill Richardson his "amigo," with a heavy Arabian accent, Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Jabr al-Thani left New Mexico today. But...

Inmate says jail guards beat him.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Sheriff's deputies are investigating an inmate's claims that he was beaten and sexually assaulted at the Metropolitan Detention Center. "The allegation was made, and we're taking...

Ideas swirl on getting, paying for a panda.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher Next on the zoo wish list: an all-out attempt to bring a panda to Albuquerque from the San Diego Zoo. The bear is now on loan from China. In order to get it here, the zoo will have to get an exotic animal permit from...

Better late than ever.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 All-City Track and Field Championships Will Bernitsky has a habit of saving his best to the last in the hurdles and long jump. It drives his Albuquerque Academy coaches crazy,...

He knows a long shot is the only way to win.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary Albuquerque's Mike Zapach admits his recent addiction to golf and the long ball is an ego thing. He likes to grip it and rip it. He likes to humble his golfing buddies. "I love blowing a...

'Little Ray' sees bout as harbinger of titles.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 BOXING When Ray Sanchez III started mapping out his road to a world championship, his first checkpoint was fighting for a WBC world youth title. That important first step will...

Bullpen ace sits; 'Topes blow a lead.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Hamstrung by an organizational decree, Albuquerque Isotopes manager Tracy Woodson made a decision he didn't like. He kept closer Toby Borland on the...

Makeover gives track an upsurge.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 THE DOWNS AT ALBUQUERQUE A $5 million renovation of the stable area at The Downs at Albuquerque has been paying off since the spring meet started April 9. On Saturday, The Downs...

The BLESSED way.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Best-selling author Tony Hillerman relishes his family, poker games and Mama's wisdom If ever there were proof that one's character is formed in the first decade of life, Tony...

What's wrong? Elf got your tongue?(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: M.J. Wilde Commentary I've recently been trying to learn Spanish. Again. You'd think a Hispanic who grew up in Socorro in a Hispanic household would be able to pick it up pretty easily. You'd think. When I was...

Casting coup.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3638 Getting stars Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore together for the first time (and hopefully not the last) is the big bonus of 'Laws of Attraction' If you haven't been to the...

City to title its top slam poet.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff Albuquerque's top slam poet is about to be crowned. The Albuquerque Poetry Slam Grand Final will take place Saturday, resulting in the No. 1 slammer in the city. The contest will feature nine of...

This bluegrass has gas tank in its bass.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Paul Maldonado Jr. pmaldonado@abqtrib.com / 823-3630 ROAD TOUR Like a lot of other bands, Split Lip Rayfield has been through Albuquerque but never bothered to stop. "I know we've driven through there," banjo player Eric...

Line 'em up.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Poetry in the paper In so many words: What a turnout! Our contest draws nearly 300 poems, including these winning insights. Second place When The Tribune solicited poems this year for its annual Poetry in the Paper contest, now in...

Richardson meets with official from Qatar.(Afternoon)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 An old friend of Gov. Bill Richardson's is in town. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Labr al-Thani, the first deputy prime minister of Qatar, and Ambassador Bader Omar Al Dafa,...

Train-based art show rolls into town.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF The nation's only art museum on a train will be in Albuquerque this weekend. Artrain USA brings its contemporary art exhibition "Native Views: Influence of Modern Culture" today through Monday. ...

Magnifico kicks off membership group.(Evening)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF For art lovers in Albuquerque, Magnifico Arts Incorporated is launching a membership group. Magnifico Art Forward will provide opportunities for up-and-coming art lovers and potential art...

Split PRC votes to drop five aides.(Afternoon)
April 30, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler DSHINGLER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 SANTA FE Faced with a $320,000 budget shortfall, the state Public Regulation Commission voted 3-2 to eliminate five of its staff positions. Each of the PRC's five elected...

Jobs strain APS.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Budget worries may lead to reduction in nurse, counselor posts The $40 million difference was the gap between a "wish list" and a "realistic budget," according to the budget gatekeeper...

Rio Rancho on rise.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Nancy Salem NSALEM@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3675 Once in a housing slump, the city posts impressive figures for single-family building permits. To call the housing boom in Rio Rancho a rebound is an understatement. Albuquerque's...

Officials call for jail probe.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 An apparent suicide at the Metropolitan Detention Center this week has prompted Bernalillo County officials to call for an investigation of the jail and its management. The death...

Atomic bomb labs could be parks.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: James W. Brosnan BROSNANJ@SHNS.COM / (202) 408-2701 A Senate committee has backed a study that could lead to tourists visiting the Manhattan Project facilities. WASHINGTON -- The laboratories where Manhattan Project...

AT A GLANCE.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Name that school: Anyone with suggestions on what to name the new elementary school in the Southeast Heights has to offer his or her idea by the end of the day Friday. Nominations for the name of the new school can be called in to Donna...

Teen painted as killer, victim.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 BERNALILLO -- Photos of each of 36 stab wounds, each of three gunshot holes and each U-shaped gash inflicted by the butt of a Colt .45 got a close look by jurors who must...

GREETER FOR ART TOUR.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY:Stacia Spragg/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Corrales artist Sharon Schwartzmann shows off a treasure she keeps among her oil paintings as she prepares her studio for the sixth annual Corrales...

Sandia projects to get boost.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 A new facility at Sandia National Laboratories will dramatically improve nuclear weapons research and other science and engineering projects, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham...

300 N.M. students to compete on history projects.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 More than 300 middle school and high school students from all over New Mexico will gather Friday in Albuquerque to be judged on their interpretations of history. More than 40...

Wilson switches sides on tax vote.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: James W. Brosnan BROSNANJ@SHNS.COM / (202) 408-2701 The Albuquerque congresswoman was the only House Republican to support a Democratic amendment on marriage penalty relief. WASHINGTON -- Rep. Heather Wilson of...

THUNDERBIRD FIELDS.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 A river no longer runs through it Glenn Taylor feels nothing but joy when he thinks about how he destroyed a neighborhood river. That's because the river a 6-foot wide...

JAN'S MAILBOX.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Jan Jonas The St. Pius X Key Club returned from the Southwest District Conference with a first-place award as the best club. The district includes New Mexico, Arizona and the El Paso area of Texas. The club's work with the...

TAKING A BREATHER.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 Sports Extra Likhaya Dayille trains in Albuquerque's high altitude to gain an edge on foes in big races elsewhere. This Sunday, he'll compete for fun and a good cause:...

Top runners find cash at the finish line.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com /823-3663 Most of the money is in marathons, but going from race to race is a tough way to make a living Forget about muscle pulls, leg cramps, aching sides, the pounding on your knees...

Q&A Priscilla garcia, St. Pius X Sartans softball.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton This 17-year-old junior is the Sartans top pitcher. She made The Trib's All-Metro team as a sophomore and is putting up numbers this year that will again merit consideration. She is 9-3 with a 1.42 ERA for St....

Isotopes' big bat, Jason Wood, still out with strain.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 BASEBALL Jason Wood's comeback plans are on hold because pain from a muscle strain is preventing him from swinging the bat freely. The third baseman for the Albuquerque...

German audio gear firm gets IRB.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Sennheiser Electronic, a German manufacturer of microphones and headphones, has been approved for a $3.3 million industrial revenue bond by Bernalillo County. The County...

In disputed decision, PRC votes to eliminate 5 aide positions.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler DSHINGLER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 SANTA FE -- Faced with a $320,000 budget shortfall, the state Public Regulation Commission voted 3-2 today to eliminate five of its staff positions. Each of the PRC's five...

Changing WIPP rules ruins DOE credibility.(Evening)
April 29, 2004... EDITORIAL What New Mexico environmentalists had long warned about the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad is materializing. As a result, New Mexicans, as well as all Americans, should be concerned with the scientific and...

Isotopes' big bat, Jason Woods, still out with strain.(Afternoon)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 BASEBALL Jason Wood's comeback plans are on hold because pain from a muscle strain is preventing him from swinging the bat freely. The third baseman for the Albuquerque...

Governor expands Finance Council, sets up advisory group.(Afternoon)
April 29, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Gov. Bill Richardson is adding some loyalists to his Finance Council in an effort, he says, to better represent such issues as health care and energy policy in the state's financial...

Rape suspect found hanged.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Sister unable to see brother in jail detox Annie Devore begged a receptionist at the Metropolitan Detention Center to let her see her brother. She said she was told Monday...

Bus in new kids to fill schools?(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 The Albuquerque Board of Education has come up with another idea for filling its empty classrooms: Bus children in from new subdivisions. Leonard DeLayo, chairman of the board's...

STRETCHED THIN.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 There are 37 APS nurses who have to give care for two schools apiece, and the situation could get worse. With new schools opening in August and a tight budget, some nurses might have...

ARCA does ads for funds.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 CHARITY The nonprofit agency, which provides services to developmentally disabled New Mexicans, fears looming Medicaid cuts. One of the state's best-known nonprofit...

Board vows a hard line on teen drinking.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Sixteen-year-old Demetrius Sims was stabbed to death 4 1/2 years ago at a raucous beer party that drew 50 of his classmates from Eldorado High and a handful of students from La Cueva High....

Web site details debate.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE A new Web site details the latest in legal wranglings involving Sandoval County Clerk Victoria Dunlap and the controversy she stirred up by issuing...

UNM snaps up teens' project.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 LOS ALAMOS -- Eldorado High School's winning Adventures in Supercomputing Challenge project won't die out after the school's victory celebration is over. It will become part of...

No huge crowd at Paseo hearing.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 You might expect an issue to rise to political theater when it's moved from the City Council chambers across the street to the Kiva Auditorium. But fewer than 200 people all politely...

Vote on Ojito is delayed.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: James W. Brosnan BROSNANJ@SHNS.COM / (202) 408-2701 WILDERNESS WASHINGTON Senate Energy Committee Chairman Pete Domenici postponed a vote scheduled today on legislation to create the Ojito Wilderness Area so committee staff...

SHAKING it up.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 CITY TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS Valley's boys team wasn't supposed to come back strong this year. But the teens, who down chocolate shakes before their matches, are 12-1. ...

If pro says 'Quickie,' you say 'Sure!'.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary GOLF If golf pro Todd Kersting of Puerto del Sol comes up to you while you are waiting to tee off and asks if you want a "quickie," don't be offended. Kersting will be talking about a free...

Texas Tech drubs MWC leaders.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: STAFF REPORTS LOBO ROUNDUP Maybe the University of New Mexico baseball team should stick to playing teams from the Mountain West Conference. The Lobos, winners of 11 of their past 13 MWC games, were pounded 10-1 by No....

Kay Miller, ally of ex-director, also will leave.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 NMAA Dan Salzwedel's most ardent ally within the New Mexico Activities Association is leaving her post in June. Kay Miller, an assistant director who started at the NMAA in...

State loans $9.2 million to two filmmakers.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Striving to nurture its growing film industry, the state of New Mexico is putting its money behind two new films that range from cutting edge to old (cowboy) hat. The State...

Governor expands Finance Council, adds advisers.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Gov. Bill Richardson is adding some loyalists to his Finance Council in an effort, he says, to better represent such issues as health care and energy policy in the state's financial...

TRIB TAKES OUR VIEWS ON THE NEWS.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... FALSE FOREST The U.S. Forest Service says it is not concerned about using a photo taken in Montana to represent a forest in California's Sierra Nevada that's vulnerable to wildfires. The substitution, it said, is artistic license. ...

Bouquets & brickbats.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... EDITORIAL Brickbat: water plan The Bush administration's water budget for the drought-stricken West is so parsimonious, so inadequate so arid that even so staunch a Republican as U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici of Albuquerque pans it. ...

Gathering brought out the calculator.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Byline: Eddie Chuculate Commentary The 22nd, repeat 22nd, Gathering of Nations Powwow concluded sometime early Sunday morning at The Pit in Albuquerque. Rumor has it dance competitions were ongoing at 3 a.m. Some subtle impressions from...

CORRECTION.(Evening)
April 28, 2004... Correction: See story "Projected $40 million deficit shocks APS", 04/22/2004 Page A4. A story Thursday on the Albuquerque Public Schools budget should have said the district has a risk management reserve of $5.7 million, an emergency...

Man claims police bias.(Evening)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Son of lawyer and doctor says cops didn't want him to be a witness The son of a prominent lawyer and a retired physician says an Albuquerque police officer stunned him...

Wail of a guy.(Evening)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Locals remember 1st Sgt. Dwayne Farr and praise his commitment to the bagpipes and Marine morale in Iraq. Now if he could only get a camouflage kilt. The shrill squeaking that...

Is it a match made for D.C.?(Evening)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 KERRY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN A professional matchmaker thinks Bill Richardson is just perfect for John Kerry. A superb fit. A winning partner. A .... ..

Diversity a key factor in choosing delegates.(Evening)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 KERRY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN The national Democratic Party is doing everything it can to make sure it looks like the party of diversity, and it's counting on New Mexico to help...

N.M. governors hail Lindsay, 86.(Evening)(Obituary)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 POLITICS Bert Lindsay, former chairman of the Bernalillo County Demo-cratic Party and a confidant to former Gov. Bruce King, has died. He was 86. Lindsay was remembered...

Teen on trial in dealer's death.(Evening)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 A teenager goes on trial today in a Placitas homicide where his attorney says the lines of good and evil, victim and victimizer, are harder than usual to draw. Edgar...

Kings of the code.(Evening)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Eldorado students wow judges and make their teacher proud with their Supercomputing Challenge project LOS ALAMOS A team from Eldorado High School took top honors today at the...

Idaho sets an example for Otero Mesa peace.(Evening)
April 27, 2004... EDITORIAL Earlier this month, a watershed event in Western wilderness protection occurred in Idaho, where a coalition of competing interests announced a surprise proposal to protect the stunning Owyhee Canyonlands, long recognized as the...

Dancer, teacher Avila overcame amputation.(Evening)(Obituary)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Homer Avila, a dancer, choreographer and teacher who lost his right leg and hip to a rare cancer three years ago, died at his home in New York City on Sunday. Avila was...

Mayor brags about economy.(Afternoon)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque has sidestepped the worst of the economic slowdown experienced by the rest of the country in the past year, Mayor Martin Chavez told a group of developers. "We are...

Probe sought in two deaths.(Afternoon)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 A petition seeking a grand jury probe of possible wrongdoing in the separate murder investigations of two Valencia County women is on its way to a judge's docket. The...

PARTY MEN.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 ANALYSIS State Democrats and Republicans have new leaders, each facing his own hurdles and a presidential election New Mexico's two major political parties now have their...

Folks feel cash pinch.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 GROWTH Maria Gallegos has worked for the city for 11 years, but she barely gets by each month. The single mother is worried about her child care costs, which leaped from $98...

Computer challenge yields lab scientists.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Samuel Ashmore is turning his experiences with the Adventures in Supercomputing Challenge into a career. The challenge, which holds its final rounds today and Tuesday, pits...

Aragon's acumen may be natural fit for Highlands.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Shea Andersen Commentary It's a big step from the Roundhouse to academia. And what would happen if Manny Aragon took it? The longtime Senate Democrat, who has run the show there for as long as some...

Metro Court, tribes aim to help addicts heal.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Five have begun the journey back to their native traditions, their healing ways, back to before things became broken and drunken and the five landed in jail. They are...

Valencia County grand jury petition into probes is filed.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 A petition seeking a grand jury probe of possible wrongdoing in the murder investigations of two Valencia County women is on its way to a judge's docket. The petition,...

Arrest is made in homicide.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF RIO RANCHO A Rio Rancho man is charged with shooting his roommate in the city's first homicide in more than a year. Steven Gray, 43, was arrested this morning and charged with second-degree murder, said Rio...

10 THINGS TO KNOW.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: Nancy Salem NSALEM@ABQTRIB.COM/823-3675 1Go Fish: A May 11 workshop hosted by the New Mexico Restaurant Association will teach the customer service technique called Fish. Inspired by Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle, where...

Clean Coming clean.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 New Mexico looks to take advantage of its natural resources, including an abundance of sun and wind, to attract investors and firms in renewable energy Renewable energy is no...

Earnings up at First State Bancorp.(Evening)
April 26, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF First State Bancorporation of Albuquerque says its business development efforts are paying off. The company reported first-quarter earnings of $3.6 million, or 46 cents a share, up from $3.5...