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Albuquerque planning visitor center along Route 66

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In this Dec. 13, 2016 photo, Shay Chamberlain poses for a picture in her small clothing store and boutique in Menomonie, Wis. As each Cabinet announcement draws fresh criticism of Donald Trump's latest appointees, many Americans who voted for him, like Chamberlain, say the president-elect is doing what he promised to do: draining the swamp. (AP Photo/Amy Forliti)

Trump Cabinet excites his voters: ‘We have to trust him’

By CARLA K. JOHNSON - Associated Press

A small memorial of a stuffed animal and candles left by neighbors sits outside an Albuquerque, N.M, home on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, a day after police say a man broke in and fatally shot three children. Albuquerque police say the three children were killed and their mother is in critical condition after the gunman shot them when they arrived home Monday night. Authorities say the gunman was in a short relationship with the mother. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Police: 3 kids killed, mother critically injured in shooting

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks during a Welcome Home Rally, Saturday, July 16, 2016, in Zionsville, Ind. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced Pence as his vice presidential running mate. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Mike Pence to make campaign stop in southern New Mexico

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 23, 2015, file photo Independent monitor James Ginger speaks about his role in helping oversee a federal settlement agreement to overhaul Albuquerque police amid allegations of excessive force during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Albuquerque, N.M. Ginger is set to release his first report Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, as he faces criticism for a lack of transparency and falling behind scheduled. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras,File)

The Latest: Jury gets case of two officers in shooting death

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FILE - In this June 23, 2015, file photo Independent monitor James Ginger speaks about his role in helping oversee a federal settlement agreement to overhaul Albuquerque police amid allegations of excessive force during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Albuquerque, N.M. Ginger is set to release his first report Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, as he faces criticism for a lack of transparency and falling behind scheduled. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras,File)

The Latest: Prosecutor questions former Albuquerque officer

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In this June 24, 2016, photo, the closed De Anza Motor Lodge sits along Route 66 in Albuquerque, N.M., and recently has been highlighted as one of the few places that allowed black travelers to stay during segregated times. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Candacy Taylor, writer, highlights Route 66 safe havens for black travelers

By Russell Contreras - Associated Press

FBI special agent in charge Carol K.O. Lee, left, and Albuquerque Police Department Chief Gorden Eden address the media Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, following a road-rage incident where 4-year-old Lilly Garcia was shot and killed in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz)

Tony Torrez admits to road rage killing of New Mexico girl, police say

By Mary Hudetz and Bob Seavey - Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2015, photo, Laura Eisner, owner of The Book Case in Albuquerque, N.M., thumbs through Gabriel Garcia Marquez's &quot;Love in the Time of Cholera.&quot; Route 66 is home to a number of bookstores, often attracting regulars from around the corner and visitors from around the world. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

TRAVEL: Used bookstores help tell stories along historic Route 66

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, file photo, Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent Luis Valentino, right, talks with Albuquerque Journal editors in the newsroom, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Marla Brose/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Luis Valentino, Albuquerque school chief, resigns; board votes to accept

By Russell Contreras - Associated Press

Fans get a chance to sit in the 1966 Batmobile for a picture at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday April 18, 2014, for day two of Salt Lake Comic Con's FanX. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Francisco Kjolseth)

Albuquerque man’s Batmobile takes philanthropy on the road

By Joel Wigelsworth - Associated Press

Archbishop Michael Sheehan talks to reporters Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at St. Joseph Community Health in Albuquerque during an announcement the Archdiocese of Santa Fe is exploring sainthood for Sister Blandina Segale. The Italian-born nun co-founded the first hospitals and schools in New Mexico and reportedly challenged Billy the Kid. She is known for her work with the poor, immigrants and Hispanics and Native Americans during the frontier days. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Nuns, guns and the Wild West - the extraordinary tale of Sister Blandina

By Mary Rezac - Catholic News Agency

This June 27, 2015 photo shows flowers placed in the shrubs outside the house where 17-year-old Jaydon Chavez-Silver was shot and killed while socializing with a group of other teenagers in Albuquerque, N.M. A New Mexico dispatcher has resigned after telling a panicked 911 caller who was trying to save Jaydon Chavez-Silver's life to "deal with it yourself." (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Panicked 911 caller: Dispatcher had no reason to hang up

By Russell Contreras and Terry Tang - Associated Press

Steven Michael Quezada an actor on the TV series "Breaking Bad," arrives at the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. Mr. Quezada is jumping in a race for a heated county commissioner seat in Albuquerque. Mr. Quezada, who played DEA agent Steven Gomez in the hit AMC-TV series "Breaking Bad&quot," said Monday, July 20, he will announce this week that he will run for the Bernalillo County Commission. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Steven Michael Quezada, ‘Breaking Bad’ actor, runs for New Mexico seat

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

President Barack Obama and Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe David Archambault II, left, watch dancers during a visit to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in Cannon Ball, N.D. on June 4, 2014. Mr. Obama on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 announced an initiative to improve conditions and opportunities for American Indian youth, more than one-third of whom live in poverty. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Native American youth gather in DC for inaugural summit

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

An Albuquerque Police Department Mobile Crime Lab is parked outside a Motel 6, Wednesday, July 1, 2015, where a man was found dead and another injured during what police say was an altercation between the two late Tuesday in Albuquerque, N.M. A cross-country road trip got derailed for former CNN anchor Lynne Russell and her husband after a would-be robber forced his way into their motel room and a shootout ensued. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Police identify motel intruder shot by ex-CNN reporter

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An Albuquerque Police Deptartment officer collects evidence Wednesday, July 1, 2015, after a man was killed and another injured during what police say was an altercation between the two late Tuesday at a Motel 6 in Albuquerque, N.M. A cross-country road trip got derailed for former CNN anchor Lynne Russell and her husband after a would-be robber forced his way into their motel room and a shootout ensued. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Police investigate shooting with ex-CNN reporter as homicide

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FILE - This Jan. 29, 2015 file photo shows New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas talking during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Just a few months after announcing a task force to overhaul campaign finance practices in New Mexico, state officials are still not clear on how many violations are being investigated. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, file)

Modern-day slavery: NM officials pledge crackdown on trafficking

By LAUREN VILLAGRAN - Associated Press