A teenager who pleaded guilty to murdering a homeless man in Albuquerque in 2018 will be free by at least the time he is 30 under the terms of a plea agreeme.
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Josh Kerr, shown competing for the University of New Mexico in 2018, had a recording setting performance at a meet in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal File)
Josh Kerr, a former All-America runner at the University of New Mexico, ran the fastest-ever outdoor 1,500-meter time on U.S. soil, 3 minutes, 31.55 seconds, at the Stumptown Twilight meet in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday.
Kerr, 23, competes professionally for Brooks Beasts. He won the race and broke Rashid Ramzi’s 3:32.34 from 2006. Kerr blew away his competition, winning the race by a little more than four seconds.
A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Kerr set a 1,500-meter NCAA record of 3:35.01 in 2017, a mark that since has been broken. According to Running magazine, the Olympic standard for the 1,500 is 3:35.00, and Kerr likely has solidified a spot on Great Britain’s Olympic team for Tokyo.
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The group assembled to address the shortage of landing sites during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta recommends, among other things, the purchase of a large tract of unidentified land that could also double as practice fields for sports and outdoor recreational events.
The Lady Jester balloon lands in a small parking lot near Renaissance NE on Oct. 4, 2016, during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal)
The Balloon Landing Task Force, in its final report, said the projected cost could be as much as $70 million.
Other task force recommendations include:
■ Modifying parking lots on developed private properties by relocating light poles, trees and some hardscape features to the perimeters, (and burying overhead power lines where necessary) at an average cost of $31,281 per acre, and possibly paying for those improvements w