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ALBUQUERQUE -- Mormon officials have broken ground at a 10-acre site in northeast Albuquerque for the church's first temple in New Mexico.
The 30,000 square-foot, two-story building will serve the state's 55,500 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Lloyd Hess, project manager of the Albuquerque temple, declined to say how much the building would cost until construction bids are returned in about six weeks. However, the building near the Sandia...