ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CONTINUE TO WORK THE MURDER CASE OF LOBO ATHLETE JACKSON WELLER. THE BASEBALL PLAYER WAS KILLED EARLY SATURDAY NEAR CENTRAL AND RICHMOND IN NOB HILL. POLICE NOW SAY THEY ARE GATHERING INFORMATION AND INTERVIEWING WITNESSES BUT HAVE NO NEW INFORMATION TO RELEASE. POLICE SAY THEY WILL RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ONCE VIOLENT CRIMES DETECTIVES…… MORE
New Mexican Killed in Russian Plane Crash
IT APPEARS A NEW MEXICAN WAS AMONG THOSE KILLED IN THE RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH. TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD JEREMY BROOKS OF TESUQUE WAS ON BOARD WHEN THE JET MADE A HARD LANDING AND A DEADLY FIRE ERUPTED, KILLING DOZENS OF PASSENGERS. BROOKS WAS IN RUSSIA FOR A JOB AS A FISHING GUIDE, SOMETHING HE WAS KNOWN…… MORE
Fire at the Volcan Hot Mix Plant
ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE WAS BUSY ON MONDAY, RESPONDING TO AN EXPLOSION AT THE VOLCAN HOT MIX PLANT ON 6201 CHAPPELL DR. NORTHEAST. CREWS SET UP SAFETY ZONES AROUND THE AREA AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN DIRECTING THEIR EFFORTS TO FIGHTING A FIRE THAT WAS VENTING FROM ONE OF THE ASPHALT’S SILOS. ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE WAS ABLE TO…… MORE
Mini-Dinosaur Fossils Found in NM
A MINI DINOSAUR RESEARCHERS BELIEVE TO BE AN ANCESTOR OF THE TYRANNOSAURUS-REX IS FOUND HERE IN NEW MEXICO. UNM PhD CANDIDATE KAT SCHROEDER CALLS THE THREE-FOOT TALL DINOSAUR A “CUTE, FLUFFY LITTLE T-REX.” STERLING NESBITT, A VIRGINIA TECH GEOSCIENCE PROFESSOR, TELLS KOB TV HE WAS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD WHEN HE FOUND THE FOSSIL REMAINS…… MORE
Uncontrolled Asthma Takes Many to NM Hospitals
WHAT CONDITION LEADS TO 8-THOUSAND EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS EVERY YEAR IN NEW MEXICO? THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE CONDITION IS UNCONTROLLED ASTHMA. THE DEPARTMENT’S EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESPONSE DIVISION COLLECTED THE DATA TO MAKE THE ANALYSIS. MAY IS NATIONAL ASTHMA AWARENESS MONTH AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WANTS ALL OF US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ASTHMA…… MORE
Raining Rats and Bats
WE’VE ALL HEARD THE SAYING “IT’S RAINING CATS AND DOGS,” BUT SEVERAL POST OFFICES IN ALBUQUERQUE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE SAYING “IT’S RAINING RATS.” THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT, IN RECENT YEARS, VARIOUS POST OFFICES AROUND TOWN HAVE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH BOTH RATS AND BATS. RATS HAVE BEEN REPORTED JUMPING OUT OF DRAWERS, ONTO EMPLOYEES ……… MORE
Smoke from the Valles Caldera
IF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS HOLD UP, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE SMOKE RISING FROM AREAS OF THE VALLES CALDERA IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. IT’S BECAUSE OF A SERIES OF PRESCRIBED BURNS PLANNED FOR LATER THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE BURNS WILL TREAT PART OF THE BANCO BONITO AND TH E CERRO SECO. BOTH ARE…… MORE
Senior Games in Albuquerque Need Volunteers
JUNE 14TH WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. THAT’S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO NOW STEP UP AND VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUT DURING THE SENIOR GAMES THAT BEGIN ON THAT DATE IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE CITY IS HOSTING THE GAMES WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF ATHLETES PARTICIPATING. THE CITY SAYS THERE ARE THOUSANDS…… MORE
Albuquerque City Council to Consider Asylum Seeker Funds
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE PROPOSAL TO SPEND 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE CITY. THE IDEA HAS ITS DETRACTORS, BUT ALSO SUPPORTERS. ONE OF THOSE IS JIM GANNON, THE C-E-O OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN ALBUQUERQUE. GANNON SAYS IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT THAT PUT THESE…… MORE
Otero County Says “No” to Housing Migrants
OTERO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE APPROVED A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE HOUSING OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE COUNTY, AND USING COUNTY RESOURCES TO DO SO. OTERO COUNTY HAS NOT BEEN ASKED TO HOUSE ANY IMMIGRANTS SO FAR. ACCORDING TO THE ALAMOGORDO DAILY NEWS, MOST OF THOSE WHO SPOKE DURING A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD LAST THURSDAY WERE OPPOSED…… MORE
