A PLANE CRASH NEAR SANTA ROSA, NEW MEXICO, ON SUNDAY. THE TWIN ENGINE PLANE THAT HAD LEFT ARLINGTON, TEXAS, WAS HEADED TO SANTA FE’S REGIONAL AIRPORT … BUT THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE TROUBLE AND HAD PLANNED TO LAND IN SANTA ROSA WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 4PM SUNDAY. BOTH PEOPLE ON BOARD THE PLANE WERE…… MORE
Judge Releases Man Who Later Fails to Return to Court
BENNY VALENZUELA IS NOW A MAN ON THE RUN. HE PLEADED NO CONTEST IN VALENCIA COUNTY TO MULTIPLE COUNTS OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A MINOR … BUT JUDGE CINDY MERCER ALLOWED HIM ON FURLOUGH LAST WEEK TO VISIT ALBUQUERQUE TO SEE HIS NEWBORN GRANDDAUGHTER. VALENZUELA WAS TO RETURN TO VALENCIA COUNTY AFTERWARD, BUT DID NOT…… MORE
No New Trial for Davon Lymon
DAVON LYMON’S SENTENCING IS NOW SET FOR TUESDAY. LYMON, CONVICTED LAST MONTH IN THE MURDER OF APD OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER, WAS TO BE SENTENCED LAST FRIDAY, BUT INSTEAD A HEARING WAS HELD AFTER LYMON’S LAWYERS ASKED FOR A NEW TRIAL, CLAIMING THERE WAS IMPROPER CONDUCT ON THE PART OF THE ONE OF THE JURORS. KOB…… MORE
Too Many Buses for APS
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS USED TO HAVE 19 SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTORS. NOW IT HAS ONLY NINE…MEANING THE DISTRICT OWNS A LOT MORE OF THE BUSES THAT IT RUNS. AND APS SPOKESPERSON MONICA ARMENTA TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THAT POSES A PROBLEM: THE DISTRICT NOW OWNS 220 OF THE BUSES AND NEEDS A PLACE TO PARK THOSE BUSES.…… MORE
Soccer Means NM Has Arrived
UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE EXPANSION TEAM NEW MEXICO UNITED MOVES INTO FIRST PLACE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE WITH A 3-TO-ZERO WIN OVER SAN ANTONIO. AND THE FANS REALLY CAME OUT FOR THIS GAME AT ISOTOPES PARK SUNDAY NIGHT. ABOUT 15-THOUSAND FANS ATTENDED THE GAME ON CINCO DE MAYO. KOB TV REPORTS FORMER LOBO DEVON SANDOVAL SCORED…… MORE
Liquor Stores Ready for Graduation
LIQUOR STORES IN THE SANTA FE AREA WERE TARGETED LAST WEEK BY AGENTS WITH THE NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT. ONE-HUNDRED-AND-THIRTY-FOUR STORES WERE CHECKED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAWS. FOURTEEN WERE CITED FOR ALCOHOL SALES TO MINORS. A TOTAL OF 29 ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS WERE ISSUED FOR THINGS LIKE EXPIRED LIQUOR LICENSES. THE STEPPED-UP…… MORE
This is Snake Weather
AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES SO DOES THE CHANCE OF YOU COMING ACROSS A RATTLESNAKE. PROOF OF THAT RESIDES IN A 58 YEAR OLD LAS CRUCES MAN WHO HAS UNDERGONE FOUR ANTI-VENOM INJECTIONS AND EXPECTS EVEN FURTHER TREATMENT AFTER HAVING BEEN BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE MAN WAS BITTEN WHILE DOING YARD WORK…… MORE
MVD Renewal Notices Have a Problem
NEW MEXICO’S MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTMENT SENT OUT RENEWAL NOTICES LAST MONTH WITH COMPLETELY WRONG FEE AMOUNTS. NOW YOU’RE BEING WARNED ABOUT IT. THE MVD SAYS IT WAS CAUSED BY A COMPUTER MISTAKE. SOME OF THE RENEWAL NOTICES HAVE AN EXTRA ZERO ADDED TO THE FEE AMOUNT, SO 50 DOLLARS BECOMES 500 DOLLARS. IF YOU’VE RECEIVED…… MORE
Migrant Housing in NM is Lacking
THE NEWEST TENT CITIES FOR IMMIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER ARE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EL PASO. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE BEING APPREHENDED FIRST, THEN ALLOWED TO CROSS THE BORDER … AND SOME END UP AT BORDER PATROL STATIONS THEY CALL “THE ICE BOX” BECAUSE THEY’RE SUCH COLD PLACES. KOB TV REPORTS LAWYER JODI…… MORE
NM Has Most Children Going Hungry
NEW MEXICO TAKES THE LEAD IN THE U-S WHEN IT COMES TO HUNGRY CHILDREN. THAT’S HOW THE 2019 MAP THE MEAL GAP RATES THIS STATE … AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS IT WORKS OUT TO 24-POINT-1 PERCENT OF KIDS IN NEW MEXICO 18 YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER WHO ARE AT RISK OF CHILDHOOD HUNGER AND…… MORE
