STARTING MONDAY, AND FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET RID OF ALL THAT GRASS AND BRUSH THAT’S ACCUMULATED THIS SPRING. ALBUQUERQUE’S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING FREE GREEN WASTE PICKUP ON YOUR REGULAR TRASH DAY. SPOKESWOMAN DIANE WIKLER SAYS THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THEY WON’T PICK UP, LIKE DIRT,…… MORE
Cleaning Up the Duke City
SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH, IS THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEAN UP DAY AND ALBUQUERQUE IS PARTICIPATING. IT STARTS AT 9:15 SATURDAY AT PHIL CHACON PARK. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR MATTHEW WHELAN, PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR DAVE SIMON AND CITY COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS WILL KICK OFF THE DAY IN HONOR OF EARTH WEEK. THIS IS THE LARGEST COMMUNITY…… MORE
Rating NM’s Governor
SHE’S BEEN ON THE JOB FOR A WHILE … BUT GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM’S APPROVAL RATING SHOWS THE HONEYMOON LOOKS LIKE IT’S WEARING OFF. A NATIONAL MORNING CONSULT POLL THAT WAS RELEASED ON THURSDAY SHOWS LUJAN GRISHAM WITH A 41 PERCENT RATING … WHICH MORNING CONSULT SAYS WAS NEAR THE BOTTOM. AND 33 PERCENT OF…… MORE
Xavier Zamora Update Stalled
WE’RE AWAITING WORD ON XAVIER ZAMORA’S FIRST COURT APPEARANCE. THE 17 YEAR OLD WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT NEAR 98TH AND UNSER…NOT FAR FROM WHERE HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED POSTAL WORKER JOSE HERNANDEZ MONDAY. APD, THE FBI AND THE U.S. POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE WERE ALL INVOLVED IN THE ARREST. POLICE SAY ZAMORA SHOT HERNANDEZ, WHO…… MORE
Santa Fe Changes Its Mind
MIGRANTS FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE U-S WILL FIND NO SHELTER IN SANTA FE. THE CITY DIFFERENT WAS PREPARING FOR IT, BUT THEN MAYOR ALAN WEBBER GAVE THE CITY COUNCIL AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION AT THE COUNCIL’S MEETING ON WEDNESDAY. WEBBER SAYS MOST MIGRANTS ARE JUST STOPPING OVER IN SANTA…… MORE
Moratorium for Oil and Gas Drilling
A MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS DRILLING NEAR THE CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO IS SCHEDULED TO BE SIGNED THIS WEEKEND. THE OFFICE OF LAND COMMISSIONER STEPHANIE GARCIA RICHARD SAYS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL PROTECT OVER 72-THOUSAND ACRES OF STATE TRUST LAND. OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHACO AREA HAS…… MORE
More Space for Facebook
IN FEBRUARY, FACEBOOK COMPLETED THE FIRST OF SIX BUILDINGS PLANNED FOR A ONE BILLION DOLLAR DATA CENTER IN LOS LUNAS. NOW, THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT HAS PURCHASED MORE THAN 400 ADDITIONAL ACRES, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY. RECORDS SHOW THE LAND, PURCHASED IN MARCH, HAD AN ASSESSED…… MORE
Winter Calls it Quits
WHEN ALBUQUERQUE’S DISTRICT FOUR CITY COUNCIL SEAT COMES UP FOR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, BRAD WINTER WON’T BE ON THE BALLOT. THE LONGEST SERVING CITY COUNCILOR HAS DECIDED NOT TO SEEK A SIXTH TERM. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB HE’S NOT SURE WHAT HE’LL DO NEXT. BUT HE SAYS HE DID ENJOY SERVING ON THE COUNCIL FOR…… MORE
Have You Switched Over Yet?
TEMPERATURES COULD HIT THE 1980S THIS WEEKEND IN ALBUQUERQUE…AND THAT MEANS A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO GET THEIR EVAPORATIVE COOLERS HOOKED UP. ONI MILLER WITH T-L-C PLUMBING AND UTILITY SAYS THEIR PHONES START RINGING OFF THE HOOK THIS TIME OF YEAR. HE SAYS THEY’LL BE AT THIS JOB THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY.…… MORE
Albuquerque in Top 10 Most Dangerous U-S Cities
WHEN IT COMES TO DANGEROUS CITIES IN AMERICA, ALBUQUERQUE IS IN THE TOP 10 BASED ON CRIME STATISTICS. ACCORDING TO THE WEB SITE SAFE WISE, ALBUQUERQUE IS THE 8TH MOST DANGEROUS CITY IN THE U-S…UP FROM NUMBER 12 A YEAR AGO. THE STUDY SHOWS CITIES IN THE TOP 10 HAVE A VIOLENT CRIME RATE OF…… MORE
