DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESSES HAVE HAD ENOUGH. NOW BUSINESS OWNERS ARE DRAFTING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO GET 8-MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE CITY AND BERNALILLO COUNTY. THE MONEY WOULD BE USED TO HELP BUILD A HOMELESS FACILITY ON 2ND STREET SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN TO GIVE 170 HOMELESS A PLACE TO SLEEP AND GET BACK ON THEIR…… MORE
APS Art Classes Could be More Than Instruction
IT TAKES US A WHILE TO LEARN. ABQ PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS BRINGING THE ARTS BACK TO THE DISTRICT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. SPOKESPERSON JOHANNA KING SAYS IT MEANS DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF ARTS TEACHERS THEY’LL HIRE. SHE SAYS IT SHOULD ALSO KEEP STUDENTS IN SCHOOL AND HELP THEM DO BETTER IN OTHER SUBJECTS … AND…… MORE
Jobless Rate Uptick
A SLIGHT UPTICK IN NEW MEXICO’S JOBLESS RATE. IT WAS 4.7 PERCENT IN DECEMBER…COMPARED TO 4.6 PERCENT THE MONTH BEFORE. THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS SAYS THE STATE ADDED 20-THOUSAND JOBS LAST MONTH COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH IN 2017. THAT’S AN INCREASE OF 2-PERCENT. THE BIGGEST GAINS WERE IN THE LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR.… MORE
Man Kills 3 Year Old, Then Himself
A THREE YEAR OLD BOY IS AMONG THE DEAD FOLLOWING A MURDER-SUICIDE IN SANTA FE COUNTY. SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WENT TO A HOME ON PACHECO CANYON AFTER SOMEONE CALLED 9-1-1 SAYING THEY’D GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM RYAN PROPES, THREATENING SUICIDE. PROPES, HIS YOUNG SON, AND THE FAMILY PET WERE ALL FOUND DEAD INSIDE THE HOME. THE…… MORE
Most NM Districts Support Longer School Year
MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NEW MEXICO ARE GOOD WITH THE IDEA OF EXTENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR. MOST SEEM TO GO FOR GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM’S PROPOSAL TO STRETCH THE SCHOOL YEAR ANOTHER THREE DAYS. BUT THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE PROPOSED A 10 DAY EXTENSION. MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TELL THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL…… MORE
Taos Avalanches are Rare
AFTER THURSDAY’S AVALANCHE AT TAOS SKI VALLEY THAT KILLED ONE MAN AND LEFT ANOTHER IN CRITICAL CONDITION, GEORGE BROOKS WITH SKI NEW MEXICO SAYS THE TAOS SKI VALLEY DOES TRY TO MITIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH AN OCCURRENCE. HE SAYS THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BOMB THE AREAS TO TRY TO FRACTURE THEM. THE SKI AREA TELLS…… MORE
NM Tops for Oil and Gas Revenue
GOOD NEWS CONCERNING THE SHARE OF OIL AND GAS REVENUE NEW MEXICO GETS FROM LOCAL PRODUCTION. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS A STUDY BY THE NEW MEXICO TAX AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND MOSS ADAMS FINDS THIS STATE IS NUMBER ONE IN THAT AREA WHEN COMPARED TO EIGHT OTHER STATES IN THE WESTERN U-S. THE STUDY WILL…… MORE
Man Killed for Bike Identified
THE IDENTITY OF THE MAN KILLED NEAR OLD TOWN THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN RELEASED BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE. HE WAS 43 YEAR OLD ISAAC CANDELARIA, SHOT OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL GRILL AND COFFEE HOUSE ON CENTRAL AVENUE. THE SUSPECT STOLE CANDELARIA’S MOUNTAIN BIKE, THEN TOOK OFF INTO THE BOSQUE. SETH JARAMILLO TELLS KOB TV THAT SUSPECT…… MORE
Another Albuquerque Shooting
A MAN IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT AN ABQ HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS SHOT THURSDAY NIGHT. SOMEONE CALLED 911 SHORTLY BEFORE 10PM THURSDAY, REPORTING THAT A MAN HAD BEEN SHOT WAS BEING DRIVEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE THE MAN WAS IN STOPPED AT THE MCDONALD’S RESTAURANT AT CANDELARIA AND EUBANK, MEETING WITH EMERGENCY…… MORE
Shutdown Now Affecting NM Federal Cases
THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE OFFICE THAT PROSECUTES FEDERAL CASES IN NEW MEXICO. U.S. ATTORNEY JOHN ANDERSON TELLS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT MOST OF THE OFFICE’S CIVIL LAW DIVISION HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED. THAT DIVISION HANDLES CASES OF EMINENT DOMAIN, DEBTS FROM COURT JUDGEMENTS, BANKRUPTCIES AND MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. ANDERSON SAYS CRIMINAL…… MORE
