A NEW ECONOMIC FORECAST SAYS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE COULD BE FACED WITH A 20-MILLION-DOLLAR DEFICIT NEXT YEAR. THE REASON: THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SAYS HIGHER SPENDING IS EXPECTED FOR EMPLOYEE MEDICAL BENEFITS … SALARIES … STAFFING AT THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT … AND NEW COSTS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING PROJECTS LIKE ALBUQUERQUE RAPID…… MORE
More Than 10-Thousand New Mexican Impacted by Shutdown
WE ARE NOW IN DAY-32 OF THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN … AND NEW MEXICO SENATOR TOM UDALL SAYS IT’S IMPACTING MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND FEDERAL WORKERS IN THIS STATE. NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID AND MANY LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. SOME ARE EVEN LOOKING FOR OTHER JOBS OR GETTING HELP FROM FOOD BANKS. ON…… MORE
Second Skier Dies After Avalanche
THE SECOND MAN IN THE TAOS SKI VALLEY AVALANCHE HAS NOW DIED. THE FAMILY OF 22 YEAR OLD COREY BORG HAS POSTED A GOFUNDME PAGE. BORG AND 26 YEAR OLD MATTHEW ZONGHETTI WERE PULLED OUT OF THE SNOW LAST THURSDAY, AND ZONGHETTI DIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT ON THE SAME DAY. BOTH WERE INITIALLY TAKEN TO…… MORE
Trouble for Duke City Hotels
ALBUQUERQUE HAS BECOME KNOWN AT THE CITY PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH AND EVEN STAYING AT HOTELS END UP HAVING THEIR BELONGINGS STOLEN. SOME EVEN HAVE THEIR VEHICLE DAMAGED. NOW HOTELS ARE HIRING PRIVATE SECURITY TO PATROL THEIR GROUNDS. HIRING SECURITY HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS, BUT IT’S EXPENSIVE. THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE ASIAN…… MORE
Legislature Takes on Ethics Commission
ONE OF THE JOBS FOR NEW MEXICO LEGISLATORS DURING THIS 60-SESSION WILL BE TO DETERMINE JUST HOW A STATE ETHICS COMMISSION WILL OPERATE. VOTERS APPROVED CREATION OF THE PANEL LAST NOVEMBER. HEATHER FERGUSON WITH COMMON CAUSE NEW MEXICO SAYS THE COMMISSION MUST BE SOMETHING THAT RESTORES PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THE COMMISSION’S JOB…… MORE
Albuquerque Business Owners Pursue Homeless Center
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
