UTAH HAS BECOME THE FIRST STATE TO LOWER ITS BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT LIMIT FOR DRUNK DRIVING FROM POINT-ZERO-EIGHT TO POINT-ZERO-FIVE. LINDA ATKINSON WITH THE DWI RESOURCE CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS MAKING THAT MOVE WOULD TAKE TIME IN OUR STATE. FIRST, SHE SAYS, MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE NEEDED. ATKINSON SAYS ANY LEVEL OF INTOXICATION WHILE…… MORE
Flu Deaths Increase
FOUR NEW MEXICANS HAVE NOW DIED FROM FLU-RELATED ILLNESSES SO FAR THIS FLU SEASON. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ALL THE PEOPLE WERE OVER THE AGE OF 50 AND CAME FROM FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES, LINCOLN, SANTA FE, RIO ARRIBA AND MORA. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS FLU ACTIVITY HAS BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE STATE OVER…… MORE
Flu Activity Increases in New Mexico
WE’RE SEEING MORE FLU ACTIVITY IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. THE NEW MEXICO HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S WEEKLY REPORT SHOWS THAT 4-POINT-5 PERCENT OF REPORTED PATIENT VISITS STATEWIDE WERE RELATED TO PEOPLE WITH FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THOSE FIGURES ARE FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 16TH THROUGH THE 22ND. THE NUMBER IS A 2…… MORE
New Gov Sworn In
NEW MEXICO HAS A NEW GOVERNOR. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM WAS SWORN IN AS THE STATE’S 32ND GOVERNOR AT A PRIVATE CEREMONY JUST AS THE NEW YEAR BEGAN TUESDAY. LATER, HUNDREDS SHOWED UP AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IN SANTA FE FOR A PUBLIC CEREMONY WHERE HOWIE MORALES WAS ALSO SWORN IN… AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. DURING HER…… MORE
City Digs Out
DEPT OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CREWS ARE STILL CLEARING ALBUQUERQUE STREETS FOLLOWING THE NEW YEARS DAY SNOWSTORM THAT DUMPED SEVERAL INCHES ON THE CITY. MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS 30 TRUCKS ARE OUT ON THE ROADS AT ANY GIVEN TIME…WITH THE MAIN ARTERIALS GETTING MOST OF THE ATTENTION. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION SINCE SOME AREAS…… MORE
Human Remains Uncovered in Desert
WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SKULL AND OTHER HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE DESERT NEAR THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY OF SUNLAND PARK. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT A MAN SPOTTED THE REMAINS TUESDAY WHILE WALKING WITH HIS FAMILY. IT’S UNCLEAR HOW LONG THE REMAINS HAD BEEN THERE. SUNLAND PARK IS ABOUT SIX…… MORE
The Waiting Game at Sandia Peak
SOME OF THE WORKERS AT SANDIA PEAK SKI AREA ARE GROOMING THE TRAILS AND CHECKING THE LIFTS…BUT STILL NO ANNOUNCEMENT ON AN OPENING DATE. GENERAL MANAGER BENNY ABRUZZO SAYS THE MAIN STUMBLING BLOCK IS THAT STATE ROAD 536, THE ROAD UP TO THE SKI AREA, REMAINS CLOSED BECAUSE IT HASN’T BEEN PLOWED. HE SAYS THE…… MORE
City Driving Conditions
TOUGH DRIVING CONDITIONS IN ALBUQUERQUE PUT APD TO WORK, ANSWERING CALLS FOR AUTO ACCIDENTS. OFFICER SIMON DROBIK TELLS US ANYONE INVOLVED IN A CRASH NEEDS TO BE PATIENT. HE SAYS YOU CAN FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT AT AREA COMMAND STATIONS, OR SIMPLY GO ONLINE. THERE IS ALSO A FEATURE ON THE A-P-D “APP” THAT ALLOWS…… MORE
Fatal Crash on I-40
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS ON I-40 IN ALBUQUERQUE THAT RESULTED IN A FATALITY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SPOKESMAN RAY WILSON SAYS TOW TRUCK DRIVER PAT CISNEROS WAS KILLED WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A SEMI AS HE STOPPED TO HELP AN OFFICER WHO’D BEEN INVOLVED IN AN EARLIER ACCIDENT IN THE EASTBOUND…… MORE
KKOB New Show 2019
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