A JURY HAS AWARDED A FORMER LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY OFFICIAL 735-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS JOHN J. TAPIA FILED A BREACH OF CONTRACT SUIT AGAINST THE LAB’S FORMER MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN 2016 AFTER HE WAS PUSHED OUT OF HIS JOB. LANL OFFICIALS SAY TAPIA HAD USED HIS LAB COMPUTER TO DO…… MORE
Another Warm Year for NM
LAST YEAR, 2017, WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD IN NEW MEXICO. AND IT LOOKS LIKE 2018 WILL ALSO BE AMONG THE WARMEST…COMING IN AT NUMBER THREE AT THIS POINT. METEOROLOGIST DAVID CRAFT AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THIS TREND HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. HE SAYS EIGHT OF THE TOP…… MORE
NM Confirms First Flu Death of Season
THE FIRST FLU DEATH OF THE SEASON IS REPORTED TODAY (MON) BY THE NEW MEXICO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT WAS A 65 YEAR OLD LINCOLN COUNTY WOMAN WHO DIED AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT’S A REMINDER CAN CAUSE SERIOUS ILLNESS OR DEATH, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AT RISK. FLU ACTIVITY USUALLY PEAKS BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF…… MORE
NM Agencies Want Answers On Guatemalan Girl’s Death
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO IS DEMANDING ANSWERS REGARDING THE SEVEN YEAR OLD IMMIGRANT GIRL WHO DIED IN BORDER PATROL CUSTODY IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. SHE AND HER FATHER, WHO SHE WAS TRAVELING WITH IN THE CARAVAN TO THE U-S, WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY NEAR LORDSBURG. THE TWO WERE SEPARATED. EIGHT HOUR…… MORE
Three Shooting in Albuquerque in One Day
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THREE SHOOTINGS IN JUST ONE DAY … ONE WHICH WAS FATAL. ALL THREE HAPPENED ON SUNDAY. THE FIRST WAS REPORTED NEAR CENTRAL AND DORADO. THAT’S WHERE APD OFFICERS FOUND A FEMALE WHO HAD BEEN SHOT. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BUT DIED THERE. THEN APD WAS SENT TO SAN PEDRO…… MORE
Male Found Dead in SE Albuquerque
A MALE IS FOUND DEAD IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE OVER THE WEEKEND. APD OFFICERS SENT TO THE SCENE INITIALLY FOUND THE MALE HAD BEEN SHOT. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BUT HAS NOW BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE DIED. APD IS NOW TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT LED UP TO THE SHOOTING AT CENTRAL AND DORADO.…… MORE
Mayor Keller on Albuquerque Rape Kits Being Cleared
RIGHT AFTER GOVERNOR MARTINEZ ANNOUNCED THE STATE HAS CLEARED ITS RAPE KIT BACKLOG, ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER GOES PUBLIC, SAYING THE CITY HAS CLEARED ABOUT HALF THE RAPE KITS HERE. THE CITY HAS TESTED ABOUT 3-THOUSAND KITS. NOW KELLER HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT REQUIRES ALBUQUERQUE POLICE AND THE SEX ASSAULT EVIDENCE RESPONSE TEAM…… MORE
Surplus Will Help NM’s Economy
LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU THAT NEW MEXICO SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW MONEY WHEN LAWMAKERS PUT TOGETHER THE NEXT BUDGET. UNM ECONOMIST JEFF MITCHELL TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THAT SHOULD BE A BOOST TO NEW MEXICO’S ECONOMY OVERALL. IT MEANS THE STATE WILL BE ABLE TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE AND…… MORE
New Dinosaur Identified
PALEONTOLOGISTS AT NEW MEXICO’S MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW KIND OF DINOSAUR. IT’S A CERATOPSID, WHICH COULD BE PLACED ON DISPLAY IN THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. IT’S A HORNED DINOSAUR ESTIMATED TO BE 73 MILLION YEARS OLD. IT’S ALSO ONE OF THE FEW DINOSAUR NAMED FROM ARIZONA.…… MORE
Counting Birds
IT MAY SEEM LIKE A DAUNTING TASK, BUT IT’S AN EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 100 YEARS. IT’S THE AUDUBON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT. THE DATA GIVES SCIENTISTS A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF BIRD POPULATIONS NATIONWIDE. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED HERE IN NEW MEXICO AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE AT A NUMBER OF STATE PARKS, INCLUDING…… MORE
