Plans in Place for a New Sahara Motel

WHAT IS NOW A TROUBLED ALBUQUERQUE MOTEL WILL SOON BE APARTMENTS. DISTRICT JUDGE ALAN MALOTT LAST AUGUST APPOINTED LOCAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER LARRY LEVY TO COME UP WITH A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SAHARA. AND ONE OF THE CHANGES CALLS FOR OWNER LISA GONG TO CHANGE THE MOTEL INTO APARTMENTS FOR LONG TERM RENTALS. THAT…MORE

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City Breaks Ground on Tin Can Alley

GROUNDBREAKING FOR TIN CAN ALLEY HAPPENS TUESDAY IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. AND THE GREEN JEANS FARMERY-STYLE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING BY JULY OF NEXT YEAR. CITY LEADERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY. THEY’LL ALSO UPDATE US ON WHAT’S PLANNED FOR TIN CAN ALLEY. THE THE MAN WHO CREATED GREEN JEANS IS BEHIND THE…MORE

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Recent NM Snow Exhibited a Difference

THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE WINTER STORM THAT SLAMMED INTO NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT MONDAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ROGER SMITH SAYS, FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, THE LOWER ELEVATIONS GOT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL…ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO. HE SAYS FROM EAST OF SANTA ROSA TO THE TEXAS BORDER, SIX TO…MORE

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Artifacts Recovered from Expedition Site

YOU CAN NOW PUT TO REST A HISTORICAL MYSTERY IN NEW MEXICO. UP UNTIL RECENTLY, IT HAD NOT BEEN ARCHAEOLOGICALLY DETERMINED THAT THE VAZQUEZ DE CORONADO EXPEDITION FROM THE EARLY 1540S WAS EVER AT THE HISTORIC SITE NOW NAMED AFTER HIM IN BERNALILLO, NEW MEXICO. MATTHEW BARBOUR IS THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR NEW MEXICO HISTORIC…MORE

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NM Ski Resorts Are Ready

IT’S THE BEST START TO THE SKI SEASON HE’S SEEN IN 30 YEARS. THAT FROM JOEY TURICIANO, THE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR SKI SANTA FE. THE RESORT RECEIVED MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW FROM THE SNOW THAT MOVED THROUGH THE STATE RECENTLY. SKI SANTA FE SAYS IT’LL OPEN ON THANKSGIVING DAY. AND THEY WERE NOT…MORE

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APD Investigates Possible Suicide

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. OFFICERS FROM THE FOOTHILLS COMMAND WERE SENT TO THE 13-THOUSAND BLOCK OF NAMBE ON SATURDAY AFTER 911 GOT A CALL AND COULD HEAR A WOMAN IN THE BACKGROUND SCREAMING AND SAYING SHE’D SHOT HERSELF. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED AT THE HOME, THEY FOUND THE WOMAN DEAD, AND…MORE

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Lujan Grisham Transition Should be Smooth

NOW THE TRANSITION BEGINS. GOVERNOR-ELECT MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM WILL TAKE OFFICE ON JANUARY FIRST…AND POLITICAL BLOGGER JOE MONAHAN SAYS THAT MEANS SHE HAS JUST A FEW WEEKS TO PUT TOGETHER HER ADMINISTRATION. HE THINKS MOST OF IT WILL BE DONE IN TWO MONTHS.  MONAHAN SAYS LUJAN GRISHAM HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN STATE GOVERNMENT…MEANING…MORE

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Herrell Wants a Recount

REPUBLICAN YVETTE HERRELL IS NOW DEMANDING ANOTHER VOTE COUNT. IT FOLLOWS DEMOCRAT XOCHITL TORRES SMALL CALLING FOR ALL THE VOTES TO BE COUNTED BEFORE CONCEDING OR NOT IN THAT RACE LAST WEEK. IT TURNED OUT SHE WON THE RACE BY A FEW VOTES. BUT NOW, HERRELL WANTS THE VOTES RECOUNTED. THE 8-THOUSAND BALLOTS THAT HAD…MORE

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NM Welcomes Winter Weather

WE’RE GETTING SOME WINTER WEATHER IN NEW MEXICO … AND IT’S HIT THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE FIRST. BUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST DAVID CRAFT IN ALBUQUERQUE TELLS US A SECOND DISTURBANCE IS COMING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF NEW MEXICO … AND CRAFT SAYS IT’LL BE A COLD DAY MONDAY, SO…MORE

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Comedian Charged in Las Cruces Scuffle

COMEDIAN AND ACTOR GEORGE LOPEZ IS NOW FACING A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF BATTERY IN NEW MEXICO. THE CHARGE IS BASED ON AN INCIDENT RECORDED ON THE ALLEGED VICTIM’S CELL PHONE ON OCTOBER 14TH. THAT’S WHEN LOPEZ GOT INTO A SCUFFLE WITH THE MAN AT A RESTAURANT IN LAS CRUCES. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS LOPEZ WILL…MORE

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