CRUISING IN ALBUQUERQUE IS NO LONGER A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT REPEALED THE ORDINANCE THAT DEEMS IT TO BE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. IT WAS THE CITY’S CRUISING TASK FORCE THAT RECOMMENDED COUNCILORS REPEAL THE ORDINANCE. THIS MOVE MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR A PROGRAM THAT REGISTERS CAR CLUBS UNDER A…… MORE
Pearce Distances Self from Polls
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR STEVE PEARCE SAYS THE POLLSTERS HAVE IT WRONG. AT LAST CHECK, PEARCE IS 10 POINTS BEHIND HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT, MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM. DURING A CAMPAIGN RALLY MONDAY, PEARCE IGNORED THE DOUBTERS AND STUCK TO HIS MAIN POINTS … JOBS, CRIME AND EDUCATION. BUT AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF GOP GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ,…… MORE
Tracy Ann Pena’s Plea Agreement
THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH AND OTHER CRIMES LINKED TO HER OWN 13 YEAR OLD SON HAS REACHED A PLEA DEAL … BUT THE DETAILS OF THAT DEAL HAVE NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC. THIRTY-SIX YEAR OLD TRACY ANN PENA IS ACCUSED OF TWO COUNTS OF CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH AND…… MORE
Small Plane Lands on NM Street
A SMALL PLANE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A STREET IN TEXICO, NEW MEXICO, ON MONDAY,. AND THE PLANE LANDED ON THAT STREET WITHOUT USING ITS LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT SAYS THE AIRCRAFT WAS HAVING FUEL ISSUES … WHICH CAUSED THE PLANE TO LOSE POWER. THE FLIGHT WAS GOING FROM CLOVIS TO AUSTIN,…… MORE
Arrest Made in Monday Shooting
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. KOB TV REPORTS JESUS ASTORGA WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY MONDAY MORNING. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED NEAR 4TH AND CENTRAL. THE PERSON WHO WAS SHOT WAS TAKEN TO UNMH WITH NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.… MORE
Prosecution Wants Suspect Jailed
LOCAL BERNALILLO COUNTY PROSECUTORS WANT A MAN THEY SAY IS A SERIOUS DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY HELD PENDING TRIAL. TIMOTHY BACHICHA FACES CHARGES OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL PENETRATION, KIDNAPPING, AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE SAYS THIS IS THE FOURTH CASE OF ITS KIND AGAINST BACHICHA SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR. TWO OF THE…… MORE
Arizona Suspect Released in NM
AN ARIZONA MAN ARRESTED LAST WEEK AFTER POLICE IN ALBUQUERQUE FOUND 14 POUNDS OF METH IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR IS FREE TO GO HOME. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE WANTED 33 YEAR OLD GARBIEL FIGUEROA PLACED IN PREVENTIVE DETENTION BUT BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT CHIEF JUDGE NAN NASH DENIED THE REQUEST AND PLACED FIGUEROA…… MORE
Raises for Albuquerque City Bus Drivers
MORE MONEY FOR DRIVING A BUS IN ALBUQUERQUE. THAT’S WHAT’S COMING FOR A-B-Q RIDE DRIVERS AS THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT WORKS TO RETAIN ITS EMPLOYEES AND ATTRACT NEW ONES. SPOKESMAN RICK DE REYES SAYS ONCE DRIVERS HAVE THEIR COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE, THEY GET LURED AWAY BY OTHER COMPANIES. NOW HE SAYS THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASED…… MORE
Lowe’s Closing Stores, But None In NM
ANOTHER MAJOR RETAILER IS HAVING FINANCIAL TROUBLE. LOWE’S SAYS IT WILL CLOSE 51 STORES IN NORTH AMERICA BY NEXT FEBRUARY. THERE ARE NO NEW MEXICO STORES ON THE CLOSING LIST. THE HARDWARE CHAIN SAYS IT’S SHUTTING DOWN STORES THAT ARE UNDERPERFORMING, IN ORDER TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE PROFITABLE. 20 STORES IN THE U.S. ARE…… MORE
It Isn’t Christmas Yet … However
IT MAY BE A LITTLE TOO EARLY FOR YOU TO BE THINKING CHRISTMAS, BUT THAT’S NOT THE CASE AT THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST HAS ANNOUNCED ITS CHRISTMAS TREE CUTTING PLAN FOR THIS YEAR. THE PERMITS GO ON SALE ON NOVEMBER 22ND AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH.…… MORE
