ALBUQUERQUE’S STATUS IN THE FILMMAKING INDUSTRY JUST WENT UP A NOTCH OR TWO. IT WAS ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT NETFLIX IS PURCHASING ALBUQUERQUE STUDIOS AND WILL MAKE IT A MAJOR PRODUCTION HUB. MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS THIS IS A HUGE DEAL FOR THE CITY AND ENTIRE COMMUNITY. HE SAYS THE COMPANY WILL CREATE UP TO 1-THOUSAND…… MORE
Eighty People Dodge a Bullet
EIGHTY PEOPLE ARE GLAD TO BE ALIVE AFTER SUNDAY’S INCIDENT AT THE LIN’S CHINESE BUFFET. IT STARTED SHORTLY BEFORE 1PM WHEN APD GOT WORD OF A ARMED ROBBERY AT A BUSINESS ON SAN MATEO. THE SUSPECT RAN TO A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD AND BROKE INTO A HOME THERE. HE THEN FLED TO THE LIN’S RESTAURANT, TAKING…… MORE
Four Arrested in Shooting Near Espanola
STATE POLICE ARREST FOUR PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH LAST THURSDAY’S SHOOTING NEAR ESPANOLA. AND OFFICERS SAY THE INCIDENT WAS A CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE GONE WRONG. STATE POLICE SAY 22 YEAR OLD MARK HICE THOUGHT HE’D BEEN TARGETED BY SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD SHOOT HIM. HE AND SEVERAL FRIENDS ARMED THEMSELVES WITH SEMI-AUTOMATICS WITH THE INTENT…… MORE
NM Student Arrested for Social Media Threat
SANTA FE POLICE SAY A STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER MAKING A THREAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHOOT UP SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL. SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD KEAGAN AXTELL IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS AFTER HIS ARREST AXTELL WAS TAKEN TO CHRISTUS ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL TO BE EVALUATED. HE WAS THEN BOOKED INTO…… MORE
More Wind Power for NM
NEW MEXICANS COULD BE GETTING MORE OF THEIR ENERGY FROM WIND POWER IN A FEW YEARS. THE P-R-C HAS GIVEN ITS OK TO PATTERN DEVELOPMENT FOR A PROJECT IN LINCOLN, TORRANCE AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES THAT WILL INVOLVE ALMOST A THOUSAND NEW WIND TURBINES. THOSE TURBINES COULD GENERATE 22-HUNDRED MEGAWATTS OF POWER. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED…… MORE
Report Says NM Lacking in Ethics
ACCORDING TO A WATCHDOG GROUP, NEW MEXICO DOES A POOR JOB OF IMPLEMENTING SAFEGUARDS TO DISCOURAGE PUBLIC CORRUPTION. THE COALITION FOR INTEGRITY RANKS NEW MEXICO IN THE BOTTOM 10 AMONG STATES WHEN IT COMES TO ETHICS OVERSIGHT, RESTRICTIONS ON GIFTS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS, AND DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL SPENDING. NEXT MONTH, NEW MEXICO VOTERS WILL DECIDE…… MORE
New Hall of Fame Among Balloon Fiesta Highlights
THE BALLOON MUSEUM AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK IS READY TO WELCOME THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AT THE FIESTA UNFOLDS OVER THE WEEK. JILL LANE IS WITH THE MUSEUM’S FOUNDATION. SHE SAYS VISITORS WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE NEWLY RENOVATED HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY ROOM, PART OF THE OFFICIAL BALLOONING HALL OF FAME ESTABLISHED…… MORE
Time Running Out to Register to Vote
YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT IF YOU’RE NOT YET REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. BERNALILLO COUNTY CLERK LINDA STOVER SAYS THE DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, AT 5PM. YOU CAN GO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE, OR TO STOVER’S OFFICE, TO REGISTER. ALSO ON TUESDAY, ABSENTEE VOTING BEGINS AT THE COUNTY…… MORE
One Dead in Shooting
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND THREE OTHERS ARE WOUNDED IN A SHOOTING NEAR OHKAY OWINGEH CASINO, NORTH OF ESPANOLA. THE PERSON WHO DIED IS IDENTIFIED AS 18 YEAR OLD CAMERON MARTINEZ OF ESPANOLA. STATE POLICE LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS THE VICTIMS WERE FOUND THURSDAY NIGHT INSIDE A VEHICLE ON STATE ROAD 68. ARMIJO SAYS THE…… MORE
One Dead, Three Injured in Espanola Shooting
NM STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A MURDER NEAR OHKAY OWINGEH IN ESPANOLA. A CALL WAS MADE TO POLICE AROUND 9:30 THURSDAY NIGHT, REPORTING THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SHOOTING VICTIMS ON STATE ROAD 68 NEAR THE OHKAY OWINGEH CASINO. THAT’S WHERE STATE POLICE OFFICERS FOUND A BLUE SUBARU WRX IN THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC LANE WITH…… MORE
