IT SEEMS, MOST OF THE TIME WE’RE HEADING INTO A LONG WEEKEND, GAS PRICES GO UP. SO THIS APPEARS TO BUCK THAT TREND. AAA NEW MEXICO SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 2-76, UNCHANGED FROM LAST WEEK. BUT IT’S STILL 47 CENTS HIGHER THAN WHERE IT WAS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IN ALBUQUERQUE, THE PRICE…… MORE
Deadly Crash on I-40
A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 40 THIS(THURS) AFTERNOON. STATE POLICE SAY THE CRASH INVOLVED A SEMI-TRUCK AND A GREYHOUND BUS. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. STATE POLICE SAY THERE WERE MULTIPLE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. WESTBOUND 40 AT MILEMARKER 53 IS CLOSED AND ALL TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED ON TO THE FRONTAGE…… MORE
Big Fire Wipes Out Compost Piles in the South Valley
SEVERAL FIRE CREWS REMAIN ON SCENE IN THE AREA OF I-25 AND BROADWAY THURSDAY MORNING. THAT’S WHERE A FIRE IS BURNING AT WESTERN ORGANIC MATTER ON BATES ROAD IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTERS GABE DE BALTZ SAYS IT’S ORGANIC MATTER THAT’S BEEN BURNING. HE SAYS THEY CUT A FIRE LINE BUT EXPECT TO BE…… MORE
Scant Information for APD on Southwest Shooting
TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER A SHOOTING IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. APD OFFICERS WERE INITIALLY SENT TO PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, WHERE THE TWO VICTIMS HAD BEEN TAKEN. BOTH ARE SAID TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION, BUT APD SAYS NEITHER PERSON IS COOPERATING WITH OFFICERS. POLICE HAD ALSO BEEN SENT TO THE 10-THOUSAND BLOCK OF CENTRAL…… MORE
Man Sentenced for Drive-By Shooting
ANOTHER 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A 23 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN. THAT WAS THE SENTENCE HANDED DOWN BY A JUDGE THIS WEEK TO PATRICK ZAMORA. THE 16 YEARS ARE FOR BEING CONVICTED AS THE LEADER OF A GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAY 2016 DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN THE SOUTH VALLEY THAT KILLED 18 YEAR OLD…… MORE
Judge Order Release of Compound Suspects
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE FIVE PEOPLE ARRESTED AT A COMPOUND IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO HAVE BEEN DROPPED. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, A JUDGE DISMISSED THE CHARGES AGAINST THREE OF THE SUSPECTS, SAYING THE STATE FAILED TO SCHEDULE A PRELIMINARY HEARING WITHIN THE 10 DAYS REQUIRED BY LAW. THEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE, SIRAJ WAHHAJ AND…… MORE
Fiesta Officials Want to Recruit Albuquerque Residents
SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR AT ALBUQUERQUE’S INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA. THE FIESTA IS NOW LAUNCHING “X MARKS THE SPOT,” A PROGRAM THAT HAS RESIDENTS LAYING OUT AN “X” ON OR NEAR THEIR PROPERTY TO SHOW BALLOONISTS WHERE THEY CAN LAND. JIM GARCIA WITH THE BALLOON FIESTA’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS TELLS KOB TV FINDING THE RIGHT PLACE…… MORE
NM Gets Funds for Military Installations
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN NEW MEXICO WILL BE GETTING CRITICAL FUNDING NOW THAT THE SENATE HAS PASSED THE 2019 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY A 85-TO-7 VOTE. DEMOCRATS MARTIN HEINRICH AND TOM UDALL BOTH VOTED TO APPROVE THE BILL. UDALL SAYS THE BILL CONTAINED MONEY FOR A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE AND WHITE…… MORE
One Central Ribbon Cutting Thursday
IF YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT MOVING TO THE DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE AREA, YOU NOW HAVE ANOTHER OPTION. “ONE CENTRAL,” LOCATED AT FIRST AND CENTRAL, IS HOLDING ITS OFFICIAL RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY THURSDAY, AUGUST 30TH. CARMELINA HART WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE’S PLANNING DEPARTMENT TELLS US THE BUILDING WILL HOUSE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE. THERE’S ALSO 20 THOUSAND SQUARE…… MORE
Petition Targets NM Ice Arrests
THE ACLU OF NEW MEXICO AND IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES ARE CALLING FOR SOME NEW RULES WHEN IT COMES TO DETAINING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE U-S ILLEGALLY AND ARE ARRESTED AROUND COURTHOUSES IN THE STATE. THE ACLU AND THE OTHER GROUPS CIRCULATED A PETITION AMONG NEW MEXICO’S LAWYERS, LAW FIRMS, RETIRED JUDGES AND OTHER GROUPS TO…… MORE
