SOME NEW POLLING NUMBERS SHOW A TIGHTENING GOVERNOR’S RACE IN NEW MEXICO. THE E-POLL WAS DONE BY EMERSON COLLEGE LOCATED IN BOSTON. IT SHOWS REPUBLICAN STEVE PEARCE GAINING GROUND ON DEMOCRAT MICHELLE LUJAN-GRISHAM. SHE’S AT 42 PERCENT WHILE PEARCE IS NOW AT 40 PERCENT WITH 18 PERCENT UNDECIDED. THE SAME POLL WEIGHS-IN ON THE SENATE…… MORE
More Time for Former State Senator
A FORMER STATE SENATOR, ALREADY BEHIND BARS FOR CORRUPTION, WILL GET AN EXTRA YEAR IN PRISON IN A SEPARATE CASE. PHIL GRIEGO TODAY (MON) PLED GUILTY TO PERJURY AND EMBEZZLEMENT FOR ILLEGALLY POCKETING CAMPAIGN FUNDS. LAST YEAR, GRIEGO WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ENGINEERING THE SALE OF A STATE BUILDING WHILE HE…… MORE
Neighborhood Group Calls on Mayor to Keep a Promise
MEMBERS OF A DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE CALLING ON ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER TO MAKE GOOD ON THE POLICE DISTRICT HE SAID HE’D ESTABLISH THERE WHEN HE WAS A MAYORAL CANDIDATE. LEON GARCIA, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, SAYS ALL THEY’VE GOTTEN SO FAR FROM THE CITY IS RHETORIC. HE SAYS THEY NEED BODIES, ACTUAL POLICE…… MORE
Albuquerque Mayor Calls for Higher Energy Efficiency
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER IS IMPLEMENTING HIGHER ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR CITY BUILDINGS. UNDER THIS DIRECTIVE, NEW CITY BUILDINGS WILL BE SUBJECT TO A MORE RECENT ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE THAT KELLER SAYS WILL SAVE 20 TO 25 PERCENT IN ENERGY COSTS. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY USING THE 2009 NEW MEXICO ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE WHICH THE…… MORE
Forest Improvements for Sandia Ranger District
A MULTI-PHASE FOREST IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS GETTING UNDERWAY IN THE SANDIA RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. DISTRICT RANGER CRYSTAL POWELL SAYS THEY’RE REMOVING HAZARDOUS TREES THAT WERE DAMAGED BY INSECTS AND DROUGHT. SHE SAYS THE WORK WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY AS WELL AS PROTECT HIGH VALUE FIR TREES WITHIN RECREATION SITES.…… MORE
Corrales Company Expands
A LOCAL COMPANY IS EXPANDING. “IDEUM,” LOCATED IN CORRALES, HAS OPENED A NEW EXHIBIT FABRICATION STUDIO. THE EXPANSION ADDS 55-HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. THROUGH THE STATE’S JOB TRAINING INCENTIVE PROGRAM, OR “J-TI,P” THE COMPANY WILL BE ADDING ABOUT A DOZEN NEW EMPLOYEES . IDEUM IS A DIGITAL DISPLAY COMPANY AND DESIGNS AND PRODUCES MULTI-TOUCH TABLES AND…… MORE
NM’s Haze Improves
WHILE THE MONSOONS HAVE DAMPENED THE FIRE DANGER HERE…MANY LARGE WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO BURN IN OTHER WESTERN STATES. AND SMOKE FROM THOSE FIRES HAVE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO NEW MEXICO. METEOROLOGIST ROGER SMITH WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS IT’S BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE AND DANGEROUS FIRE SEASON IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE SMOKE…… MORE
Man Survives Officer-Involved Shooting
ANOTHER OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE. THIS ONE HAPPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 200 BLOCK OF DALLAS NEAR CENTRAL AND PENNSYLVANIA. APD OFFICERS WERE SENT THERE JUST BEFORE 2 O’CLOCK AFTER GETTING A 911 CALL ABOUT A MAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE WHO WAS BANGING ON THE DOOR OF ONE APARTMENT, TELLING THE PEOPLE INSIDE…… MORE
Council to Discuss Land for Homeless Community
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS LAND ACQUISITION FOR THE TINY HOMES COMMUNITY THAT WOULD HOUSE THE HOMELESS. THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN THE EFFORT WITH BERNALILLO COUNTY TO CHOOSE A LOCATION TO BUILD THE HOUSES FOR THE HOMELESS TO INHABIT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT KEN SANCHEZ TELLS KOB TV HE’S NOT SURPRISED…… MORE
Mixed-Use Project Goes Before Full Council
A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE THAT GOT THE SUPPORT OF A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE LAST WEEK GOES BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL TONIGHT. THE SEVEN STORY MIXED USE PROJECT WOULD GO IN AT THIRD AND LOMAS. CARMELINA HART WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAYS THE DEVELOPERS WOULD GET A PROPERTY TAX BREAK. HART SAYS THE…… MORE
