OPIOID ADDICTION ISN’T JUST AN URBAN PROBLEM. IT REACHES ALL CORNERS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING RURAL AREAS. THAT’S WHY OFFICIALS WITH THE U-S-D-A RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A MEETING IN ALBUQUERQUE THIS THURSDAY TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE. ANNE HAZLETT IS THE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ON HAND, ALONG WITH…… MORE
Fewer People Out of Work in NM
NEW MEXICO’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CONTINUES TO FALL. THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REPORTS THAT THE JOBLESS RATE HERE WAS 4.7 PERCENT IN JULY…DOWN FROM 4.9 IN JUNE. NEW MEXICO STILL HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE NATION. BUT IT’S NOW ONLY FIFTH WORST AMONG THE 50 STATES…AHEAD OF ALASKA, WEST VIRGINIA,…… MORE
Council Drafts Letter on Sports to UNM Regents
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL HAS WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE UNM BOARD OF REGENTS, ASKING THEM TO DELAY THEIR RE-VOTE FRIDAY ON ELIMINATING SOME SPORTS AT UNM TO BALANCE THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT’S BUDGET. COUNCILORS SAY IN THE LETTER THAT UNM ATHLETICS ALLOWS A LOT OF STUDENTS TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND, FOR SOME, TO REPRESENT…… MORE
More Opposition at Tiny Homes Meeting
ANOTHER MEETING ON A PROPOSED COMMUNITY OF TINY HOMES TO BE BUILT FOR THE HOMELESS IN ALBUQUERQUE. THURSDAY NIGHT’S MEETING TOOK MORE PUBLIC COMMENT, WITH MANY ASKING HOW PEOPLE WHO MOVE INTO THE TINY HOMES WILL FIND WORK AS WELL AS A WAY TO GET TO THAT JOB. KOB-TV REPORTS PROJECT COORDINATOR BERNADETTE MIERA SAYS…… MORE
Remains Identified as That of Suspect’s Missing Son
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE COMPOUND IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THAT WAS RAIDED EARLIER THIS MONTH HAS BEEN ANSWERED. THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR SAYS THE REMAINS RECOVERED FROM THAT LOCATION ARE THOSE OF ABDUL-GHANI WAHHAJ, THE YOUNG SON OF ONE OF THE MEN ARRESTED AT THE COMPOUND. HOWEVER, THE O-M-I SAYS IT…… MORE
American Idol Headed to Albuquerque
TIME TO GET YOUR VOICE IN TOP FORM. THE PRODUCERS OF “AMERICAN IDOL” ARE HEADING TO ALBUQUERQUE FOR AUDITIONS. THE PLAN IS FOR THE AMERICAN IDOL TEAM TO BE HERE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST IN OLD TOWN. KEEP IN MIND, CANDIDATES ARE HEARD ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SHOW’S PRODUCER…… MORE
NM Suing Wells Fargo Bank
THE ISSUE OF WELLS FARGO BANK CREATING UNAUTHORIZED ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS COULD BE HEADING TO COURT. ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE BANK, ALLEGING IT CARRIED OUT ILLEGAL BUSINESS PRACTICES BY OPENING THOSE ACCOUNTS. hE SAYS NEW MEXICANS WERE VICTIMS OF WELLS FARGO WHO WERE MISLED,…… MORE
Alleged AT&T Thieves Learn Sentence
IN MARCH, TWO MEN HELD UP AN ALBUQUERQUE AT&T STORE AT GUNPOINT. NOW, BOTH ARE GOING TO PRISON. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS JONATHAN PHILLIPS WILL SERVE 11 YEARS BEHIND BARS…AND PAUL SEDILLO SIX YEARS. SEDILLO WAS ARRESTED A FEW DAYS AFTER THE ROBBERY, BUT PHILLIPS REMAINED ON THE LOOSE AND ROBBED ANOTHER STORE BEFORE…… MORE
Problems for the Governor’s Mansion
THE STATE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAYS IT PLANS TO INSTALL A BACKUP BATTERY AT THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION NORTH OF DOWNTOWN SANTA FE. THAT AFTER A BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRUCK A BUILDING HOUSING A GENERATOR AT THE MANSION ON AUGUST THIRD. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE LIGHTNING STRIKE KNOCKED OUT POWER AND CAUSED MORE…… MORE
Training for Duke City Bus Drivers
BUS DRIVER TRAINING IS CONTINUING ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE FOR THE LONG-AWAITED ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM. RICK DE REYES WITH A-B-Q RIDE SAYS, ON ANY GIVEN DAY, TWO TO FOUR BUSES ARE ON THE ROAD…WITH DRIVERS GETTING AROUND FOUR HOURS BEHIND THE WHEEL. THE BUS DRIVER TRAINING BEGAN IN LATE JULY. DE REYES SAYS THEY’RE ALSO…… MORE
