THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED CRIME NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2018. MOST CATEGORIES ARE DOWN, EXCEPT FOR HOMICIDE AND NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS. APD SAYS, COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 39 MURDERS, UP FROM 33 LAST YEAR. THAT REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 18 PERCENT. AUTO BURGLARIES, A CONSTANT PROBLEM…… MORE
Woman Arrested In Oklahoma for Gallup Man’s Death
A WOMAN WHO CONFESSED TO PURPOSELY RUNNING OVER AND KILLING A MAN IN GALLUP LAST MONTH IS NOW CHARGED WITH VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. STATE POLICE SAY KELLY HARDY WAS ARRESTED IN OKLAHOMA AND HAS NOW BEEN EXTRADITED BACK TO NEW MEXICO. HARDY ORIGINALLY TOLD POLICE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT…BUT THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED THAT STORY WAS…… MORE
Man Arrested After South Valley Shooting
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ONE MAN UNDER ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING FROM TUESDAY. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS IT HAPPENED AT A HOME IN THE 16-HUNDRED BLOCK OF BARCELONA SOUTHWEST. WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE THEY LOCATED A MAN WITH AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE TORSO. TWO PEOPLE ON SCENE…… MORE
Meeting to Discuss Sunport Blvd Extension
RESIDENTS OF AREAS WEST OF SUNPORT BOULEVARD IN BERNALILLO COUNTY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON PLANS TO EXTEND THE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO BROADWAY. BERNALILLO COUNTY, THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAVE FINISHED THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PLAN AND IT’S NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.…… MORE
Road Work Begins Soon on South Valley Street
A HEADS-UP FOR TRAVELERS IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. KIMBERLY GALLEGOS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS RIO BRAVO WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN BROADWAY AND I-25 FROM 8 PM FRIDAY THROUGH 5 AM MONDAY. THE SOUTHBOUND I-25 OFF RAMP AT RIO BRAVO WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR WESTBOUND TRAFFIC. GALLEGOS SAYS THE ENTIRE 55-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT…… MORE
Senior Olympics Underway
THE TIME FOR THE TALKING AND TRAINING IS OVER. THE NEW MEXICO SENIOR OLYMPICS STARTED WEDNESDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE. THESE WILL BE THE 40TH ANNUAL NEW MEXICO SENIOR OLYMPICS STATE SUMMER GAMES. THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK. THE GAMES RUN THROUGH JULY 22ND AND INVOLVE OVER 2-THOUSAND ATHLETES COMPETING IN OVER…… MORE
More Heat for NM
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ROGER SMITH SAYS DRY AIR HAS MOVED INTO NEW MEXICO FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST…AND THAT WILL LEAD TO ABOVE AVERAGE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO THROUGH…… MORE
SWAT Situation and Shooting on Albuquerque’s West Side
AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, STARTING AT THE TIERRA POINTE APARTMENTS NEAR COORS AND VOLCANES. THAT’S WHERE A WOMAN’S EX-BOYFRIEND, ARTHUR LUJAN, FIRST SMASHED OUT THE WINDOWS OF EX-HUSBAND ANTHONY SANDOVAL’S CAR TUESDAY EVENING. THE INCIDENT EXTENDED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE TWO MEN. POLICE SAY LUJAN SHOT AND KILLED…… MORE
MDC Inmates Sickened
HALF A DOZEN INMATES ARE SICKENED AT ALBUQUERQUE’S METRO DETENTION CENTER BY AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE. A MEDICAL CONTRACTOR, CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS, DETERMINED THAT AT LEAST ONE INMATE NEEDED TO BE TREATED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. BUT THREE INMATES WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, THOUGH THEIR CONDITIONS ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE HOUSING AREA WHERE THE…… MORE
Albuquerque Repays … Albuquerque
IT APPEARS SOME APD OFFICERS HAVE BEEN VIOLATING A COURT ORDER THAT STATED ALBUQUERQUE’S PANHANDLING ORDINANCE WOULD NOT BE ENFORCED WHILE LITIGATION WAS GOING ON BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND THE A-C-L-U OF NEW MEXICO. THE LAW HAD BEEN CHALLENGED ON CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS. ACLU ATTORNEY MARIA SANCHEZ SAYS MORE THAN 10 CITATIONS HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT, IN…… MORE
