CITY HALL IS FINALLY GETTING SOME FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT. MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS THE CITY IS BEING AWARDED 14 MILLION DOLLARS…MONEY THE CITY HAS ALREADY SPENT FOR ROADWORK ALONG THE A-R-T ROUTE. AS FOR THE BIG 75 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT CITY HALL IS WAITING ON…KELLER SAYS THERE ARE STILL NO GUARANTEES. KELLER…… MORE
Defender Resigns Amid Harassment Allegations
THE CHIEF DEPUTY OF THE STATE’S PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE IS STEPPING DOWN FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. THE NEW MEXICO DISCIPLINARY BOARD DECLINED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST CHANDLER BLAIR…BUT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT THE TWO FEMALE ATTORNEYS WHO FILED SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIM ARE STILL PURSUING THEIR CLAIMS. BLAIR DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS.… MORE
Albuquerque Opens to “Mixed Use” Properties
MIXED USE BUILDINGS ARE POPPING UP DOWNTOWN AND IN OTHER PARTS OF ALBUQUERQUE. THE EL VADO MOTEL THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED IS ONE EXAMPLE OF MIXED USE PROPERTIES THAT INCLUDE BOTH APARTMENTS AND RETAIL SHOPS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS MEMBERS OF THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, NAIOP, THINK IT’LL SERVE ALBUQUERQUE WELL AS IT’LL…… MORE
SE Albuquerque Death Was Accidental
IT APPEARS ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE SOLVED ONE OF THE CASES THEY WERE INVESTIGATING FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND. POLICE SAY THE O-M-I HAS DETERMINED A MAN FOUND DEAD AT LEAD AND HIGH STREET SOUTHEAST SATURDAY MORNING HAD ACCIDENTALLY FALLEN AND HIT HIS HEAD. MEANWHILE THE INCIDENT FROM SUNDAY MORNING IS STILL AN ACTIVE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. POLICE…… MORE
Get Ready for Another School Year
YOU CAN TELL THE START OF SCHOOL ISN’T FAR OFF BASED ON WHAT THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS DOING RIGHT NOW: HOLDING IMMUNIZATION CLINICS FOR STUDENTS BEFORE CLASSES BEGIN. HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN DAVID MORGAN SAYS THE IMMUNIZATIONS ARE FREE AND ON A “FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED” BASIS. HE SAYS PARENTS SHOULD BRING A…… MORE
Weeping Statue Reported in Hobbs
IS IT A MIRACLE, OR A MEAL? THAT’S WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAY BE NOW ASKING IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO REPORTS OF A WEEPING STATUE OF THE VIRGIN MARY AT A CHURCH IN HOBBS. A SAMPLE OF THE FLUID FROM THE STATUE HAS NOW BEEN ANALYSED…… MORE
State Requests Snap Benefits in Child Abuse Case
THE STATE WANTS THE FOOD STAMP RECORDS OF MURDER SUSPECTS TERI SANCHEZ AND JAMES STEWART. THE TWO ARE ACCUSED OF PROSTITUTING THEIR SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN ALBUQUERQUE. WITNESSES CLAIMED IN MAY THAT SANCHEZ AND STEWART WOULD NOT TAKE HELP FROM FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THE GIRL’S SCHOOL. KOB TV REPORTS THEY TURNED DOWN…… MORE
NM Bus Crash Kills Three, Injures Two Dozen
IT’S ONE OF THE WORST ACCIDENTS SEEN IN NEW MEXICO IN A LONG TIME. THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND FOUR REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION FOLLOWING A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH, INCLUDING A BUS, SEMI, AND A PICKUP TRUCK, ON I-25 NORTH OF BERNALILLO AROUND 2:30 SUNDAY MORNING. THE BUS WAS TRAVELING FROM DENVER TO EL PASO. TWENTY…… MORE
APD Investigates Weekend Murder
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF A MAN IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF TOWN. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO ELM STREET AND LEAD AVENUE SATURDAY MORNING AROUND 8:00 AFTER GETTING CALLS ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS PERSON. OFFICERS WERE TOLD A MAN WAS DEAD AND FOUND THE VICTIM SURROUNDED BY BLOOD IN THE LOADING DOCK AREA.…… MORE
Former Tax and Rev Secretary Arraigned
FORMER DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND REVENUE SECRETARY DEMESIA PADILLA WAS ARRAIGNED LAST FRIDAY ON CHARGES FILED AGAINST HER BY THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. SHE IS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING APPROXIMATELY 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM ONE OF HER FORMER CLIENTS. PADILLA WAS IN COURT FOR FRIDAY’S HEARING BUT DID NOT ENTER A PLEA. SHE WAS RELEASED…… MORE
