CHANGES BEING MADE AT THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDER ITS NEW CHIEF, MIKE GEIER. HE WAS FIRST NAMED INTERIM CHIEF, THEN BEAT THE COMPETITION AFTER A NATIONAL SEARCH AND WAS HIRED TWO WEEKS AGO TO DO THE JOB PERMANENTLY. GEIER SAYS THEY’RE WORKING ON JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REFORMS … CONNECTING MORE WITH THE COMMUNITY … AND…… MORE
New Mexico Murder Suspect to be Tried in Mexico
IT’S A FIRST FOR THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE. JOSEPH ROBERT GONZALES, ACCUSED OF A MURDER IN SANTA FE COUNTY IN 2009, WILL BE TRIED IN MEXICO WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL AFTER NINE YEARS AS A FUGITIVE. A-G HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS THE VICTIM, VICENTE ANCHONDO, WAS ORIGINALLY FROM MEXICO…AND HIS FAMILY REQUESTED…… MORE
Fire Disrupts APS Construction
YOU COULD SEE THE FLAMES FROM MILES AWAY. AN ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT LOUISIANA AND COMANCHE CAUGHT FIRE ON WEDNESDAY. IT TOOK JUST MINUTES FOR CITY FIRE CREWS TO PUT IT OUT AND THE BUILDING IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS FALL. BUT ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE LIEUTENANT TOM RUIZ SAYS…… MORE
More Snakes Spotted in Albuquerque
NOTICE MORE SNAKES AROUND ALBUQUERQUE LATELY? SOME PEOPLE HAVE … AND IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. SNAKES ARE USUALLY SEEN IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA IN MID APRIL WHEN THEY COME OUT OF HIBERNATION. BUT THIS YEAR, THE DROUGHT HAS MORE OF THEM OUT AND ABOUT … AND BOB MYERS WITH THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL…… MORE
Surviving NM’s Heat Wave
NEW MEXICO IS SEEING SOME DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH 9:00 WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST, EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO…INCLUDING ALBUQUERQUE. METEOROLOGIST JENNIFER SHOEMAKE SAYS THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO TO AVOID HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION: LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES … AND IF…… MORE
An Inconvenience for Sunport Travellers
A FEW ANXIOUS MOMENTS AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN UNATTENDED BAG IN THE TICKETING AREA PROMPTED AIRPORT POLICE TO BRING IN A BOMB-SNIFFING DOG WHO GOT A POSITIVE HIT ON THE BAG. THE AREA WAS THEN CLEARED AND THE BOMB SQUAD WAS BROUGHT IN. STEPHANIE KITTS WITH THE SUNPORT SAYS THE SITUATION HAS…… MORE
County Approves TopGolf Funding
ONE-POINT-75 MILLION DOLLARS IN LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS IS APPROVED TUESDAY NIGHT BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION FOR ALBUQUERQUE INVESTORS LLC. IT’S THE COMPANY IS DOING BUSINESS HERE AS TOPGOLF OUT OF DALLAS. COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE GRANT TO GET TOPGOLF TO CREATE AT LEAST 200 JOBS … WITH 132 OF THE JOBS BEING FULL TIME…… MORE
NM Home Sales Are Still Strong
HOME SALES ACROSS NEW MEXICO ARE STILL STRONG … AND THAT’S DESPITE HOME BUYERS DEALING WITH LOW INVENTORY, HIGHER PRICES AND HIGHER MORTGAGE RATES. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THERE WAS A 28 PERCENT INCREASE IN HOME BUYING LAST MONTH COMPARED TO MAY OF LAST YEAR. THE JOURNAL SAYS, YEAR-TO-DATE, NEW MEXICO RECORDED 12-THOUSAND-148 TRANSACTIONS FROM…… MORE
Mayor Targets Abandoned Buildings
ALBUQUERQUE’S MAYOR IS TAKING ON THE OWNERS OF ABANDONED AND SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS. ON TUESDAY, TIM KELLER PERSONALLY RED TAGGED A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT CENTRAL AND JUAN TABO THAT HASN’T BEEN UP TO CODE FOR YEARS. KELLER SAYS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. HE SAYS PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT KEEPING THEIR BUILDINGS…… MORE
Trial Set for Albuquerque Couple
AN ALBUQUERQUE COUPLE ACCUSED OF PROSTITUTING THEIR SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WILL GO ON TRIAL NEXT YEAR. JAMES STEWART AND TERI SANCHEZ WERE IN COURT TUESDAY, AND DISTRICT JUDGE BRETT LOVELESS SET THEIR TRIAL FOR FEBRUARY 25TH. STEWART IS CHARGED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PROMOTING PROSTITUTION, AND CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONTACT OF A MINOR. SANCHEZ IS CHARGED…… MORE
