WE NEEDED SUNDAY’S RAIN STORM, BUT IT DIDN’T DO MUCH FOR NEW MEXICO EXTREME DROUGHT. THE STORM MOVED IN A BIT EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, IMPACTING BERNALILLO, VALENCIA, SOCORRO AND CIBOLA COUNTIES. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ONE METEOROLOGIST SAYS IT’LL TAKE MORE RAIN STORMS LIKE SUNDAY’S TO BRING THE STATE OUT OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS. AT THE…… MORE
Ute Park Fire Grows Beyond 36-Thousand Acres
FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN IN NEW MEXICO MONDAY MORNING. THE UTE PARK FIRE HAS GROWN TO JUST OVER 36-THOUSAND ACRES OVER THE WEEKEND AND IS 23 PERCENT CONTAINED IN COLFAX COUNTY. THE FIRE IS BURNING NEAR CIMARRON AND THE PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH, WHERE IT’S DESTROYED 14 OUTBUILDINGS. NEARLY 300 MORE STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED BY THE…… MORE
Victims Identified in Dixon Homicides
WE NOW KNOW THE NAMES OF THE THREE PEOPLE KILLED NEAR DIXON LAST WEEK. STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THEM AS ABRAHAM MARTINEZ, WHO WAS 36 .. 42 YEAR OLD APRIL BROWN … AND 27 YEAR OLD KIEREN GUILLEMIN. THE THREE HAD ALL BEEN SHOT IN THEIR HEAD. POLICE DID ARREST TWO SUSPECTS IN THE TRIPLE…… MORE
Councilors Consider Bike Lane Driving Habits
ALBUQUERQUE MOTORISTS WHO PARK OR DRIVE ON BIKE LANES TAKE HEED…THE CITY COUNCIL COULD SOON BE CONSIDERING A MEASURE THAT WOULD BAN THOSE DRIVING HABITS. COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON IS SPONSORING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. HIS LEGISLATION WOULD BETTER DEFINE JUST WHAT CONSTITUTES A BIKE LANE AND PROHIBIT DRIVERS FROM USE THE LANE FOR DRIVING, PARKING OR…… MORE
NM Not Last for Jobs, But in the Low 10
NEW MEXICO DOESN’T DO VERY WELL WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS … BUT WE’RE NOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. WALLET HUB DID A STUDY AND FOUND WEST VIRGINIA HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE WORST STATE FOR JOBS. NEW MEXICO IS THE EIGHTH WORST STATE. JILL GONZALEZ WITH WALLET HUB TELLS US THEY…… MORE
Another Gun in Sunport Luggage
IT’S HAPPENED AGAIN. FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, TSA AGENTS HAVE FOUND A GUN AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT’S SECURITY CHECKPOINT. ON FRIDAY MORNING, A 9 MM BERRETTA ALONG WITH TWO MAGAZINES LOADED WITH FIVE ROUNDS EACH WERE FOUND DURING X-RAY SCREENING OF A PASSENGER’S CARRY ON BAG. THE WEAPON WAS SEIZED BY POLICE…THE…… MORE
Part of NM’s Valle Vidal Closes
PART OF THE VALLE VIDAL IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO IS NOW CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE EAST SIDE OF THE VALLE VIDAL IS CLOSED AND IT’S DUE TO THE UTE PARK FIRE. OFFICIALS WITH THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST SAY THE FIRE HAS NOT YET REACHED THE AREA BUT THEY’RE SHUTTING DOWN THE EAST SIDE IN…… MORE
Louisiana and I-40 Reopened
SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR THE ROAD PROJECT AT I-40 AND LOUISIANA. KIMBERLY GALLEGOS WITH THE D-O-T TELLS US THE WESTBOUND I-40 OFF RAMP REOPENED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THAT RAMP HAD BEEN CLOSED SINCE MAY 7TH. SHE SAYS MOTORISTS STILL NEED TO KEEP AWARE OF LANE CLOSURES ON LOUISIANA THROUGH THE SUMMER. DURING THE NEXT PHASE…… MORE
NM’s Ute Park Fire Worsens
THE UTE PARK FIRE IS NOW AT 8-THOUSAND ACRES … UP FROM 45 HUNDRED ACRES EARLIER. AND IT HASN’T BEEN CONTAINED AT ALL. A LARGE PLUME OF SMOKE IS HOVERING OVER THE FIRE AREA EAST OF EAGLE NEST. IT’S FORCED EVACUATIONS IN THE AREA AND EVACUATION CENTERS HAVE BEEN OPENED NOW AT THE NRA WHITTINGTON…… MORE
No 1st or 2nd Degree Murder Charges for Chan
WHEN TAI CHAN GOES ON TRIAL FOR A THIRD TIME IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A FELLOW SANTA FE COUNTY DEPUTY, HE’LL ONLY FACE VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES. A JUDGE HAS DROPPED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES IN THE CASE. CHAN GOES ON TRIAL IN AUGUST FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING JEREMY MARTIN AT A LAS CRUCES…… MORE
