CANDIDATES JEFF APODACAA native New Mexican, Jeff Apodaca is running for Governor of New Mexico to turn around the state from years of mismanagement. Jeff will bring major changes to New Mexico. Jeff grew up in Santa Fe and Las Cruces and is the son of former New Mexico Governor Jerry Apodaca and former First…… MORE
Questions Raised About West Side Tax District
THERE’S TALK OF CREATING A NEW TAX DISTRICT ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE. BUT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ECONOMISTS FOR TWO STATE AGENCIES QUESTIONED CREATING THAT WEST SIDE TAX DISTRICT ON TUESDAY. THE ECONOMISTS WITH THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SAY IT WOULD MOVE SOME OF THE REVENUE FOR USE…… MORE
State PED Demands Commitment from APS
THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WANTS A STRONGER COMMITTMENT FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO A PLAN MEANT TO ADDRESS THREE FAILING SCHOOLS. P-E-D SECRETARY DESIGNATE CHRISTOPHER RUSZKOWSKI SAYS THE LATEST LETTER FROM APS SUGGESTS THE DISTRICT CAN OPT OUT OF ITS AGREEMENT FOR ANY REASON. HE SAYS THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE AND APS SUPERINTENDENT…… MORE
Albuquerque Marks 32nd Murder This Year
IN 2017 ALBUQUERQUE HAD 75 MURDERS…THE MOST IN RECENT MEMORY. AND 2018 IS RUNNING WELL AHEAD OF LAST YEAR’S PACE. APD SAYS A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AT A MOBILE HOME PARK NEAR EUBANK AND CENTRAL. THAT WOULD BE HOMICIDE NUMBER 32 THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, ALBUQUERQUE HAD…… MORE
Couple Will Remain Incarcerated
THE ALBUQUERQUE PARENTS ACCUSED OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFTER ALLEGEDLY PROSTITUTING THEIR SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FOR DRUGS WILL BE STAYING BEHIND BARS. THAT WAS THE RULING TUESDAY FROM JUDGE ALISA HART IN THE CASE OF JAMES STEWART AND TERI SANCHEZ. NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS THE JUDGE SIDED WITH SAFETY ON BEHALF OF…… MORE
Bike Plan Meetings Scheduled for Residents
THE NEW MEXICO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU ON THE FIRST DRAFT OF A STATE BICYCLE PLAN. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PLAN CONSIDERS HOW BEST TO PROVIDE NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH A SAFE AND CONNECTED BICYCLE NETWORK ON STATE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD IN SANTA…… MORE
Lake Levels Down for Memorial Day
WITH LITTLE SNOW OVER THE WINTER, AND A MEAGER SPRING RUNOFF, IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT LAKE LEVELS IN NEW MEXICO ARE DOWN AS WE APPROACH MEMORIAL DAY. BETH WOJAHN WITH THE STATE PARKS DEPARTMENT SAYS THE ACRE-FEET TOTAL AT ELEPHANT LAKE STATE PARK IS DOWN ABOUT 20 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO. ELEPHANT BUTTE IS…… MORE
Far Northeast Fire Puts Residents on Edge
INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF A BRUSH FIRE THAT THREATENED HOMES IN THE HIGH DESERT AREA EAST OF TRAMWAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOM RUIZ WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS 21 HOMES WERE EVACUATED AND THREE SUSTAINED SOME EXTERIOR DAMAGE. THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT, STATE FORESTRY AND BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE AMONG…… MORE
New Twist of NM’s Opioid Lawsuits
THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IS WAITING FOR A REPLY FROM ONE OF THE DRUG COMPANIES IT’S SUING TO RECOVER THE COST OF THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. ASSISTANT A-G BRIAN MCMATH SAYS THE A-G’S OFFICE IS NOT UPSET THAT THE MCKESSON DRUG COMPANY REMOVED NEW MEXICO’S CASE AGAINST THEM FROM STATE COURT TO FEDERAL COURT…… MORE
Ruling in Detention Hearing
THE PARENTS ACCUSED OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFTER ALLEGEDLY PROSTITUTING THEIR SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FOR DRUGS WILL BE STAYING BEHIND BARS. THAT WAS THE RULING TUESDAY FROM JUDGE ALISA HART IN THE CASE OF JAMES STEWART AND TERI SANCHEZ. NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS TELLS US HE’S VERY PLEASED WITH THE DECISION.…… MORE
