NEW MEXICO SENATOR TOM UDALL AND OTHER DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION OF EPA CHIEF SCOTT PRUITT. AT A NEWS CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY, UDALL SAID PRUITT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR ETHICAL LAPSES AND QUESTIONABLE SPENDING. UDALL SAYS HE AND OTHER DEMOCRATS WILL INTRODUCE A FORMAL RESOLUTION CALLING FOR PRUITT’S OUSTER. UDALL SAYS PRUITT HAS…… MORE
Sessions Talks Border Security in NM
“WE HAVE YOUR BACK” WAS THE MESSAGE FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS ON WEDNESDAY IN LAS CRUCES TO A COALITION OF BORDER SHERIFF’S. SESSIONS TOLD THE GROUP THE FEDS BACK THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. HIS SPEECH FOLLOWS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PLAN TO SEND 4-THOUSAND NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE BORDER WITH MEXICO. THIS STATE HAS COMMITTED…… MORE
Opioid Raids in Indian Country
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC DOESN’T DISCRIMINATE AND HITS MOST EVERY COMMUNITY IN NEW MEXICO TO SOME EXTENT. THAT INCLUDES MANY OF THE PUEBLOS AROUND ALBUQUERQUE . NOW THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IS TAKING ON THE CRISIS ON INDIAN COUNTRY. FROM APRIL 3RD THROUGH APRIL 7TH A JOINT TASK FORCE RAIDED 13 PUEBLOS IN NEW…… MORE
Man Indicted in Elderly Woman’s Death
A MAN ALREADY FACING A MURDER CHARGE IN ALBUQUERQUE IS NOW ACCUSED IN ANOTHER MURDER. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS 55 YEAR OLD CRAIG SMITH HAS BEEN INDICTED IN THE DEATH OF 86 YEAR OLD JOSEPHINA ORTEGA WHO WAS SUFFOCATED INSIDE HER HOME NEAR JUAN TABO AND INDIAN SCHOOL LAST MAY. SMITH AND 40 YEAR OLD…… MORE
“The Long Road” Comes to NM
MOVIE CREWS IN NEW MEXICO CAN EXPECT MORE WORK. THE STATE’S FILM OFFICE SAYS THE MOVIE “THE SHORT HISTORY OF THE LONG ROAD” WILL BEGIN PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN AND AROUND ALBUQUERQUE STARTING IN MID-APRIL AND LASTING THROUGH MID-MAY. IT’S AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION FROM BICEPHALY PICTURES, LUNACY PRODUCTIONS AND RELIC PICTURES. THE STATE’S FILM OFFICE SAYS…… MORE
New Home for BioPark Elephant
THE ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO HAS LOST ONE OF ITS MALE ELEPHANTS… BUT IT’S ONLY A CHANGE IN LOCATION. SAMSON, A 19 YEAR OLD ASIAN ELEPHANT, IS NOW AT THE OREGON ZOO IN PORTLAND, RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE FOR ITS ASIAN ELEPHANT PROGRAM. THE ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK STILL HAS ONE ASIAN ELEPHANT BULL, ALBERT, WHO’S SAMSON’S HALF BROTHER. SAMSON…… MORE
NM Monument Gets A Bit Bigger
THE RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE NATIONAL MONUMENT IN TAOS COUNTY IS GETTING BIGGER…BY ONE SQUARE MILE. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THE LAND BEING ADDED IS LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE MONUMENT, EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE GORGE. THE NEW TERRITORY WAS ADDED USING MONEY FROM THE U.S. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND. PRESIDENT OBAMA…… MORE
UNM Considers Athletics Cuts
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO’S NEW PRESIDENT, GARNETT STOKES, PRESENTS HER PLAN TO REDUCE THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT’S DEFICIT. THE DEPARTMENT IS FACING A POSSIBLE 4-POINT-7 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET SHORTFALL IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. NOW THEY’RE LOOKING AT SOME MAJOR CUTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS TUESDAY.…… MORE
Can NM Still Put Last Death Row Inmates to Death
THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT HEARD ORAL ARGUMENTS TUESDAY ON WHETHER THE STATE CAN EXECUTE THE LAST TWO PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW…EVEN THOUGH THE DEATH PENALTY WAS ABOLISHED HERE IN 2009. ROBERT FRY AND TIMOTHY ALLEN ARE APPEALING THEIR DEATH SENTENCES. THEIR ATTORNEYS SAY EXECUTION NO LONGER FITS THE CRIME…BUT THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE…… MORE
Commission Approves Biennial Budget
A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION TUESDAY NIGHT APPROVING ITS BIENNIAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND 2020. THE VOTE WITH 4-TO-ZERO. COMMISSIONER STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA WAS ABSENT. THE 2019 BUDGET SETS UP A GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF NEARLY 295-MILLION DOLLARS WITH A TOTAL OPERATION AND INVESTMENT BUDGET OF MORE THAN 663-MILLION DOLLARS.…… MORE
