ALTHOUGH A PROPOSAL LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS STILL ALIVE IN THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE, EVEN ITS SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGES CHANCES ARE SLIM THAT IT’LL PASS THIS YEAR. SENATOR JERRY ORTIZ Y PINO OF ALBUQUERQUE SAYS HIS PROPOSAL WOULD PUT THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. ORTIZ Y PINO SAYS…… MORE
No Gas Tax Hike for Albuquerque
THE IDEA OF HIKING THE GAS TAX IN ALBUQUERQUE BY TWO CENTS A GALLON IS DEAD, FOR NOW. THAT AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK NO ACTION ON THE PROPOSAL MONDAY NIGHT. PAUL GESSING WITH THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION IS HAPPY TO SEE IT DIE. HE HOPES THEY LEAVE THE LEGISLATION ALONE AND WORK…… MORE
A Guilty Plea from Murder Suspect
A MAN FACES FIVE TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN A SHOOTING AT ALBUQUERQUE’S WELLS PARK COMMUNITY CENTER IN 2016. TWENTY YEAR OLD DAMIEN HIDALGO TOLD POLICE HE CHASED DOWN AND SHOT JERRY TREJO AFTER TREJO TRIED TO ROB HIM DURING A DRUG DEAL. …… MORE
Duke City Man Gets Six Years for Vehicular Homicide
A MAN WHO CAUSED A WRECK THAT KILLED A YOUNG GIRL IN ALBUQUERQUE IN 2016 HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS BEHIND BARS. AUTHORITIES SAY 23 YEAR OLD XAVIER NELSON WAS GOING OVER 100 MPH BEFORE HIS CAR REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE ON I-25 NEAR THE MONTANO EXIT…KILLING 10 YEAR OLD CARMEN ESMERALDA…… MORE
Another Near-Suicide Ends Badly
A STANDOFF ON AN OVERPASS DID NOT END WELL IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY. POLICE SAY A 16 YEAR OLD BOY…WEARING ONLY HIS UNDERWEAR…HAS IRREVERSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE AFTER JUMPING FROM THE CANDELARIA OVERPASS ONTO NORTHBOUND PAN AMERICAN FREEWAY. THAT DESPITE ATTEMPTS BY POLICE TO BRING HIM DOWN SAFELY. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS A…… MORE
Tax Scammers Reported in NM
THE OFFICE OF THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS TAX SCAMMERS ARE OUT IN FORCE THIS TIME OF YEAR. CHOLLA KHOURY IS WITH THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION AT THE A-G’S OFFICE. SHE SAYS THEY’VE RECEIVED DOZENS OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY’RE BEING TARGETED BY SCAMMERS. PEOPLE SAY THEY’RE GETTING CALLS OR…… MORE
APD Cop and Family Honored at the Legislature
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER RYAN HOLETS AND HIS WIFE REBECCA ARE AT THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN SANTA FE AT 10:30 TUESDAY MORNING AS THE STATE MARKS THIS AS “NEW MEXICO’S ANGELS ON EARTH” PROCLAMATION DAY. IT’LL NOTE THE SELFLESS EFFORTS OF THE HOLETS FOR ADOPTING AN ADDICTED INFANT FROM A HOMELESS WOMAN RYAN…… MORE
Man Fights With Deputies, Steals Patrol Vehicle
IT WAS ANYTHING BUT A ROUTINE ARREST FOR SOME BCSO DEPUTIES MONDAY MORNING. THEY HAD BEEN CALLED TO SAN BERNADINO AND TRAMWAY IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS MAN IN THE AREA. THAT’S WHEN THEY CAME ACROSS 34 YEAR OLD KEVIN ESTRADA. UNDERSHERIFF RUDY MORA. SAYS ESTRADA INITIALLY WAS COMPLIANT BUT BECAME…… MORE
No Release Bill Introduced
RELEASING A PERSON WHO’S BEEN LOCKED UP AS A JUVENILE WHEN HE OR SHE IS 21 COULD BECOME A LAW OF THE PAST IN NEW MEXICO. BELEN REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR GREG BACA IS INTRODUCING A BILL THAT WOULD END EARLY RELEASE AT THE AGE OF 21 FOR JUVENILES FOUND GUILTY IN CHILDREN’S COURT…… MORE
Good News for Valencia County
VALENCIA COUNTY’S ECONOMY IS BEING REVITALIZED BY MORE AND MORE INDUSTRIES MOVING TO THE AREA, INCLUDING FACEBOOK. IT’S LED TO A JOB FAIR BEING HELD THIS THURSDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE BELEN BUSINESS CENTER ON MAIN STREET. WORKSHOPS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE STATE…… MORE
