A COURT APPEARANCE MONDAY FOR AN ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY STOLE MONEY FROM THE ELDERLY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS LEANNE BENNETT PLED NOT GUILTY TO 22 CHARGES…AND WAS RELEASED WITHOUT BOND. BENNETT WAS AN OFFICE MANAGER AT THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF ABQ…AND IS ACCUSED OF USING HER POSITION TO STEAL MORE…… MORE
Tough Times for NM Ski Resorts
THE DRY WINTER IS CONTINUING TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE STATE’S SKI INDUSTRY. THE MANAGER AT THE PAJARITO MOUNTAIN SKI AREA IN LOS ALAMOS TELLS THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN THAT HIS WORKFORCE HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF…AND ONLY TWO OF THEIR SIX LIFTS ARE RUNNING. THE NEW MEXICAN…… MORE
First 2018 Officer-Involved Shooting for Albuquerque
A MAN IS DEAD AFTER BEING SHOT BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IT HAPPENED AT THE LUNA LODGE APARTMENTS ON EAST CENTRAL. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS WHEN OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A BURGLARY THERE, THEY ENCOUNTERED A MAN WITH A WEAPON. AT LEAST ONE OFFICER FIRED, HITTING THE…… MORE
I-25 Crash Could Have Been Worse
NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE SAY A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC COLLISION WAS PREVENTED SATURDAY NIGHT ON I-25 IN ALBUQUERQUE. LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB AN ALLEGEDLY DRUNK DRIVER WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE INTERSTATE…AND HE REFUSED TO STOP. SHE SAYS A STATE POLICE SERGEANT THEN USED HIS PATROL CAR TO…… MORE
Valencia County Deputy-Involved Shooting Investigated
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED IN THE LOS CERRO MISSION AREA OF LOS LUNAS ON SATURDAY. VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING ON SAN RAFAEL DRIVE. IT WAS SATURDAY MORNING WHEN DEPUTIES WERE CONDUCTING A STOLEN VEHICLE INVESTIGATION THERE WHEN AN ALTERCATION BROKE OUT…… MORE
Belen Woman Charged in Child’s Death in Court Tuesday
THE WOMAN JAILED AFTER SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOUND AN 11 MONTH OLD FOSTER CHILD DEAD IN HER HOME WILL BE IN A COURTROOM ON TUESDAY. FIFTY-FIVE YEAR OLD STEPHANIE CROWNOVER IS JAILED AND CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. SHE’S BEEN BOOKED INTO THE VALENCIA COUNTY JAIL. CROWNOVER HAD BEEN APPROVED…… MORE
Man Jailed After Swat Situation
A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER SWAT SITUATION OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE 900 BLOCK OF PACIFICA SOUTHWEST NEAR TINGLEY IN ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS ARMED WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN AK-47 AND WAS SAID TO BE POINTING IT AT PEOPLE AS THE SUSPECT ALSO HELD A BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL.…… MORE
Colon Running for State Auditor
ONE OF ALBUQUERQUE’S FORMER MAYORAL CANDIDATES IS NOW RUNNING FOR STATE AUDITOR. BRIAN COLON LOST TO TIM KELLER IN THE MAYOR’S RACE … AND NOW WANTS KELLER’S OLD JOB AS AUDITOR. COLON SAYS HE’S FED UP WITH SITTING ON THE SIDELINES COLON SAYS HE’S FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THE STATE’S TAX…… MORE
Analyst Looks at NM Congressional Races
THERE WILL BE TWO OPEN CONGRESSIONAL RACES IN NEW MEXICO IN 2018…THE FIRST DISTRICT IN THE ABQ AREA AND THE SECOND DISTRICT IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. POLITICAL ANALYST JOE MONAHAN SAYS A DEMOCRAT WILL BE FAVORED IN DISTRICT ONE. MEANWHILE, MONAHAN SAYS A REPUBLICAN WILL BE FAVORED IN DISTRICT TWO. U.S.…… MORE
NM Governor Releases Budget
TAX REFORM…AND MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS AND CRIME FIGHTING. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SAYS THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF A MORE THAN 6.2 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET PLAN SHE’S PROPOSING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THIS IS THE LAST BUDGET PUT FORTH BY MARTINEZ, WHO’S IN HER FINAL YEAR IN OFFICE. THE…… MORE
