WHEN LAWMAKERS CONVENE IN SANTA FE LATER THIS MONTH, THERE WILL BE AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE STATE’S THREE STRIKES LAW MORE EFFECTIVE. STATE REPRESENTATIVE BILL REHM OF ABQ SAYS NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN SENTENCED UNDER THE LAW WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR YEARS. HE SAYS THE CRIMES…… MORE
Albuquerque Makes a Good List
ALBUQUERQUE IS RANKED 17TH OVERALL ON SUNSET MAGAZINE’S LIST OF THE 20 GAME CHANGES REDEFINING THE WEST. BUT IT’S TOPS WHEN IT COMES TO CITES IN THE SOUTHWEST … FOLLOWED BY TAOS. ALBUQUERQUE HAS BEEN NOTED FOR THE CITY’S GROWING FILM INDUSTRY, ITS ART SCENE, HIKING AND BIKING TRAILS AND 300…… MORE
A Mixed Health Report for NM
THERE ARE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE TRENDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEALTH OF NEW MEXICANS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH’S LATEST REPORT CARD SHOWS THAT TEEN BIRTH RATES ARE DOWN…AS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF NEW MEXICANS WHO SMOKE. BUT, ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, THERE’S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE.…… MORE
Mortgage Firm Settlement Means Payments for Some New Mexicans
A NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT WITH A MAJOR MORTGAGE COMPANY MEANS CASH PAYMENTS FOR AROUND 265 NEW MEXICANS. CHOLLA KHOURY WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE SAYS SOME PEOPLE ENDED UP LOSING THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF BAD ACTS BY P-H-H MORTGAGE CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY. SHE SAYS IF THEY FACED FORECLOSURE BUT DIDN’T…… MORE
Serial Bank Robber Sentenced
A MAN WHO WENT ON A BANK ROBBERY SPREE IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 20 YEARS. THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER JAMES BAUM WAS PROSECUTED UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S “WORST OF THE WORST” ANTI-VIOLENCE INITIATIVE. BAUM, WHO ALREADY HAD THREE PRIOR BANK ROBBERY CONVICTIONS, ADMITTED TO HOLDING…… MORE
Albuquerque Man Pleads in in Deacon’s Death
A 20 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN FACES THREE DECADES IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY ON TUESDAY TO 2ND DEGREE MURDER AND 35 OTHER CHARGES. DANIEL LEE SANDOVAL IS ACCUSED OF KILLING A LOCAL DEACON, HECTOR AGUIRRE, WHO’S ALSO A CARPENTER. POLICE SAY SANDOVAL RAN OVER AGUIRRE AS THE DEACON TRIED TO KEEP SANDOVAL…… MORE
NM Supreme Court Stays Vetoed Bills
THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT GIVES GOVERNOR MARTINEZ WHAT SHE WANTS: A STAY ON THE 2017 LEGISLATIVE BILLS SHE VETOED. THIS AFTER A LOWER COURT RULED THAT THE GOVERNOR EITHER DIDN’T EXPLAIN HER REASON FOR VETOING THOSE BILLS OR SHE ACTED TOO LATE ON THEM. LEGISLATIVE LEADERS SAY THE VETOES ARE…… MORE
CYFD Investigates Child’s Death
A BELEN WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH AFTER AN 11-MONTH OLD FOSTER CHILD IN HER CARE DIED. ACCORDING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED IN VALENCIA COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT SAYS 55 YEAR OLD STEPHANIE CROWNOVER REPORTED THAT ARIZA BARRERAS WAS NOT BREATHING…AND WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED AT THE…… MORE
APD Waits for OMI Ruling on River Body
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A PERSON FOUND DEAD IN THE RIO GRANDE MONDAY AFTERNOON WEST OF TINGLEY BEACH. OFFICER SIMON DROBIK SAYS THEY DON’T KNOW IF THE PERSON WAS DEAD BEFORE OR AFTER THEY WERE IN THE WATER. DROBIK SAYS THE BODY ENDED UP IN ALBUQUERQUE, BUT POLICE WONDER IF…… MORE
Dismal Expectations for NM Snowpack
THE ON-GOING DRY STRETCH IN NEW MEXICO IS HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE STATE’S MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THINGS HAVEN’T BEEN THIS BLEAK SINCE AROUND THE YEAR 2000. HE SAYS IT CLOSE TO ZERO. ALBUQUERQUE HAS NOW GONE ALMOST THREE MONTHS WITHOUT ANY…… MORE
