ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT HAS BEEN OPERATING ON A LIMITED BASIS FOR OVER A WEEK NOW. AND SPOKESWOMAN JOANIE GRIFFIN SAYS LOOK FOR A FURTHER EXPANSION SOON. SHE SAYS MORE SERVICE WILL ROLL OUT IN THIS NEXT MONTH, WITH FULL SERVICE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. RIGHT NOW, BUSES ARE RUNNING…… MORE
Angel Tree Lighting This Week
ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS COME TOGETHER ON TUESDAY EVENING (DECEMBER 5TH) TO LIGHT THE CITY’S ANGEL TREE. IT CELEBRATES THE VERY YOUNG LIVES LOST TO VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE TREE LIGHTING STARTS AT 6PM TUESDAY NIGHT ON CIVIC PLAZA. THE EVENT WILL BE ATTENDED BY ALBUQUERQUE’S NEW MAYOR, TIM KELLER, CITY…… MORE
Auditor’s Appointment Came Quickly
IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR GOVERNOR MARTINEZ TO APPOINT A NEW STATE AUDITOR TO TAKE OVER FROM TIM KELLER WHO IS NOW THE MAYOR OF ALBUQUERQUE. SHE HAS NAMED BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON AS KELLER’S REPLACEMENT. JOHNSON TELLS US HE MUST NOW DECIDE IF HE’S GOING TO LEAVE THE COMMISSION. …… MORE
Keller’s First Full Day as Mayor
THIS IS TIM KELLER’S FULL FIRST DAY ON THE JOB AS ALBUQUERQUE’S MAYOR. AND IT WAS A FAIRLY ROUTINE FIRST DAY ON THE JOB FOR MAYOR TIM KELLER LAST FRIDAY. NEWS RADIO KKOB CAUGHT UP WITH THE NEW MAYOR AT CITY HALL. HE SAID LAST WEEK THEY MOVED OFFICES AND MADE SURE THEY…… MORE
NM Famed Architect Donates to UNM
RENOWNED ALBUQUERQUE ARCHITECT ANTOINE PREDOCK IS DONATING BOTH HIS PROPERTY AND HIS ARCHIVES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE PROPERTY DONATED IS PREDOCK’S HOME WHERE HE ONCE LIVED DOWNTOWN. SINCE HE GRADUATED FROM UNM MORE THAN SIX DECADES AGO, PREDOCK HAS DESIGNED PROJECTS WORLDWIDE… BUT KEEPS…… MORE
Green Waste Being Collected
AS OF MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, YOU CAN NOW PUT ANY GREEN WASTE YOU’VE STASHED BY THE CURB. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WILL PICK UP YOUR GREEN WASTE IF IT’S BAGGED AND DOESN’T WEIGH MORE THAN 40 POUNDS PER BAG. YOU’RE ALSO INSTRUCTED TO HAVE THAT GREEN WASTE BY THE CURB NO LATER THAN…… MORE
November Could be Albuquerque’s Warmest Month
NOT ONLY WAS LAST MONTH THE WARMEST NOVEMBER EVER IN ALBUQUERQUE…THIS COULD END UP BEING THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CLAY ANDERSON SAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR WE’RE TIED WITH 2012 FOR HAVING THE HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT 62 DEGREES. HE SAYS IF THE TRENDS CONTINUE, WE’LL…… MORE
RECORD WARMTH FOR ALBUQUERQUE
NOT ONLY WAS LAST MONTH THE WARMEST NOVEMBER EVER IN ALBUQUERQUE…THIS COULD END UP BEING THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CLAY ANDERSON SAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR WE’RE TIED WITH 2012 FOR HAVING THE HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT 62 DEGREES. HE SAYS, IF THE PRESENT CONDITIONS PERSIST,…… MORE
THE KELLER ERA BEGINS
A FAIRLY ROUTINE FIRST DAY ON THE JOB FOR ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER. NEWS RADIO KKOB CAUGHT UP WITH THE NEW MAYOR FRIDAY AT CITY HALL. HE SAYS THEY’RE TAKING CARE OF THINGS SUCH AS MOVING IN TO OFFICES AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP. THE REAL WORK FOR KELLER…… MORE
WAYNE JOHNSON APPOINTED AUDITOR
GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ HAS NAMED BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON AS THE NEXT STATE AUDITOR. JOHNSON SAYS HE GOT THE JOB THE OLD FASHIONED-WAY..HE APPLIED FOR IT. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB HE HASN’T YET DECIDED IF HE’S GOING TO LEAVE THE COUNTY COMMISSION THOUGH HE SAYS IT’S PROBABLY THE RIGHT MOVE. …… MORE
