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
NEW RECORD FOR HOMICIDES
2017 IS TURNING OUT TO BE A VERY BAD YEAR FOR HOMICIDES IN ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE SAY 17 YEAR OLD DONALDO YANEZ-REYES DIED TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS SHOT LAST WEEKEND NEAR CENTRAL AND WYOMING. THAT MARKS THE 71ST MURDER OF THE YEAR IN THE DUKE CITY…SURPASSING THE 70 HOMICIDES THAT OCCURED IN 1996.…… MORE
KELLER TAKES OFFICE FRIDAY
FRIDAY, TIM KELLER WILL BECOME ALBUQUERQUE’S TENTH MAYOR UNDER ITS CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. KELLER, A FORMER STATE SENATOR AND STATE AUDITOR, WILL BE SWORN IN AT 6 PM AT THE ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER. KELLER DEFEATED DAN LEWIS IN A RUNOFF ELECTION TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. FIVE CITY COUNCILORS…… MORE
SUSPECT SOUGHT IN BANK ROBBERY
THERE IS NOW A REWARD OF UP TO 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF 45 YEAR OLD FIDEL CASTILLO OF ALBUQUERQUE. FRANK FISHER WITH THE F-B-I SAY CASTILLO IS WANTED FOR ROBBING THE U-S BANK ON EUBANK ON AUGUST 11TH. HE SAYS CASTILLO MAY ALSO BE…… MORE
LIFE SENTENCE IN CHAVEZ-SILVER MURDER
19 YEAR OLD ESIAS MADRID HAS BEEN HANDED A LIFE PRISON SENTENCE FOR THE MURDER OF MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER IN THE SUMMER OF 2015. THE 30 YEAR MANDATORY SENTENCE WILL BE TACKED ON TO A 16 YEAR SENTENCE MADRID IS SERVING FOR A SEPARATE MURDER CASE. AUTHORITIES SAY…… MORE
BALDERAS TAKES ON WELLS FARGO
NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TAKING ON THE BIGGEST BANKING ENTITY IN THE STATE…WELLS FARGO. IT’S IN REGARD TO LAST YEAR’S REVELATION THAT COMPANY EMPLOYEES CREATED MILLIONS OF FAKE ACCOUNTS NATIONWIDE. BALDERAS SAYS WELLS FARGO NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND MAKE AMENDS FOR DAMAGING NEW MEXICO CITIZENS. BALDERAS SAYS…… MORE
CITY HITS 70 HOMICIDES FOR 2017
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THE DEATH OF A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY MORNING AT MESA VERDE PARK AT MARQUETTE AND PENNSYLVANIA IS BEING TREATED AS A HOMICIDE. THAT’S THE 70TH MURDER OF THE YEAR IN THE DUKE CITY…TYING THE RECORD NUMBER OF HOMICIDES THAT OCCURRED IN 1996. APD SAYS THE MAN DIED OF A…… MORE
KELLER BUILDS HIS TEAM
A MAN WHO IS NO STRANGER TO ALBUQUERQUE CITY HALL WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE AN OFFICE IN THAT BUILDING. MAYOR-ELECT TIM KELLER HAS APPOINTED LAWRENCE RAEL AS THE CITY’S NEXT CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. RAEL’S EXPERIENCE INCLUDES STINTS AS ASSISTANT TO THE C-A-O AND THEN LATER, AS THE C-A-O, FOR THREE DIFFERENT MAYORS.HE HAS ALSO SPENT TIME RUNNING…… MORE
