ALBUQUERQUE’S 20 MILLION DOLLAR REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX ON THE WEST SIDE IS NOW OPEN. HOUSTON ASTROS WORLD CHAMPION ALEX BREGMAN THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH WEDNESDAY…AND MAYOR BERRY WAS ALSO ON HAND ALONG WITH CITY COUNCILORS DAN LEWIS AND KEN SANCHEZ. THE MAYOR SAYS THE COMPLEX WAS KEY IN ABQ BEING SELECTED TO…… MORE
ART BUSES START LIMITED SERVICE
SEVEN OF THE PLANNED 20 ELECTRIC A-R-T BUSES ARE NOW RUNNING ON A LIMITED BASIS. ALBUQUERQUE’S 126-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT ALONG A 10-MILE-STRETCH OF CENTRAL, FROM UNSER TO LOUISIANA, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. IN THE MEANTIME, AFTER A CEREMONIAL FIRST RIDE THAT INCLUDED OUTGOING MAYOR BERRY ON SATURDAY,…… MORE
Crowded Holiday Travel Time for NM
IF YOU PLAN TO FLY OUT OF THE SUNPORT ON WEDNESDAY FOR THANKSGIVING, YOU WON’T BE ALONE. SPOKESWOMAN STEPHANIE KITTS SAYS AROUND 10-THOUSAND PASSENGERS ARE EXPECTED TO LEAVE ABQ BY AIR ON THAT DAY ALONE. AND THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED. KITTS SAYS YOU NEED TO ARRIVE AT THE…… MORE
New Mayor Strapped With Crime, Economy
BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, ALBUQUERQUE WILL HAVE A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WITH TIM KELLER BEING SWORN IN AS MAYOR ON DECEMBER FIRST. POLITICAL BLOGGER JOE MONAHAN SAYS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING KELLER WILL BE DEALING WITH ALBUQUERQUE’S CRIME PROBLEM…BUT THAT’S NOT THE ONLY ISSUE. HE’LL ALSO HAVE TO DEAL…… MORE
A-R-T Gets Signs
NEW SIGNS ARE GOING UP ALONG THE A-R-T ROUTE IN ALBUQUERQUE ON CENTRAL AVENUE. THEY’VE BEEN INSTALLED AT EACH BUS STOP … SPECIFICALLY THE ATRISCO, COORS AND CENTRAL STATIONS. THEY NOW HAVE 30 FOOT SINGS THAT ARE TOPPED WITH THE A-R-T LOGO. THE SIGNS DO LIGHT UP AT NIGHT. A-R-T IS…… MORE
Three Indicted in Soyka’s Death
A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED THREE PEOPLE IN THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF JOHN SOYKA, WHOSE MUTILATED BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE RIO PUERCO IN SEPTEMBER. CHASE SMOTHERMAN AND MARIAH FERRY ARE EACH CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER, KIDNAPPING AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTS. MITCHELL OVERHAND IS CHARGED WITH TAMPERING…… MORE
Duke City Realtor to Stay in Jail
AN ALBUQUERQUE REALTOR CHARGED WITH MURDER WON’T BE GETTING OUT OF JAIL TO ATTEND HIS FATHER’S FUNERAL. KRQE TV REPORTS A JUDGE HAS DENIED THE REQUEST FROM CHRIS PINO, ACCUSED OF RUNNING DOWN AND KILLING A HOMELESS MAN WITH HIS VEHICLE EARLIER THIS YEAR. PINO HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL ON…… MORE
Tree Permits Being Issued Soon
AFTER THANKSGIVING COMES CHRISTMAS, AND IF YOU’RE ABOUT CUTTING DOWN YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE FOREST EVERY YEAR, LISTEN UP. PERMITS TO CUT TREES FROM THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST GO ON SALE THIS COMING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH. THEY’LL BE ON SALE THROUGH FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22ND. THE PERMIT WILL COST YOU 5…… MORE
Council Votes to Review the Monitor
THE COST IS ADDING UP … AND NOW THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A BILL THAT DIRECTS AUDITORS TO REVIEW JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MONITOR JAMES GINGER … WHO OVERSEES APD REFORMS. IT’S TURNED INTO A PUBLIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE CITY AND GINGER. COUNCILORS MONDAY NIGHT VOTED 5 TO 3 IN FAVOR OF THE…… MORE
New Mayor Interviewing Interim Police Chief Candidates
INCOMING ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER IS IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF … AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS HE’S LOOKING TO HIRE SOMEONE FAMILIAR WITH APD BUT DOESN’T WORK THERE. KELLER TELLS THE JOURNAL HE AND HIS TRANSITION TEAM ARE INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES TO BE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF AND HE HOPES TO…… MORE
