“JUST CREATING HEADLINES” IS HOW ALBUQUERQUE TEACHERS FEDERATION PRESIDENT ELLEN BERNSTEIN DEFINES GOVERNOR MARTINEZ’S SUNDAY ANNOUNCEMENT ON CHANGES TO THE TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM. IT PROVIDES SIX DAYS SICK LEAVE AND DROPS HOW MUCH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IMPACTS EVALUATIONS FROM 50 PERCENT TO 35 PERCENT. BUT BERNSTEIN CALLS IT A DISTRACTION. BERNSTEIN TELLS…… MORE
NM Lawmaker to Try Again on Golden Parachutes
A STATE LAWMAKER SAYS HE’LL TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR TO GET A BILL PASSED LIMITING GOLDEN PARACHUTES FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN NEW MEXICO. REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE BILL REHM OF ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO IS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY…YET IT HAS A MILLION DOLLARS TO PAY FIRED BASKETBALL COACH CRAIG NEAL. REHM…… MORE
Deputy Hospitalized; Suspect Jailed
A LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING SHOT OVER THE WEEKEND. STATE POLICE SAY DEPUTIES WERE TRYING TO APPREHEND A MURDER SUSPECT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT THE LINCOLN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER IN RUIDOSO WHEN THAT SUSPECT, 25 YEAR OLD ANDREW MAGILL, GOT CONTROL OF A DEPUTY’S GUN AND SHOT HIM IN…… MORE
Suspect Arrested in Firefighter’s Murder
A SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE MURDER OF A FORMER ALBUQUERQUE FIREFIGHTER. APD SAYS 50 YEAR OLD TERRY LEE WHITE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN HOLBROOK, ARIZONA. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS WHITE IS THE HUSBAND OF MURDER VICTIM DON FLUITT’S EX-WIFE. FLUITT WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS GARAGE ON PLATEAU…… MORE
Tours on Hold at Spaceport America
TOURS AT THE NEW MEXICO SPACEPORT ARE ON HOLD. THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDED THOSE TOURS … FOLLOW THE SUN TOURS … HAS PULLED OUT. IN FACT, FOLLOW THE SUN LET THE CITY OF T OR C KNOW IT WAS LEAVING IN DECEMBER. KOB TV REPORTS THAT A SPACEPORT AMERICA REP SAYS…… MORE
Changes for NM Teacher Evaluations
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE STATE’S TEACHER EVALUATIONS. THE CHANGES ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN CREATED WITH THE INPUT AND SUPPORT FROM TEACHERS STATEWIDE. ONE FACTOR THAT’S CHANGED IS TEACHERS WILL NO LONGER BE EVALUATED BASED ON 50 PERCENT OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. THAT’S NOW BEEN CHANGED TO 35 PERCENT. ANOTHER…… MORE
NMSU Talks Tuition Hike
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COULD BE PAYING MORE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE SCHOOL’S BOARD OF REGENTS ON MONDAY CONSIDER INCREASING TUITION RATES AND FEES. THE SCHOOL NEEDS THE TUITION HIKE TO DEAL WITH BUDGET CUTS. NMSU OFFICIALS WANT RATES TO GO UP BY SIX PERCENT IF THE SIX PERCENT…… MORE
UNM Searching for New Lobo Basketball Head Coach
THE SEARCH IS ON AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOR A NEW HEAD MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH. THIS AFTER LOBOS COACH CRAIG NEAL WITH FIRED LATE FRIDAY. NOW UNM OFFICIALS HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHETHER A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR A NEW COACH WILL DRAW THE KIND OF CANDIDATES NEEDED FOR THE JOB. …… MORE
Johnson Makes it Official
BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON MAKES IT OFFICIAL, FORMALLY ANNOUNCING ON SUNDAY THAT’S HE’S RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF ALBUQUERQUE. HE PROMISES TO TAKE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND SAYS HE’LL WORK TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. JOHNSON IS A REPUBLICAN WHO HAS SERVED ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR SIX YEARS.… MORE
Tiny Homes for the Homeless
THERE’S A SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT IN ALBUQUERQUE DEALING WITH THE PROPOSAL FOR A TINY HOME VILLAGE IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. ELSE BIEL IS WITH THE TINY HOME VILLAGE WORKING GROUP. SHE SAYS THIS EVENING’S EVENT FOLLOWS SEVERAL OTHERS THAT TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE IDEA OF A TINY HOME VILLAGE TO HELP HOUSE…… MORE
