THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM IN ALBUQUERQUE LAUNCHED BACK IN MAY OF 2015. SINCE THEN, VALERIE HERMANSON WITH THE MID REGION COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS SAYS PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY LIKE THE PROGRAM AND WANT IT TO GROW. BIKE SHARE HAS BEEN NOW SENT TO THE RIO METRO REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT WHERE IT’S HOPED TO…… MORE
Albuquerque Conserving Better Than Last Year
WE’RE USING LESS WATER IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA THAN WE DID A YEAR AGO. THE CITY-COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY SAYS CONSUMPTION IS DOWN 125-MILLION GALLONS. THAT PUTS US ON TRACK TO MATCH 2015’S RECORD LOW WATER CONSUMPTION…AVERAGING AROUND 127 GALLONS PER PERSON PER DAY. MEANWHILE, DAYTIME WATERING RESTRICTIONS TOOK EFFECT ON…… MORE
Zia Rail Runner Station to Open This Month
A LONG-AWAITED RAIL RUNNER STATION WILL FINALLY OPEN LATER THIS MONTH. THE ZIA STATION AT ZIA ROAD AND ST. FRANCIS DRIVE IN SANTA FE WAS FINISHED YEARS AGO…BUT IT’S NEVER BEEN USED, DUE IN PART TO NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION. NOW, THE STATION…BUILT WITH MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE MONEY…IS SET TO OPEN…… MORE
Machete Attack at Smith’s
A MAN IS NOW IN CUSTODY IN ALBUQUERQUE AFTER SHOPPERS AT THE SMITH’S GROCERY STORE ON LOMAS AT SAN PEDRO SAY HE TRIED TO ATTACK THEM WITH A MACHETE OUTSIDE THE STORE. APD SAYS NO ONE WAS HURT. THE SUSPECT, FORTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD STEVEN LEEWRIGHT, TOOK OFF RUNNING INTO THE SURROUNDING…… MORE
Lobos Losing Ticket Revenue
FINANCIAL TROUBLE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO’S MEN’S LOBO BASKETBALL TEAM. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THEY’RE NOT PACKING THEM IN AT THE ARENA AND ARE LOSING TICKET REVENUE … A PROBLEM BEING FELT BY MANY COLLEGE ATHLETICS PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LAST SEASON, THE JOURNAL SAYS THE LOBOS PULLED IN…… MORE
Airline Pilot Dies on Flight to Albuquerque
A MEDICAL EMERGENCY CALLED IN FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT CONCERNING THE CO-PILOT ON AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM DALLAS. THE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY AND RESCUE TEAMS WERE SENT TO THE SUNPORT AROUND 3:30 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEAMS TRIED TO HELP CO-PILOT WILLIAM MIKE GRUBS, BUT NOTIFIED THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR’S OFFICE AROUND 5PM THAT HE…… MORE
Gang Members Indicted
A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED 15 DEFENDANTS ON A LONG LIST OF CHARGES, INCLUDING RACKETEERING, AUTO AND RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, GUN THEFTS AND EXTREME CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. D-A RAUL TORREZ SAYS THE CASES WERE PUT TOGETHER BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ALBUQUERQUE POLICE AND STATE POLICE. TORREZ SAYS ALL…… MORE
Serial Robber Update
A STRING OF ARMED HOLDUPS IN THE DUKE CITY IS NOW A FEDERAL CASE. FORTY-SIX YEAR OLD PAUL SALAS IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING THE HOBBS ACT BY HOLDING UP A VERIZON STORE ON ACADEMY EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE WAS ARRESTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THAT WAS THE LAST OF 47…… MORE
Alleged Wife Killer Back in NM
A ROSWELL MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE AND FOUR DAUGHTERS LAST YEAR HAS BEEN EXTRADITED BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE SAYS 34 YEAR OLD JUAN DAVID VILLEGAS WAS ARRESTED IN SONORA, MEXICO. THE VICTIMS WERE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN THEIR HOME IN ROSWELL…… MORE
Duke City Couple Plead Guilty in Drug Case
AN ALBUQUERQUE HUSBAND AND WIFE ENTER GUILTY PLEAS TO DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES. FIFTY-FOUR YEAR OLD YVONNE GARCIA AND 49 YEAR OLD GERALD ROBERTS WILL EACH DO ABOUT FOUR YEARS IN PRISON. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS THE TWO WILL ALSO HAVE TO FORFEIT PROCEEDS OF THEIR CRIMINAL CONDUCT,…… MORE
