A MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING MONEY FROM AN ALBUQUERQUE DEPARTMENT STORE IS BEING SOUGHT BY POLICE. APD SAYS 45 YEAR OLD RAUL GALLEGOS WENT TO THE DILLARD’S AT WINROCK ON FEBRUARY 20TH…PRIED OPEN SEVERAL CASH REGISTERS…AND GOT AWAY WITH MORE THAN 15 HUNDRED DOLLARS. A FEW DAYS LATER HE WAS BACK, BUT THIS…… MORE
Give Them Better Shelter
THE RENOVATION OF THE KENNELS AT THE EAST SIDE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ALBUQUERQUE IS UNDERWAY. THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL MEAN MORE ROOM FOR ANIMALS AND BETTER CONDITIONS. AS PART OF THE PROJECT, ANIMAL WELFARE IS CHANGING SOME OF IT’S PROCEDURES. IF YOU PLAN TO SURRENDER A PET YOU ARE NOW ASKED TO…… MORE
No Decision on Albuquerque’s Comp Plan
ALBUQUERQUE’S PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE BACK ON THE CITY COUNCIL’S AGENDA MARCH 20TH FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. COUNCILORS MADE NO DECISION ON THE SO-CALLED ABC-Z PROJECT AT THEIR MEETING MONDAY NIGHT. THE PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BRING CLARITY AND PREDICTABILITY TO ALBUQUERQUE’S DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ABOUT 50 RESIDENTS…… MORE
Quick Action on West Side Bosque Fire
A TENSE SITUATION IN ALBUQUERQUE’S BOSQUE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT CALLS AROUND 4PM FROM RESIDENTS LIVING WEST OF COORS NEAR THE RIO GRANDE ABOUT A FIRE THERE. CITY FIRE CREWS SAY THE FLAMES WERE INITIALLY REPORTED TO BE 8 TO 10 FEET HIGH. BY 5PM, CREWS HAD THOSE FLAMES SURROUNDED.…… MORE
NM Sales Tax Coming to Amazon Purchases
SOME INTERNET PURCHASES WILL COST YOU MORE IN A FEW WEEKS. YOUR DAYS OF BUYING SOMETHING TAX-FREE ON AMAZON-DOT-COM ARE ABOUT TO COME TO AN END IN NEW MEXICO. THE STATE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT SAYS, ON APRIL FIRST, AMAZON WILL START COLLECTING GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES FOR ON-LINE PURCHASES. DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN…… MORE
Committee Unanimously Approves Ethics Commission Bill
YOU MAY GET A CHANCE TO VOTE IN 2018 ON WHETHER NEW MEXICO SHOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION. THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HAS ENDORSED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CREATING A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD THAT WOULD INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST STATE OFFICIALS. THAT THE COMMITTEE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.… MORE
City-County Merger Plans Proposed
IT’S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME, AND TONIGHT (MON) A RESOLUTION GOES BEFORE THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL TO STUDY THE IDEA OF MERGING ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES… SPECIFICALLY POLICE AND FIRE. COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB IT’S WORTH LOOKING INTO AS IT WOULD SAVE MONEY, BUT…… MORE
Deaton’s Day in Court
THE FUGITIVE OUT OF MISSISSIPPI ACCUSED OF CARJACKING AND KIDNAPPING IN ALBUQUERQUE GOES TO COURT THIS FRIDAY. ALEX BRIDGES DEATON IS EXPECTED IN A COURTROOM IN KANSAS AFTER HIS THREE-STATE CRIME SPREE. DEATON FACES CHARGES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE SHOOTING OF A PRATT, KANSAS, CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK. IN MISSISSIPPI, HE’S CHARGED WITH…… MORE
22 Year Old Gets Two Life Sentences
A MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING TWO TEENAGERS IN OCTOBER OF 2014 WAS SENTENCED MONDAY TO TWO LIFE SENTENCES. TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD RICARDO MARTINEZ WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING 18 YEAR OLD VENANCIO CISNEROS AND HIS 13 YEAR OLD GIRLFRIEND ANAMARIE OJEDA OVER, WHAT POLICE SAY, WAS A DRUG MONEY DISPUTE. THE TWO…… MORE
Upgrades Planned for Busy Rail Runner Station
SOME CHANGES ARE COMING TO ONE OF THE NEW MEXICO RAIL RUNNER’S BUSIEST STATIONS. PARKING HAS LONG BEEN AT ISSUE AT THE LOS RANCHOS-JOURNAL CENTER STATION…AND NOW SPOKESWOMAN AUGUSTA MEYERS SAYS AN ADDITIONAL 130 SPACES WILL BE ADDED: THERE WILL ALSO BE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS…PLUS MORE SECURITY CAMERAS TO MONITOR…… MORE
