IF YOU DON’T USUALLY GET A FLU SHOT, THIS MAY BE THE FLU SEASON THAT CHANGES THAT HABIT. MARISA BARGHSTEN WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS CASES ARE DEFINITELY UP THIS YEAR, EVIDENCED IN THE UPTICK IN VISITS TO MEDICAL PROVIDERS. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP THREE-FOLD. BARGHSTEN SAYS FLU IS VASTLY DIFFERENT…… MORE
Twenty-seven Years for Duke City Man’s Attack on Parents
AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS FATHER AND SEVERELY INJURING HIS MOTHER IN A KNIFE ATTACK HAS MADE A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS. TWENTY-SIX YEAR OLD JAMES FINCH WAS SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS IN PRISON ON THURSDAY. THE ATTACK HAPPENED IN AUGUST OF 2015. 60 YEAR OLD DAVID FINCH WAS…… MORE
Woman Slams Car into Santa Fe Restaurant
A CAR RAMS INTO THE JAMBO CAFE IN SANTA FE OVER THE LUNCH HOUR THURSDAY, INJURING SEVERAL PEOPLE. POLICE SPOKESMAN GREG GURULE SAYS THE DRIVER, AN ELDERLY WOMAN, APPARENTLY HIT THE ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE AND SMASHED INTO THE BUILDING AT CERRILLOS ROAD AND ST. MICHAELS DRIVE. HE SAYS THE DRIVER WAS…… MORE
More NM Chile This Year
CHILE ISN’T NEW MEXICO’S BIGGEST AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT…BUT IT’S THE MOST FAMOUS, KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD. AND STATE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT SECRETARY JEFF WITTE SAYS IT’S GOOD NEWS THAT CHILE ACREAGE WENT UP STATEWIDE LAST YEAR, REVERSING A RECENT TREND. HE SAYS THEY’VE SEEN ACREAGE DROP IN PAST YEARS, SO THIS INCREASE IN…… MORE
NM Senate Approves Minimum Wage Hike
SOME WORKERS IN NEW MEXICO MAY BE IN FOR A PAY RAISE. THE NEW MEXICO SENATE HAS PASSED AND SENT ON TO THE HOUSE A BILL THAT RAISES THE STATE’S MINIMUM WAGE TO NINE DOLLARS AN HOUR FROM ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF 7-50. UNDER THE PROPOSAL, THE WAGE WOULD GO TO…… MORE
Double Murder Suspect Awaits Extradition
THE MANHUNT FOR MISSISSIPPI MURDER SUSPECT ALEX DEATON ENDS IN KANSAS. HE WAS ARRESTED THERE WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS SPOTTED HIM ON I-70 AND PURSUED HIM. THE CHASE ENDED AFTER THEY DISABLED DEATON’S VEHICLE AND HE CRASHED. THE VEHICLE, A CADILLAC, CAUGHT ON FIRE. NOW DEATON’S WAITING TO BE EXTRADITED BACK…… MORE
200K Theft Reported at NM College
STATE AUDITOR TIM KELLER SAYS 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FUNDS HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE IN ESPANOLA. HE SAYS A HIGH LEVEL EMPLOYEE IN THE COLLEGE’S BUSINESS OFFICE HAS RESIGNED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MISSING MONEY. ALONG WITH THE STOLEN CASH, KELLER SAYS CHECKS WERE NOT DEPOSITED. THE CASE…… MORE
Police Union Disagrees With APD Overtime Rule
OVERTIME ISSUES AT THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NEWS PARTNER KOB-TV REPORTS APD HAS LIMITED OVERTIME FOR ITS OFFICERS … AND THE POLICE UNION IS NOT PLEASED. FOR ONE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS A STAFFING SHORTAGE. FOR ANOTHER, UNION PRESIDENT SHAUN WILLOUGHBY SAYS APD’S PRIORITIES PUT THE PUBLIC AT RISK BECAUSE TACTICAL PLANS…… MORE
A Good Weekend for Skiing in NM
THE LATEST WINTER STORM TO HIT NEW MEXICO DUMPED A LOT OF SNOW IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. DAVE SMITH IS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AT TAOS SKI VALLEY. HE SAYS THE LAST STORM DROPPED A TOTAL OF 24 INCHES OF SNOW. SEASON TO DATE WE’RE LOOKING AT 168 INCHES OF SNOW. THE SNOW…… MORE
KAFB Lt. Faces Long Prison Stretch
AN AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COULD GET UP TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS IN A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE. THE U-S ATTORNEYS OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS 34 YEAR OLD JESSE FURSE WAS STATIONED AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY POSSESSED AND DISTRIBUTED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BETWEEN 2014 AND 2016.…… MORE
