OVER 15 POUNDS OF COCAINE IS WHAT AGENTS AT THE SANTA TERESA PORT OF ENTRY FOUND IN TWO SEPARATE CASES INSIDE A VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS FOUND LAST FRIDAY WHEN AGENTS FOUND BUNDLES OF COKE HIDDEN INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A VEHICLE ENTERING THE U-S. TWO DAYS LATER, AGENTS LOCATED EVEN MORE…… MORE
Daylight Time Bill Advances at NM Legislature
LAS CRUCES STATE SENATOR CLIFF PIRTLE’S DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BILL IS STILL ALIVE AT THE LEGISLATURE. SB 239 IS NOW HEADED FOR A FLOOR VOTE IN THE SENATE AND THAT COULD TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK. THE MEASURE WOULD KEEP NEW MEXICO ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME INSTEAD OF SWITCHING TO STANDARD TIME IN THE…… MORE
NM Near the Bottom of ‘Best States’ List
WHAT’S THE BEST STATE IN THE NATION? U-S NEWS AND WORLD REPORT SAYS IT’S MASSACHUSETTS. AND WHILE NEW MEXICO ISN’T THE WORST…IT IS CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM, RANKING 46TH. THE MAGAZINE BASES ITS “BEST STATES” LIST ON A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES. NEW MEXICO FARED ESPECIALLY POORLY IN CRIME AND CORRECTIONS, THE…… MORE
Homicide Victim Identified
Albuquerque Police have ID’d the victim of last night’s homicide at the Smith’s at 111 Coors Blvd Northeast. Police say 58-year-old Larry Mullin was senselessly killed by 26-year-old Luke Waruszewski who is now charged with an open count of murder. Mullin was a cab driver and had been dispatched to pick up Waruszewski around…… MORE
Body Found in Albuquerque Grocery Store Parking Lot
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE SMITH’S GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT IN THE 100 BLOCK OF COORS MONDAY NIGHT. IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED AS A SUSPICIOUS PERSON WHO SEEMED TO BE INJURED. APD SPOKESMAN FRED DURAN SAYS WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE,…… MORE
GOP Ridicules Udall Supco Proposal
THE NEW MEXICO REPUBLICAN PARTY IS RIDICULING A SUPREME COURT PLAN FROM DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TOM UDALL. UDALL SUGGESTS PRESIDENT TRUMP ASK A LIBERAL MEMBER OF THE COURT TO RESIGN SO HE COULD NOMINATE JUDGE MERRICK GARLAND…AN OBAMA PICK…AND TRUMP’S OWN NOMINEE NEIL GORSUCH AT THE SAME TIME. THE STATE G-O-P CALLS…… MORE
New Names on NM Most Wanted List
THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE “MOST WANTED” LIST IN NEW MEXICO HAS ADDED TWO NAMES WHILE REMOVING ANOTHER. JONATHAN SANCHEZ IS WANTED IN SANTA FE COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF FELONIES AND HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY. NATHANIEL WATCHMAN IS WANTED IN SAN JUAN COUNTY FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. …… MORE
Bill Would Take NM Solar
STATE BUILDINGS IN NEW MEXICO WOULD BE POWERED WITH SOLAR ENERGY UNDER A BILL WINNING OVERWHELMING APPROVAL IN THE SENATE ON MONDAY. THE MEASURE WILL NOW BE CONSIDERED BY THE HOUSE. ITS SPONSOR, DEMOCRAT JEFF STEINBORN OF LAS CRUCES, SAYS THE MOVE WOULD NOT ONLY SAVE THE STATE MILLIONS IN UTILITY…… MORE
More Snow Due in NM
A 440 ACRE FIRE CONTINUES BURNING IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER LORETTA BENAVIDEZ SAYS IT WAS REPORTED SUNDAY MORNING IN THE SMOKEY BEAR RANGER DISTRICT, IN AN AREA NORTH OF THE CAPITAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREA. SHE SAYS THE FIRE IS IN RUGGED TERRAIN, SO THE ISSUE WILL BE IF THEY…… MORE
Small Growth for Seven Cabins Fire
A 440 ACRE FIRE CONTINUES BURNING IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER LORETTA BENAVIDEZ SAYS IT WAS REPORTED SUNDAY MORNING IN THE SMOKEY BEAR RANGER DISTRICT, IN AN AREA NORTH OF THE CAPITAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREA. SHE SAYS THE FIRE IS IN RUGGED TERRAIN, SO THE ISSUE WILL BE IF THEY…… MORE
