A HOUSE FIRE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE 15-HUNDRED BLOCK OF JOHN STREET NEAR BROADWAY. CITY FIRE CREWS WERE SENT THERE AROUND 2:30 AM. IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED AS AN OUTSIDE FIRE, BUT WHEN FIRE CREWS ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY FOUND THAT THE FIRE HAD ACTUALLY SPREAD TO TWO HOMES. THE…… MORE

     THE ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR’S OFFICE SAYS THE CITY HAS TEAMED UP WITH CENTURY LINK TO PROVIDE INCREASED BROADBAND SPEEDS AT 40 CITY LOCATIONS. tHEY INCLUDE PLACES LIKE SENIOR CENTERS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.      THE SYSTEM USES FIBER-OPTIC BASED SERVICES. OTHER LOCATIONS GETTING THE UPGRADES INCLUDE POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS AND NUMEROUS RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.…… MORE

     ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION OF ITS NEXT SCHOOL. THE K-THROUGH-8TH GRADE SCHOOL, WHICH HAS YET-TO-BE NAMED, IS ON TIERRA PINTADA BOULEVARD NORTHWEST, NEAR NUSENDA COMMUNITY STADIUM. JEANNIE CHAVEZ WITH APS SAYS THIS SCHOOL WILL SERVE UP TO 16-HUNDRED STUDENTS.      CHAVEZ SAYS THERE WILL BE 74 CLASSROOMS, TWO GYMNASIUMS, AN…… MORE

     OPEN PRIMARIES COULD BE IN NEW MEXICO’S FUTURE. A NUMBER OF ELECTORAL REFORM BILLS ARE BEING INTRODUCED BY LAWMAKERS AT THE LEGISLATURE TO END THE STATE’S CLOSED PRIMARY SYSTEM. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THE MEASURES WOULD MAKE ELECTIONS MORE COMPETITIVE BY ALLOWING INDEPENDENTS AND UNAFFILIATED VOTERS TO CAST BALLOTS IN THOSE ELECTIONS.  …… MORE

A HOUSE BILL BEING PROPOSED AT THE LEGISLATURE IN SANTA FE WOULD LIMIT WHICH JAIL OR PRISON INMATES COULD BE PLACED IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. THE WOULD EXEMPT ANYONE UNDER 18 YEARS OLD … PREGNANT WOMEN … AND PRISONERS DEALING WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. THE MEASURE IS CO-SPONSORED BY ALBUQUERQUE DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE MOE MAESTAS. HE SAYS…… MORE