All the crude oil out there is making this Thanksgiving Holiday road trip a little less expensive. AAA New Mexico says the global supply of oil is one reason gas prices aren’t rising before this long weekend. In New Mexico the statewide average is down 5% from the previous week, now at $2.05 a gallon.…… MORE
Another Spike in Holiday Travel
A lot of people are ready to go this Thanksgiving. It’ll be crowded on the road and in the sky with 3.5 million people traveling 50 miles or more in New Mexico and the rest of the Mountain West. AAA New Mexico says 89% of those people are driving. Spokesman Doug Shupe says you should…… MORE
Progress Made on KAFB Spill
The process of removing contaminated underground water at Kirtland Air Force Base continues. Dennis McQuillan with the State Environment Department says well over 100 million gallons of water have been pumped out in the past year and a half. McQuillan says the underground fuel leak first discovered nearly 20 years ago has not affected ABQ’s…… MORE
NM Jobless Rate Among Nation’s Highest
More job losses in New Mexico in October. The Department of Workforce Solutions says there were 2,900 fewer jobs last month than there were the year before. Mining and manufacturing saw some of the biggest losses. New Mexico’s unemployment rate was 6.7%…among the highest in the US.… MORE
NM Museums, Historic Sites Seeing Fewer Visitors
Attendance at state museums and historic sites in New Mexico has gone down since ticket prices were raised earlier this year. But a spokesperson for the State Department of Cultural Affairs says it’s too early to say if the new admission prices influenced the numbers. The higher prices have brought about a boost in revenue,…… MORE
Feds Say NM Has Fewer Homeless
THERE ARE FEWER HOMELESS IN NEW MEXICO. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SAYS THAT’S IN THIS YEAR’S REPORT TO CONGRESS FROM THE FEDERAL HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. HUD SAYS THE STATE’S HOMELESS POPULATION DROPPED BY NEARLY 14 PERCENT FROM 2015 TO 2016 … AND BY 24-POINT-9 PERCENT FROM 2007 THROUGH THIS YEAR. BUT HOMELESS…… MORE
First of NM Ski Resorts Opens This Weekend
THE NEW MEXICO SKI SEASON BEGINS SATURDAY WHEN SIPAPU OPENS ITS SLOPES. MOUNTAIN MANAGER JOHN PAUL BRADLEY SAYS THEY’VE GOTTEN NO NATURAL SNOW…AND WILL HAVE TO RELY ON THE ARTIFICIAL KIND. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB IT’S QUITE A CONTRAST FROM LAST YEAR WHEN SIPAPU HAD 41 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE…… MORE
Holloman Gets F-16s, But Decision Not Final
THE AIR FORCE HAS MADE AN INTERIM DECISION TO RELOCATE TWO F-16 TRAINING SQUADRONS TO HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE OUTSIDE ALAMOGORDO. SENATOR TOM UDALL AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STATE’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION URGED THE AIR FORCE TO MAKE THIS DECISION. THE SQUADRONS ARE COMING TO NEW MEXICO FROM HILL AIR FORCE…… MORE
Teen Cops Plea in Mobbing Murder
SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ COPS A PLEA. HE’S ONE OF SIX ALBUQUERQUE TEENS ACCUSED OF MURDERING STEVEN GERECKE AS THEY MOBBED HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BREAKING INTO HOMES AND VEHICLES. GERECKE WAS KILLED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR WHEN RODRIGUEZ WAS 16. HE’S PLEADED GUILTY TO 10 COUNTS, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED BURGLARY WITH…… MORE
Help Hotline for Citizens, Immigrants Seeking NM Driver’s Licenses
MANY UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WITH DRIVER’S LICENSES UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM IN NEW MEXICO ARE BEING MISINFORMED AT SOME MVD OFFICES ABOUT GETTING A DRIVER’S AUTHORIZATION CARD, OR D-A-C. MARCELA DIAZ WITH SOMOS UN PUEBLO UNIDO SAYS THEY’RE BEING TOLD TO PROVIDE THEIR FINGERPRINTS … WHEN THEY JUST WANT TO GET A…… MORE
