IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR HOUSE READY FOR THE FIRST FREEZE. THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO PREP FOR THOSE COLD TEMPERATURES THAT CAN DAMAGE PIPES IF NOT PROTECTED FROM THE WEATHER. FIRST THING…MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR MASTER SHUTOFF VALVE IS LOCATED, THEN…… MORE
Commission Approves Santolina Tax Plan
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVES THE SANTOLINA TAX PLAN … BUT JUST NARROWLY. THE VOTE WAS TUESDAY NIGHT AT A MEETING IN WHICH OPPONENTS OF THE TAX PLAN TESTIFIED THEY DIDN’T WANT TO PAY A TAX FOR SOMETHING MOST DEVELOPERS PAY FOR THEMSELVES. THE SANTOLINA TAX PLAN ALLOWS THE COMPANY BEHIND…… MORE
Gov. Martinez Meets With Vice President-Elect
NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ’S VISIT WITH VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT MIKE PENCE APPARENTLY WENT WELL. WHILE NO DETAILS OF THEIR DISCUSSION HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC, MARTINEZ IS QUOTED AS SAYING THE CONCERNS OF NEW MEXICANS WOULD BE HEARD AND ADDRESSED. SHE MET WITH PENCE IN FLORIDA THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT HOW…… MORE
Santa Fe Mayor Defends Sanctuary Cities on FOX-News
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP PLANS TO CUT FEDERAL FUNDING TO SANCTUARY CITIES ACROSS THE U-S. THERE ARE 31 SUCH CITIES, INCLUDING SANTA FE, THAT BAN PROSECUTING IMMIGRANTS BASED ON THEIR UNDOCUMENTED STATUS. SANTA FE MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES APPEARED ON FOX NEWS TUESDAY NIGHT, SAYING THE CITY WILL CONTINUE ITS PRO-IMMIGRANT POLICIES AND…… MORE
Las Cruces Officer Involved in NMSU Shooting
A POSSIBLE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING ON THE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MONDAY NIGHT. AN OFFICER WAS SENT TO THE UNIVERSITY ON REPORTS OF A MAN WITH A GUN AT THE CHAMISA VILLAGE APARTMENTS. DURING THE ENCOUNTER, THE OFFICER FIRED ON THE SUSPECT, WHO’S NAME HASN’T BEEN RELEASED YET. THE MAN…… MORE
PNM Explains Reasons for Layoffs
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO SAYS SEVERAL FACTORS PLAY INTO WHY IT WILL BE LAYING OFF 30 MANAGERS AND STAFFERS. THE LAYOFFS ARE FOR COST CUTTING THAT SPOKESMAN PAHL SHIPLEY SAYS ARE NEEDED IN PART BECAUSE STATE REGULATORS REDUCED THE RATE INCREASE IT REQUESTED. SHIPLEY TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL…… MORE
NM Health Department Issue Antibiotic Use Problem
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS IT’S ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS OF MODERN TIMES: THE OVER-USE OF ANTIBIOTICS. DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN PAUL RHIEN TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB IT’S LED TO BACTERIA THAT ARE RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT. HE SAYS OVER 23-THOUSAND DEATHS A YEAR IN THE U-S ARE ATTRIBUTED TO BACTERIA…… MORE
Longtime Duke City Jewelry Store Closing
BEAUCHAMP JEWELERS ON MENAUL IN ALBUQUERQUE IS CLOSING ITS DOORS. OWNER RON BEAUCHAMP TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT HE’S DECIDED TO RETIRE AND CLOSE THE STORE THAT HIS FATHER OPENED BACK IN 1951. IN ORDER TO SELL OFF ITS INVENTORY, BEAUCHAMP SAYS HE EXPECTS THE STORE TO BE OPEN THROUGH THE…… MORE
Ski Area Delays Opening
ANOTHER NEW MEXICO SKI AREA FALLS VICTIM TO THE MILD WEATHER WE’VE HAD THIS FALL. THE RUIDOSO NEWS SAYS SKI APACHE WON’T BE OPENING OVER THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR. THE SKI AREA SAYS IT’S BEEN MAKING SNOW BUT IT’S SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH WITHOUT SOME HELP FROM MOTHER NATURE. A WOMAN WITH…… MORE
Abandoned Frat House Demolished
AN ABANDONED PROPERTY ON THE UNM CAMPUS HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED. CREWS RIPPED-INTO THE BUILDING AT 1815 SIGMA CHI ROAD NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY MORNING. GILBERT MONTANO, THE MAYOR’S CHIEF OF STAFF, TELLS US THE FORMER FRAT HOUSE HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY FIRE AND HAD BEEN CONDEMNED. HE SAYS IT’S BEEN A PRETTY QUIET PROPERTY…… MORE
