Another Scam Alert in Albuquerque

     HEED THE WARNING SIGNS. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS SCAMMERS ARE WORKING THE PHONES IN ALBUQUERQUE. HE TELLS US THEY’RE POSING AS A LIEUTENANT WITH B-C-S-O OR AN OFFICER WITH APD, ADVISING VICTIMS THEY NEED TO PAY UP TO AVOID ARREST. HE SAYS VICTIMS ARE TOLD TO GO TO THE NEAREST SMITH’S GROCERY STORE…MORE

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Search is on For Escapee

48 YEAR OLD LARRY DOHRN HAS BEEN I-D’D AS THE MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM A M-D-C TRANSPORT VAN WEDNESDAY MORNING.  IT HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED THAT HE THEN CAR-JACKED A VEHICLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.MORE

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Why NM May Need a Special Session

     IN SANTA FE, THE NUMBERS AREN’T ADDING UP WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATE BUDGET. REVENUE IS DOWN 10 PERCENT, OR MORE THAN 400 MILLION DOLLARS. AND THAT MEANS A SPECIAL SESSION MAY BE NEEDED.      SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JOHN ARTHUR SMITH SAYS LAWMAKERS MAY BE FORCED TO TAP INTO THE…MORE

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More Manzano Residents Return Home

     SOME OF THE RESIDENTS FORCED TO EVACUATE DUE TO THE DOG HEAD FIRE ARE BACK IN THEIR HOMES … ALLOWED TO RETURN ON TUESDAY. AND NOW, NEARLY EVERYONE IS GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO HOME. THE NATIONAL GUARD AND SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE ON THE MAIN ROADS, CHECKING THE IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE HEADED…MORE

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Fee Hike Could Soon Fund Increased Sunport Security

     INCREASED SECURITY AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT COULD SOON COST YOU ANOTHER 4-DOLLARS AND-50 CENTS ON YOUR AIRLINE TICKET. THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK APPROVED THE FEE HIKE THAT STILL NEEDS APPROVAL FROM THE FAA.      SUNPORT SPOKESMAN DANIEL JIRON TELLS 770 KKOB THE FEE WOULD RAISE ABOUT 20 MILLION DOLLARS OVER…MORE

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NM Children’s Well Being Still Ranks Low

     NEW MEXICO IS MAKING SOME PROGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN’S WELL BEING. BUT OVERALL, THE LATEST KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK STILL RANKS THE STATE 49TH IN THE NATION FOR THE 3RD YEAR IN A ROW … AND DEAD LAST FOR EDUCATION.      VERONICA GARCIA WITH NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN SAYS…MORE

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APD Continues Latest Murder Investigation

    STILL A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDING ALBUQUERQUE’S LATEST HOMICIDE. APD HAS NOW IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 49 YEAR OLD LARRY SANCHEZ. HE WAS FOUND DEAD MONDAY OUTSIDE A HOME IN THE 61-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CASA FELIZ NORTHEAST, NOT FAR FROM WYOMING AND ACADEMY. IT APPEARS THE VICTIM HAD BEEN SHOT…BUT POLICE THINK THE…MORE

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Paseo Del Norte Problem Addressed

     FOR YEARS, BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE FIGHTERS AT STATION 35 JUST OFF OF PASEO DEL NORTE COULD ONLY GET ON PASEO INDIRECTLY, ADDING TO THEIR RESPONSE TIMES. ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF MIKE CHAVEZ SAYS THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DIRECT ACCESS TO PASEO. HE SAYS THERE’S NOW A CROSSOVER WITH…MORE

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Evacuation Order Partly Lifted in Dog Head Fire

     SOME RESIDENTS FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES BY THE DOG HEAD FIRE ARE BEING ALLOWED TO GO HOME. THEY WERE ALLOWED BACK INTO THE HOMES STARTING AT 8:00 TUESDAY MORNING. OTHERS ARE STILL UNDER A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER. FOR THOSE GOING HOME, PNM HAS ALREADY STARTED TURNING THE POWER BACK ON … SO…MORE

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Three Cuffed at Albuquerque Bus Station

     THE D-E-A HITS THE TRIFECTA. AGENTS ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE IN THREE SEPARATE CASES DURING A DRUG OPERATION AT THE GREYHOUND BUS STATION LAST FRIDAY. ALL THREE SUSPECTS ARE FROM ARIZONA.      TWO WERE SMUGGLING METHAMPHETAMINE, THE OTHER HAD JUST UNDER TWO POUNDS OF HEROIN IN THE LINING OF HER PURSE. THEY MADE…MORE

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