APS HAS A POSSIBLE 9-AND-A-HALF-MILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL GOING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND IT COULD MEAN LOSING 82 TEACHING JOBS AND 73 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. MONICA ARMENTA WITH THE DISTRICT TELLS US THERE ARE VARIOUS REASONS FOR THE DEFICIT, INCLUDING DECLINING ENROLLMENT, HIGHER UTILITY COSTS AND COMPETITION FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS. ARMENTA…… MORE
Water Budget Up for Discussion With Public
THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY VOTES ON IT’S 2017 BUDGET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SPOKESMAN DAVID MORRIS SAYS ONE ITEM THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IS THE PROPOSAL TO ONCE AGAIN ADD FLUORIDATE THE DRINKING WATER. THE BOARD CAN VOTE TO REMOVE THE FLUORIDATION MONEY FROM THE OVERALL BUDGET PLAN. THE UTILITY IS…… MORE
NM’s Jaydon’s Law Takes Effect
A BILL NAMED AFTER AN ALBUQUERQUE TEEN WHO POLICE SAYS DIED AS A RESULT OF A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING WILL BECOME LAW TOMORROW(WED). BILL SPONSOR NATE GENTRY SAYS “JAYDON’S LAW” ALLOWS JUDGES TO SEE A DEFENDANT’S JUVENILE CRIMINAL HISTORY. BUT GENTRY HE SAYS THE JUVENILE’S OFFENSE HAS TO BE SERIOUS AND VIOLENT … LIKE…… MORE
No Reporters Allowed
THE NEW MEXICO REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER SCHEDULE EVENTS AT SANDIA RESORT AND CASINO IN THE FUTURE. THIS AFTER OFFICIALS AT THE CASINO BANNED REPORTERS FROM THIS WEEKEND’S REPUBLICAN PARTY STATE CONVENTION. A STATE PARTY SPOKESMAN TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THE DECISION CAME TOO LATE FOR THE PARTY…… MORE
Protesters at PNM
PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE IN FRONT OF PNM HEADQUARTERS IN ALBUQUERQUE … BUT THE COMPANY’S TOP EXECUTIVES WERE IN LEWISVILLE TEXAS FOR THEIR STOCKHOLDERS MEETING TUESDAY… THE FIRST TIME IT’S BEEN HELD OUTSIDE ALBUQUERQUE. PROTESTERS WANT PNM TO TIE COMPENSATION FOR COMPANY EXECUTIVES TO CARBON REDUCTION GOALS. BUT SHAREHOLDERS VOTED AGAINST THAT PROPOSAL.…… MORE
NM Lawmaker says Study Supports Pot Industry
AN ALBUQUERQUE STATE LAWMAKER WILL TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR TO GET A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PASSED FOR A MARIJUANA AND HEMP INDUSTRY IN NEW MEXICO. SENATOR GERALD ORTIZ Y PINO’S MEASURES HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN OVER THREE YEARS. BUT HE SAYS THE LATEST TAX FOUNDATION STUDY PROVES HOW GOOD A POT INDUSTRY…… MORE
Local Call Center Hiring Hundreds
MORE CALLING CENTER JOBS OPENING IN ALBUQUERQUE. SITEL WILL HIRE 350 PEOPLE AT A JOB FAIR A WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY ON MAY 25TH. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS 90 OF THE JOBS ARE ALREADY FILLED. MORE PEOPLE WILL BE HIRED AT THE FAIR NEXT WEDNESDAY THAT RUNS FROM 9AM TO 4PM AT SITEL’S CALL…… MORE
Santa Fe Man Charged With Daughter’s Brutal Death
AN ARREST IS MADE IN A SANTA FE COUNTY HOMICIDE FROM JANUARY 2015. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED 65 YEAR OLD WILLIAM KELLY ON MONDAY NIGHT AND CHARGED HIM WITH ONE COUNT OF MURDER AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE IN THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER, JULIEANNE KELLY. AN AUTOPSY FOUND THAT THE DAUGHTER HAD BEEN STABBED…… MORE
Hantavirus Claims NM Lives
A SECOND PERSON HAS DIED IN NEW MEXICO THIS YEAR FROM THE HANTAVIRUS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WAS A 30 YEAR OLD MAN FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY. EARLIER THIS YEAR A 54 YEAR OLD CIBOLA COUNTY MAN DIED FROM THE VIRUS. THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO REPORTING AN 84 YEAR OLD…… MORE
APD I-D-s Man Found Dead at Hotel
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A MAN FOUND DEAD IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE HOTEL CASCADA ON CARLISLE THIS PAST SATURDAY. HE HAS BEEN I-D’D AS 55 YEAR OLD THOMAS MITCHELL, WHO WAS TRAVELING THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE AT THE TIME. POLICE SAYS MITCHELL DIED OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED WHILE…… MORE
