NEW MEXICO’S HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CHUCK JONES SAYS THE SNOWPACK IS NOW BELOW NORMAL VIRTUALLY EVERYWHERE IN THE STATE…AND IN SOME AREAS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO, THERE’S NO SNOW LEFT AT ALL. BUT JONES SAYS WE COULD STILL SEE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION THIS SPRING.…… MORE
State Police Release More Info On Escape
JOSEPH CRUZ AND LIONEL CLAH ARE NOW IN THE MAXIMUM SECURITY UNIT AT THE STATE PEN. STATE POLICE ON MONDAY RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THE PAIR ESCAPED FROM A PRISONER TRANSPORT VAN IN ARTESIA AND MADE THEIR WAY TO ALBUQUERQUE, WHERE THEY WERE ARRESTED. CHIEF PETE KASSETAS SAYS THE TWO…… MORE
UNM Regents Change Hospital Board
THE UNM BOARD OF REGENTS HAS VOTED TO DISSOLVE THAT BOARD THAT OVERSEES UNM HOSPITAL, MEDICAL SCHOOL, NURSING SCHOOL AND CANCER CENTER. UNDER THE PLAN, THE CURRENT HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER BOARD WOULD BE REPLACED BY A NEW BOARD CONSISTING OF THREE REGENTS. OPPONENTS CALL IT A POLITICAL MOVE THAT PUTS REGENTS,…… MORE
NM Transportation Workers Killed on the Job
TWO NEW MEXICO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WORKERS ARE KILLED WHILE REPAIRING POTHOLES ON STATE ROAD 120 NEAR ROY MONDAY. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT IN WHICH THE WORKERS WERE HIT BY A VEHICLE AROUND NOON MONDAY. D-O-T SECRETARY TOM CHURCH SAYS ANTHONY RIVERA AND DAVID EGGERT WERE HARD WORKERS . RIVERA…… MORE
NM Still Losing Jobs
THE WORLDWIDE SLUMP IN OIL PRICES IS TRANSLATING INTO FEWER JOBS IN NEW MEXICO. THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS SAYS OVERALL EMPLOYMENT STATEWIDE FELL BY 18 HUNDRED JOBS IN JANUARY, COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH IN 2015. THAT’S ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN MORE THAN THREE YEARS THAT NEW MEXICO HAS SEEN JOB…… MORE
Tax Scammers Persist
THESE CAN BE TAXING TIMES FOR SCAMMERS AND THE I-R-S SAYS, NEW MEXICANS,BEWARE. TAXPAYERS HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY CONTINUE TO GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE IMPERSONATING AN I-R-S AGENT, TELLING YOU TO PAY UP OR FACE ARREST. NOW THE I-R-S SAYS IT’S GETTING REPORTS OF SCAMMERS CALLING UNDER THE GUISE OF…… MORE
More Road Work for the Duke City
FROM NIGHT WORK TO DAY WORK FOR SOME CREWS RECONSTRUCTING THE I-40/LOUISIANA INTERCHANGE. BERNADETTE BELL WITH THE D-O-T TELLS US ALL THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE OVERNIGHT SO FAR BUT THAT CHANGED ON MONDAY. SHE SAYS THE TWO RIGHT LANES OF NORTHBOUND LOUISIANA ARE CLOSED. IT ALSO MEANS THE EASTBOUND ON-RAMP…… MORE
Question Remains: How’d Prison Van Escapees Get Free?
STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS TELLS 770 KKOB THEY’LL LIKELY ANSWER QUESTIONS LATER MONDAY OR EARLY TUESDAY ON HOW THE PRISON VAN ESCAPEES JOSEPH CRUZ AND LIONEL CLAH.GOT AWAY, STILL SHACKLED AND IN THEIR WHITE PRISON JUMP SUITS. TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD LIONEL CLAH AND 32 YEAR OLD JOSEPH CRUZ WERE SPOTTED LATER IN STREET CLOTHES…… MORE
Drag Racers Injured
SEVERAL ALBUQUERQUE DRAG RACERS ARE INJURED BUT THEIR CONDITIONS ARE UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE DRAG RACING NEAR SAN MATEO AND ARVILLA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THERE WAS A CRASH THAT LED TO THE INJURIES AND KNOCKED DOWN A POWER POLE. ONE OF THE DRIVERS…… MORE
Lawsuit Unlikely Over Albuquerque Food Truck Rule
THEY DON’T LIKE THE RULES THAT GOVERN THEIR INDUSTRY IN ALBUQUERQUE. BUT DON’T LOOK FOR FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS TO FILE ANY LAWSUITS. THE RULE WAS SCALED BACK LAST WEEK FROM 100 FEET TO 75 FEET WHEN RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSED. BUT PATRICK HUMPF … ADMINISTRATOR FOR A-B-Q FOOD TRUCKS … TELLS US LOCAL VENDORS…… MORE
