A MAN IS UNDER ARREST FOR THE MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND IN TOME, IN VALENCIA COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY 19 YEAR OLD MICHAEL RAY RODRIGUEZ OF LOS LUNAS IS IN JAIL, CHARGED WITH AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER. THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR IDENTIFIES THE VICTIM AS 32 YEAR OLD MARIANNA BARNES-LUCERO OF ALBUQUERQUE. …… MORE
Couple Pleads for Return of Son’s Ashes Stolen in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO HELP A KANSAS COUPLE FIND THE ASHES OF THEIR SON. KATHY HUNT AND HER HUSBAND STOPPED IN THE DUKE CITY EARLIER THIS WEEK WHILE HEADING HOME WITH THE ASHES OF THEIR SON KYLE WHO HAD DIED IN A CALIFORNIA HIKING ACCIDENT. THE ASHES WERE IN A SUITCASE,…… MORE
NM Chile Value on the Rise
NEW MEXICO IS STILL DEALING WITH A LOT OF COMPETITION FROM OTHER STATES AND COUNTRIES … AND LOWER LABOR COSTS IN THOSE MARKETS. BUT 2015 WAS STILL AN EXCELLENT YEAR FOR THE CHILE CROP THAT INCLUDED AN INCREASE IN ACREAGE AND VALUE. THE REASON FOR LAST YEAR’S SUCCESS: KATIE GOETZ WITH THE AGRICULTURE…… MORE
Construction Coming on Busy Santa Fe Road
WHILE CENTRAL AVENUE MERCHANTS WORRY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT, A PROJECT IN SANTA FE IS CAUSING SIMILAR CONCERNS. CONSTRUCTION WORK BEGINS MONDAY ON CERRILLOS ROAD FROM CAMINO CARLOS REY TO JUST PAST ST. MICHAELS DRIVE. AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE C-E-O SIMON BRACKLEY SAYS HUNDREDS OF MERCHANTS COULD FEEL THE IMPACT.…… MORE
Another Contentious Rapid Transit Meeting
THINGS GOT UGLY AGAIN AT TUESDAY NIGHT’S PUBLIC MEETING ON THE PROPOSED ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM TO RUN DEDICATED BUS LANES DOWN CENTRAL FROM LOUISIANA TO COORS. IT WAS THE MOST CONTENTIOUS MEETING SO FAR WITH ONE MAN EVEN CHALLENGING CITY COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON TO TAKE IT OUTSIDE. EVERY MEETING ON…… MORE
Suspect in Baby’s Death Was Mom’s Boyfriend
APD SAYS THE ONE-YEAR OLD BOY FOUND DEAD MONDAY AT A HOME ON RHODE ISLAND NORTHEAST HAD BRUISES ON HIS FOREHEAD. POLICE SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER TELLS US OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE HOME TO CHECK ON THE UNRESPONSIVE INFANT … BUT PARAMEDICS COULDN’T REVIVE JAYDEN DAYEA AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE…… MORE
Rio Rancho Runoffs Required for Some Council Seats
IT’S BACK TO THE POLLS FOR SOME RIO RANCHO VOTERS. IT’S FOR RUNOFF ELECTIONS AFTER CANDIDATES IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE DID NOT WIN A MAJORITY OF THE VOTE. IT WAS THE SAME FOR THE COUNCIL RACE IN DISTRICT 6. MARLENE FEUER WON IN DISTRICT FOUR. VOTERS SAID NO TO RAISING…… MORE
Duran Backs Down on Community Service Sentence
DIANNA DURAN IS HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT REDUCING HER PROBATION. THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HAS WITHDRAWN HER MOTION ASKING A JUDGE TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF TIMES SHE HAS TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC ABOUT HER LEGAL TROUBLES. CURRENTLY SHE IS REQUIRED TO MAKE FOUR APPEARANCES A MONTH FOR THE NEXT…… MORE
New Mexico DWI Laws Getting Tougher
THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR PASSED A BILL CRACKING DOWN ON THE WORST DRUNK DRIVERS…AND GOVERNOR MARTINEZ HAS NOW SIGNED IT. THE BILL INCREASES THE MANDATORY SENTENCE FROM TWO TO 10 YEARS FOR ANYONE CONVICTED OF EIGHT OR MORE DWI’S. IT ALSO ALSO INCREASES FROM SIX TO 15 YEARS THE SENTENCE FOR…… MORE
Safe Surrender for Those Wanted on Warrants
IT’S NOT AMNESTY … BUT OPERATION SAFE SURRENDER IS A CHANCE FOR THOSE WITH ACTIVE WARRANTS TO RESOLVE THOSE WARRANTS WITH STATE POLICE. THE PROGRAM STARTED TUESDAY AND INVOLVES MORE THAN 80-THOUSAND WARRANTS. STATE POLICE SERGEANT CHAD PIERCE SAYS IT’S A CHANCE FOR MORE THAN 80 THOUSAND PEOPLE TO TURN THEMSELVES…… MORE
