YOU MAY SOON BE ABLE TO USE YOUR A-T-V ON A PAVED PUBLIC ROAD. THAT’S THE INTENT OF LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY STATE SENATOR STEVE NEVILLE PASSED THE SENATE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT WITH AN AMENDMENT … SO IT NOW HAS TO GO BACK TO THE SENATE. RIGHT…… MORE
Reckless Driver Leads APD in Dangerous Car Chase
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ONE OF IT’S UNITS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS. POLICE SPOTTED THE DRIVER OF A FORD RANGER ENDANGERING THE PUBLIC. WHEN THEY TRIED TO STOP HIM TUESDAY NIGHT, HE FLED, BUT WAS SOON SPOTTED NEAR GRANITE AND 12TH STREET. THE DRIVER PUT THE PICKUP IN REVERSE AND RAMMED…… MORE
Marching Against Drunk and Drugged Driving
MARKING NEW MEXICO’S 113 DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS LAST YEAR. THAT’S THE REASON BEHIND A DWI MARCH THAT WAS HELD WEDNESDAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL. DOUG SHUPE WITH AAA NEW MEXICO … WHICH TOOK PART IN THE MARCH … SAYS HIS GROUP IS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN DRUGGED DRIVING INCIDENTS IN THE…… MORE
Councilors Take on PNM Rate Hike
IT HASN’T BEEN APPROVED SO FAR … BUT YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WORRIED ABOUT ANOTHER PNM RATE HIKE. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE DOESN’T THINK IT CAN AFFORD THE INCREASE PNM IS REQUESTING. IF THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION APPROVES IT, RATES WOULD GO UP ABOUT 14 PERCENT. THE CITY COUNCIL ON…… MORE
Ethics Bill Dead for 2016 Session
YOU WON’T BE VOTING ON THE CREATION OF A GOVERNMENT ETHICS COMMISSION THIS FALL. AFTER BEING APPROVED BY THE NEW MEXICO HOUSE, THE BILL DIED IN THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY. ITS HOUSE SPONSOR, ALBUQUERQUE REPUBLICAN JIM DINES, SAYS THE SENATE PANEL CHANGED THE BILL, MAKING THE COMMISSION MERELY AN INVESTIGATIVE BODY…… MORE
Lotto Scholarship Bill Derailed
WE’RE DOWN TO THE WIRE ON THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN SANTA FE … AND NOW WE HEAR A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE PROVIDED AT LEAST 41 MILLION DOLLARS YEAR FOR LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP IS SIDELINED. THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY BLOCKED THE PROPOSAL, SAYING IT WOULD LIMIT THE INCENTIVE TO RAISE…… MORE
Missing Boy Located
THE LITTLE BOY REPORTED MISSING FROM VALENCIA COUNTY IN AN ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT IS FOUND. BUT HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE HAD BLACK EYES AND BRUISES. STATE POLICE SAY KENNETH WAS FOUND AROUND 2:00 TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN SOCORRO. THE MAN HE WAS WITH … 24 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS…… MORE
NM Snowpack Diminished
THE WARMER-THAN-NORMAL WEATHER IS NICE…BUT IT’S DOING A NUMBER ON NEW MEXICO’S PRECIOUS MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CHUCK JONES WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE TELLS 770 KKOB WE GOT OFF TO A GREAT START THIS WINTER, BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED. HE SAYS ABOUT HALF OF NEW MEXICO’S…… MORE
Relief Fund Set Up for NM Farmers and Ranchers
THE CHECK WILL SOON BE IN THE MAIL FOR NEW MEXICO FARMERS AND RANCHERS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE WINTER STORM THAT LEFT A LOT OF LIVESTOCK DEAD OR UNPRODUCTIVE. THE NEW MEXICO FARM AND LIVESTOCK BUREAU HAS CREATED A FUND TO HELP THE FARMERS AND RANCHERS. IT’S STILL UNKNOWN HOW MANY…… MORE
Serial Robber Sentenced
AN ARMED ROBBERY SPREE PUTS AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN BEHIND BARS FOR TEN YEARS AFTER SENTENCING IN FEDERAL COURT TUESDAY. PIZZA, BURRITOS, DONUTS, AND CHICKEN…JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT THE EYE OF 23 YEAR OLD JOSE RODRIGUEZ IN THE SUMMER OF 2014. HE ROBBED EIGHT STORES BETWEEN JUNE 29TH AND…… MORE
