CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS WERE AT THE ROUND HOUSE MONDAY, TALKING-UP LEGISLATORS TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. SANDRA ADONDAKIS WITH THE NEW MEXICO CHAPTER OF THE LUNG ASSOCIATION SAYS THE GOAL WAS TO CONVINCE LAWMAKERS TO MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMS. SHE SAYS IT WOULD HELP PEOPLE QUIT. …… MORE
Ten NM Non-Profits Off the Hook
ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS 10 NON PROFITS THAT PROVIDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN NEW MEXICO MAY HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF REGULATORY VIOLATIONS…BUT THERE’S NO PATTERN OF FRAUD. IN 2013, THE MARTINEZ ADMINISTRATION FROZE MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO 15 PROVIDERS, ALLEGING FRAUD AND ABUSE. THREE OF THE PROVIDERS WERE PREVIOUSLY CLEARED BY…… MORE
Show-off Driver Caused Three Deaths
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE IDENTIFY THE VICTIMS FROM LAST FRIDAY’S SINGLE VEHICLE TRIPLE FATAL ACCIDENT AT PENNSYLVANIA AND OSUNA. APD’S TANNIER TIXIER SAYS THERE WERE TWO MEN AND THREE WOMEN IN THE CAR WHEN IT SPED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MILES PER HOUR, GOING AIRBORNE AND LANDING ON AN OPEN…… MORE
Dumpster Death a Homicide
THE MAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE A DUMPSTER ON NORTH 4TH STREET IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST FRIDAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. AND APD IS NOW INVESTIGATING HIS DEATH AS A HOMICIDE. BUT HIS NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED BECAUSE APD HASN’T NOTIFIED HIS NEXT OF KIN YET. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE 12-HUNDRED BLOCK…… MORE
Suspect in Downtown Murder Indicted
AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR MURDER IN A FATAL SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE A DOWNTOWN NIGHTCLUB. TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR OLD TORY BURDEX IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND CONSPIRACY IN THE DEATH OF KYLE NTIFORO. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN OCTOBER OF 2014…BUT IT WAS MORE THAN A YEAR BEFORE BURDEX…… MORE
Suspects Sought in ATM Shooting Death
THE SUSPECT WHO SHOT AND KILLED A 24 YEAR OLD ARMY VETERAN FRIDAY NIGHT IS STILL ON THE RUN. APD SAYS TYLER LACKEY WAS KILLED AT AN ATM AT GIBSON AND YALE SOUTHEAST WHILE ARGUING WITH ANOTHER MAN. POLICE BELIEVE THE SUSPECT MAY HAVE TRIED TO ROB LACKEY. APD SAYS THE MAN FLED THE SCENE…… MORE
Council Committee Considers Petroglyph Land Purchase
AN ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR IS PROPOSING THAT THE CITY BUY UP SOME LAND AROUND THE PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT. ISAAC BENTON TELLS 770 KKOB THE PETROGLYPHS ARE A TREASURE THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPMENT. BENTON SAYS SEVERAL PARCELS OF LAND COULD BE PURCHASED FOR ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THAT LAND COULD THEN…… MORE
Car Vs. Wall in SW Albuquerque
A CAR TAKES OUT PART OF A BRICK WALL AT AN ALBUQUERQUE AVIATION POLICE OFFICER’S HOME AT SUNSET GARDENS AND 86TH STREET SOUTHWEST. IT WAS DISCOVERED SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH AT THAT LOCATION INVOLVING A NISSAN SEDAN. POLICE SAY ALCOHOL DOES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. THE OWNER…… MORE
Bill Defines Qualifications for Sheriff’s Office
LEGISLATION TO INCREASE THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS TO BECOME A SHERIFF IN NEW MEXICO IS PASSED BY A SENATE COMMITTEE ON SUNDAY. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR MICHAEL PADILLA SPONSORED THE BILL. HE SAYS THE STATE HAS NO MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR SHERIFF. HIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE CANDIDATES TO BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD…… MORE
Legislation Targets Truant Students
A BILL THAT WOULD PENALIZE CONSISTENTLY TRUANT STUDENTS IN NEW MEXICO IS BEING CONSIDERED BY LAWMAKERS IN SANTA FE. THE LEGISLATION BEING CONSIDERED BY HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES WOULD ALLOW THE STATE TO TAKE AWAY A STUDENT’S DRIVERS’ LICENSE IF THEY HAVE 3 OR MORE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES.… MORE
