ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS IS ASKING FOR MORE FUNDING IN NEW MEXICO’S ONGOING LEGAL BATTLE WITH TEXAS OVER WATER. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS BALDERAS REQUESTED THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR…BUT LEGISLATIVE FINANCE ANALYSTS ARE RECOMMENDING ONLY 500-THOUSAND. THE ISSUE IS HOW MUCH WATER FROM THE RIO GRANDE NEW MEXICO…… MORE
Cochiti Man Cuffed in Rollover Murder
A COCHITI LAKE MAN IS BEHIND BARS, CHARGED WITH MURDER. SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES SAY 25 YEAR OLD PHILIP ZAMAN INTENTIONALLY RAN OVER 54 YEAR OLD TEENA LARSON OF CERILLOS , NEW MEXICO ON TUESDAY. IT HAPPENED AS LARSON WAS TRYING TO STOP HER DAUGHTER FROM LEAVING WITH ZAMAN. POLICE…… MORE
Landscapers to the Rescue
ALBUQUERQUE FIREFIGHTERS GET CALLED TO A FIRE AT A DUPLEX AT 200 AVALON PLACE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME LANDSCAPE WORKERS NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE BUILDING AND CALLED 9-1-1. THEY THEN RAN DOWN TO THE RESIDENCE AND ALERTED THE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING TO GET OUT. EVERYONE, ALONG WITH TWO…… MORE
NM Marks Wettest Year on Record
NEW MEXICO GOT A LOT MORE RAIN AND SNOW THAN NORMAL IN 2015. THERE WAS A STATEWIDE AVERAGE OF JUST OVER 19 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION… AND THAT’S ONLY BEEN TOPPED FOUR TIMES IN THE STATE’S HISTORY. THE LAST TIME THE STATE GOT 19 INCHES WAS IN 1991. METEOROLOGIST ANDY CHURCH AT…… MORE
NM Lawmakers on Obama’s SOTU Speech
AS EXPECTED … THE REPUBLICANS ARE SLAMMING PRESIDENT OBAMA’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS … AND DEMOCRATS APPROVE OF IT. A SPOKESMAN FOR NEW MEXICO’S REPUBLICAN PARTY CALLS THE PRESIDENTS TWO TERMS A REPEATED FAILURE, AND SAYS HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE NOW OUT OF CONTROL. GOP CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE SAYS PRESIDENT…… MORE
Oklahoma Jail Escapee On the Loose in NM
A JAIL ESCAPEE OUT OF FAIRVIEW, OKLAHOMA IS ON THE RUN IN NEW MEXICO. HE’S 25 YEAR OLD TYLER ALLISON, WHO WAS INITIALLY SPOTTED BY POLICE IN RIO RANCHO TUESDAY. POLICE SAY ALLISON TOOK OFF TOWARD ZIA PUEBLO IN A KIA SORRENTO WITH OFFICERS IN PURSUIT …. BUT HE CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO…… MORE
Legislative Bill Would Hike Cigarette Tax in NM
IT’S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THE TAX ON CIGARETTES WAS INCREASED IN NEW MEXICO. NOW, LEGISLATION WILL BE PROPOSED THAT WILL RAISE THAT TAX BY A DOLLAR A PACK. SANDRA ADONAKIS WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY’S CANCER ACTION NETWORK SAYS THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY WON’T BE HAPPY WITH THE PROPOSAL. SHE SAYS…… MORE
Injured Attempted Bank Robbery Suspect Goes to Court
A 47 YEAR OLD MAN FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY. DARREL SALAZAR IS THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE MONDAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO ROB A BANK OF AMERICA AT CARLISLE AND CANDELARIA. SALAZAR MADE HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE…… MORE
NM Ebola-Free
THE NEW MEXICO HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NO LONGER MONITORING PEOPLE RETURNING TO THE STATE FROM SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA, AND LIBERIA … WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES LINKED TO EBOLA. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONITORED 86 MEDICAL AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS AND SOME NATIVE AFRICANS SINCE LATE 2014. DR. PAUL ETTESTAD WITH THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY…… MORE
Duke City Home Sales Up … Inventory Down
MORE PEOPLE WERE BUYING HOMES IN THE METRO AREA TO END 2015. JON SCHNOOR IS PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. HE TELLS 770 KKOB SALES ARE MUCH HIGHER, BUT WITH LOWER INVENTORY. SCHNOOR TELLS 770 KKOB SALES WERE UP 23 PERCENT IN DECEMBER…MATCHING NUMBERS NOT SEEN IN 10…… MORE
