TWO MORE SCHOOLS SLATED TO BUILT FOR RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE DISTRICT’S FACILITIES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS IT’S IN ANTICIPATION OF COMING STUDENT GROWTH. AS FOR WHAT THE SCHOOLS WOULD COST, AL SENA SAYS ESTIMATES ARE SOMEWHAT PREMATURE … BUT THEY WON’T COME CHEAP. HE SAYS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL COST BETWEEN 15-MILLION-DOLLARS…… MORE
Residents Have “Say” on Rio Rancho Capital Projects
RESIDENTS OF RIO RANCHO GET A CHANCE TO OFFER IDEAS ON HOW THEIR CAPITAL OUTLAY DOLLARS CAN BE SPENT. STATE SENATOR CRAIG BRANDT, ALONG WITH STATE REPS TIM LEWIS AND JASON HARPER ARE HOSTING A CAPITAL OUTLAY FORUM THIS WEDNESDAY. BRANDT SAYS, FOR THEM, IT’S ALL ABOUT ECONOMIC STIMULUS. HE SAYS THEIR GOAL…… MORE
Pets of the Week | Dec 4
Both of last weeks dogs beautiful and very talented Australian Shepherd Julie as well as playful affectionate little Chi Chewy are still waiting to find their forever homes. Remember extra time off during the holidays is a great time to help your new companion acclimate to home and family. This is a good time for…… MORE
More Charges for Accused Cop-Killer
MORE FEDERAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING APD OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER IN OCTOBER. A GRAND JURY HAS RETURNED A THREE COUNT INDICTMENT AGAINST 34 YEAR OLD DAVON LYMON FOR DRUG AND WEAPONS VIOLATIONS. LYMON WAS ALSO CHARGED IN A FOUR COUNT FEDERAL INDICTMENT LAST MONTH FOR GUN VIOLATIONS. HE COULD…… MORE
APD Reform Update
DR JAMES GINGER, THE COURT APPOINTED MONITOR OF THE D-O-J REFORMS AT APD, TELLS A FEDERAL COURT THURSDAY THAT THERE IS STILL SOME DISAGREEMENT ON HOW TO REFORM THE DEPARTMENT’S USE OF FORCE POLICY. POLICE CHIEF GORDEN EDEN SAYS CHANGES TO THE USE OF FORCE POLICY ARE THE KEY TO THE ENTIRE REFORM OF APD,…… MORE
Kirtland Lockdown Wrapped Up
WE NOW KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON’S LOCKDOWN OF KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE. BASE SPOKESMAN MASTER SGT PHYLLIS KEITH TOLD OUR NEWS PARTNER KOB-TV IT WAS SOMEONE POPPING HEAVY-DUTY BUBBLE WRAP. THE BASE,VA HOSPITAL AND THREE BASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE PLACED ON LOCKDOWN FORABOUT 45 MINUTES AFTER SOMEONE REPORTED THREE LOUND BANGS AND CALLED 9-1-1.… MORE
Lengthy Sentence for Human Trafficker
A CONVICTED NEW MEXICO HUMAN TRAFFICKER HAS HAD HIS PRISON SENTENCE NEARLY DOUBLED. A JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE ADDED 24 YEARS TO THE 30 YEAR SENTENCE WALLACE CARSON GOT EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE SAYS THE ADDITIONAL TIME WAS IMPOSED UNDER NEW MEXICO’S HABITUAL OFFENDER ENHANCEMENT LAWS. CARSON WAS CONVICTED OF KIDNAPPING AND ABUSING…… MORE
Limits on Panhandling Proposed
IF THE SAFETY OF THE HOMELESS IS THE GOAL, THE HEAD OF JOY JUNCTION SAYS HE SUPPORTS, IN GENERAL, A PROPOSAL LIMITING PANHANDLING IN ALBUQUERQUE. BUT JEREMEY REYNALDS TELLS 770 KKOB THE PROPOSAL MAY NEED TO BE FINE-TUNED. CITY COUNCILOR DON HARRIS’ PLAN WOULD OUTLAW PANHANDLING WITHIN MEDIANS, AT FREEWAY OFFRAMPS, AND ALONG HIGH SPEED…… MORE
Dangerous Dan
So. If you are a talented song writer and singer and you are diagnosed with Leukemia while in college and told your life will be short. What do you do? That’s what happened to our hero for Sunday’s show. He decided to write and record as many songs as possible in the short…… MORE
A Bite Out of Crime
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED THIS(THURS) MORNING AT A SWAT SITUATION AT A RESTAURANT IN THE 21-HUNDRED BLOCK OF YALE BVLD SOUTHEAST. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS OFFICERS WERE SENT THERE AFTER GETTING A REPORT OF A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. TIXIER SAYS A SUSPECT LOCATED AT THE SCENE BARRICADED HIMSELF IN THE BUILDING. HE SAYS THE DECISION WAS…… MORE
