AN ALBUQUERQUE STATE REP SAYS HE’LL INTRODUCE A BILL AT THE COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO FIX NEW MEXICO’S DRIVER’S LICENSE PROBLEMS. THE U-S HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT RECENTLY DENIED GIVING NEW MEXICO ANOTHER EXTENSION FROM FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE REAL I-D ACT, MEANING THE LICENSES COULDN’T BE USED TO GET INTO FEDERAL FACILITIES OR…… MORE
Lawmaker Proposes E-Cigs Tax Again
ALBUQUERQUE STATE SENATOR CISCO MCSORLEY WANTS TO TAX E-CIGARETTES BASED ON THEIR NICOTINE CONTENT … AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS HE’LL INTRODUCE ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE BILL IN JANUARY THAT WOULD DO THAT. MCSORLEY SAYS HIS MEASURE … WHICH DIDN’T CLEAR ITS FIRST COMMITTEE IN THE 2015 SESSION … WOULD PUT AN EXCISE…… MORE
Balloon Fiesta Attendance Gets a Boost
ATTENDANCE AT THIS YEAR’S ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA WAS WAY UP FROM A YEAR AGO. THERE WERE 955-THOUSAND VISITS…AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND FROM 2014. FIESTA BOARD PRESIDENT MIKE RICE TELLS 770 KKOB THERE’S ONE MAJOR REASON FOR THE BETTER NUMBERS: THE WEATHER, WHICH COOPERATED IN A WAY THAT BROUGHT A LOT…… MORE
Man Sentenced for Death of CNM Student
IT’S 33 YEARS IN PRISON FOR EMILIO MARQUEZ … THE MAN WHO PLEADED NO CONTEST TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT JARED CLARK IN EARLY JUNE. SENTENCING FOLLOWS MARQUEZ ACCEPTING A PLEA DEAL IN SEPTEMBER THAT COMBINED FOUR CASES AGAINST HIM WITH 10 COUNTS. THOSE INCLUDE…… MORE
City, Law Enforcement Turn Out for Officer Memorial
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE EXPECT AN OVERFLOW CROWD AT TUESDAY’S MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER. APD OFFICER TANNER TIXIER SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL BE REPRESENTED. HE SAYS SEVERAL OFFICERS ARE COMING IN FROM THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, FROM NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND…… MORE
Duke City Indigenous Peoples’ Day Approved
ALBUQUERQUE JOINS A GROWING LIST OF CITIES THAT NOW RECOGNIZE COLUMBUS DAY … THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER … ALSO AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY. THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT TO RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY. THE COUNCIL VOTE FOLLOWED PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND EMOTIONAL DEBATE ON COUNCIL PRESIDENT REY…… MORE
Still No Suspect in NM Church Bombings
THE F-B-I SAYS IT’S INVESTIGATION INTO THE TWO CHURCH BOMBING IN LAS CRUCES THIS PAST SUMMER HASN’T TURNED UP ANY SUSPECTS. SPOKESMAN FRANK FISHER SAYS THEY’RE HOPING SOMEONE WILL COME FORWARD WITH NEW INFORMATION. THE TWO BOMBS DETONATED WITHIN A HALF HOUR OF EACH OTHER. FISHER SAYS NO ONE WAS HURT.…… MORE
Suspect Could Get Life for Shooting, Injuring APD Cop
A MAN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING AN APD OFFICER IN JANUARY COULD GO TO PRISON FOR LIFE, IF FOUND TO BE AN ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL. THE U-S ATTORNEYS OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE IS PROSECUTING 37 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER COOK UNDER A FEDERAL INITIATIVE TARGETING THE WORST OF THE WORST OFFENDERS. COOK MADE HIS…… MORE
NM Special Session Nixed for Real I-D Fix
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ WILL NOT CALL A SPECIAL SESSION TO GET NEW MEXICO COMPLIANT WITH THE FEDERAL REAL ID ACT. SPOKESMAN MICHAEL LONERGAN TELLS 770 KKOB THE GOVERNOR HAS TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO REPEAL THE LAW ALLOWING THOSE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALY TO GET DRIVERS LICENSES, BUT HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY SENATE DEMOCRATS. …… MORE
Escaped NM Inmate Recaptured
AN INMATE WHO ESCAPED FROM THE CENTRAL NEW MEXICO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN LOS LUNAS IS BACK IN CUSTODY. STATE POLICE SAY 42 YEAR OLD RONALD MARTINEZ WAS CAPTURED LATE MONDAY BY A VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY. MARTINEZ WAS DOING TIME FOR FORGERY AND AUTO THEFT. THE ABQ JOURNAL REPORTS MARTINEZ HAD…… MORE
