AMTRAK’S SOUTHWEST CHIEF ROUTE THROUGH NEW MEXICO WILL STAY JUST AS IT IS. THAT AFTER WE GOT NEWS LAST WEEK OF A 15 MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT FOR TRACK REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT. AMTRAK’S MARC MAGLIARI SAYS ALBUQUERQUE IS AN IMPORTANT STOP, HISTORICALLY, ON THE ROUTE:. HE SAYS IT’S SERVICE THEY NEVER WANTED TO…… MORE
Property Tax Time for Bernalillo County
APPROXIMATELY 270-THOUSAND BERNALILLO PROPERTY TAX BILLS GO IN THE MAIL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. YOUR FIRST HALF PAYMENTS ARE DUE BY NOVEMBER 10TH. DENNIS CHAVEZ WITH THE COUNTY SAYS YOU’LL LIKELY SEE AN INCREASE IN YOUR BILL THIS YEAR. PROPERTY TAXES WILL TYPICALLY GO UP 3 PERCENT. YOU CAN PAY…… MORE
Mourning Officer Webster
ALBUQUERQUE CITY OFFICIALS ARE ASKING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER. THE EIGHT-YEAR VETERAN OF THE FORCE DIED AROUND 2:30 THURSDAY MORNING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ABOUT A WEEK AFTER BEING SHOT NUMEROUS TIMES DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. MAYOR R-J BERRY SAYS HE’S GRATEFUL FOR THE CARE OFFICER WEBSTER…… MORE
Albuquerque Embraces the Color Blue
BLUE RIBBONS AND BLUE LIGHTS ARE BEING USED IN ALBUQUERQUE TO MARK THE DEATH OF APD OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER. THERE’S A BLUE RIBBON OUTSIDE APD’S SOUTHEAST SUBSTATION WHERE WEBSTER WORKED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. INSIDE THE SUBSTATION ARE DONATIONS FROM RESIDENTS THAT INCLUDE COOKIES AND POSTERS. KOB TV REPORTS THAT…… MORE
Whooping Cough Increases in NM County
A WARNING FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHOOPING COUGH. CURRY COUNTY HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE ILLNESS, WITH 13 CASES CONFIRMED THERE SO FAR. THE PATIENTS INCLUDE SEVEN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN AND TWO INFANTS … ALL WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED. WHOOPING COUGH IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR INFANTS BECAUSE THEY’RE TWO YOUNG…… MORE
Toulouse-Oliver Targets SOS Job
WILL A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR APPOINT A DEMOCRAT TO ONE OF THE STATE’S TOP JOBS? WE COULD FIND OUT SINCE BERNALILLO COUNTY CLERK MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER, A DEMOCRAT, HAS ASKED REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ TO CONSIDER HER FOR THE VACANT SECRETARY OF STATE POSITION. IN A LETTER TO MARTINEZ, TOULOUSE OLIVER OUTLINED…… MORE
New Mexicans Busted for Selling Fake Indian Jewelry
IT WAS AN INVESTIGATION THAT REACHED FROM NEW MEXICO TO CALIFORNIA AND THE PHILIPPINES. NOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHARGES OF SELLING PHILIPPINE-MADE JEWELRY AS HAVING BEEN CRAFTED BY NATIVE AMERICANS. U-S ATTORNEY DAMON MARTINEZ SAYS IT RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF THREE NEW MEXICANS. NAEL ALI, OWNER OF GALLERY 8 AND…… MORE
Mother and Daughter Die During Fight on Highway 599
IN SANTA FE, A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ARE DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE TWO WERE IN A VEHICLE ON NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY 599 NEAR AIRPORT ROAD WHEN THEY GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION. THE TWO GOT OUT OF THE CAR, BEGAN…… MORE
Woman Sentenced in Social Security Embezzlement Case
A CRIME NEARLY 22 YEARS IN THE MAKING: 60 YEAR OLD JUDITH ANN SANCHEZ OF ALBUQUERQUE WAS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT ON THURSDAY TO THREE YEARS PROBATION. SHE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY NEARLY 385-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RESTITUTION TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. EARLIER THIS YEAR, SANCHEZ PLEADED GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING…… MORE
Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Prescribed Burn
IF YOU SEE SOME SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE JEMEZ RANGER DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IT’S DUE TO A PRESCRIBED BURN NOW UNDERWAY. IT’S BEING DONE IN THE JOAQUIN CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST, EIGHT MILES WEST OF JEMEZ SPRINGS. FIRE MANAGERS PLAN ON BURNING AROUND…… MORE
