JUNE PROVES TO BE A GOOD MONTH FOR HOME SALES IN ALBUQUERQUE. IN FACT,THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION SAYS IT WAS THE BEST MONTH FOR THE INDUSTRY SINCE 2007. CLOSED LISTINGS SHOWED A 23 PERCENT INCREASE OVER JUNE OF LAST YEAR AND DAYS ON THE MARKET DROPPED FROM 60 DAYS TO 56 DAYS. …… MORE
Taos Minivan Incident to be Resolved
THE TENNESSEE WOMAN WHOSE ENCOUNTER WITH TAOS POLICE NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES LEARNS HER FATE IN A NEW MEXICO COURTROOM TODAY (MON). IT WAS OCTOBER 28TH, 2013 WHEN STATE POLICE OFFICER ELIAS MONTOYA SHOT AT ORIANA FARRELL’S MINIVAN AS SHE FLED A TRAFFIC STOP IN TAOS COUNTY. SEVERAL CHILDREN WERE IN THE…… MORE
Missing NM Teen Found with Facebook Acquaintance
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD ANDREA LUCERO OF RIO RANCHO IS FOUND UNHARMED IN INDIANAPOLIS OVER THE WEEKEND. STATE POLICE ISSUED AN AMBER ALERT FOR ANDREA LATE SATURDAY AFTER SHE VANISHED WITH A 37 YEAR OLD MAN IDENTIFIED AS JOE MEDINA ON THURSDAY. THE TEEN MET MEDINA ON FACEBOOK. INDIANA STATE POLICE FOUND THE TWO AT A GREY HOUND…… MORE
CNN Newsman Continues Recovery from Duke City Shooting
FORMER CNN REPORTER CHUCK DE CARO CONTINUES HIS RECOVERY AT UNM HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT IN AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT AN ALBUQUERQUE MOTEL 6. DE CARO IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL NEXT WEEK. DE CARO WAS SHOT WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE, FORMER CNN NEWS ANCHOR LYNNE RUSSELL, WERE HELD UP AT…… MORE
NM Communities Among Top 10 for U-S Exports
THREE NEW MEXICO COMMUNITIES ARE AMONG THE LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO THE GROWTH IN EXPORTS. THE U-S COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAYS LAS CRUCES WAS FIRST WITH EXPORT GROWTH OF 210 PERCENT, VALUED AT 1-POINT-3 BILLION DOLLARS. FARMINGTON CAME IN SECOND. NEW MEXICO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY JON BARELA SAYS IT REFLECTS AN EXPANDING…… MORE
Community College Offers Job Market Training
THE SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS BEGINNING A PROGRAM TO HELP WOMEN 50 AND OLDER GET BACK IN TO THE JOB MARKET. PATTY ARMSTRONG IS THE SCHOOL’S CAREER SERVICES COORDINATOR. SHE SAYS OLDER WORKERS MAY NOT BE UP TO SPEED ON HOW THE CURRENT JOB MARKET FUNCTIONS. SHE SAYS THEY NEED MORE SELF-MARKETING SKILLS AS…… MORE
High Hopes for Metro Homebuilding
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SLOW SO FAR THIS YEAR FOR ALBUQUERQUE AREA HOMEBUILDERS. THROUGH MAY, BUILDING PERMITS WERE THE LOWEST THEY’VE BEEN SINCE 2011. JOHN GARCIA WITH THE HOMEBUILDERS GROUP H-B-A SAYS THE AREA’S ECONOMY IS STILL A BIT SLUGGISH. HE SAYS WE’RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE RECESSION WHILE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHWEST HAVE RECOVERED.…… MORE
Monsoons Will Have Slow Impact on NM Drought
SLOWLY BUT SURELY, NEW MEXICO’S DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE STARTING TO WANE. THAT’S, OF COURSE, DUE TO ALL THE RAINFALL WE’VE GOTTEN SINCE THE SPRING ON INTO THE MONSOON SEASON. BUT METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE TELLS US WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. HE SAYS IT’LL TAKE TIME TO…… MORE
NM River Flows in Good Shape
IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD YEAR FOR FARMERS WHO IRRIGATE ALONG THE RIVER VALLEY. TOM THORPE WITH THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT SAYS THERE’S MORE THAN 90-THOUSAND ACRE FEET OF WATER STORED AT EL VADO LAKE IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO…AND THEY HAVEN’T HAD TO RELEASE A DROP, DUE TO SPRING RUNOFF AND THE ROBUST…… MORE
Settlement in Boyd Case
THE FAMILY OF JAMES BOYD HAS REACHED A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. BOYD, WHO HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ABQ POLICE FOLLOWING A STANDOFF IN THE FOOTHILLS IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR. OFFICER DOMINIQUE PEREZ AND FORMER OFFICER KEITH SANDY FACE SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES…… MORE
