MAKING EXCEPTIONS: ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE GRIEF COUNSELORS AT MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL MONDAY, EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL IS OUT FOR THE SUMMER. THEY’RE THERE FOR TEAMMATES AND OTHER STUDENTS WHO KNEW 17 YEAR OLD JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER, THE BOY SHOT TO DEATH FRIDAY NIGHT AT A HOUSE PARTY IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF NAKOMIS NORTHEAST. POLICE…… MORE
NM Teachers Union to Discuss Issues at National Meeting
CLASSROOM OVERCROWDING IS A CONCERN FOR EDUCATORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT FROM BETTY PATERSON, PRESIDENT OF N-E-A NEW MEXICO. SHE SAYS TEACHERS HOPE TO BE ABLE TO WORK INDIVIDUALLY WITH THEIR STUDENTS TO MAXIMIZE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. SHE SAYS YOU CAN DO THAT WITH 15 STUDENTS, BUT WITH 25 STUDENTS YOU TEACH TO THE…… MORE
Specifics Determine How Quickly Potholes are Repaired
ALBUQUERQUE CITY CREWS ARE BUSY FILLING IN POTHOLES THIS SUMMER. MORE OF THOSE ARE POPPING UP AROUND TOWN … WHICH USUALLY HAPPENS IN THE WINTER. WILFRED GALLEGOS WITH THE CITY’S MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TELLS US SIZE AND LOCATION DETERMINE HOW QUICKLY POTHOLES CAN BE REPAIRED. IF IT’S A SMALL POTHOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A…… MORE
NM Plague Concerns
ALTHOUGH IT’S A RARE DISEASE, THE PLAGUE IS OUT THERE. A 16 YEAR OLD COLORADO BOY RECENTLY DIED OF THE ILLNESS. DR. PAUL ETTESTAD WITH THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS OUR STATE HAS HAD MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF HUMAN PLAGUE CASES. HE SAYS OVER THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS OR SO,…… MORE
Pets of the Week | June 27
Summer came in hot and it is hear to stay. We have lots of information we want to share to keep your pets safe and cool as well as two great dogs to feature this weekend. If you are unable to make it over to the Eastside shelter to meet our featured pets there is…… MORE
APD Monitor Has a “First” with Community
ALBUQUERQUE’S APD REFORM MONITOR AND HIS TEAM COMPLETE THEIR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING. JAMES GINGER MET WITH RESIDENTS AT A MEETING ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE THURSDAY. ABOUT 50 PEOPLE ATTENDED. A MAJOR CONCERN RAISED AT THAT MEETING IS WHETHER APD HAS ENOUGH OFFICERS TO CARRY OUT JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REFORMS. GINGER EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THIS AS…… MORE
Vandals Do Expensive Damage to APS
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO SHELL OUT 16-THOUSAND TO 18-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE MORE THAN 50 WINDOWS BROKEN OUT AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS. FOUR SCHOOLS WERE TARGETED. DISTRICT SPOKESWOMAN JOHANNA KING TELLS 770 KKOB THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS…BUT THEY MIGHT FIND SOME EVIDENCE ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. SHE SAYS CAMERAS ARE SET…… MORE
Triple Murder Suspect Back on the Streets
A TRIPLE MURDER SUSPECT IN SANTA FE COUNTY HAS POSTED BOND AND IS NOW OUT OF JAIL. TWENTY YEAR OLD NICHOLAS ORTIZ OF POJOAQUE WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY FOR THE MURDERS OF THREE MEMBERS OF A FAMILY ON FATHER’S DAY OF 2011. THE THREE VICTIMS WERE KILLED WITH A PICKAX AT THEIR HOME IN EL…… MORE
Duke City Dad Charged in Infant Son’s Death
A TWO MONTH OLD BABY IS DEAD…AND THE CHILD’S FATHER IS UNDER ARREST. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER SAYS SPENSER PHILLIPS TOLD INVESTIGATORS HIS YOUNG SON HAD FALLEN FROM A CHAIR…BUT THE STORY DIDN’T ADD UP. DETECTIVES INVESTIGATED AND FOUND INCONSISTENCIES IN PHILLIPS’ STATEMENT. PHILLIPS WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING…… MORE
Santa Fe Death Investigated as Homicide
THE DISCOVERY THIS WEEK OF A WOMAN’S BODY ON A WALKING TRAIL IN SANTA FE IS NOW A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. SANTA FE POLICE SAY THERE ARE SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY IN THE DEATH OF 52 YEAR OLD MELISSA TSOSIE, WHO THEY THINK WAS HOMELESS. POLICE ARE QUESTIONING THE AREA’S HOMELESS POPULATION WHILE WAITING FOR AUTOPSY…… MORE
