IT’S ALL ABOUT PERCEPTION … AND NEW MEXICO SHOULD NOW BE PERCEIVED IN A POSITIVE LIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING BUSINESS-FRIENDLY. KOB-TV REPORTS CNBC NOW RANKS THE STATE 24TH ON ITS LIST OF BUSINESS-FRIENDLY STATES. THAT’S A BIG JUMP FROM NEW MEXICO’S RANKING LAST YEAR IN 37TH PLACE. CNBC … WHICH IS WIDELY SHARED…… MORE
July 4th Warnings Issued in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE’S FIRE MARSHAL IS REMINDING RESIDENTS THE SAFEST WAY TO ENJOY THE UP-COMING FOURTH OF JULY IS TO ATTEND A FIREWORKS DISPLAY. HOWEVER, SCOTT ESPOSITO SAYS THOSE WHO BUY THEIR OWN FIREWORKS NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME ARE NOT LEGAL IN THE CITY LIMITS. HE SAYS YOU’LL BE CITED WITH A MISDEMEANOR IF…… MORE
NM Rates Higher this Year With Anglers
THE LATEST FISHING SURVEY BY DAVIS INNOVATIONS OF SANTA FE SHOWS ANGLER SATISFACTION IS UP IN NEW MEXICO. KARL MOFFATT WITH STATE GAME AND FISH SAYS SATISFACTION INCREASED 10 PERCENT THIS YEAR TO MORE THAN 72 PERCENT OF THOSE SURVEYED. HE TELLS US THE POLL ALSO FOUND WOMEN LIKE TO FISH IN NEW MEXICO. WOMEN…… MORE
Mild NM Fire Season Predicted to Continue
THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE THE LEAST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE SEASON IN NEW MEXICO IN 25 YEARS. THAT FROM METEOROLOGIST CHUCK MAXWELL WITH THE SOUTHWEST COORDINATION CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE REASON? YOU GUESSED IT: LOTS OF RAIN. HE SAYS SPRING RAINS THAT CONTINUED INTO EARLY JUNE DROVE BACK THE SUMMER WILDFIRE SEASON. MAXWELL TELLS 770…… MORE
‘Green Light’ for Santolina Development Agreement
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY’S SANTOLINA MASTER PLAN IS APPROVED. THE COUNTY COMMISSION GAVE IT THE GREEN LIGHT AT ITS WEDNESDAY MEETING. COMMISSIONERS DEBBIE O’MALLEY AND MAGGIE HART STEBBINS WERE AGAINST IT. ART DE LA CRUZ, LONNIE TALBERT, AND WAYNE JOHNSON VOTED FOR IT. THE NEARLY 14-THOUSAND ACRE DEVELOPMENT IS SET TO BE BUILT…… MORE
City Busier Than Usual Fixing Potholes
ALBUQUERQUE’S POTHOLE PROBLEM USUALLY GETS WORSE IN THE WINTER. BUT THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. CITY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WILFRED GALLEGOS SAYS THE NUMBER OF POTHOLES AROUND TOWN HAS SKYROCKETED THIS SPRING AND SUMMER. HE SAYS ALL THE RAIN WE GOT IN THE SPRING MAY HAVE CREATED MORE OF THEM BY WATER GETTING INTO THE SUB-GRADE.…… MORE
Gender Neutral “Johns” for Santa Fe
PUBLIC BATHROOMS IN SANTA FE WILL SOON BE GENDER NEUTRAL. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE WEDNESDAY. IT SAYS ANY BUSINESSES NOT IN COMPLIANCE WILL BE CITED. MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES SAYS IT’LL BENEFIT PARENTS OF OPPOSITE SEX CHILDREN, CAREGIVERS TO THE ELDERLY, AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, AMONG OTHERS. GONZALES SAYS IT’S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE GENDER…… MORE
NM Health Officials Work to Contain Contagious Illness
THE STATE MOVES TO CONTAIN A CASE OF CONTAGIOUS TUBERCULOSIS. IT HAS NOTIFIED PEOPLE WHO IT KNOWS HAD CONTACT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL FROM CLOVIS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY’VE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S T-B PROGRAM MANAGER,…… MORE
NM Agrees to Pollution Reduction
SEVERAL NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA UTILITY COMPANIES, INCLUDING PNM, HAVE AGREED TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION FROM THE FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT NEAR SHIPROCK. IT’S PART OF A CLEAN AIR SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE UTILITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE SETTLEMENT REQUIRES 160-MILLION DOLLARS IN UPGRADES TO THE PLANT…ALONG WITH HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION PROJECTS AND A…… MORE
Murder Suspect Cuffed 20 Years Later
A MAN ON THE RUN FROM THE LAW FOR 19 YEARS IS NOW BEHIND BARS. THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD PAUL SANCHEZ WAS ARRESTED IN EL PASO, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY. SANCHEZ ALLEGEDLY WAS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF MIGUEL CABRERA IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTH VALLEY IN SEPTEMBER OF 1996. A MULTI-AGENCY TASK FORCE LOCATED CABRERA AT A…… MORE
