EXPECT FOR TRAFFIC SLOWDOWNS ON I-40 IN ALBUQUERQUE STARTING MONDAY, JUNE 1ST. WORK IS UNDERWAY ON REPAVING A ONE MILE STRETCH OF THE INTERSTATE BETWEEN THE WEST END OF THE RIO GRANDE BRIDGE AND THE COORS/I-40 INTERCHANGE. STATE D-O-T SPOKESWOMAN MELISSA DOSHER SAYS LANES WILL BE REDUCED FROM FOUR TO TWO…AND THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY IMPACT…… MORE
Duke City Poised for Water Rate Hike
IF YOU LIVE IN ABQ OR BERNALILLO COUNTY … YOUR WATER BILL WILL GO UP. KATHERINE YUHAS WITH THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY SAYS THEY’RE GOING FOR A 5 PERCENT INCREASE. SHE SAYS IT’S NOT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU USE OR DON’T USE … BUT ABOUT MAINTAINING AN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. YUHAS SAYS THE…… MORE
New Water Use Penalties Begin
THIS IS DAY THE ALBUQUERQUE BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY STARTS IT’S ALTERED WASTE WATER ENFORCEMENT RULES. YOU’LL NO LONGER BE HIT WITH A FINE FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU WATER YOUR YARD TO WHERE THE WATER ENDS UP IN THE STREET … OR YOU RUN YOUR SPRINKLERS BETWEEN 11AM AND 7PM. KATHERINE YUHAS WITH…… MORE
Sandoval County Takes up Budget Plan
A 93-MILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN IS NOW BEFORE SANDOVAL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. COUNTY SPOKESMAN SIDNEY HILL SAYS THEY’LL LIKELY ADDRESS THE BUDGET AT THEIR MEETING THIS WEEK. HE SAYS THE BUDGET INCLUDES 115-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ROAD MAINTENANCE FUNDS, AN INCREASE OF 15-THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER LAST YEAR. HILL TELLS US THEY HOPE TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT. IN…… MORE
Duke City Population Growth Slows
NEW NUMBERS FROM THE U-S CENSUS BUREAU SHOW ALBUQUERQUE REMAINS THE 32ND LARGEST CITY IN THE U-S, WITH A POPULATION OF JUST OVER 557-THOUSAND. BUT THE CITY HAS GROWN BY ONLY 2-PERCENT THIS DECADE. AND BRIAN SANDEROFF WITH RESEARCH AND POLLING INC SAYS WEAK JOB GROWTH IS ONE MAIN FACTOR. HE SAYS THE CITY’S HAD…… MORE
Pets of the Week | May 30
Hopefully everyone had a safe holiday spending time with family and honoring those in the military. Holidays are generally a busy time at the shelter with many stray dogs coming in. People leave for the holiday and choose to leave their dogs in their back yard when they may not have left their dogs out…… MORE
Water Authority Gives Wasters a Break
A BREAK COMING THIS MONDAY FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO VIOLATE LOCAL WATERING RULES. THAT MEANS ALLOWING WATER TO RUN INTO THE STREET … OR USING YOUR SPRINKLERS BETWEEN 11AM AND 7PM. KATHERINE YUHAS WITH THE WATER AUTHORITY SAYS YOU WILL NOT BE FINED THE FIRST TWO TIMES. BUT THEY’LL SEND YOU A POST CARD…… MORE
Repeat Offender Rams Officer, Police Vehicles
A DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE AND ANOTHER REPEAT OFFENDER. AROUND 6PM THURSDAY, POLICE WERE SENT TO NEAR 62ND AND TRUJILLO IN THE SOUTH VALLEY ON REPORTS OF A STOLEN VEHICLE SPOTTED. THE DRIVER HAD RAMMED INTO A PATROL CAR THE DAY BEFORE AND GOT AWAY. OFFICERS TRIED TO TAKE SUSPECT RODRIGO GARCIA INTO CUSTODY…… MORE
Alleged Cop Shooter’s Girlfriend Facing More Charges
AN ACCESSORY TO HOMICIDE CHARGE IS NOW FILED AGAINST 30 YEAR OLD TABITHA LITTLES. SHE WAS WITH ANDREW ROMERO AT THE TIME HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICER GREGG BENNER. POLICE SAY SHE KNEW ROMERO INTENDED TO SHOOT THE OFFICER BECAUSE HE TOLD HER, SAYING HE DIDN’T WANT TO GO BACK TO…… MORE
Lawmaker Wants Tougher Repeat Offender Laws
NEW MEXICO’S REPEAT OFFENDER LAWS ARE GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION THESE DAYS. THAT AFTER ANDREW ROMERO, A MAN WITH A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY, WAS ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICER GREGG BENNER. STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAUL PACHECO, A RETIRED APD OFFICER, SAYS NEW MEXICO’S THREE STRIKES LAW IS PRACTICALLY WORTHLESS AND NEEDS…… MORE
