IT’S OFFICIAL: THE FACULTY AT SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE NOW HAS A UNION, THANKS TO THE SCHOOL’S GOVERNING BOARD WHICH APPROVED A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT NOW WITH THE FACULTY’S NEWLY CREATED UNION. LINDA SIEGLE, CHAIRPERSON OF THE GOVERNING BOARD, TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL IT’S A POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THE SCHOOL AND ITS LABOR RELATIONS NEGOTIATION…… MORE
Meow Wolf Gets Former Disney Employee as Creative Officer
A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF DISNEY NOW WORKS AT MEOW WOLF AS THE CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER. THIS WAS REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES RECENTLY. ALI RUBENSTEIN SPENT 22 YEARS AT DISNEY. SHE OVERSAW DISNEY’S THEME PARKS IN ASIA. NOW SHE’S AT MEOW WOLF, BASED IN SANTA FE, AND SAYS SHE REALLY WANTED TO ENTER MEOW…… MORE
Gas Cheaper Than Expected
WITH MANY NEW MEXICANS PLANNING TO TRAVEL OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, IT’S GOOD TO KNOW THEY’LL BE PAYING A LITTLE LESS AT THE GAS PUMP. JOSHUA ZUBER WITH AAA NEW MEXICO SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS DOWN, BUT ONLY BY ONE CENT. THE AVERAGE IS NOW 2-72. ZUBER SAYS THE CURRENT PRICE REPRESENTS A…… MORE
Major Stars in New Mexico
SOME HOLLYWOOD STAR POWER HEADING TO NEW MEXICO. THE STATE FILM OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED “THE COMEBACK TRAIL” WILL BE SHOT HERE FROM EARLY JUNE THROUGH EARLY JULY IN ALBUQUERQUE AND SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS. THE FILM WILL BRING ROBERT DE NIRO, TOMMY LEE JONES AND MORGAN FREEMAN TO THE STATE. THE MOVIE WILL EMPLOY NEARLY 400…… MORE
More Water Than We’re Accustomed To
IT’S BEEN AROUND 20 YEARS SINCE THE RIO GRANDE HAS HAD THE TYPE OF FLOWS WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. THAT FROM JOHN FLECK, DIRECTOR OF UNM’S WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM. HE SAYS THE SNOWPACK AND RUNOFF IN THE RIO GRANDE RIGHT NOW IS THE HIGHEST IT’S BEEN SINCE 2005 … AND POSSIBLY,…… MORE
Penguins Invade the Bio Park
THE PENGUINS HAVE ARRIVED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE BIO PARK. TWENTY-TWO MACARONI AND GENTOO PENGUINS WERE WELCOMED TO THE ALBUQUERQUE ZOO ON THURSDAY. AND THIS EXHIBIT IS THE FIRST ONE WHERE YOU’LL FIND THREE SPECIES OF PENGUINS LIVING TOGETHER. A GROUP OF KING PENGUINS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE BIO PARK LATER THIS MONTH. THEY’RE…… MORE
Crime Initiative Making Arrests
IT APPEARS TO BE WORKING. MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED SINCE ALBUQUERQUE’S CRIME INITIATIVE GOT UNDERWAY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. STATE POLICE OFFICERS MADE THOSE ARRESTS IN THE CITY SINCE THEY’VE BEEN SENT HERE TO HELP REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN ALBUQUERQUE. KOB TV REPORTS THE ARRESTS MADE IN THAT TIME INCLUDE SEVERAL DOZEN…… MORE
More Cops at APD
AFTER A LONG SHORTAGE OF APD OFFICERS IN ALBUQUERQUE, THE DEPARTMENT IS FINALLY NEARING A MILESTONE. APD ALMOST HAS A THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS … AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY APPROVED MORE MONEY TO HIRE A HUNDRED MORE POLICE OFFICERS. APD SPOKESMAN GILBERT GALLEGOS EXPECTS THE NUMBER OF OFFICER TO BE A THOUSAND BY THE…… MORE
Hiring Sign Out at Sandia National Labs
A BIG BOOST TO THE WORK FORCE AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABS. SANDIA WILL HIRE 19-HUNDRED NEW EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO SPOKESPERSON VALERIE SMITH. SHE SAYS ABOUT 800 OF THOSE JOBS ARE BACKFILL FOR NATURAL ATTRITION … BUT 11-HUNDRED ARE NEW POSITIONS AND 80 PERCENT OF THOSE ARE JOBS IN NEW MEXICO. SMITH SAYS THE…… MORE
Alleged Killer’s Brother Arrested
FIRST IT WAS DARIAN BASHIR IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW … NOW IT’S HIS BROTHER. FORTY-THREE YEAR OLD EPHRAIM BASHIR SURRENDERED TO POLICE IN ALBUQUERQUE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THAT WAS ON CHARGES THAT HE SHOT HIS GIRLFRIEND LAST WEEKEND AT AN ALBUQUERQUE APARTMENT COMPLEX. HIS BROTHER, DARIAN BASHIR, WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED RECENTLY WITH THE…… MORE
