COMEDIAN DAVE CHAPPELLE SAYS HE WON’T FORGET HIS PERFORMANCE IN NEW MEXICO. THAT’S BECAUSE AN AUDIENCE MEMBER THREW A BANANA PEEL AT HIM DURING HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE LENSIC THEATER IN SANTA FE MONDAY NIGHT. CHAPPELLE JOKED ABOUT IT LATER, BUT ALSO CALLED THE INCIDENT RACIST AND FILED CHARGES AGAINST 30 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN ENGLANDER…… MORE
NM’s No Child Left Behind Waiver Extended
NEW MEXICO GETS A FOUR YEAR EXTENSION ON ITS WAIVER FOR “NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND” THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANTED THE WAIVER TO FIVE STATES TUESDAY. OTHER STATES WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO A LONGER PROCESS FOR EXTENSIONS LASTING UP TO THREE YEARS. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MORE…… MORE
New Mexicans Lacking in Financial Literacy
WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING MONEY, NEW MEXICANS ARE AMONG THE WORST IN THE NATION. THAT ACCORDING TO A NEW RANKING BY WALLET HUB, WHICH SAYS NEW MEXICO IS THE FIFTH LEAST FINANCIALLY LITERATE STATE. AMONG THE CATEGORIES WHERE NEW MEXICO DOES POORLY…PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WITH A RAINY DAY FUND, AND PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO…… MORE
New Allow to Send Amber Alerts to Smartphones
YOU’RE GOING TO START GETTING AMBER ALERTS ON YOUR SMARTPHONE. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SIGNED LEGISLATION TUESDAY THAT REQUIRES CELL PHONE AND PAGER COMPANIES TO ISSUE THE ALERTS TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. THE BILL WAS SPONSORED BY STATE REP SARAH MEASTAS-BARNES WHO TELLS US SHE WORKED WITH THE CELL PHONE COMPANIES ON THE BILL. SHE SAYS THEY’RE WORKING…… MORE
Skate Park Shooting Suspects Still Sought
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE STILL HAVEN’T CONFIRMED THE IDENTITIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO FIRED SHOTS DURING A BARBECUE AT LOS ALTOS SKATE PARK LAST MONTH … BUT THEY SAY THEY NOW KNOW THERE WERE AT LEAST 4 SHOOTERS. SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD JAQUISE LEWIS WAS KILLED IN THE SHOOTING ON MARCH 22ND … AND SIX OTHERS WERE WOUNDED,…… MORE
Apparent Suicide at Albuquerque Shooting Range
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A FATAL SHOOTING AT CALIBERS SHOOTING RANGE YESTERDAY (MON) APPEARS TO BE A CASE OF SUICIDE. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS A MAN WALKED INTO THE BUSINESS AT WASHINGTON AND CUTLER AND RENTED A GUN…OSTENSIBLY TO TARGET PRACTICE…THEN SHOT HIMSELF. HE DIED LATER AT THE HOSPITAL. TIXIER SAYS DOCTORS AND MEDICAL STAFF FOUND…… MORE
Commission Divided Over Alvarado Bldg Purchase
THE DEBATE IS ON AGAIN…SHOULD BERNALILLO COUNTY BUY THE ALVARADO SQUARE BUILDING DOWNTOWN TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS? COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEBBIE O’MALLEY SAYS THE PRICE HAS GONE FROM 11 MILLION TO 6-MILLION DOLLARS…SO IT MAY MAKE SENSE. SHE SAYS THEY’RE NOW ASKING THAT THE NUMBERS BE LOOKED AT AGAIN. BUT COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON SAYS, WITH THE COUNTY…… MORE
Missing Missouri Teen Found in NM
A 13 YEAR OLD MISSOURI GIRL WHO WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN AMBER ALERT IS FOUND SAFE JUST EAST OF MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO ON MONDAY. POLICE SAY HANNAH KENNISH WAS WITH A 55 YEAR OLD MAN, RAYMOND VALLIA, WHO WAS ARRESTED. POLICE SAY IT APPEARS THE TWO HAD MET ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAVE BEEN…… MORE
Only 2 Motorcycle Crashes in Duke City Sunday
APD SAYS THERE WERE TWO, NOT THREE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS ON SUNDAY … ONE TAKING THE LIFE OF A WOMAN PEDESTRIAN AT UNSER AND LADERA. THE OTHER WAS AT COORS AND LADERA, BUT THEY SAY THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES IN THE CRASH AT WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL THAT NIGHT. APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER TELLS US MOST…… MORE
Bad Business in NM’s Oil Patch
THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SAYS SOME COMPANIES WORKING NEW MEXICO’S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN VIOLATING WAGE LAWS. DR. DAVID WEIL IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT’S WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION. HE TELLS US VIOLATIONS OFTEN INCLUDE PAYING WORKERS A FLAT DAILY RATE, WITH NO REGARD FOR HOURS WORKED. HE SAYS HE’S MOST…… MORE
