NO EXACT METER READINGS BY PNM … ALL THANKS TO A STORM THAT HIT ALBUQUERQUE ON MAY 10TH. ACCORDING TO PNM OFFICIALS, THEIR WORKERS HAVE HAD TO ESTIMATE 56-HUNDRED METERS IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. HOMES INCLUDED IN THAT ESTIMATION WERE SENT A MESSAGE BY PNM. MANY CUSTOMERS THOUGHT THEY’RE BILL WOULD BE HIGHER … BUT PNM…… MORE
Ditches are Deadly Again
IT’S TIME TO REMIND YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY OUT OF THE DITCHES AND ARROYOS THIS SPRING AND SUMMER JOANIE GRIFFIN IS WITH THE DITCH AND WATER SAFETY TASK FORCE. SHE SAYS FLASH FLOODS IN ARROYOS CAN PACK A REAL PUNCH. SHE ALSO SAYS, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE IN DISTRESS IN AN ARROYO OR DITCH, DON’T…… MORE
New Film Office Director Named for NM
A LONG-TIME FILM LOCATIONS MANAGER IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MEXICO FILM OFFICE. TODD CHRISTENSEN WAS APPOINTED TO THE POSITION BY GOVERNOR LUJAN GRESHAM. CHRISTENSEN HAS WORKED ON FILMS FOR ALL THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS AND HAS BEEN A PART OF 10 FILMS IN NEW MEXICO. THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE SAYS CHRISTENSEN WILL…… MORE
Ranked -Choice Voting Proposed for Albuquerque
THREE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS ARE PROPOSING RANKED-CHOICE VOTING … LIKE SANTA FE HAS. AND THAT COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS THIS YEAR. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THIS WOULD BASICALLY OVERHAUL THE CITY’S VOTING SYSTEM FOR COUNCILORS AND THE MAYOR. THE THREE COUNCILORS SPONSORING THE PROPOSAL ARE ISAAC BENTON, PAT DAVIS AND AND BRAD WINTER. RANKED…… MORE
Man Shot and Killed in Albuquerque
A SHOOTING EARLY MONDAY RESULTS IN ONE MAN BEING KILLED. BUT IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT LED UP TO THE SHOOTING … OR IF ANYONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED. APD HASN’T RELEASED MUCH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING … EXCEPT THAT IT OCCURRED AT 98TH STREET AND CENTRAL IN A PARKING LOT AROUND 2 O’CLOCK MONDAY MORNING. APD…… MORE
Shooting Suspect to Remain Jailed
STATE POLICE WANT JESUS ARENIVAR TO BE HELD IN JAIL UNTIL HIS TRIAL. ARENIVAR IS A SUSPECT IN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST WEEK THAT INVOLVED STATE POLICE. HE WAS ARRESTED AND APPEARED IN COURT SUNDAY, WHEN THE STATE ASKED THAT HE REMAIN INCARCERATED UNTIL HIS TRIAL. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED NEAR OLD COORS AND…… MORE
Teen’s Alleged Victim Dies
SIXTEEN YEAR OLD HUNTER WOODS COULD FACE MORE CHARGES. HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT A MAN IN SANTA FE IDENTIFIED AS 39 YEAR OLD RICARDO MAGANA. THE SANTA FE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SUNDAY THAT MAGANA HAS NOW DIED OF HIS INJURIES. AN AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS THE GUNSHOT THAT KILLED HIM. THAT’S…… MORE
More Moisture Means More Mosquitos
MOSQUITOES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM IN ALBUQUERQUE THIS SPRING AND SUMMER. DR. MARK DIMENNA, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ABQ’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SAYS A MAJOR FACTOR IS THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE. DIMENNA TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE MAIN CONCERN IS WEST NILE VIRUS WHICH CAN TURN INTO A SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUE. HE SAYS…… MORE
NM Confirms First Measles Case
THE FIRST MEASLES CASE IN NEW MEXICO SINCE 2014 HAS BEEN FOUND IN A ONE YEAR OLD CHILD IN SIERRA COUNTY. NEW MEXICO STATE HEALTH SECRETARY KATHYLEEN KUNKEL REPORTED THAT OFFICIALS ARE WORKING WITH THE CLINIC THAT TREATED THE CHILD AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE…… MORE
Albuquerque Man Convicted of Second Murder
AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN ALREADY CONVICTED OF KILLING ONE WOMAN HAS NOW BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN A SECOND MURDER CASE. ANGEL CELIS WAS CONVICTED FRIDAY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE JANUARY 2016 DEATH OF MYISHA GARCIA IN THE BACKYARD OF A NORTH VALLEY HOME. GARCIA WAS KILLED JUST HOURS BEFORE CELIS MURDERED ABRIL LOZANO AT…… MORE
