IF YOU’RE A MINIMUM WAGE EMPLOYEE IN UNINCORPORATED BERNALILLO COUNTY, YOU’LL BE GETTING A COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE ON JANUARY FIRST. THE WAGE WILL GO FROM 9-05 TO 9-20 AN HOUR. THE COUNTY’S MINIMUM WAGE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE JULY OF 2013. IT MANDATES THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION VOTE EVERY YEAR ON WHETHER TO IMPLEMENT…… MORE
20 YEARS IN PRISON. THAT’S THE SENTENCE A JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE HANDED JAMES STEWART MONDAY. EARLIER THIS YEAR, A JURY FOUND STEWART GUILTY OF FORCING HIS CHILDREN TO PANHANDLE FOR DRUG MONEY. AND STEWART’S TROUBLES ARE NOT OVER. THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE IS PROSECUTING THREE ADDITIONAL CASES IN WHICH HE’S CHARGED WITH…AMONG OTHER THINGS… CHILD…… MORE
ADD TWO MORE TO THE LIST OF HOMICIDES IN ALBUQUERQUE IN 2019. EARLY MONDAY MORNING, OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE 13-THOUSAND 300 BLOCK OF ORIENTE NORTHEAST, NEAR TRAMWAY AND COPPER. THERE, THEY FOUND A MAN WHO HAD BEEN SHOT TO DEATH. NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN NAMED AND THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. MEANWHILE, A SHOOTING VICTIM FROM…… MORE
ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS ARE BETTER THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO, DROUGHT REMAINS AN ISSUE IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WHERE NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, UTAH AND COLORADO MEET. THE LATEST NATIONAL MAP SHOWS A POCKET OF MODERATE AND SEVERE DROUGHT IS CENTERED OVER THAT AREA. FORECASTERS SAY THAT OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, PARTS OF SOUTHERN…… MORE
SAYING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WERE GREATER THAN THE REVENUE IT BROUGHT IN, THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS ENDED ITS PET LICENSING PROGRAM. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CHANGE AFTER THE ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT MORE THAN 80-PERCENT OF PETS IN ALBUQUERQUE WERE NOT LICENSED. ALONG WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE, ANIMAL WELFARE HAS INSTITUTED A PROGRAM…… MORE
A SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVIT INDICATES THAT THE RIO RANCHO COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR HOME, ALONG WITH THEIR TWO SONS, ON CHRISTMAS DAY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A DIVORCE. POLICE SAY IT WAS A CASE OF MURDER-SUICIDE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT THE HUSBAND, 50 YEAR OLD CARLOS VELASQUEZ, WAS A RECENT U.S.…… MORE
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION IS SEEKING APPLICANTS TO REPLACE DISTRICT 27 REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM PRATT WHO PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK. A MEETING TO APPOINT HIS REPLACEMENT IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31ST, AT NOON AT THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER AT 400 MARQUETTE NORTHWEST. YOU’LL NEED TO SUBMIT A COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO…… MORE
A FORMER CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN FOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM SAYS THE GOVERNOR SEXUALLY MISTREATED HIM LAST YEAR IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE. JAMES HALLINAN, WHO NOW OWNS HIS OWN PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY, TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL HE PLANS TO REPORT THE INCIDENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN RESPONSE, THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE CALLS THE ALLEGATIONS “CATEGORICALLY FALSE”…ADDING THAT…… MORE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE, NEW MEXICO’S MINIMUM WAGE WILL BE GOING UP ON JANUARY FIRST. IT’S CURRENTLY 7-50 AN HOUR…BUT WILL INCREASE TO NINE DOLLARS THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. THERE WILL BE INCREASES EACH YEAR UNTIL THE MINIMUM WAGE TOPS OUT AT 12-DOLLARS IN 2023. OTHER NEW LAWS ALSO…… MORE
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE DEATHS OF FOUR PEOPLE FOUND SHOT INSIDE A HOME IN RIO RANCHO ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED ON MARTIN MEADOWS DRIVE, IN THE NORTHERN MEADOWS SUBDIVISION SHORTLY AFTER FOUR PM. POLICE AREN’T SAYING EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED…BUT THEY DO SAY THERE’S NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT THEY’RE…… MORE
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