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ARRESTS MADE IN TWO-COUNTY DRUG RING
FIFTEEN MEN IN BERNALILLO AND SANTA FE COUNTIES ARE CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING DRUGS FOLLOWING AN 18 MONTH INVESTIGATION. FOURTEEN OF THE DEFENDANTS WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY MORNING. DURING THE COUR...
Cumulus Media Dec 13, 2013

POLICE: NM USED BABY STROLLER IN VODKA HEIST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) An Albuquerque woman is facing charges after police say she and her boyfriend tried to steal vodka in a stroller with their 1-year-old baby. KOAT-TV reports that Andrea Garcia r...
Cumulus Media Dec 13, 2013

RIO RANCHO MAN SENTENCED FOR BANK FRAUD
A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD BANKS OUT OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LANDS TWO MEN IN FEDERAL PRISON. DEREK BARNHILL OF RIO RANCHO WAS SENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS IN PRISON, FOLLOWED BY THREE YEARS OF SUPE...
Cumulus Media Dec 13, 2013

REDEVELOPING DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE ONE BLOCK AT A TIME
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION GIVES INITIAL APPROVAL TO A BOND PACKAGE THAT WILL HELP FINANCE A MAJOR PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. PLANS CALL FOR A GROCERY STORE AS WELL AS RETAIL SPACE AND A M...
Cumulus Media Dec 12, 2013

BRINGING THE MONEY BACK
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CONTINUES TO GO AFTER GRANT MONEY FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES. MAYOR RICHARD BERRY SAYS HE HAS RECENTLY SIGNED ALMOST 40 MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING. HE TELLS US THERE'...
Cumulus Media Dec 12, 2013

FEDS RELEASE NM NUMBERS FOR INSURANCE EXCHANGE
THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RELEASES THE NUMBER OF NEW MEXICANS WHO HAVE PURCHASED HEALTH PLANS THROUGH THE FEDERAL INSURANCE EXCHANGE. NEARLY A THOUSAND RESIDENTS BOUGHT POLICIES ...
Cumulus Media Dec 12, 2013

MCCLUSKEY GOES TO PRISON FOR LIFE
JOHN MCCLUSKEY FACED THE DEATH PENALTY FOR HIS CONVICTION IN THE 2010 MURDERS OF GARY AND LINDA HAAS OF OKLAHOMA AS THEY TRAVELLED THROUGH THE STATE. ON WEDNESDAY A FEDE...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2013

ALBUQUERQUE HOME PRICES UP
NEW MEXICO HOME PRICES MAY HAVE SLID IN THE PAST YEAR … BUT THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS PRICES IN THE METRO ARE UP BY 2-AND-A-HALF PERCENT IN NOVEMBER. BUT THE GROUP ALS...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2013

STATE TWEAKS LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
CHANGES ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE STATE'S LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. IT'S PART OF THE EFFORT TO KEEP THE PROGRAM GOING AS IT FACES A SHORTFALL DUE TO LOTTERY REVENUE NOT KEEPING PACE WI...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2013

NM BOY DIES OF HANTAVIRUS
NEW MEXICO CONFIRMS ITS SECOND HANTAVIRUS DEATH OF THE YEAR … AND DR. PAUL ETTESTAD WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE 12 YEAR OLD MCKINLEY COUNTY BOY WHO GOT SICK EARLY THIS MONTH IS THE...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2013