PLASTIC BAGS ARE OUT…BUT PLASTIC STRAWS AND STYROFOAM CONTAINERS ARE STILL OK. THAT AFTER THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A COMPROMISE CLEAN AND GREEN ORDINANCE MONDAY NIGHT. BUT PAUL GESSING WITH THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION SAYS EVEN THE AMENDED VERSION IS AN OVERREACH. HE SAYS IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT PLASTICS HAVE BECOME SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY…… MORE
Gila River the Most Endangered
THE GILA RIVER THAT FLOWS FROM NEW MEXICO INTO ARIZONA HAS BEEN NAMED THE NATION’S MOST ENDANGERED RIVER. THE LIST IS COMPILED EVERY YEAR BY THE CONSERVATION GROUP “AMERICAN RIVERS.” THE GROUP CITED CLIMATE CHANGE AND A PROPOSED DIVERSION PROJECT IN GIVING THE GILA RIVER THE DISTINCTION. THE DIRECTOR OF THE SILVER CITY BASED GILA…… MORE
City Patching Lots of Potholes
A COLD, WET WINTER TRANSLATES INTO A LOT OF POTHOLES IN ALBUQUERQUE. JOHNNY CHANDLER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT SAYS CREWS HAVE BEEN BUSY THIS YEAR RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF POTHOLES. HE SAYS THEY DO PRIORITIZE WHEN IT COMES TO FIXING THOSE HOLES IN THE ROADS. HE SAYS THEIR PRIORITY IS THE MAIN ARTERIALS…… MORE
Fire Damages Apartment Complex; Injures Five
A FIRE THAT STARTED EARLIER TUESDAY MORNING IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE IS OUT. SOME VICTIMS WERE BELIEVED TO STILL BE IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, SIERRA MEADOWS, AND WE NOW KNOW ONE CHILD IS REPORTED MISSING. THE FIRE STARTED SHORTLY AFTER 2:00 TUESDAY MORNING NEAR EUBANK AND MONTGOMERY ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE COMPLEX. THERE WAS…… MORE
UNM Expert Discusses Notre Dame Fire
AN EXPERT AT UNM IS WEIGHING IN ON THE DEVASTATING FIRE AT NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL IN PARIS. DR. TIMOTHY GRAHAM IS A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY, AND TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE CATHEDRAL IS ABSOLUTELY TIED TO FRENCH IDENTITY. HE SAYS THE BUILDING IS ICONIC IN THE FRENCH CONSCIOUSNESS AND TO…… MORE
Santa Fe Firefighters are Ready
THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED A LOT OF NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL IN PARIS MONDAY RAISES THE QUESTION: HOW READY ARE SANTA FE FIREFIGHTERS IF THE CATHEDRAL THERE WENT UP IN FLAMES? THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS A FIRE AT THE ICONIC CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI IN SANTA FE IN 1986 STARTED ……… MORE
Albuquerque Has an Amended Plastics Ban
ALBUQUERQUE’S PLASTICS BAN IS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL … BUT COUNCILORS APPROVED AN AMENDED VERSION OF THE PROPOSAL KNOWN AS THE CLEAN & GREEN RETAIL ORDINANCE. THE PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT’S BEEN APPROVED IS THE PART THAT COVERS PLASTIC BAGS. THOSE WILL SOON DISAPPEAR FROM SUPERMARKETS AND OTHER STORES, SO YOU’LL HAVE TO…… MORE
APS Bids for a Longer School Year
ONE IN FIVE STUDENTS AT ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL SEE AN EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR. THE DISTRICT SAYS…BASED ON RESULTS OF A SURVEY AS WELL AS INPUT FROM STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND OTHERS…IT HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO PAY FOR 10 MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL FOR 20-PERCENT OF THE DISTRICT’S STUDENTS.…… MORE
Pilgrims on the Road
MOTORISTS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ALONG SOME KEY ROADWAYS THIS WEEK. MARISA MAEZ WITH THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TELLS US IT’S DUE TO THE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO EL SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO. SHE SAYS THE N-M D-O-T WILL ASSIST WITH SIGNAGE TO HELP KEEP…… MORE
No Measles Cases for NM … Yet
NEW MEXICO HASN’T HAD ANY MEASLES CASES SO FAR IN 2019…BUT JUST ABOUT EVERY STATE AROUND US HAS. THAT FROM DR. MELISSA MARTINEZ WITH UNM HOSPITAL. SHE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THERE’S BEEN A BIG JUMP IN MEASLES CASES NATIONWIDE, BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE GETTING VACCINATED. SHE SAYS NEW MEXICANS USED TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEONE…… MORE
