THE NEW MEXICO FILM OFFICE SAYS ANOTHER MOVIE WILL BE SHOT IN THE STATE. THE PROJECT IS CALLED “MANSON BROTHERS ZOMBIE MASSACRE” AND WILL BE FILMED FROM MID-APRIL THROUGH EARLY MAY IN SANTA FE AND ESPANOLA. IT’S ESTIMATED THE PRODUCTION WILL EMPLOY 65 NEW MEXICO CREW MEMBERS, 21 ACTORS AND ABOUT 250 NEW MEXICO BACKGROUND…… MORE
Pecans Place NM as Number One
NO STATE IN THE NATION PRODUCED MORE PECANS THAN NEW MEXICO LAST YEAR. DALENE HODNETT WITH THE NEW MEXICO FARM AND LIVESTOCK BUREAU SAYS WE’RE ALWAYS AMONG THE TOP STATES FOR PECAN PRODUCTION. THE THREE TOP STATES ARE NEW MEXICO, TEXAS AND GEORGIA. NEW MEXICO PRODUCED 90 MILLION POUNDS OF PECANS LAST YEAR, ALLOWING THE…… MORE
Nehemiah Griego Back in Court
NEHEMIAH GRIEGO … THE MAN WHO CONFESSED TO KILLING HIS PARENTS AND THREE SIBLINGS AT THEIR HOME IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTH VALLEY WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER … WILL GO ANOTHER ROUND WITH A JUDGE. TWO JUDGES HAVE RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM HIS AMENABILITY HEARING, WHICH WILL DECIDE IF HE CAN BE RELEASED AFTER FIRST BEING IN…… MORE
Woman Shot in SW Albuquerque
AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING HAPPENED SUNDAY NEAR 59TH AND CENTRAL AVENUE. A WOMAN WAS SHOT IN THAT LOCATION EARLY SUNDAY, AROUND 6AM … BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HER CONDITION IS AFTER SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. SHE HAS, SO FAR, SURVIVED THE WOUND. APD IS STILL INVESTIGATING BUT HASN’T RELEASED THE WOMAN’S NAME…… MORE
Female Fugitive Captured
THE FBI AND THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CAPTURED 24 YEAR OLD JEYDEN BAILEY BARNHILL. SHE WAS WANTED ON A FEDERAL ARREST WARRANT FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT RETURNING TO COURT AFTER HER PRE-TRIAL RELEASE. THE FBI AND APD CAUGHT BARNHILL SATURDAY DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN ALBUQUERQUE. BARNHILL WAS AMONG PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED IN A…… MORE
It’s All About Plastics
WE’LL KNOW SOON IF ALBUQUERQUE BANNING SINGLE-USE PLASTICS … THE STUFF THEY USE FOR PLASTIC BAGS AND STRAWS AND CONTAINERS. THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE ISSUE MONDAY NIGHT, APPROVING OR REJECTING THE PROPOSAL THAT MANY SAY CONTAINS SEVERE RESTRICTIONS. BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE SAID THEY OBJECT TO WHAT THEY’D HAVE TO…… MORE
Researchers Working on Opioid Addiction Block
RESEARCH IS NOW UNDERWAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER THAT COULD HELP IN THE BATTLE AGAINST OPIOID ADDICTION. SEVERAL RESEARCHERS ARE USING A 250-THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP A VACCINE THAT WOULD BLOCK OPIOIDS FROM AFFECTING THE BRAIN,THUS LOWERING THE ADDICTIVE NATURE OF THE DRUGS.…… MORE
Favorable NM Ski Season Ends
NO MORE DAYS LEFT TO HIT THE SLOPES IN NEW MEXICO. SKI SANTA FE AND TAOS SKI VALLEY, THE LAST TWO RESORTS THAT WERE OPEN, ENDED THEIR SEASONS ON SUNDAY. GEORGE BROOKS WITH SKI NEW MEXICO SAYS THERE WERE A LOT MORE SKIERS THIS YEAR…AN ESTIMATED 900-THOUSAND-PLUS…COMPARED TO A LITTLE OVER 500-THOUSAND A YEAR AGO.…… MORE
Fire Season is “On” for NM
THERE WAS ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS MUCH OF NEW MEXICO OVER THE WINTER, BUT SOME PARTS OF THE STATE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING DROUGHT CONDITIONS…INCREASING THE FIRE DANGER. WENDY MASON WITH THE STATE FORESTRY DIVISION SAYS FIRE SEASON USUALLY BEGINS IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. SHE SAYS THE HIGH WINDS CAUSE FINE GRASSES AND BRUSH TO…… MORE
Radioactive Waste Collector Back in Operation
OFFICIALS AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY SAY A SPECIAL INDOOR FACILITY FOR SHIPPING RADIOACTIVE WASTE IS OPERATING AGAIN AFTER FIVE YEARS. LANL SAYS THE FACILITY GOT FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION TO REOPEN EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THE FIRST SHIPMENT WAS SENT OFF JUST LAST WEEK TO THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT OUTSIDE CARLSBAD. SHIPMENTS FROM THE FACILITY…… MORE
