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
Another NM Made Movie
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
