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
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
