THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS AT SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO’VE BEEN EXEMPTED FROM GETTING THEIR VACCINATIONS COULD BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ON THE SCHOOL’S WEB SITE. THAT’S THE DECISION OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD DURING A MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT. KOB TV REPORTS THE STUDENT’S NAMES WON’T BE MENTIONED IN THE REPORT. OUT…… MORE
Victims Testify in Trial of Former Priest
THE PRIEST NOW IN HIS 80S USED HIS HEARING AID AND WALKER WHILE HIS TRIAL CONTINUED IN AN ALBUQUERQUE COURTROOM TUESDAY. BUT THE FORMER PRIEST … ARTHUR PERRAULT … STARED AT THE TABLE WHILE HIS ACCUSERS TESTIFIED. KOB TV REPORTS ONE MAN TOLD THE COURT PERRAULT TOOK HIM INTO A BEDROOM DURING AN ALTAR BOY’S…… MORE
Visa Credit Cards No Longer Taken at Smith’s
IF YOU DO YOUR GROCERY SHOPPING AT SMITH’S SUPERMARKETS … BE AWARE THAT TUESDAY WAS THE LAST DAY YOU COULD USE YOUR VISA CREDIT CARD TO BUY ANYTHING. IF YOU HAVE A VISA DEBIT CARD, YOU CAN STILL USE THAT … BUT SOME CUSTOMERS SAY THEY MIGHT SHOP ELSEWHERE. SMITH’S PARENT COMPANY KROGER DECIDED TO…… MORE
Bill Signed by Governor Addresses Firefighter PTSD
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM HAS SIGNED A BILL THAT RECOGNIZES P-T-S-D AS A CONDITION THAT FIREFIGHTERS MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AND IT ALLOWS THOSE WITH THE CONDITION TO QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS. AT A SIGNING CEREMONY TUESDAY MORNING, ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE CHIEF PAUL DOW THANKED THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS. THE GOVERNOR…… MORE
Another Push to Repeal NM’s New Gun Law
REPUBLICANS HAVE RENEWED THEIR EFFORT TO APPEAL FOR A PUBLIC VOTE ON SENATE BILL EIGHT, WHICH EXPANDS BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN PURCHASES IN NEW MEXICO. HOUSE G.O.P. LEADER JIM TOWNSEND OF ARTESIA ON TUESDAY RESUBMITTED HIS PROPOSED DRAFT PETITION TO SECRETARY OF STATE MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER. THE ORIGINAL PETITION WAS REJECTED LAST MONTH. TOWNSEND ISSUED…… MORE
Second Trial Ends With Conviction
IT’S A SECOND DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION FOR 32 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER OWENS OF SANTA FE. FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT D-A MARCO SERNA SAYS OWENS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING TIMOTHY BACA AFTER A NIGHT OF PARTYING DURING WHICH THE TWO MEN BEGAN TO ARGUE. THIS WAS THE SECOND TRIAL IN SANTA FE FOR OWENS. HIS FIRST…… MORE
Replacing Ben Ray Lujan
WHO’S IN THE RUNNING FOR THE NEW MEXICO CONGRESSIONAL SEAT BEN RAY LUJAN IS GIVING UP? THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT TWO DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCED THEIR CANDIDACIES ON MONDAY: BUSINESSMAN MARK MCDONALD OF RATON AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPH SANCHEZ OF ALCALDE. MEANWHILE, FORMER CIA OPERATIVE VALERIE PLAME OF SANTA FE, ANOTHER DEMOCRAT, IS CONSIDERING A RUN…… MORE
Heather Wilson Goes Back to School
IT’S OFFICIAL: FORMER NEW MEXICO CONGRESSWOMAN AND AIR FORCE SECRETARY HEATHER WILSON HAS BEEN APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT WILSON HAS FACED BACKLASH FROM SOME UTEP STUDENTS OVER HER VOTING RECORD ON L-G-B-T RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION, AND FEDERAL PELL GRANTS. FIVE PEOPLE SPOKE OUT AGAINST WILSON’S…… MORE
Council Approves Oversight Board Expansion
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD WILL SOON HAVE EXPANDED POWER. THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT VOTED TO GIVE THE BOARD SUBPOENA POWER TO LOOK INTO CIVIL COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS. THE GOAL OF THE EXPANSION IS TO GIVE ALLOW PEOPLE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH CONCERNS ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS USING…… MORE
Key Witness Testifies Again in Lymon Trial
ANOTHER DAY ON THE WITNESS STAND FOR 21 YEAR OLD SAVANNAH GARCIA. A KEY WITNESS IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF DAVON LYMON. HE’S BEING TRIED FOR THE 2015 SHOOTING DEATH OF APD OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER. GARCIA TOLD THE COURT THERE ARE DAYS WHEN SHE REMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED THE DAY WEBSTER WAS KILLED … AND OTHER…… MORE
