BERNALILLO COUNTY NOW HAS A CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN FIRM TO RENOVATE AND EXPAND THE ALVARADO SQUARE BUILDING DOWNTOWN INTO THE COUNTY’S NEW HEADQUARTERS. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY NIGHT VOTED TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO HB CONSTRUCTION WITH DEKKER/PERICH/SABATINI ARCHITECTS WORKING WITH THEM. THE BUILDING AT 415 SILVER SOUTHWEST WILL EVENTUALLY BE THE NEW HOME FOR COUNTY…… MORE
Ben Ray Lujan Might Run for the Senate
WE’RE HEARING CONGRESSMAN BEN RAY LUJAN COULD BE KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE SENATE RACE. A SLOT JUST OPENED FOR LUJAN AND OTHERS TO RUN FOR THE SENATE SEAT THAT’LL BE VACATED BY DEMOCRAT TOM UDALL IN 2020. LUJAN’S BEEN A FAST MOVER IN THE POLITICAL GAME … FIRST BEING A STATE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSIONER…… MORE
Bill to Allow Alcohol Deliveries on Governor’s Desk
IT’S NOW UP TO GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM TO DECIDE IF A BILL ALLOWING BEER AND WINE TO BE DELIVERED TO HOME WITH FOOD ORDERS. THE SAME MEASURE WAS VETOED BY FORMER GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ. ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF BOOZE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE DELIVERED. THE LEGISLATION CALLS FOR TWO SIX PACKS OF…… MORE
Woman Killed in Possible Racing Crash Identified
THE PEDESTRIAN STRUCK AND KILLED BY A SPEEDING VEHICLE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE SATURDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 39 YEAR OLD ANGELICA BACA. APD SAYS TWO CARS WERE RACING ON LOUISIANA, NORTH OF GIBSON, WHEN BACA WAS HIT BY ONE OF THE VEHICLES. FOUR AIRMEN FROM KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE WERE IN THE VEHICLE INVOLVED…… MORE
Rape Suspect Released Again
ALBUQUERQUE RAPE SUSPECT NICOLAS WILLIAMS HAS BEEN RELEASED AGAIN…AND THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. SPOKESMAN MICHAEL PATRICK SAYS PROSECUTORS ARE FRUSTRATED. IT’S THE THIRD TIME THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS SOUGHT “PREVENTATIVE RELEASE” BY THREE DIFFERENT JUDGES. PATRICK SAYS WILLIAMS HAS THREE PENDING RAPE CASES AND A FOURTH IS UNDER…… MORE
Sex Offenders Arrested at the Border
IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS, U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS HAVE RECENTLY ARRESTED TWO WANTED SEX OFFENDERS AS THEY CROSSED THE BORDER ILLEGALLY. ON FRIDAY, A MAN FROM ECUADOR WAS ARRESTED IN SUNLAND PARK, NEW MEXICO. HE WAS WANTED ON RAPE, INDECENT ASSAULT, AND BATTERY CHARGES…AND IS NOW IN THE DONA ANA COUNTY JAIL. THEN SUNDAY A MAN…… MORE
Commissioners Asked to Resign
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM IS ASKING THAT MEMBERS OF THE NEW MEXICO GAME COMMISSION RESIGN. THOSE MEMBERS SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE GOVERNOR…AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT THE RESIGNATIONS OF THE SITTING COMMISSIONERS WERE REQUESTED LAST WEEK. LUJAN GRISHAM HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS, AND HAS BEEN WORKING TO…… MORE
Home Prices Expected to Keep Climbing
A LOW NUMBER OF HOMES ON THE MARKET IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO WILL CONTINUE TO PUT UPWARD PRESSURE ON SALES PRICES. THAT’S THE OPINION OF KENT CRAVENS, THE EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT FOR THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. HE SAYS INVENTORY LEVELS HAVE BEEN AT HISTORICALLY LOW LEVELS, BUT HE SEES THE SITUATION IMPROVING. HE SAYS…… MORE
Reaction to Udall Decision to Not Run for Office Again
STATE OFFICIALS ARE REACTING TO SENATOR TOM UDALL’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WON’T RUN AGAIN IN 2020. ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS WHEN HE THINKS OF THE SENATOR, HE THINKS OF UDALL’S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT T OUR VALUES. KELLER THANKS UDALL FOR HIS DECADES OF SERVICE TO NEW MEXICO. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS ALSO THANKS UDALL…… MORE
Priest Released Until Trial
AN 81 YEAR OLD PRIEST ACCUSED OF REPEATEDLY RAPING AN ALTER SERVER OVER TWO YEARS IN THE LATE 1980S IS OUT OF JAIL. THE SERVER IS NOW IN HER LATE 30S. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT’S AFTER A JUDGE MONDAY RULED THAT SABINE GRIEGO WOULD BE ALLOWED OUT OF CUSTODY WHILE HE WAITS FOR HIS…… MORE
