MOTORISTS HEADING NORTH THROUGH NEW MEXICO WON’T HAVE TO STOP AT A BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT, AT LEAST NOT FOR NOW. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE BORDER PATROL HAS CLOSED ALL FIVE CHECKPOINTS IN NEW MEXICO AND ONE IN WEST TEXAS. ALL THE PERSONNEL AT THOSE CHECKPOINTS HAVE BEEN RE-ASSIGNED TO THE BORDER TO HELP WITH…… MORE
Man Pleads Guilty to 2017 Murders
THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF A DUKE CITY KILLING SPREE IN MAY OF 2017 HAS NOW ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS IN TWO OF THOSE KILLINGS. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE SAYS YOAN SATIESTEBAN ENTERED THE PLEAS MONDAY IN THE DEATHS OF SAMIR AL-ABBOUDY AND JULIO CHAVEZ-VALDEZ. SANTIESTEBAN HAS ALREADY BEEN FOUND GUILTY FOR KILLING MATHHEW…… MORE
APD May Have Solved Summer 2018 Murder
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE BELIEVE THEY’VE SOLVED A MURDER FROM LAST SUMMER. KRQE TV REPORTS THAT 37 YEAR OLD LATRICE THOMAS HAS BEEN EXTRADITED TO NEW MEXICO AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA RECENTLY. SHE’S EXPECTED TO BE ARRAIGNED ON AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER. POLICE BELIEVE THOMAS KILLED 27 YEAR OLD HILARIE HUMBLES AFTER HUMBLES HELPED THOMAS…… MORE
NM Trees Are Dying
A NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT MORE THAN 120-THOUSAND ACRES OF PONDEROSA PINE, SPRUCE, PINON AND OTHER TREES DIED IN NEW MEXICO LAST YEAR. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT’S AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 50-PERCENT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, AND THE FIRST JUMP IN FIVE YEARS. JOHN FORMBY WHO HEADS UP THE STATE FOREST HEALTH…… MORE
Commission Consider Design for Alvarado Square
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION ON TUESDAY WILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO APPROVE THE DESIGN FOR THE FORMER PNM BUILDING DOWNTOWN. IF APPROVED, IT’LL TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE THE ALVARADO SQUARE BUILDING INTO ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR THE PUBLIC WHEN DOING COUNTY BUSINESS. THE COUNTY WANTS TO PUT 900 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING. THERE’S ALSO BEEN…… MORE
NM Snowpack Improves
IRRIGATION SEASON IS NOW UNDERWAY ALONG THE RIO GRANDE…AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF WATER FOR FARMERS…AT LEAST TO BEGIN WITH. HYDROLOGIST DAVID GENSLER WITH THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT SAYS SNOWPACK IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS IS ANYWHERE FROM 120 TO 140 PERCENT OF NORMAL. HE SAYS IT’S DONE A COMPLETE…… MORE
City Jobs for Sandoval County Teens
TEENAGERS IN SANDOVAL COUNTY WHO ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 AND 17 AS OF JUNE 3RD CAN NOW APPLY FOR WORK THIS SUMMER THROUGH THE COUNTY’S SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. EACH OF THE COUNTY’S FIVE COMMISSION DISTRICTS WILL BE ABLE TO HIRE 25 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM. THEY’LL WORK 20 HOURS A WEEK FOR…… MORE
Crash Suspect Returns to Court
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASES SAYS THERE WERE FOUR AIRMEN INVOLVED IN THE STREET RACING CAR ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST SATURDAY ON LOUISIANA NEAR GIBSON SOUTHEAST IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND IT APPEARS THAT’S BEEN CONFIRMED BY CELL PHONE VIDEO. STREET RACING DOESN’T USUALLY HAPPEN IN THE SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. THERE WERE FOUR AIRMEN IN THE VEHICLE AND…… MORE
Street Light Trouble for Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE HAS PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF ITS STREET LIGHTS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS A MAN IDENTIFIED AS JOHN BENAVIDEZ NOTICED THAT A NUMBER OF STREET LIGHTS NEAR HIS HOME DOWNTOWN WERE OUT. HE CALLED 311 TO REPORT IT, BUT THEY TOLD HIM PNM OWNS THE LIGHTS. BENAVIDEZ SAYS HE REPEATEDLY CALLED PNM OVER THREE YEARS…… MORE
No School Closures for NM
A CHANGE IN STATUS FOR SOME SCHOOLS IN NEW MEXICO THAT WERE FACING THE POSSIBILITY OF CLOSURE DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE. ON FRIDAY, PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SECRETARY KAREN TRUJILLO SAYS SHE’S CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF “MORE RIGOROUS INTERVENTION” TO “COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT.” IT MEANS THAT CLOSURE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION FOR THREE A-P-S…… MORE
