THE D-E-A OFFICE IN EL PASO IS OUT WITH A SCAM ALERT. IT SAYS CALLERS POSING AS D-E-A AGENTS ARE CONTACTING VICTIMS AND DEMANDING MONEY, TELLING THEM THEY’LL FACE ARREST IF THEY REFUSE. THE VICTIMS ARE ACCUSED OF VIOLATING DRUG LAWS. THE CALLERS CAN EVEN FALSELY ALTER THE NUMBER ON THE PHONE TO APPEAR TO…… MORE
Max Sentence for Drunk Driver
A CLOVIS MAN GETS 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOLLOWING HIS EIGHTH DRUNK DRIVING CONVICTION. LINDA ATKINSON WITH THE DWI RESOURCE CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS RANDALL PRUITT SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN TREATMENT FOR HIS ALCOHOLISM LONG AGO. SHE SAYS HE NEEDED TO PLACED IN A THREE YEAR PROGRAM. ATKINSON SAYS SENDING SOMEONE TO PRISON DOESN’T SOLVE THE…… MORE
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More Ugly NM Weather for Wednesday
PARTS OF NEW MEXICO ARE EXPECTING DANGEROUSLY HIGH WINDS ON WEDNESDAY … WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RECORD BREAKING WIND GUSTS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE SAYS THE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE WITH US ALL DAY, EVEN IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. HE SAYS IF YOU GO EAST, THE WINDS BE MUCH HIGHER. SHOEMAKE SAYS…… MORE
Lawmakers Still Have Much Work to Do
THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN SANTA FE ENDS THIS SATURDAY AND A LOT STILL HAS TO BE DONE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS LAWMAKERS HAVE ESCALATED THEIR CONFLICT OVER A BILL THAT HIKES THE MINIMUM WAGE, BUT THEY’VE ALSO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON A COMPLEX ENERGY BILL. AT STAKE RIGHT NOW ARE AN AGREEMENT ON HOW…… MORE
Man Gets 26 Years for Bicyclist’s Death
A 19 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED A BICYCLIST WILL NOT SPEND 26 YEARS IN PRISON. CHRISTIAN DIX WAS SENTENCED ON TUESDAY. HE SHOT STEPHANIE MARTINEZ AT QUINCY AND PROSPECT NORTHEAST BEFORE HE ROBBED TWO GIANT GAS STATIONS LAST FALL… BUT PROSECUTORS STILL DON’T KNOW WHY THE 23 YEAR OLD MARTINEZ FROM…… MORE
Man Jailed After Robbing Place of Employment
TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD JUSTIN BREWER IS IN THE MDC AFTER ALLEGEDLY ROBBING THE LITTLE CAESAR’S PIZZA SHOP AT GUNPOINT WHERE HE WORKED LAST THURSDAY. HE WAS SHOT BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AS HE RAN FROM THE PIZZA PLACE IN SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS BREWER ROBBED THE STORE, THEN FLED WITH…… MORE
Tornadoes Sweep Parts of Southern NM
NEW MEXICO IS GETTING ANOTHER BAD WEATHER DAY WITH SUPER HIGH WINDS THAT COULD DO MORE DAMAGE . ON TUESDAY, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO HAD TO DEAL WITH TORNADOES. ONE ROLLED THROUGH NORTH OF HAGERMAN ON TUESDAY NIGHT … AND DEXTER SAW A TORNADO DAMAGE SEVERAL HOMES. DEXTER IS ALSO WHERE FIVE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO…… MORE
Big Boost for NM’s Oil and Gas Industry
NEW MEXICO’S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO FLOURISH. ROBERT MCENTYRE WITH THE NEW MEXICO OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION SAYS OIL PRODUCTION SOARED IN 2018 WITH A RECORD 250 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PRODUCED…AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF THAT PRODUCTION CAME FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN. MCENTYRE TELLS US NEW MEXICO REMAINS A MAJOR PLAYER IN…… MORE
“Ban the Box” Bill Going to Governor Lujan Grisham
THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO A BILL REMOVING CRIMINAL HISTORY QUESTIONS FROM INITIAL JOB APPLICATIONS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THE 45-TO-15 HOUSE VOTE SENDS THE MEASURE TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK. ALL REPUBLICANS WHO WERE PRESENT FOR THE VOTE OPPOSED THE BILL. A SIMILAR MEASURE WAS VETOED BY FORMER GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ IN…… MORE
