SAFE ZONES ARE COMING TO DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED MONDAY NIGHT TO APPROVE COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON’S PROPOSAL TO CREATE SAFE ZONES DOWNTOWN. YOU’LL HAVE TO DRIVE 20 MILES PER HOUR WHEN YOU’RE IN THE ZONE … WHICH IS IN AN AREA BORDERED BY 8TH STREET ON THE WEST AND THE TRAIN TRACKS ON…… MORE
More Medical Marijuana for NM
SOME CHANGES FOR NEW MEXICO’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM. FOLLOWING A COURT RULING THAT NEW MEXICO’S LIMIT ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PLANTS WAS ARBITRARY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS TEMPORARILY EXPANDING THE CAP. THE NUMBER OF PLANTS A MEDICAL CANNABIS PRODUCER CAN HAVE WILL GO FROM 450 TO 25-HUNDRED…BUT ONLY UNTIL AUGUST 28TH. OVER THE NEXT SIX…… MORE
Mother, Daughter Sentenced in Hot Car Death
IT’S 36 YEARS IN PRISON. THAT WAS THE SENTENCE A JUDGE IN PORTALES HANDED MARY AND SANDI TAYLOR ON MONDAY . THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DAY CARE OPERATORS WERE FOUND GUILTY OF RECKLESS CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH AND GREAT BODILY HARM AFTER THEY LEFT TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN A HOT CAR IN 2017. ONE…… MORE
Ex-Prayer Group Leader Has to Pay
A FORMER PRAYER GROUP LEADER FROM RIO RANCHO WILL HAVE TO PAY BACK MORE THAN 75-THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT HE STOLE FROM GROUP MEMBERS. SIXTY-SIX YEAR OLD FELIX FERNANDO WILL ALSO SERVE THREE YEARS PROBATION AS PART OF HIS SENTENCE FOR WIRE FRAUD. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS FERNANDO TOLD THE GROUP THAT MONEY WAS EVIL…… MORE
Fugitive Caught in Mexico
A NEW MEXICO FUGITIVE HAS BEEN CAUGHT SOUTH OF THE BORDER. THE FBI’S ALBUQUERQUE OFFICE SAYS 41 YEAR OLD ANGEL DELEON WAS WANTED FOR HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN A NEW MEXICO PRISON GANG. SPECIFICALLY, DELEON IS ACCUSED OF COMMITTING ONE OF TWO MURDERS THAT HAPPENED ON MARCH 26TH, 2001 IN SERVICE OF THE GANG. HE…… MORE
Bernalillo County Low on Borrowing
MAKE IT THREE YEARS IN A ROW FOR THE BERNALILLO COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE. TREASURER NANCY BEARCE SAYS HER OFFICE HAS RECEIVED A CLEAN AUDIT, MEANING THE COUNTY’S COST OF BORROWING REMAINS LOW. THE AUDIT WAS CONDUCTED BY AN INDEPENDENT FIRM BASED IN NEW MEXICO. IT REVIEWED THE COUNTY’S INVESTMENT POLICY AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES.…… MORE
Albuquerque Preparing for E-Scooters
A BILL REGULATING E-SCOOTERS AND OTHER SMALL VEHICLES IN ALBUQUERQUE WAS PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST OCTOBER. NOW, CARMELINA HART WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAYS SEEING THOSE SCOOTERS IN THE DUKE CITY PROBABLY ISN’T THAT FAR AWAY: HART SAYS YOU MAY SEE SCOOTERS IN ALBUQUERQUE AS SOON AS MARCH 22ND. HART TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB…… MORE
Weather Radar is Down
ALBUQUERQUE’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WON’T HAVE RADAR AT ITS DISPOSAL FOR A WHILE. METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE KERRY JONES SAYS THE RADAR UNIT AT DOUBLE EAGLE-2 AIRPORT IS GETTING A MAJOR UPGRADE. : JONES SAYS THE RADAR UNIT WAS INSTALLED 25 YEARS AGO…AND THE UPGRADE WILL EXTEND ITS LIFE FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS. JONES SAYS…… MORE
Tax Season IRS Scams Surface in NM
DON’T BECOME A VICTIM OF A SCAM THIS TAX SEASON. I-R-S SPECIAL AGENT BRIAN WATSON SAYS NEW MEXICANS NEED TO BE WARY OF ANY EMAILS THEY GET ASKING FOR SOME KIND OF PAYMENT OR PERSONAL INFORMATION. HE SAYS THE EMAILS CLAIM TO BE FROM THE I-R-S. HE SAYS THE OTHER FORM OF THE SCAM IS…… MORE
Research Identifies Best Way to Use Medical Pot
TWO RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO DID A STUDY ON WHAT METHOD IS THE BEST FOR INGESTING MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. THEY FOUND THAT SMOKING DRIED MARIJUANA WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD TO USE. THAT CONTRADICTS CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT CBD IS BETTER THAN THC, MANY SAID JUST MAKES PEOPLE HIGH. THE RESEARCHERS ANALYZED…… MORE
