THE VOTE ON WHETHER TO BAN PLASTIC BAGS IN ALBUQUERQUE IS BEING DEFERRED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS IT’LL BE TWO MORE MONTHS BEFORE THE COUNCIL VOTES ON THE BAN. COUNCILORS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT VOTED 6-TO-3 TO DEFER ACTION ON THE PLASTICS BAN FOR ANOTHER 60 DAYS. THE REASON FOR THE DEFERMENT:…… MORE
Guns Stolen From Albuquerque Store
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO STOLE SEVEN GUNS VALUED AT MORE THAN 7-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM DICK’S SPORTING GOODS IN CORONADO CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE. KOB TV REPORTS THE PERSON TOOK FIVE HIGH POWERED RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS. A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE SUSPECT PULLING A TRUCK UP TO THE STORE AND THEN USING BOLT…… MORE
Road Rage Suspects Identified
APD HAS NOW IDENTIFIED TWO SUSPECTS WANTED IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN ALBUQUERQUE ON VALENTINE’S DAY ON SOUTHBOUND I-25 NEAR THE MARTIN LUTHER KING EXIT. THEY’RE IDENTIFIED AS 22 YEAR OLDS STEVEN LOVATO AND ONEISHA HERRERA. ARREST WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SUSPECTS. POLICE SAY THEY BOTH PLAYED A ROLE IN…… MORE
Duke City Road Rage Incidents are Baffling
WHY IS IT HAPPENING SO OFTEN? THERE WAS ANOTHER DANGEROUS ROAD RAGE INCIDENT IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY. A MAN WAS SHOT IN THE FACE NEAR JEFFERSON AND CUTLER BY SOMEONE IN A SILVER BMW. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS IF YOU ENCOUNTER SOMEONE DRIVING AGGRESSIVELY, GET A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER IF YOU CAN, BUT DON’T DO ANYTHING…… MORE
NM Police the Most Overworked in U-S
NEW MEXICO HAS THE MOST OVERWORKED POLICE OFFICERS IN THE U-S. THAT’S THE CONCLUSION OF A NEW STUDY BY SAFEWISE, WHICH RANKS THIS STATE NUMBER 1 FOR THE MOST OVERWORKED OFFICERS AMONG THE TOP 10 STATES. SAFEWISE LOOKED AT FBI CRIME STATISTICS AND CENSUS POPULATION DATA. THE STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT SIX OF THE TOP…… MORE
Re-Integration Escapees Found
THE SEARCH IS OVER FOR TWO TEENAGERS WHO WALKED AWAY FROM THE BOYS REINTEGRATION CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE MONDAY NIGHT. STATE POLICE SAY THEY GOT A TIP THAT LED THEM TO A VACANT UNIT AT THE CANYON VISTA APARTMENT COMPLEX IN ALBUQUERQUE WHERE THEY FOUND THE 16 YEAR OLDS, RANDY TORREZ AND JOSE LOPEZ. THEY WERE…… MORE
Flu Activity Up in NM This Year
THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS IT HAS CONFIRMED 19 ADULT DEATHS FROM FLU-RELATED ILLNESSES THIS SEASON. STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST MICHAEL LANDEN SAYS THE BEST WAY TO AVOID BECOMING THE 20TH VICTIM IS TO GET A FLU SHOT. HE SAYS FLU ACTIVITY IS STILL VERY ACTIVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO. LANDEN SAYS THE VACCINE IN USE…… MORE
NM National Lab Needs New Supercomputer
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB IS LOOKING FOR A NEW SUPERCOMPUTER AND IS PUTTING OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. ACCORDING TO THE LOS ALAMOS MONITOR NEWSPAPER, THE SUPERCOMPUTER, DUBBED “CROSSROADS,” WILL BE PUT TO WORK HELPING TO MAINTAIN THE NATION’S NUCLEAR STOCKPILE. THESE HIGH SPEED COMPUTERS EMPLOYED BY THE U.S. DEPT OF ENERGY ARE OFTEN USED…… MORE
Work on Roundabout Begins Friday
IF RIO GRANDE AND CANDELARIA IS PART OF YOUR DAILY COMMUTE IN ABQ, BE AWARE THAT WATER AUTHORITY CONTRACTORS WILL BE AT THAT INTERSECTION ON FRIDAY TO START UTILITY RELOCATION WORK. THAT’LL MAKE WAY FOR THE PLANNED ROUNDABOUT TRAFFIC CIRCLE ALONG RIO GRANDE AT CANDELARIA. THEY’LL BE RELOCATING THREE LARGE WATER LINES AND SEVERAL VALVES…… MORE
Charter School Moratorium Passes in State House Committee
THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED A BILL CALLING FOR A MORATORIUM ON NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS IN NEW MEXICO. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE BILL WOULD BAN ANY NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM OPENING…AND WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN JUNE UNTIL THE YEAR 2022. THE BILL’S CO-SPONSOR, DEMOCRAT CHRISTINE TRUJILLO OF ALBUQUERQUE, SAYS IT WOULD GIVE…… MORE
