AUTHORITIES PUT A MAJOR DENT IN THE METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING BUSINESS IN LEA COUNTY ON THURSDAY. TEN PEOPLE FROM SEVERAL STATES ARE NOW UNDER ARREST FOLLOWING A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION INTO DRUG TRAFFICKING IN LEA COUNTY. SUSPECTS FROM HOBBS, JAL, LA LUZ AND LOVINGTON WERE CAUGHT UP IN THE OPERATION, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS FROM ARIZONA AND…… MORE
Delayed Vote on Trapping Bill
THE VOTE IS DELAYED ON A BILL AT THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO TRAP, POISON OR SNARE WILDLIFE ON PUBLIC LANDS. IT WAS THE HOUSE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE THAT POSTPONED THE VOTE AFTER HEARING MORE THAN TWO HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT … BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THE MEASURE. THE COMMITTEE…… MORE
NM Facebook Opens
THE FACEBOOK DATA CENTER IN LOS LUNAS IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE ITS GRAND OPENING THURSDAY. THE COMPANY INSISTS ITS 2-POINT-8 MILLION SQUARE FOOT DATA CENTER OFF HIGHWAY 6 IN LOS LUNAS WILL BECOME AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR VALENCIA COUNTY, DESPITE THE FACT MANY HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF ANY DATA CENTER’S ABILITY TO SUSTAIN A LOT…… MORE
NM Governor Defends Border Decision
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM PULLED NEW MEXICO NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM THE BORDER WITH MEXICO … AND THE MOVE GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION ON WEDNESDAY. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS LUJAN GRISHAM THEN DEFENDED HER DECISION, SAYING THE AREA IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL NOT BE ‘MILITARIZED.’ SHE SAYS THE STATE WILL NOT USE THE NATIONAL GUARD…… MORE
Failed Election Blame for APS
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE STILL REELING FROM THE DEFEAT OF THEIR BOND ISSUE AND MILL LEVY. DAVID PEERCY, PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AT APS, SAYS HE TAKES PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS FAILURE. HE TELLS KOB-TV IT WAS HIS JOB TO TELL CONSTITUENTS THE POSITIVE INITIATIVES APS WOULD HAVE PUT IN PLACE HAD THE…… MORE
Why APS Election for Tax Hike Failed
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVER-REACHED. THAT’S WHAT THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION’S PRESIDENT PAUL GESSING IS SAYING ABOUT VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S PROPOSED TAX HIKE. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB MOST VOTERS FELT A 19-PERCENT INCREASE IN THE APS PROPERTY TAX WAS WAY TOO MUCH. HE SAYS VOTERS PERCEIVE APS TO BE AN INEFFICIENT ORGANIZATION AND…… MORE
Still Just Democrats and Republicans for NM Primaries
NEW MEXICO PRIMARIES WILL REMAIN OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF POLITICAL PARTIES. THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS THROWN OUT A CASE BROUGHT BY VOTERS WHO CLAIMED THAT BARRING INDEPENDENTS FROM CASTING BALLOTS IN THE PRIMARY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT, WITH THE RULING, THE HIGH COURT IS LEAVING IT UP TO…… MORE
Dental Therapist Bill Makes It Through Committee
A NEW MEXICO HOUSE COMMITTEE HAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A BILL AUTHORIZING DENTAL THERAPISTS TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE. SUPPORTERS SAY NEARLY 900-THOUSAND NEW MEXICANS LIVE IN AREAS WITHOUT ENOUGH DENTISTS…AND MORE THAN A QUARTER OF ALL ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN IN THE STATE HAVE UNTREATED TOOTH DECAY. DENTAL THERAPISTS ARE LICENSED DENTAL PRACTITIONERS, SIMILAR TO PHYSICIANS…… MORE
Woman Attacked, Mugged in Nob Hill
NINETEEN YEAR OLD VAL HERNANDEZ IS RECOVERING AFTER THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO STUDENT WAS VIOLENTLY ATTACKED AND ROBBED IN NOB HILL LAST WEEKEND. SHE HAD TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THE HOSPITAL AND THE ATTACKER IS STILL ON THE RUN AFTER HITTING HERNANDEZ IN THE FACE WITH A GUN. HERNANDEZ OFTEN GOES TO NOB…… MORE
A-G Files Charges in Krebs Case
THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE HAS FILED A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT CHARGING FORMER U-N-M ATHLETICS DIRECTOR PAUL KREBS WITH NUMEROUS FELONIES CONNECTED TO THE 2015 GOLF TRIP TO SCOTLAND. THE CHARGES INCLUDE FRAUD OVER 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS, MAKING OR PERMITTING A FALSE PUBLIC VOUCHER, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AND MONEY LAUNDERING. MOST OF THE CHARGES ARE FOURTH…… MORE
