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
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NM Democratic Lawmakers on Trump’s SOTU Speech
NOTHING POSITIVE FROM NEW MEXICO’S DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TUESDAY NIGHT. SENATOR TOM UDALL SAYS THE SPEECH WAS THE PRESIDENT’S CHANCE TO SHOW NEW MEXICANS THAT HE’D CHANGE COURSE AFTER INFLICTING THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN U-S HISTORY BUT SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMS COMMITTED TO DESTRUCTIVE TACTICS.…… MORE
Pull-back of Some Troops at the Border
FEWER NEW MEXICO NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS WILL BE AT THE BORDER NEW MEXICO SHARES WITH OLD MEXICO. THERE WERE 118 GUARD TROOPS AT THE BORDER, SOME FROM OTHER STATES. KOB TV REPORTS GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM HAS PULLED MOST OF THOSE TROOPS DEPLOYED THERE AND REQUESTED NATIONAL GUARD LEADERS TO ASSESS IF A LARGER PRESENCE…… MORE
APS Loses on Property Tax Hike
NO PROPERTY TAX HIKE IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. THE RESULTS ARE IN FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL MAIL-IN BOND ELECTION AND ALL THREE MEASURES WERE REJECTED OVERWHELMINGLY BY ALBUQUERQUE VOTERS. APS WANTED 900-MILLION DOLLARS OVER HALF A DOZEN YEARS. TWENTY-NINE PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN BERNALILLO COUNTY RETURNED THEIR BALLOTS FOR THIS ELECTION … UP FROM…… MORE
Update on West Side Explosion
THE INVESTIGATION INTO MONDAY’S EXPLOSION BEHIND A SHOPPING CENTER AT COORS AND CENTRAL IN ALBUQUERQUE IS CONTINUING AND INVOLVES MULTIPLE AGENCIES. HOWEVER, POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THE EXPLOSION WAS AN APPARENT SUICIDE. ONE PERSON DIED IN THE BLAST. POLICE SAY IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION BUT THEY BELIEVE THE…… MORE
Possible Merger of Rio Rancho, Santa Ana Pueblo Districts
OFFICIALS ON WEDNESDAY WILL DISCUSS MERGING RIO RANCHO AND SANTA ANA PUEBLO SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO A NEW DISTRICT. BUT CHANNEL 13 NEWS REPORTS NOT EVERYONE IS ON BOARD WITH THE IDEA. THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAYS THE IDEA IS STILL ON THE TABLE, BUT OFFICIALS THERE WANT TO HEAR FROM ALL SIDES NOW TO ENSURE…… MORE
