IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION … FOR OR AGAINST … THE PROPOSED BAN ON PLASTICS USED FOR STRAWS, BAGS AND THE STYROFOAM USED FOR TAKE-OUT CONTAINERS, YOU CAN LET ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS KNOW ABOUT IT ON MONDAY. THAT’S WHEN THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PROPOSAL THAT HAS A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM…… MORE
Governor Lujan Grisham Gets Sierra Club Praise
THE RIO GRANDE CHAPTER OF THE SIERRA CLUB IS PRAISING GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM’S DECISION TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CLIMATE CHANGE. NEW MEXICO WILL JOIN THE U.S. CLIMATE ALLIANCE, EMBRACING THE GOALS OF THE 2015 PARIS AGREEMENT. CHAPTER CHAIRMAN DAVID COSS SAYS, WITH THE ORDER, THE GOVERNOR IS BACKING SERIOUS SAFEGUARDS TO REDUCE…… MORE
Accused Rapist Finally Jailed
RAYMOND HERNANDEZ IS FINALLY IN JAIL, AND THE FAMILIES OF THE YOUNG GIRLS HE ALLEGEDLY RAPED HOPES HE STAYS THERE. HERNANDEZ IS THE MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING THE THREE GIRLS IN PENASCO … AND SOME PARENTS THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD MAN. HE’S NOW CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AND RAPING THE THREE GIRLS. A JUDGE…… MORE
Certain Drug Offenses Could Become Misdemeanors
A PROPOSAL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATURE TO REDUCE DRUG POSSESSION OFFENSES FROM FELONIES TO MISDEMEANORS. ITS DEMOCRATIC SPONSORS, SENATOR JACOB CANDELARIA OF ALBUQUERQUE AND REPRESENTATIVE ANDREA ROMERO OF SANTA FE, SAY THE IDEA IS TO DECREASE INCARCERATION COSTS AND MORE EFFECTIVELY TREAT ADDICTION. THE BILL WOULD RECLASSIFY AS A MISDEMEANOR THE POSSESSION OF…… MORE
Forty-Six Warm-up Thefts in January
A LOT OF VEHICLES RIPPED OFF IN ABQ IN JANUARY … ALL THANKS TO PEOPLE WARMING UP THEIR VEHICLES IN THE MORNING UNATTENDED. APD REPORTS 46 VEHICLES HAVE BEEN STOLEN THIS MONTH AND THEY’RE WARNING DRIVERS NOT TO LEAVE THEIR VEHICLES ONCE THEY’VE TURNED ON THE HEAT TO WARM THEM UP. ROLANDO AQUINO WITH ACCESSORIES…… MORE
Youngblood Has to Postpone Honeymoon
FORMER ALBUQUERQUE STATE REPRESENTATIVE MONICA YOUNGBLOOD HAS TO RESCHEDULE HER HONEYMOON. IT’S BECAUSE YOUNGBLOOD WAS ARRESTED AND CONVICTED OF MISDEMEANOR DWI AND SENTENCED TO A DAY IN JAIL AND A YEAR OF PROBATION. HER PROBATION STATUS MEANS SHE HAS TO CHECK WITH THE COURT BEFORE SHE CAN TRAVEL. HER HONEYMOON WAS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY IN…… MORE
Beware of Foxes
A REMINDER FROM THE STATE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT…LEAVE WILD ANIMALS ALONE. THAT AFTER A WOMAN FROM LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO WAS BITTEN BY A FOX THAT LATER TESTED POSITIVE FOR RABIES. THE WOMAN ADMITTED TO OFFERING THE FOX A BOWL OF DOG FOOD , WHEN IT BIT HER ON THE WRIST AND HAND, LEAVING…… MORE
Voter Participation Up for APS Mail-in Election
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE SAYS RESPONSE HAS BEEN GOOD TO THE APS MAIL IN ELECTION. DEPUTY CLERK JAIME DIAZ SAYS 417-THOUSAND BALLOTS WERE MAILED OUT…AND AS OF MONDAY, MORE THAN 85-THOUSAND HAD BEEN RETURNED. HE SAYS APS MAIL IN ELECTION AVERAGE ABOUT FIVE PERCENT TURNOUT. HE TELLS US THE CURRENT FIGURE IS ABOUT 20…… MORE
Bad Cash in Southern NM
IF YOU’RE HANDLING ANY CASH IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO, BE ON THE LOOK-OUT. THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR IS REPORTING COUNTERFEIT MONEY HAS BEEN FOUND, PRIMARILY IN THE ALAMOGORDO AREA. THE O-S-A SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT INDICATE THE MONEY IS FAKE. FIRST, IT’S PRINTED ON LOW-QUALITY PAPER AND MAY BE PRINTED WITH…… MORE
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