A BILL THAT WOULD GIVE THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 2-MILLION DOLLARS FOR ITS SOCCER, SKIING AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMS CONTINUES TO BE WORKED ON AT THE LEGISLATURE. CHANNEL 13 NEWS REPORTS UNM ASKED ATHLETES TO SPEAK TO LAWMAKERS ABOUT THE LEGISLATION. EVEN PLAYERS WHO’VE BEEN CUT WERE ASKED TO DO SO. SOME OF THE…… MORE
Early Ed Dept. Favored in Santa Fe
THE IDEA OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN NEW MEXICO HAS A LOT OF FANS. AMONG THEM ARE GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM AND SOME STATE LAWMAKERS. BUT ALBUQUERQUE METRO PARENTS ARE ALSO INDICATING IT’S SOMETHING THEY WANT. CHRIS NARKUN WITH THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TELLS CHANNEL 13 NEWS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING…… MORE
Hundreds Turn Out for Immigrant Rally
MONDAY’S IMMIGRANT RALLY IN SANTA FE BROUGHT OUT 400 PARTICIPANTS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATIVE BILLS THAT LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND LOW WAGE WORKERS. MANY TAKING PART IN THE RALLY WORK MORE THAN ONE JOB. STARTING AT THE RAIL YARD PARK, THE RALLY HEADED TO THE CAPITOL BUILDING WHERE THEIR VOICES…… MORE
Assisted Suicide Bill Clears Committee
AN ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL IS BACK ON THE TABLE AT THE LEGISLATURE IN SANTA FE. THE HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE OKAYED THE BILL MONDAY ON A 4-3 VOTE. ASSISTED SUICIDE BILLS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ENACTED IN HALF A DOZEN STATES, PLUS WASHINGTON DC, SINCE 1998. AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME…… MORE
Car Thefts Down at UNM
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO APPEARS TO BE GETTING A HANDLE ON THE PROBLEM OF AUTO THEFTS ON CAMPUS. THE UNIVERSITY’S POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE WERE 121 INCIDENTS OF AUTO THEFT AND ATTEMPTED AUTO THEFT IN 2018. THAT’S A DROP OF 41 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, UNM IS CREDITING…… MORE
Juvenile Murders Rising in Albuquerque
AS ALBUQUERQUE WORKS TO REDUCE ITS MURDER RATE COMES THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS DEALING WITH KILLINGS COMMITTED BY TEENS. THE ALBUQUERQUE HOMICIDE RATE HAS DROPPED A BIT … FROM 75 IN 2017 TO 66 LAST YEAR. BUT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS ONE PARTICULAR MURDER CARRIED OUT BY TWO TEENS … 17 YEAR OLD…… MORE
Drug Bust Recovers Meth and Fentanyl
STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES RECOVER APPROXIMATELY 580-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND FENTANYL DURING RAIDS THIS PAST THURSDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE. TWO ARRESTS WERE MADE. 30 YEAR OLD KARLA PENA OF ALBUQUERQUE AND 38 YEAR OLD GUILLERMO RODRIQUEZ OF PHOENIX. BOTH ARE IN CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING THE DRUGS. POLICE ARE HOPING THE PUBLIC CAN HELP…… MORE
NM Flu: Not Over Yet
THE FLU SEASON ISN’T GETTING ANY BETTER IN NEW MEXICO…BUT IT HASN’T PEAKED YET EITHER. THAT FROM DR. STEVE MCLAUGHLIN, THE HEAD OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT UNM HOSPITAL. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB FLU SEASON IS FAR FROM OVER. HE SAYS WE CAN EXPECT A CONTINUED LEVEL OF FLU ACTIVITY IN NEW MEXICO WELL INTO MARCH…… MORE
Two Killed in Semi Crash Identified
THE TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN THE HEAD-ON COLLISION OF TWO SEMIS ON I-40 WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE LAST WEEK HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 58 YEAR OLD SHERMAN LANEY AND 56 YEAR OLD KATHY CHAPPEL. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS THEY WERE IN AN EASTBOUND BIG RIG THAT WAS SLAMMED INTO BY A WESTBOUND SEMI THAT…… MORE
Bandelier Expected to Open Wednesday
THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS OVER…BUT AT LEAST ONE NATIONAL FACILITY IN NEW MEXICO ISN’T OPEN YET, DUE TO MOTHER NATURE. JASON LOTT IS SUPERINTENDENT AT BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT OUTSIDE LOS ALAMOS SAYS FRIJOLES CANYON, THE MAJOR VISITOR SPOT, IS IN A CANYON AND ACCUMULATED A LOT OF SNOW DURING THE SHUTDOWN. LOTT SAYS TWO TO…… MORE
