VERY BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. THAT’S HOW NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE DESCRIBES THE TWO DAY RAIN EVENT WE’VE JUST HAD IN NEW MEXICO. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THIS WASN’T LIKE A MONSOON STORM WHERE THE RAIN COMES DOWN HARD AND FAST AND THEN RUNS OFF. HE SAYS THIS RAINFALL WAS WIDESPREAD AND FELL GENTLY, UNLIKE…… MORE
Residents Complain About Homeless Camps
MORE COMPLAINTS COMING IN ABOUT A HOMELESS CAMP AT LOS ALTOS PARK IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND THE POPULATION OF STREET PEOPLE THERE HAS ALSO BEEN GROWING OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. CARMELINA HART WITH ALBUQUERQUE’S PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAYS THE HOMELESS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT CREWS WILL BE BROUGHT IN AND THEY NEED TO MOVE. THE CITY…… MORE
Baby Hope Celebrates First Year
A FIRST BIRTHDAY FOR THE INFANT ADOPTED BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER RYAN HOLETS. BABY HOPE TURNED A YEAR OLD ON WEDNESDAY AND WAS THE GUEST OF HONOR FOR HER PARTY, ATTENDED BY THE CHILDREN OF OTHER APD OFFICERS. HOLETS ADOPTED BABY HOPE AFTER DEALING WITH HER MOTHER … WHO WAS PREGNANT AT THE TIME ……… MORE
New Residents at the Biopark
THE CHEETAH POPULATION AT THE ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK HAS QUADRUPLED. ZOO OFFICIALS SAY THREE YOUNG BROTHERS… GARBANZO, PINTO, AND BORRACHO…WERE BORN AT A WILDLIFE CENTER IN TEXAS…AND NOW MAKE ALBUQUERQUE THEIR HOME. ERIN FLYNN IS THE BIOPARK’S MAMMAL CURATOR AND SAYS THE ONE CHEETAH THAT’S ALREADY BEEN AT THE BIOPARK IS NEARLY 16-AND-A-HALF YEARS OLD ……… MORE
Bernalillo County Commission “Ups” Minimum Wage
MINIMUM WAGE EARNERS IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF BERNALILLO COUNTY ARE GETTING A PAY RAISE. THE COUNTY COMMISSION LAST (TUE) NIGHT DISCUSSED AND APPROVED A PLAN TO INCREASE PAY FROM 8-85 TO 9-05 AN HOUR. COMMISSION CHAIRMAN STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA SAYS THAT’S STILL NOT A LIVING WAGE. HE SAYS MANY STATES ARE PUSHING THEIR WAGE UP…… MORE
Councilor Proposes Higher Litter Fines
AN ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR WANTS LITTERING FINES TO GO UP. CURRENTLY THE FINE IS 150 DOLLARS FOR A FIRST OFFENSE. BUT COUNCILOR CYNTHIA BORREGO HAS PROPOSED AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD HIKE FINES TO 250-DOLLARS FOR A FIRST OFFENSE … AND 500 DOLLARS AFTER THAT. FINES WON’T BE IMPOSED UNLESS AN OFFICER SEES THE OFFENSE. THE…… MORE
Beware What You Buy at the Grocery Store
BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU’RE BUYING IN SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE GROCERY STORES. THERE’S BEEN A RECALL THAT WAS ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 17TH ON READY-TO-EAT AND PRE-MADE FOOD AT WALMART, KROGER, TRADER JOE’S, WHOLE FOODS AND 7-ELEVEN. IT INCLUDES RECALLS ON 217 TO 940 POUNDS OF SALADS. SOME OF THOSE PRODUCTS ARE TRADER JOE’S BARBECUE FLAVORED…… MORE
NM’s Economic Growth Helped by Celebs
THE FILM INDUSTRY IN NEW MEXICO IS HELPING TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE STATE. THE STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS DIRECT SPENDING WAS 230 MILLION DOLLARS FOR FISCAL 2018. ONE OF THE CELEBRITIES … ARIELLE KEBBEL, WHO STARS IN “MIDNIGHT TEXAS” SHOT HERE … BOUGHT A NECKLACE IN NOB HILL AND WORE IT ON…… MORE
Woman Charged in Son’s Death Pleads Not Guilty
A SANTA FE WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER YOUNG STEPSON LAST MONTH PLEADS NOT GUILTY. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS 20 YEAR OLD MELYNIE CURTIS ENTERED THE PLEA IN COURT ON MONDAY. CURTIS ALLEGEDLY STRANGLED FIVE YEAR OLD JAYDEN CURTIS, THEN CALLED 9-1-1 TO REPORT THAT HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS IN THE BATHTUB. INVESTIGATORS SAID…… MORE
Forty-Four Years for Rio Rancho Man
A RIO RANCHO MAN WILL SPEND EVEN MORE TIME IN PRISON. A JUDGE HAS SENTENCED 33 YEAR OLD REYES BARELA TO 44 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROBBING A SANTA FE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY IN 2013. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT’S ON TOP OF A 24 YEAR SENTENCE BARELA GOT IN AUGUST FOR THE…… MORE
