TWO PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD FOLLOWING A CAR CRASH SUNDAY MORNING IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. THE VEHICLE … A FORD MUSTANG … SLAMMED INTO AN APARTMENT AROUND 3 AM SUNDAY. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO HAS THE CRASH ON TAPE AND POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS SPEEDING … PAID NO ATTENTION TO A STOP SIGNS AND HIT A BOULDER.…… MORE
Youngblood in Election Trouble
DEMOCRATS COULD POTENTIALLY ADD TO THEIR MAJORITY IN THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. POLITICAL ANALYST JOE MONAHAN SAYS THE G.O.P. MAY LOSE ALBUQUERQUE HOUSE DISTRICT 68, CURRENTLY HELD BY REPRESENTATIVE MONICA YOUNGBLOOD. HE SAYS AFTER HER ARREST FOR AGGRAVATED DWI, IT TURNED INTO WHAT HE CALLS A “DOG FIGHT.” A JUDGE CONVICTED…… MORE
Unemployment Still Plagues NM
DESPITE SOME RECENT IMPROVEMENTS, JOBLESSNESS REMAINS AN ISSUE IN NEW MEXICO COMPARED TO OTHER STATES. THE DEPT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS SAYS NEW MEXICO’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SEPTEMBER WAS 4.6 PERCENT…THE SAME AS AUGUST…BUT DOWN FROM 6-PERCENT A YEAR AGO. STILL, THAT RANKS NEW MEXICO 44TH NATIONWIDE. ONLY FIVE STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAD…… MORE
Zika Virus Mosquitoes Now in Albuquerque
YOU MIGHT RECALL, LAST WEEK WE LEARNED THAT THE TYPE OF MOSQUITO THAT CAN TRANSMIT THE ZIKA VIRUS HAS MADE IT AS FAR NORTH AS ALBUQUERQUE. THAT AFTER THE INSECTS WERE TRAPPED BY THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. DOCTOR MARK DIMENNA IS THE DEPARTMENT’S DEPUTY DIRECTOR. HE SAYS RESIDENTS CAN BE PRO-ACTIVE BY…… MORE
More Restaurants for NM
IT’S A SLOW BUT STEADY BUILD RIGHT NOW OF NEW RESTAURANTS OPENING. BUT CAROL WIGHT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MEXICO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, SAYS WE’RE GETTING SOME DEGREE ON NEW BUSINESS. THE PROBLEM IS THE STATE’S POPULATION NEEDS TO GROW TO SUPPORT THOSE RESTAURANTS. SHE SAYS MANY OF THE NEW OPENINGS ARE HANGING ON LONGER…… MORE
“Block by Block” Program Now in Nob Hill
YOU’VE SEEN THEM IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR YEARS…CREWS WEARING BRIGHT YELLOW VESTS CLEANING STREETS AND KEEPING A LOOKOUT FOR TROUBLE. NOW, CITY COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE “BLOCK BY BLOCK” PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO NOB HILL. DAVIS SAYS THE EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A FEW…… MORE
Significant Crime Drop in Albuquerque
IT’S NEWS WE WANT TO HEAR IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE CITY’S CRIME RATE IS DROPPING … AND THIS IS A FIRST IN EIGHT YEARS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS STATISTICS FROM THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE SHOW THERE WERE 4-THOUSAND CRIMES REPORTED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WITH THE NUMBER DROPPING TO 3-THOUSAND IN JULY OF THIS…… MORE
Another Greenlight for Netflix
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL VOTES “YES’ ON 4-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR NETFLIX. COUNCILORS VOTED ON THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE TOPIC DURING THEY TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT. IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE AND A MAJOR HURDLE FOR NETFLIX WITH INCENTIVES TO LOCATED TO ALBUQUERQUE STUDIOS. ALBUQUERQUE FILM OFFICE LIAISON, ALICIA KEYES, SAYS…… MORE
New Hires at APD
THOSE LATERAL OFFICERS THAT JOINED THE RANKS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS WEEK AREN’T THE ONLY NEW HIRES. THE MAYOR’S OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED THE ADDITION OF THREE PEOPLE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT THE DEPARTMENT. FORMER U-S ATTORNEY DAMON MARTINEZ JOINS AS THE CHIEF POLICY ADVISOR AND WILL OVERSEE POLICIES DESIGNED TO HELP APD…… MORE
Update on Cause of Crash Involving Bus and a Semi
THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS OUT WITH A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE BUS/SEMI CRASH WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE THAT KILLED NINE PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE SEMI’S LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN AIR LOSS…CAUSING IT TO CROSS THE MEDIAN. THE TRUCK THEN CRASHED INTO A GREYHOUND BUS. NINE PEOPLE ON THE BUS, INCLUDING THE…… MORE
