YOU MAY HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT NEW MEXICO HAD PLENTY OF ATTRACTIONS…SEEMS LIKE THE WORD IS GETTING AROUND. THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE IS REPORTING SOME MONSTER TOURISM NUMBERS THIS WEEK. IN 2017 THE TOURISM INDUSTRY INJECTED 6-POINT-6 BILLION DOLLARS INTO THE STATE’S ECONOMY….THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 750-THOUSAND DOLLARS SPENT BY VISITORS TO NEW MEXICO EVERY HOUR…… MORE
More on Laguna Officer-Involved Shooting
WE NOW KNOW MORE ABOUT A SHOOTING INVOLVING THE LAGUNA POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE FBI SAYS 20 YEAR OLD BRAD PORTER HALVERSON OF MORGAN, UTAH IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A FEDERAL OFFICER AND USE OF A FIREARM IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE. LAGUNA OFFICERS CONFRONTED HALVERSON ON…… MORE
Election Central
PRESENTED BY: Albuquerque Office Systems CLICK HERE TO VIEW ELECTION RESULTS LIVE DEBATE SCHEDULE ON SENATE DEBATE – Friday, October 12 @ 7:00pm Democratic – Martin Heinrich / Republican – Mick Rich / Libertarian – Gary Johnson 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEBATE – Wednesday, October 17 @ 8:00pm Democratic – Debra Haaland / Republican –…… MORE
Shooting Seriously Wounds One Outside Frontier Restaurant
THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL AND CORNELL IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF WHAT’S SAID TO BE HAVE BEEN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING THERE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED OUTSIDE FRONTIER RESTAURANT ON CENTRAL, ACROSS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. APD SAYS ONE MAN WAS FOUND OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT WITH AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND…… MORE
Sports Betting Coming to NM
A NEVADA SPORTS-BOOK COMPANY SAYS IT IS COMING TO NEW MEXICO. U-S BOOKMAKING SAYS IT IS SETTING UP SHOP AT THE SANTA ANA STAR CASINO AND WILL BEGIN OPERATING A SPORTS BOOK THERE ON OCTOBER 16TH. SPORTS WAGERING REMAINS ILLEGAL IN THE STATE BUT THE SANTA ANA STAR CASINO, ALONG WITH THE INN OF THE…… MORE
Trouble for NM Beauty Pageant
THE MAN WHO WAS THE NEW MEXICO BEAUTY PAGEANT’S FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND IN CHARGE OF THE MISS NEW MEXICO SCHOLARSHIP FINANCES HAD A SEARCH WARRANT CARRIED OUT ON HIS HOME. THIS AFTER SEVERAL OF THE MISS NEW MEXICO CONTESTANTS SAY THEY WERE ROBBED OF THEIR SCHOLARSHIP MONEY. THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GREG SMITH, WAS…… MORE
Child Murder Suspect Arrested on DNA Evidence
NEWLY RELEASED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW 6-YEAR OLD ARIANA ROMEO WAS STRANGLED TO DEATH IN RIO RANCHO IN AUGUST. THEY ALSO SHOW THE GIRL WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. THE PERSON WHO ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED THE CRIME, 21 YEAR OLD LELAND HUST, MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TUESDAY IN SANDOVAL COUNTY. HUST IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN…… MORE
NM Jewel Thief Sought
THE HUNT IS ON IN SANTA FE FOR A MAN SUSPECTED OF STEALING 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF JEWELRY FROM A PARKED CAR LAST MONTH. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN SAYS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR 47 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR. HE’S WANTED FOR TAKING HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF HAND-CRAFTED JEWELRY THAT BELONGS TO ARTISTS ALVIN MONTE…… MORE
What’s Missing From the Balloon Fiesta?
PLENTY OF HOT AIR BALLOONS AT THIS YEAR’S FIESTA IN ALBUQUERQUE…BUT THE GAS BALLOONS AREN’T FLYING. FIESTA BOARD PRESIDENT TY YOUNG SAYS A SCHEDULING CONFLICT FORCED A CANCELLATION IN THE AMERICA’S CHALLENGE RACE, WHICH WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOUNG TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE GORDON BENNETT RACE IN EUROPE WAS SCHEDULED VERY…… MORE
UNM Carjacking Suspect Cuffed
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 18 YEAR OLD SCOTT GIBBS ON CAR-JACKING CHARGES. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS GIBBS IS SUSPECTED OF BEING ONE OF THREE PEOPLE WHO ROBBED THREE UNM STUDENTS FRIDAY EVENING. THE VICTIMS WERE IN A PARKED CAR ON REDONDO NORTHEAST. ONE OF THEM LATER IDENTIFIED GIBBS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON SATURDAY AND POLICE…… MORE
