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
Where Are The Gas Balloons?
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
Pipe Bomb Found in City Park
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO PLACED A PIPE BOMB IN A CITY PARK. THE DEVICE WAS DISCOVERED BY A PARKS AND REC CREW TUESDAY MORNING AT CITY VIEW PARK NEAR TRAMWAY AND COPPER. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED IN AND RENDERED THE DEVICE SAFE. DROBIK SAYS IT’S UNKNOWN…… MORE
Murder Suspect in Court
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. HE’S CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH…… MORE
Sports Book Set to Launch
IS NEVADA-STYLE SPORTS BETTING COMING TO NEW MEXICO? U-S BOOKMAKING, A COMPANY THAT RUNS SPORTS BOOKS IN NEVADA, SAYS IT HAS A DEAL TO LAUNCH A SPORTS BOOK AT THE SANTA ANA STAR CASINO ON THE SANTA ANA PUEBLO NEAR BERNALILLO. U-S BOOKMAKING SAYS THE CASINO, ALONG WITH THE INN OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS IN…… MORE
Netflix Buys Albuquerque Studios
ALBUQUERQUE’S STATUS IN THE FILMMAKING INDUSTRY JUST WENT UP A NOTCH OR TWO. IT WAS ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT NETFLIX IS PURCHASING ALBUQUERQUE STUDIOS AND WILL MAKE IT A MAJOR PRODUCTION HUB. MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS THIS IS A HUGE DEAL FOR THE CITY AND ENTIRE COMMUNITY. HE SAYS THE COMPANY WILL CREATE UP TO 1-THOUSAND…… MORE
