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
Eighty People Dodge a Bullet
EIGHTY PEOPLE ARE GLAD TO BE ALIVE AFTER SUNDAY’S INCIDENT AT THE LIN’S CHINESE BUFFET. IT STARTED SHORTLY BEFORE 1PM WHEN APD GOT WORD OF A ARMED ROBBERY AT A BUSINESS ON SAN MATEO. THE SUSPECT RAN TO A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD AND BROKE INTO A HOME THERE. HE THEN FLED TO THE LIN’S RESTAURANT, TAKING…… MORE
Four Arrested in Shooting Near Espanola
STATE POLICE ARREST FOUR PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH LAST THURSDAY’S SHOOTING NEAR ESPANOLA. AND OFFICERS SAY THE INCIDENT WAS A CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE GONE WRONG. STATE POLICE SAY 22 YEAR OLD MARK HICE THOUGHT HE’D BEEN TARGETED BY SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD SHOOT HIM. HE AND SEVERAL FRIENDS ARMED THEMSELVES WITH SEMI-AUTOMATICS WITH THE INTENT…… MORE
NM Student Arrested for Social Media Threat
SANTA FE POLICE SAY A STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER MAKING A THREAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHOOT UP SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL. SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD KEAGAN AXTELL IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS AFTER HIS ARREST AXTELL WAS TAKEN TO CHRISTUS ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL TO BE EVALUATED. HE WAS THEN BOOKED INTO…… MORE
More Wind Power for NM
NEW MEXICANS COULD BE GETTING MORE OF THEIR ENERGY FROM WIND POWER IN A FEW YEARS. THE P-R-C HAS GIVEN ITS OK TO PATTERN DEVELOPMENT FOR A PROJECT IN LINCOLN, TORRANCE AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES THAT WILL INVOLVE ALMOST A THOUSAND NEW WIND TURBINES. THOSE TURBINES COULD GENERATE 22-HUNDRED MEGAWATTS OF POWER. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED…… MORE
Report Says NM Lacking in Ethics
ACCORDING TO A WATCHDOG GROUP, NEW MEXICO DOES A POOR JOB OF IMPLEMENTING SAFEGUARDS TO DISCOURAGE PUBLIC CORRUPTION. THE COALITION FOR INTEGRITY RANKS NEW MEXICO IN THE BOTTOM 10 AMONG STATES WHEN IT COMES TO ETHICS OVERSIGHT, RESTRICTIONS ON GIFTS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS, AND DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL SPENDING. NEXT MONTH, NEW MEXICO VOTERS WILL DECIDE…… MORE
