NEW MEXICO IS GETTING A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP WITH THE STATE’S OPIOID CRISIS. THE U-S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS GIVING THE STATE MORE THAN 11-MILLION DOLLARS TO BATTLE THE CRISIS. THE DEPARTMENT HAS SO FAR AWARDED MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS NATIONWIDE FOR THIS EFFORT. ABOUT 5-MILLION-300-THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL…… MORE
Sunport Rated by J-D Power
ALBUQUERQUE’S AIRPORT IS ABOVE AVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. THAT ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY FROM J-D POWER WHICH RANKS THE SUNPORT EIGHTH AMONG 21 MEDIUM SIZED AIRPORTS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. THE SUNPORT GETS A FOUR OUT OF FIVE POWER CIRCLE RATING. J-D POWER CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING CHECK-IN…BAGGAGE CLAIM…AND FOOD,…… MORE
Classes Resume at CNM Montoya Campus
CLASSES ARE BACK ON SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, BUT THEY WERE CANCELLED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WEDNESDAY AT THE CNM MONTOYA CAMPUS IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. THAT AFTER FLIERS WERE LEFT AT THE SCHOOL, THREATENING THAT A BOMB WAS GOING TO GO OFF. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS A FEMALE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AND WILL FACE A FELONY…… MORE
Kewa Pueblo Woman Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter
A KEWA PUEBLO WOMAN COULD SPEND 15 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE TO VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. AUTHORITIES SAY, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016, 44 YEAR OLD LENA QUINTANA DROVE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON PUEBLO LAND IN SANDOVAL COUNTY AND STRUCK AND KILLED A MAN AS HE WAS WALKING…… MORE
KOA Campground Deaths Were Murder-Suicide
EVEN THOUGH THE INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING, NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE TELL US THEY’VE DETERMINED A KEY ASPECT REGARDING THE DEATHS OF TWO MEN AT A CAMPGROUND IN BERNALILLO IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. STATE POLICE LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO TELLS US THE SITUATION INVOLVED AN BERNALILLO POLICE OFFICER WHO OPENED FIRE ON A SUSPECT WHO WAS ARMED. THE…… MORE
NM Home Sales Improve
HOME SALES ACROSS THE STATE REMAIN WELL AHEAD OF LAST YEARS PACE. THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO SAYS MORE THAN 31-HUNDRED HOMES WERE SOLD IN AUGUST. THAT’S A JUMP OF 45 PERCENT FROM THE SAME MONTH IN 2017. ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CONNIE HETTINGA SAYS, BY THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER, SALES MAY EXCEED THE…… MORE
Candidates Oppose Cutting UNM Sports
THE COMMUNITY AND UNM STUDENTS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES WHO DISAGREE WITH THE SCHOOL’S BOARD OF REGENTS CUTTING FOUR SPORTS PROGRAMS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. NEW MEXICO’S TWO CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR ARE ALSO AGAINST IT. DEMOCRAT MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM AND REPUBLICAN STEVE PEARCE OPPOSE ENDING MEN’S SOCCER, MEAN AND WOMAN’S SKI PROGRAMS, AND WOMEN’S BEACH…… MORE
Bail Hearing for Mother of Murdered Boy Cancelled
TRACY ANN PENA … THE MOTHER OF JEREMIAH VALENCIA,THE 13 YEAR OLD BOY TORTURED AND KILLED IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO … HAD A BAIL HEARING IN COURT WEDNESDAY MORNING , BUT IT’S BEEN CANCELLED. IT WAS PENA’S LAWYER WHO FILED A MOTION TO VACATE COURT SETTING, SO SHE WON’T BE IN COURT FOR THE CONTINUATION…… MORE
Judge Denies Kelley’s Plea Deal
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS ASKING A JUDGE TO RECONSIDER HIS DECISION TO THROW OUT A PLEA DEAL IN THE VICTORIA MARTENS MURDER CASE. PROSECUTORS HAVE FILED A 12 PAGE MOTION WITH FACTS THEY SAY POINT TO JESSICA KELLEY’S BEING GUILTY. JUDGE CHARLES BROWN LAST WEEK REJECTED A PLEA DEAL FOR KELLEY THAT…… MORE
Suspect Told to Provide DNA Sample
THE FATHER OF THE SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS ABUSED AND PROSTITUTED FOR CASH AND DRUGS RETURNED TO AN ALBUQUERQUE COURTROOM TUESDAY. JAMES STEWART IS ACCUSED IN THE CASE. JUDGE BRETT LOVELESS ORDERED THAT STEWART PROVIDE THE COURT WITH A DNA SAMPLE. THE REASON: SO PROSECUTORS CAN SEE IF IT’S A MATCH WITH A…… MORE
