TWO MEN FROM RIO RANCHO DIE INSIDE A TRAILER AT THE K-O-A ON SOUTH HILL ROAD IN BERNALILLO, NOT FAR FROM I-25 AND U-S 550. POLICE SAY IT APPEARS 70 YEAR OLD FERNAND “FRED” LETE SHOT AND KILLED 55 YEAR OLD MICHAEL LAPLANTE SUNDAY EVENING. WHEN BERNALILLO POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A “SHOTS-FIRED” CALL THEY…… MORE
Prosecution Ordered to Provide Charges Against Gonzales
FABIAN GONZALES GOES ON TRIAL IN OCTOBER. HE’S ONE OF THE SUSPECTS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF 10 YEAR OLD VICTORIA MARTENS IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE JUDGE HAS NOW ORDERED THE PROSECUTION IN GONZALES’ TRIAL TO PROVIDE HIM AND HIS DEFENSE TEAM WITH A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE CHILD…… MORE
Man Shot of Albuquerque McDonald’s
A MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT AT THE MCDONALD’S RESTAURANT IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF INDIAN SCHOOL. POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO THAT LOCATION JUST BEFORE 7:00 THURSDAY NIGHT. WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY FOUND THE VICTIM WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND AND GOT HIM TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. NO ONE IS…… MORE
Study Says NM Minimum Wage Is Not Enough
NEW MEXICO’S MINIMUM WAGE LOSES 16 PERCENT OF ITS PURCHASING POWER. THAT’S WHAT A STUDY BY NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN HAS SHOWN. THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE IS 7-50 AN HOUR AND THE GROUP’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JAMES JIMENEZ, SAYS THAT AMOUNT NOW HAS THE PURCHASING POWER OF 6-DOLLARS-AND-30 CENTS. SOME CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE…… MORE
NM State Fair Starts Soon
IF YOU LIVE FOR THE NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR, YOUR TIME IS ALMOST HERE. IT GETS UNDERWAY NEXT WEEK AND EXPO NEW MEXICO GENERAL MANAGER DAN MOURNING SAYS THEY HAVE SOME NEW FEATURES THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE NEW FEATURES OF THE FAIR THIS YEAR IS WHAT MOURNING CALLS “GRAZE DAYS.” ON OPENING DAY AND…… MORE
Study Says NM Minimum Wage Is Not Enough
NEW MEXICO’S MINIMUM WAGE LOSES 16 PERCENT OF ITS PURCHASING POWER. THAT’S WHAT A STUDY BY NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN HAS SHOWN. THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE IS 7-50 AN HOUR AND THE GROUP’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JAMES JIMENEZ, SAYS THAT AMOUNT NOW HAS THE PURCHASING POWER OF 6-DOLLARS-AND-30 CENTS. SOME CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE…… MORE
Another Proposed Change for the Entrada
THE CITY OF SANTA FE SAYS THEY’LL NOW HOLD A CELEBRATION OF FAITH INSTEAD OF THE ENTRADA, WHICH IS TEMPORARILY ON HOLD. THAT DECISION WAS MADE THIS WEEK AFTER WHAT’S BEING CALLED A HISTORIC MEETING ON THE MATTER. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE MEETING WEDNESDAY WAS ATTENDED BY THE ALL PUEBLO COUNCIL OR…… MORE
Good News on NM Gas Prices
IT SEEMS, MOST OF THE TIME WE’RE HEADING INTO A LONG WEEKEND, GAS PRICES GO UP. SO THIS APPEARS TO BUCK THAT TREND. AAA NEW MEXICO SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 2-76, UNCHANGED FROM LAST WEEK. BUT IT’S STILL 47 CENTS HIGHER THAN WHERE IT WAS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IN ALBUQUERQUE, THE PRICE…… MORE
Deadly Crash on I-40
A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 40 THIS(THURS) AFTERNOON. STATE POLICE SAY THE CRASH INVOLVED A SEMI-TRUCK AND A GREYHOUND BUS. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. STATE POLICE SAY THERE WERE MULTIPLE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. WESTBOUND 40 AT MILEMARKER 53 IS CLOSED AND ALL TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED ON TO THE FRONTAGE…… MORE
