A BIGGER TRANSIT CENTER IS ABOUT TO BUILT AT CENTRAL AND UNSER IN ALBUQUERQUE. MAYOR TIM KELLER, CITY OFFICIALS AND GUESTS BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW PROJECT ON TUESDAY. THE CENTER WILL DOUBLE IN SIZE SO IT CAN ACCOMMODATE RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE WHEN IT’S EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER. THEY’LL ALSO WIDEN THE PLATFORM AND…… MORE
Feds Provide Rail Runner Funding
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS AWARDED THE NEW MEXICO RAIL RUNNER MORE THAN 29 MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SAFETY UPGRADE KNOWN AS POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL. SENATOR TOM UDALL SAYS WITHOUT THE GRANT, RAIL RUNNER SERVICE WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN REDUCED. THE MONEY WILL ALLOW THE RAIL RUNNER TO COMPLY WITH A FEDERAL…… MORE
District Attorney Announces Crime Strategies
THERE’S A NEW APPROACH TO FIGHTING CRIME IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAUL TORREZ HAS LAUNCHED NEW MEXICO’S FIRST EVER CRIME STRATEGIES UNIT WHICH WILL USE TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY CRIMINAL NETWORKS AND HIGH PROFILE OFFENDERS. TORREZ SAYS NEW MEXICO TECH WILL BE PART OF THE UNIT. HE SAYS THEY’LL PARTNER WITH NEW…… MORE
State Running Out of Stored Water
IRRIGATION SEASON ALONG THE RIO GRANDE TECHNICALLY WON’T END FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE PROBLEM IS, STORED WATER HAS JUST ABOUT RUN OUT. HYDROLOGIST DAVID GENSLER WITH THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT SAYS EL VADO RESERVOIR IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL PROBABLY GO DRY BY FRIDAY. BUT HE SAYS IT’S NOT THE END…… MORE
MDC Guard Arrested for Rape
A METRO DETENTION CENTER OFFICER IS UNDER ARREST, CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL PENETRATION. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A FEMALE INMATE TOLD A JUDGE THAT JOHNNY REVELES RAPED HER IN THE SHOWER ON MONDAY. THE SHERIFF’S SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT INTERVIEWED REVELES AND HIS ACCUSER. REVELES WAS ARRESTED BASED ON EVIDENCE OBTAINED…… MORE
A “First” for NM’s Medical Cannabis Program
FOR THE FIRST TIME, A NEW MEXICO MEDICAL CANNABIS PRODUCER HAS HAD ITS LICENSE REVOKED. MOTHER EARTH HERBS HAS DISPENSARIES IN ALBUQUERQUE AND LAS CRUCES. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT THE COMPANY WAS ACCUSED OF SUBMITTING FALSIFIED AUDITS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHICH OVERSEES THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM. COMPANY PRESIDENT VIVIAN…… MORE
Democracy Dollars Initiative May Need Special Election
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION TUESDAY NIGHT VOTED DOWN THE PLACEMENT OF THE DEMOCRACY DOLLARS INITIATIVE ON THE NOVEMBER 6TH GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. IT’S A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW REGISTERED VOTERS IN ALBUQUERQUE 25 DOLLARS IN COUPONS TO BE CONTRIBUTED TO A PUBLICLY FUNDED CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE. COMMISSIONERS FIRST VOTED AGAINST THIS INITIATIVE ON AUGUST…… MORE
APD Hunting Down a Woman’s Killer
THE SEARCH IS ON BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE FOR WHOEVER INJURED A WOMAN SO BADLY THAT SHE DIED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. APD OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WHERE A WOMAN HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN SUFFERING FROM SEVERE TRAUMA. SHE LATER DIED. INVESTIGATORS WERE LED TO THE QUINCY AND PROSPECT AREA AND ARE SAID TO…… MORE
Workers, Shoppers Held Hostage in Walgreens
A MAN IS IN ALBUQUERQUE’S METRO DETENTION CENTER NOW AFTER HOLDING TWO WALGREENS EMPLOYEES HOSTAGE AND THREATENING CUSTOMERS IN THE STORE. IT HAPPENED AROUND 7:00 MONDAY NIGHT AT THE WALGREENS AT 98TH AND GIBSON. IT WAS SCARY FOR THE PEOPLE BEING HELD, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED AND ALL THE CUSTOMERS GOT OUT OF THE…… MORE
One Arrested in Rio Rancho Murder
RIO RANCHO POLICE SAY A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A MURDER MONDAY MORNING. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE SANDOVAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AFTER GETTING A REPORT ABOUT SOMEONE THERE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. THAT PERSON, IDENTIFIED AS 29 YEAR OLD MARCUS HERRERA, LATER DIED. POLICE BELIEVE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE 600 BLOCK OF…… MORE
