ANOTHER OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE. THIS ONE HAPPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 200 BLOCK OF DALLAS NEAR CENTRAL AND PENNSYLVANIA. APD OFFICERS WERE SENT THERE JUST BEFORE 2 O’CLOCK AFTER GETTING A 911 CALL ABOUT A MAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE WHO WAS BANGING ON THE DOOR OF ONE APARTMENT, TELLING THE PEOPLE INSIDE…… MORE
Council to Discuss Land for Homeless Community
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS LAND ACQUISITION FOR THE TINY HOMES COMMUNITY THAT WOULD HOUSE THE HOMELESS. THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN THE EFFORT WITH BERNALILLO COUNTY TO CHOOSE A LOCATION TO BUILD THE HOUSES FOR THE HOMELESS TO INHABIT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT KEN SANCHEZ TELLS KOB TV HE’S NOT SURPRISED…… MORE
Mixed-Use Project Goes Before Full Council
A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE THAT GOT THE SUPPORT OF A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE LAST WEEK GOES BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL TONIGHT. THE SEVEN STORY MIXED USE PROJECT WOULD GO IN AT THIRD AND LOMAS. CARMELINA HART WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAYS THE DEVELOPERS WOULD GET A PROPERTY TAX BREAK. HART SAYS THE…… MORE
Meeting on Opioid Epidemic This Week
OPIOID ADDICTION ISN’T JUST AN URBAN PROBLEM. IT REACHES ALL CORNERS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING RURAL AREAS. THAT’S WHY OFFICIALS WITH THE U-S-D-A RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A MEETING IN ALBUQUERQUE THIS THURSDAY TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE. ANNE HAZLETT IS THE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ON HAND, ALONG WITH…… MORE
Fewer People Out of Work in NM
NEW MEXICO’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CONTINUES TO FALL. THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REPORTS THAT THE JOBLESS RATE HERE WAS 4.7 PERCENT IN JULY…DOWN FROM 4.9 IN JUNE. NEW MEXICO STILL HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE NATION. BUT IT’S NOW ONLY FIFTH WORST AMONG THE 50 STATES…AHEAD OF ALASKA, WEST VIRGINIA,…… MORE
Council Drafts Letter on Sports to UNM Regents
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL HAS WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE UNM BOARD OF REGENTS, ASKING THEM TO DELAY THEIR RE-VOTE FRIDAY ON ELIMINATING SOME SPORTS AT UNM TO BALANCE THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT’S BUDGET. COUNCILORS SAY IN THE LETTER THAT UNM ATHLETICS ALLOWS A LOT OF STUDENTS TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND, FOR SOME, TO REPRESENT…… MORE
More Opposition at Tiny Homes Meeting
ANOTHER MEETING ON A PROPOSED COMMUNITY OF TINY HOMES TO BE BUILT FOR THE HOMELESS IN ALBUQUERQUE. THURSDAY NIGHT’S MEETING TOOK MORE PUBLIC COMMENT, WITH MANY ASKING HOW PEOPLE WHO MOVE INTO THE TINY HOMES WILL FIND WORK AS WELL AS A WAY TO GET TO THAT JOB. KOB-TV REPORTS PROJECT COORDINATOR BERNADETTE MIERA SAYS…… MORE
Remains Identified as That of Suspect’s Missing Son
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE COMPOUND IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THAT WAS RAIDED EARLIER THIS MONTH HAS BEEN ANSWERED. THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR SAYS THE REMAINS RECOVERED FROM THAT LOCATION ARE THOSE OF ABDUL-GHANI WAHHAJ, THE YOUNG SON OF ONE OF THE MEN ARRESTED AT THE COMPOUND. HOWEVER, THE O-M-I SAYS IT…… MORE
American Idol Headed to Albuquerque
TIME TO GET YOUR VOICE IN TOP FORM. THE PRODUCERS OF “AMERICAN IDOL” ARE HEADING TO ALBUQUERQUE FOR AUDITIONS. THE PLAN IS FOR THE AMERICAN IDOL TEAM TO BE HERE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST IN OLD TOWN. KEEP IN MIND, CANDIDATES ARE HEARD ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SHOW’S PRODUCER…… MORE
NM Suing Wells Fargo Bank
THE ISSUE OF WELLS FARGO BANK CREATING UNAUTHORIZED ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS COULD BE HEADING TO COURT. ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE BANK, ALLEGING IT CARRIED OUT ILLEGAL BUSINESS PRACTICES BY OPENING THOSE ACCOUNTS. hE SAYS NEW MEXICANS WERE VICTIMS OF WELLS FARGO WHO WERE MISLED,…… MORE
