TAOS COUNTY AUTHORITIES STILL DON’T KNOW IF THE BODY OF A SMALL CHILD FOUND AT A COMPOUND NORTH OF TAOS IS THAT OF THE FOUR YEAR OLD BOY ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED BY SIRAJ WAHHAJ. HE WAS THE BOY’S FATHER AND WAS ARRESTED WITH FOUR OTHER ADULTS AT THE COMPOUND, DESCRIBED AS HAVING “THIRD WORLD” CONDITIONS. THE…… MORE
Keller OK With Veto Override
NO INFIGHTING BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER AND THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER COUNCILORS MONDAY NIGHT VOTED TO OVERRIDE KELLER’S VETO OF THEIR TOP GOLF LEGISLATION. THE COUNCIL HAD APPROVED FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OF 2-POINT-6 MILLION DOLLARS AND MORE FOR TOP GOLF OF DALLAS TO BUILD A VIRTUAL GOLF FACILITY AT MONTANO AND I-25. KELLER DOESN’T THINK…… MORE
Curry County Escapee Back in Jail
HER TIME ON THE RUN DIDN’T LAST VERY LONG. POLICE IN CLOVIS SAY THEY HAVE RECAPTURED 25 YEAR OLD KAITLYN ARINGTON. SHE HAD ESCAPED FROM THE CURRY COUNTY ADULT DETENTION CENTER MONDAY NIGHT AFTER REPORTEDLY OVERPOWERING A HEALTHCARE WORKER. POLICE LEARNED ARINGTON WAS AT A HOME IN CLOVIS. WHEN OFFICERS TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER…… MORE
Car Theft Suspect Gives Family a Scare
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME VERY ANXIOUS MOMENTS FOR AN ALBUQUERQUE FAMILY ON TUESDAY. TWENTY-NINE YEAR OLD DUSTIN FERGUSON WAS FLEEING FROM POLICE WHEN HE BROKE INTO THEIR HOME IN VENTANA RANCH AND HELD THEM AGAINST THEIR WILL. WHEN COPS TRACKED HIM TO THE HOME HE FLED AGAIN, THIS TIME ENDING UP AT A HOME…… MORE
Three Plead Guilty to Credit Card Fraud
THREE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE ON CHARGES THAT THEY STOLE MONEY FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION WHERE THEY WORKED. SIMON NUNEZ AND DAVID PARRISH OF ALBUQUERQUE, ALONG WITH LELAND MARTINEZ OF LOS LUNAS, ALL ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS DURING COURT APPEARANCES TUESDAY. THE THREE ARE ACCUSED OF USING CREDIT…… MORE
“Roswell” Returns to its Roots
THE NEW MEXICO FILM OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT WARNER BROTHERS TELEVISION WILL BE PRODUCING THE SHOW “ROSWELL” IN LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO AND SANTA FE. FILMING IS SCHEDULED FROM THIS MONTH THROUGH JANUARY OF 2019. THE ORIGINAL “ROSWELL” RAN FROM 1999 TILL 2002 BUT IT WAS FILMED IN CALIFORNIA. THIS TIME AROUND, THE DAUGHTER OF…… MORE
Feds Provide Funding for 11 NM School Districts
ALBUQUERQUE SIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY AND BERNALILLO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE AMONG 11 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS IN NEW MEXICO SPLITTING UP 20-MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL GRANT MONEY. STATE PUBLIC EDUCATION SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER RUSZKOWSKI SAYS THE MONEY, TO BE DISTRIBUTED OVER THREE YEARS, WILL HELP IMPROVE LITERACY OUTCOMES. HE SAYS THE GRANT WAS AWARDED LAST…… MORE
Monsoons Back in Albuquerque
THE MONSOONS ARE ABOUT TO KICK IN AGAIN IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST RANDALL HERGERT SAYS THE FIRST BIG PUSH WILL BE ON THURSDAY…WITH MOISTURE INCREASING EVEN MORE ON FRIDAY. AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE MODERATING. HE SAYS HIGHS HAVE BEEN IN THE MID-TO-UPPER 90S, BUT AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH, THURSDAY WILL…… MORE
Changes Considered for Two of Albuquerque’s East-West Streets
LEAD AND COAL AVENUES IN ALBUQUERQUE HAVE LONG BEEN ONE WAY STREETS … ONE GOING WEST AND THE OTHER GOING EAST. BUT THAT COULD CHANGE AS THE CITY STUDIES MAKING THOSE TWO STREETS FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC. ONE REASON FOR CONSIDERING THE CHANGE IS MANY RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THOSE STREETS COMPLAIN DRIVERS SPEED ON LEAD AND…… MORE
Council Overrides Mayor’s Top Golf Veto
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT VOTED TO OVERRIDE MAYOR TIM KELLER’S VETO OF THE 2-POINT-6 MILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE FOR TOP GOLF OUT OF DALLAS. THE OVERRIDE VOTE WAS 7 TO 2. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE TWO “NO” VOTES WERE FROM COUNCILORS BRAD WINTER AND DON HARRIS. THE COUNCIL HAD VOTED FOR…… MORE
