THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY A NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE OFFICER DURING AN ALTERCATION ON I-25 BACK ON JULY 15TH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 23 YEAR OLD JONATHAN MOLINA OF ALBUQUERQUE. MOLINA WAS A PASSENGER IN A CAR PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING BY OFFICER KEVIN SMITH. SMITH WAS QUESTIONING MOLINA, WHEN MOLINA BEGAN FIGHTING…… MORE
No Movement on Santa Fe Student Athlete Policy
SHOULD STUDENT-ATHLETES BE PUNISHED FOR THE BAD BEHAVIOR OF THEIR PARENTS? THAT’S THE QUESTION THAT WENT BEFORE THE SANTA FE SCHOOL BOARD TUESDAY NIGHT. BOARD PRESIDENT STEVEN CARRILLO TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASINGLY POOR PARENTAL BEHAVIOR ON THE SIDELINES. IN EXTREME CASES, HE SAYS DISQUALIFICATION OF THE ATHLETE MAY BE IN…… MORE
County to Settle With Family of Man Killed By Deputy
BERNALILLO COUNTY FILES COURT PAPERS ALLOWING FOR A PAYMENT OF 750-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE RELATIVES OF A MAN WHO WAS KILLED BY A SHERIFFS DEPUTY LAST YEAR. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT’S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FAMILY MEMBERS COULD GET IF THEIR LAWSUIT GOES TO TRIAL. MARTIN JIM AND ISAAC PADILLA WERE BOTH SHOT AND KILLED…… MORE
Los Lunas Project Expected to Create Jobs
A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE IN THE VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON JOBS STATEWIDE. THAT’S THE ASSESSMENT FROM VILLAGE OFFICIALS FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE U-S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION IS PROVIDING 1-POINT-3 MILLION DOLLARS FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CENTRAL NEW MEXICO RAIL PARK IN LOS LUNAS. IT’S ESTIMATED THE…… MORE
Carson Tours San Felipe Pueblo
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY BEN CARSON IS IN NEW MEXICO, VISITING SAN FELIPE PUEBLO. CARSON TOURED A LOW INCOME HOUSING SUBDIVISION ON TUESDAY, BUILT WITH THE HELP OF LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS. BUT HE WAS TOLD THE SUBDIVISION LACKS SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE. CARSON MADE LIGHT OF THE RESERVATION’S LACK…… MORE
Venado Fire Continues in Santa Fe National Forest
AN UPDATE ON THE VENADO FIRE ON THE JEMEZ RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST. SPOKESMAN BRUCE HILL SAYS THE 35-HUNDRED ACRE FIRE IS NOW 66 PERCENT CONTAINED AND CREWS WILL BE DOING SOME BURN-OUT OPERATIONS. HE SAYS THE BURNOUT OPERATIONS WILL PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING. THE BURN-OUT OPERATION WILL ALSO PRODUCE…… MORE
Sunvan Bus Involved in Accident
THE DRIVER OF A CITY OF ALBUQUEREQUE SUN VAN AND ITS ONLY PASSENGER WERE INJURED WHEN THE VAN TIPPED OVER IN A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT TUESDAY MORNING. IT HAPPENED NEAR BRIDGE AND LA VEGA. A-B-Q RIDE’S RICK DE REYES TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE TWO WERE NOT SERIOUSLY HURT…BUT WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS A…… MORE
DWI Seizure Program Rules as Unconstitutional
ALBUQUERQUE’S DWI VEHICLE SEIZURE PROGRAM IS SHOT DOWN IN FEDERAL COURT. JUDGE JAMES BROWNING HAS RULED THAT THE PROGRAM IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT FORCES PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROVE THEIR OWN INNOCENCE. ATTORNEY ROBERT EVERETT JOHNSON WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE SAYS THE COURT RULED THE GOVERNMENT MUST PROVE THAT AN OWNER DID SOMETHING WRONG BEFORE…… MORE
Alleged Child Abusers Released from Jail
DAHN LEIDY AND FLORENCIO MENDOZA … BOTH ACCUSED OF ABUSING LEIDY’S ONE YEAR OLD SON … ARE OUT OF JAIL. THAT’S AFTER APPEARING IN COURT MONDAY AND A JUDGE REJECTING A PETITION THAT WOULD HAVE KEPT THE 24 YEAR OLD LEIDY AND 35 YEAR OLD MENDOZA JAILED UNTIL THEIR TRIAL ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. PROSECUTORS…… MORE
Albuquerque Drafts Plan to Rid City of Needles, Syringes
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE NOW HAS A PLAN TO CLEAN UP THE NEEDLES AND SYRINGES IN CITY PARKS AND ELSEWHERE. THE PLAN WAS ANNOUNCED MONDAY BY MAYOR TIM KELLER, WHO SAYS THE NEW INITIATIVE WILL COORDINATE QUICK RESPONSE WHEN RESIDENTS REPORT NEEDLES FOUND IN PUBLIC PLACES LIKE PARKS. ALBUQUERQUE’S NEW “ONE A-B-Q” APP ALSO ALLOWS…… MORE
