ANOTHER FRONT HAS BEEN OPENED IN THE WAR AGAINST OPIOID ABUSE IN NEW MEXICO. THE STATE’S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS STARTED A NEW CAMPAIGN CALLED “THERE IS ANOTHER WAY.” IT’S DESCRIBED AS A MULTI-FACETED EFFORT DESIGNED TO EDUCATE PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS ABOUT SAFER WAYS TO MANAGE PAIN. THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDES COMMUNITY EVENTS, SCHOOL OUTREACH AND…… MORE
Monsoons Helping NM’s Fire Danger
AT TIMES THE RAINS THIS MONSOON SEASON IN NEW MEXICO HAVE COME DOWN TOO HARD AND HEAVY…BUT THERE’S GOOD WITH THE BAD. METEOROLOGIST RICH NADEN AT THE SOUTHWEST COORDINATION CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THE THREAT OF WILDFIRE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DAMPENED. NADEN SAYS THE FIRE DANGER IS DOWN DRAMATICALLY IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS. NADEN…… MORE
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Gubernatorial Candidate Promises “No Legal Battle” Over Education Funding
DEMOCRAT MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM IS THE FIRST CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR TO ANNOUNCE SHE WILL NOT CONTINUE THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER WHETHER NEW MEXICO MEETS ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO ADEQUATELY EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. THAT POSITION, IF SHE’S ELECTED, COULD SERIOUSLY SHORTEN THE TIMELINE FOR THE FUNDING LAWSUIT BY YEARS. LUJAN GRISHAM SAYS NEW MEXICO’S EDUCATION SYSTEM…… MORE
The Judge “Missed the Boat”
PUBLIC EDUCATION SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER RUSZKOWSKI SAYS THE JUDGE MISSED THE BOAT. IT’S HIS RESPONSE TO A RULING BY JUDGE SARAH SINGLETON FRIDAY THAT NEW MEXICO ISN’T SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY ON EDUCATION. IN A STATEMENT, RUSZKOWSKI SAYS SINCE GOVERNOR MARTINEZ TOOK OFFICE, THE STATE HAS UPPED EDUCATION SPENDING BY 450-MILLION DOLLARS…MORE THAN 100 MILLION THIS YEAR…… MORE
Man Accused of Beating Teen Up for Sentencing
JUSTIN HANSEN, THE MAN ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY BEATING A TEENAGED ALBUQUERQUE GIRL, BRITTANY MARCEL, WITH A SHOVEL BACK IN 2008, WILL BE SENTENCED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN DISTRICT COURT. HE’S BEEN A FREE MAN BUT COULD WIND UP IN PRISON AFTER HIS SENTENCING AT 1:30 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HE PLEADED “NO CONTEST” TO THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM,…… MORE
More Parents Arrested for Child Abuse
A ONE YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE BOY IS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER HIS MOTHER ALLEGEDLY BEAT AND KICKED HIM. TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD DAHN LEIDY AND HER BOYFRIEND, 35 YEAR OLD FLORENCIO MENDOZA, WERE ARRESTED MONDAY…AND BOTH WERE CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN GREAT BODILY HARM OR DEATH. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BOY HAD TO BE…… MORE
Monsoons More than Santa Fe Needed
TUESDAY NIGHT’S MONSOON RAINFALL HIT HARDEST IN SANTA FE. IN ALBUQUERQUE, WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN AS WELL, ACCOMPANIED BY SOME POWER OUTAGES. BUT THERE WAS FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE SANTA FE, INCLUDING SOME GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, HOMES AND BUSINESSES BEING FLOODED IN TOWN. OUTSIDE AND SOUTHWEST OF SANTA FE, THE A LOT OF…… MORE
Arson Investigated at Clovis Church
CLOVIS POLICE KNOW WHO THEY’RE LOOKING FOR BUT HAVE YET TO CATCH THE SUSPECT WANTED FOR A CHURCH ARSON. AN OFFICER WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH ON MERRIWETHER STREET AROUND 9:30 TUESDAY MORNING ON A REPORT OF ARSON. CLOVIS POLICE SAYS A PERSON WENT INSIDE THE CHURCH AROUND 1:40 TUESDAY MORNING AND…… MORE
Alleged Prison Gang Member Convicted
IT TOOK A FEDERAL JURY SEVEN HOURS TUESDAY TO FIND AN ALLEGED PRISON GANG MEMBER GUILTY OF MURDER AND RACKETEERING. FIFTY-THREE YEAR OLD ANTHONY CORDOVA NOW FACES A MANDATORY LIFE PRISON SENTENCE. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY CORDOVA WAS A MEMBER OF THE SYNDICATO DE NUEVO MEXICO PRISON GANG. HE WAS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A MAN IN…… MORE
