THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS DIRECTING MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IN THE STATE TO NOT SELL CBD FROM PLANTS PRODUCED FROM OUTSIDE NEW MEXICO. CBD IS A NON-PSYCHOACTIVE DERIVATIVE OF CANNABIS SOLD IN DISPENSARIES BY ITSELF OR MIXED WITH OTHER COMPOUNDS. KENNY VIGIL WITH NEW MEXICO’S MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM SAYS SELLING CBD PRODUCED OUTSIDE THE STATE…… MORE
Close to “Chile Time”
THE HARVEST FOR NEW MEXICO’S BELOVED GREEN CHILE WILL BEGIN IN A WEEK OR TWO. AND NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY VEGETABLE SPECIALIST STEPHANIE WALKER SAYS IT LOOKS VERY ENCOURAGING AT THIS POINT. SHE SAYS IT’S THE BEST YEAR THEY’VE SEEN IN A WHILE. WALKER SAYS DURING MONSOON SEASON, STANDING WATER IN FIELDS CAN LEAD TO…… MORE
NM Lawmakers Critical of Trump Meeting With Putin
NEW MEXICO LAWMAKERS WEIGH IN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CONTROVERSIAL MEETING MONDAY WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN. AND LIKE LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE U-S, THEY’RE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF WHAT WAS COVERED … AND NOT COVERED … IN THE MEETING. SENATOR TOM UDALL SAID TRUMP FAILED TO TELL RUSSIA TO ABANDON ITS ATTACKS ON THE U-S ELECTORAL SYSTEM.…… MORE
Socorro County Begins Flood Cleanup
FLASH FLOODING HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE SOCORRO COUNTY COMMUNITY OF SAN ANTONIO…AND OFFICIALS ARE NOW ASSESSING THE SITUATION. THEY’RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP THE MESS. ROUGHLY 20 HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE FLOODS … AND ONE WOMAN TELLS KOB TV THE WATER IN HER HOME IS UP TO WAIST…… MORE
Task Force Reviews Officer Involved Shooting
AN INVESTIGATIVE TASK FORCE IS NOW REVIEWING AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE DEPUTY CHIEF ROBERT ESHON SAYS AN OFFICER PULLED OVER A VEHICLE FOR SPEEDING ON INTERSTATE 25 SOUTHBOUND NEAR AVENIDA CESAR CHAVEZ. HE SAYS THE OFFICER GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH THE PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. SHOTS…… MORE
Residents Want a Better International District
RESIDENTS OF ALBUQUERQUE’S INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE “WAR ZONE,” ARE CALLING ON APD TO LOCATE A NEW POLICE STATION IN THE AREA. CITY COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS TELLS KOB TV THEY’RE BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP, WORKING WITH SCHOOLS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND POLICE. AT A MEETING MONDAY, PEOPLE DISCUSSED MAKING THEIR AREA, BEST…… MORE
Mayor Updates Status of A-R-T
CITY HALL IS FINALLY GETTING SOME FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT. MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS THE CITY IS BEING AWARDED 14 MILLION DOLLARS…MONEY THE CITY HAS ALREADY SPENT FOR ROADWORK ALONG THE A-R-T ROUTE. AS FOR THE BIG 75 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT CITY HALL IS WAITING ON…KELLER SAYS THERE ARE STILL NO GUARANTEES. KELLER…… MORE
Defender Resigns Amid Harassment Allegations
THE CHIEF DEPUTY OF THE STATE’S PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE IS STEPPING DOWN FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. THE NEW MEXICO DISCIPLINARY BOARD DECLINED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST CHANDLER BLAIR…BUT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT THE TWO FEMALE ATTORNEYS WHO FILED SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIM ARE STILL PURSUING THEIR CLAIMS. BLAIR DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS.… MORE
Albuquerque Opens to “Mixed Use” Properties
MIXED USE BUILDINGS ARE POPPING UP DOWNTOWN AND IN OTHER PARTS OF ALBUQUERQUE. THE EL VADO MOTEL THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED IS ONE EXAMPLE OF MIXED USE PROPERTIES THAT INCLUDE BOTH APARTMENTS AND RETAIL SHOPS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS MEMBERS OF THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, NAIOP, THINK IT’LL SERVE ALBUQUERQUE WELL AS IT’LL…… MORE
SE Albuquerque Death Was Accidental
IT APPEARS ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE SOLVED ONE OF THE CASES THEY WERE INVESTIGATING FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND. POLICE SAY THE O-M-I HAS DETERMINED A MAN FOUND DEAD AT LEAD AND HIGH STREET SOUTHEAST SATURDAY MORNING HAD ACCIDENTALLY FALLEN AND HIT HIS HEAD. MEANWHILE THE INCIDENT FROM SUNDAY MORNING IS STILL AN ACTIVE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. POLICE…… MORE
