IF BEING WARM WHEN YOU RETIRE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU, THEN BANKRATE.COM GOT IT ALL WRONG. THEY DID A LIST OF THE BEST STATES TO RETIRE AND SOUTH DAKOTA CAME IN FIRST. NEW MEXICO DIDN’T FARE SO WELL. THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT CAME IN 48TH, TIED WITH MARYLAND. NEW YORK CAME IN LAST. A…… MORE
One More Bad Boy Off The Streets
THIRTY-TWO YEAR OLD JOHNNY BLACK OF POJOAQUE WAS ARRESTED IN BERNALILLO BY A SANTA ANA TRIBAL POLICE OFFICER OVER THE LUNCH HOUR WEDNESDAY. HE HAD BEEN SPOTTED AT THE WARRIOR FUEL STATION ON U-S 550 BY THE OFFICER. STATE POLICE WERE ANXIOUS TO ARREST BLACK, WHO IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT A STATE POLICE OFFICER…… MORE
Meeting Scheduled on KAFB Fuel Leak
IT’S BEEN NEARLY 20 YEARS SINCE A MASSIVE AVIATION FUEL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AT A FACILITY AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE. EFFORTS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION HAVE BEEN ON-GOING FOR YEARS. YOU CAN LEARN THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT EFFORT AT A PUBLIC MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING AT EXPO…… MORE
More Charges Dropped in Victoria Martens Case
SOME OF THE CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST JESSICA KELLEY FOR HER ROLE IN THE DEATH OF VICTORIA MARTENS IN ALBUQUERQUE HAVE BEEN DROPPED. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS EVIDENCE HAD INITIALLY SUGGESTED VICTORIA HAD BEEN FORCED TO INGEST METHAMPHETAMINE, BUT NO SUCH SUBSTANCE WAS FOUND IN HER SYSTEM. TWO COUNTS CHARGING KELLEY WITH CHILD ABUSE…… MORE
Albuquerque Rallies Against Gun Violence
HUNDREDS TURNED OUT AT ALBUQUERQUE’S ROOSEVELT PARK ON WEDNESDAY FOR A NATIONAL TOUR TO END GUN VIOLENCE. THE RALLY, ENTITLED “ROAD TO CHANGE,” WAS HOSTED BY STUDENTS WITH THE GROUP “MARCH FOR OUR LIVES.” THOUSANDS OF ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS CAME OUT IN MARCH AFTER 17 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE SHOOTING AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH…… MORE
Joy Junction Founder and CEO Dies
THE MAN WHO STARTED ALBUQUERQUE’S JOY JUNCTION BACK IN 1986 FOR THE HOMELESS HAS DIED. IT WAS REPORTED ON WEDNESDAY THAT JEREMY REYNALDS DIED AFTER BATTLING A LONG ILLNESS, CANCER. REYNALDS CAME TO ALBUQUERQUE FROM GREAT BRITAIN AND STARTED JOY JUNCTION AFTER FINDING HIMSELF LIVING ON THE STREETS. REYNALDS LATER EARNED HIS PhD. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS…… MORE
Murder Victim Tried to Get Help Before Death
COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT A 13 YEAR OLD NORTHERN NEW MEXICO BOY SOUGHT HELP BEFORE HE WAS MURDERED. KOB TV REPORTS JEREMIAH VALENCIA CONTACTED A FAMILY MEMBER ON FACEBOOK AND DESCRIBED THE ABUSE AGAINST HIM. THAT PERSON THEN CONTACTED JEREMIAH’S MOTHER, TRACY PENA, TO ASK HER ABOUT IT, BUT PENA TOLD HER THE BOY WAS…… MORE
Attorney Suspended
THERE’S ONE LESS ATTORNEY PRACTICING LAW IN NEW MEXICO. ARASH KASHANIAN OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY FOR ASSISTING A COUPLE IN FILING WHAT THE COURT CALLED “FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS.” THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THEY WERE FILED ON BEHALF OF ANDREW ROSS AND THE LATE SUSAN GERARD, WHO WERE FIGHTING THEIR EVICTION FROM A…… MORE
Belen Flood Problems Will Take Time To Fix
AS THE MONSOONS BUILD IN NEW MEXICO, SO DO FLOOD CONCERNS FOR RESIDENTS IN PARTS OF VALENCIA COUNTY. STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALONZO BALDONADO SAYS HE WITNESSED THE FLOODING THAT HIT PARTS OF BELEN LAST WEEK, THE KIND OF FLOODING HE REMEMBERS AS A CHILD. HE SAYS IT’S BEEN A LONG-TERM PROBLEM THAT’S GOING TO TAKE A…… MORE
