A FIRE IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE PUTS THREE FAMILIES OUT OF A HOME FOR NOW. IT WAS AROUND MIDNIGHT WHEN ALBUQUERQUE FIRE CREWS WERE SENT TO THE SPAIN GARDEN APARTMENTS, A FOURPLEX IN THE 84-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SPAIN. ON ARRIVAL, FIREFIGHTERS SAID THERE WAS HEAVY SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM A SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT, AS WELL…… MORE
NM Tourism Continues to Rise
TOURISM IS UP AGAIN IN NEW MEXICO. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY THAT 35-POINT-4-MILLION TRIPS WERE TAKEN TO THE STATE LAST YEAR, BREAKING THE RECORD FOR 2016, WHICH WAS 34-POINT-4 MILLION VISITS. AND THE GOVERNOR CREDITS THE NEW MEXICO TRUE CAMPAIGN FOR HELPING TO BRING THOSE VISITORS TO THE STATE. SHE SAYS IT’S GOOD FOR…… MORE
NM’s New Businesses Rising
IF YOU’VE STARTED A BUSINESS IN NEW MEXICO THIS YEAR, YOU’RE FAR FROM BEING ALONE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE REPORTS THE NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. IT SAYS, SINCE JANUARY FIRST, OVER 10,800 BUSINESSES HAVE STARTED, INCLUDING MORE THAN 52-HUNDRED IN THE SECOND QUARTER. LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, THE NUMBER…… MORE
New Features at the Sunport
THERE’S A COOL NEW FEATURE ON THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT’S WEB PAGE. CHRIS ALBRECHT IS WITH THE CITY’S AVIATION DEPARTMENT. HE SAYS IT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO FILE NOISE COMPLAINTS, SOMETHING THAT TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO RESEARCH. NOW, ALBRECHT SAYS, IT’S AS EASY AS A CLICK ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN. IT’LL GIVE YOU THE AIRLINE,…… MORE
Jeremy Reynalds Dies
A LONG TIME ADVOCATE FOR THE HOMELESS IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS DIED. JEREMY REYNALDS WHO BROUGHT JOY JUNCTION TO LIFE IN ALBQUERQUE, HAS DIED AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. REYNALDS ALWAYS OPERATED JOY JUNCTION USING ONLY PRIVATE DONATIONS WHICH, AS HE TOLD NEWSRADIO KKOB MANY TIMES, ALLOWED HIM TO OPERATE THE FACILITY AS A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY WITHOUT…… MORE
D-A Drops Some Charges in Martens Case
SOME OF THE CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST JESSICA KELLEY FOR HER ROLE IN THE DEATH OF VICTORIA MARTENS HAVE BEEN DROPPED. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS EVIDENCE HAD INITIALLY SUGGESTED THAT VICTORIA HAD BEEN FORCED TO INGEST METHAMPHETAMINE BUT NO SUCH SUBSTANCE WAS FOUND IN HER SYSTEM. TWO COUNTS CHARGING KELLEY WITH CHILD ABUSE AND…… MORE
UNM Health Sciences Exec Proposing Opioid Limits
A UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR MAKES HIS POINT ABOUT REGULATING AND LIMITING THE DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOIDS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS DR. RICHARD LARSON TOLD THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IN AN OPINION PIECE THAT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC WON’T BE RESOLVED ANY OTHER WAY. LARSON SAYS A THREE-DAY LIMIT SHOULD BE PLACED…… MORE
Keller to Check Out San Antonio Homeless Campus
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER IS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY TO LEARN ABOUT THAT CITY’S HOMELESS INITIATIVE. WHILE THERE, KELLER WILL VISIT THE 22-ACRE HOMELESS CAMPUS KNOWN AS THE “HAVEN FOR HOPE.” THOSE WHO LIVE ON CAMPUS ARE PROVIDED WITH A HOST OF RESOURCES THAT ENABLE THEM TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. “HAVEN…… MORE
Woman Arrested in Husband’s Murder in Pena Blanca
AN 18 YEAR OLD WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND A WEEK AGO IN PENA BLANCA, IN SANDOVAL COUNTY. KRQE TV REPORTS THAT LUCIA MONTANO IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND KIDNAPPING. AUTHORITIES SAY THE VICTIM, 22 YEAR OLD KAVAUGHN WHEAT, WENT MISSING IN…… MORE
NM Monsoons Expected to “Firm Up”
MONSOON SEASON IN NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN PRETTY HIT-OR-MISS SO FAR THIS SUMMER. BUT THAT COULD BE ABOUT TO CHANGE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CHUCK JONES SAYS A SURGE OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO COME INTO THE STATE FROM OLD MEXICO LATER IN THE WEEK: HE SAYS IT’LL BE THE FIRST TIME WHEN NEW MEXICO’S…… MORE
