ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS IS DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE…AND HE SAYS HE’S NOW SUPPORTING DEB HAALAND. POLITICAL BLOGGER JOE MONAHAN SAYS, WITH ONLY FIVE PERCENT SUPPORT IN A RECENT POLL, DAVIS’S ENDORSEMENT PROBABLY WON’T BE A BIG DEAL. BUT HE SAYS IN A…… MORE
Buzzard Fire Now Bigger
A WILDFIRE BURNING IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST HAS NOW GROWN TO MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND ACRES…AND IS STILL 34-PERCENT CONTAINED. THE BUZZARD FIRE BROKE OUT ON MAY 22ND. THE AREA AROUND THE FIRE REMAINS CLOSED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY…AND ROADBLOCKS HAVE BEEN SET UP BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. WELL OVER 400 FIRE PERSONNEL ARE BATTLING THE…… MORE
Looking To Monsoons for Relief
WITHOUT A GOOD MONSOON SEASON THIS SUMMER, NEW MEXICO COULD BE FACING SOME MAJOR WATER ISSUES. HYDROLOGIST DAVID GENSLER WITH THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT SAYS PARTS OF THE RIVER HAVE ALREADY DRIED UP COMPLETELY. HE SAYS SOME DRYING IS EXPECTED EVERY SUMMER. BUT GENSLER SAYS IF SUMMER RAINS ARE BELOW NORMAL, PARTS OF…… MORE
New Director Hired at Albuquerque Museum
THE ALBUQUERQUE ART MUSEUM HAS A NEW DIRECTOR. IT’S ANDREW CONNERS, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY CURATOR OF ART AND NOW TAKES OVER THE POST HELD BY CYNTHIA GARCIA AS ACTING DIRECTOR. CONNERS HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SOUTHWESTERN ART. HE’S ALSO SAID TO HAVE AN INNOVATIVE VISION. CONNERS STUDIED ART HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE AT YALE UNIVERSITY AND…… MORE
Netflix Shooting Series in NM
NETFLIX IS COMING TO NEW MEXICO TO FILM A TELEVISION SERIES CALLED “MESSIAH.” FILMING WILL BE IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ALBUQUERQUE, MOUNTAINAIR, ESTANCIA, BELEN AND SANTA FE. “MESSIAH” IS A TEN EPISODE SERIES THAT TELLS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO COMES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND IS BELIEVED BY HIS FOLLOWERS TO BE SENT…… MORE
Davis Drops From Race
A CROWDED FIELD HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE LESS CROWDED IN THE RACE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION. ABQ CITY COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS HAS DROPPED OUT…AND IS ENDORSING DEB HAALAND, THE FORMER STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRWOMAN. WILL THE MOVE BE A FACTOR IN NEXT WEEK’S PRIMARY? A RECENT ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL POLL SHOWS THERE ARE…… MORE
Two Candidates for Governor Refuse to Release Tax Returns
ONLY TWO OF NEW MEXICO’S FOUR GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES HAVE RELEASED THEIR TAX RETURNS FOR 2017. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THOSE WHO RELEASED THEIR RETURNS ARE SENATOR JOSEPH CERVANTES AND BUSINESSMAN JEFF APODACA. THE TWO WHO DID NOT RELEASE THEIR RETURNS ARE DEMOCRAT MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM AND REPUBLICAN STEVE PEARCE. BOTH TURNED OVER DOCUMENTS…… MORE
E-R Visits Drop in Albuquerque
TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS ARE SHOWING UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOMS OF ALBUQUERQUE’S MAJOR HOSPITALS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT VISITS TO E-R’S IN ALBUQUERQUE ARE LEVELING OFF A BIT. IT SAYS BOTH PRESBYTERIAN AND LOVELACE HOSPITALS SAW SMALL INCREASES IN 2016 AND LAST YEAR … UP 1-POINT-1 PERCENT AND 1-POINT-9 PERCENT RESPECTIVELY. THAT DOWN FROM 10…… MORE
Hearing Scheduled on Transmission Project
THERE WILL BE A HEARING NEXT WEDNESDAY IN SOCORRO ON THE PROPOSED SUN ZIA TRANSMISSION PROJECT. THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THE LOCATION OF TWO 500-KILOVOLT TRANSMISSION LINES AND RELATED FACILITIES IN SOCORRO, LINCOLN, LUNA, GRANT, TORRANCE, SIERRA AND HIDALGO COUNTIES. SUN ZIA SAYS THE LINE WILL CROSS MORE…… MORE
Firefighters Work NM Fires Over Holiday
WHILE YOU ENJOYED THE HOLIDAY, A LOT OF FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE JOB OVER MEMORIAL DAY. THERE WERE SEVERAL FIRES BURNING ACROSS NEW MEXICO. THE BUZZARD FIRE IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST HAS BURNED ABOUT 16-THOUSAND ACRES AND IS 14 PERCENT CONTAINED. SOME OF THE SMOKE FROM THE BUZZARD FIRE CREPT INTO THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO.…… MORE
