ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS WILL SOON BE GETTING RAISES. IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO GET TO THIS POINT, WITH THE CITY AND THE POLICE OFFICERS’ UNION AGREEING ON A NEW CONTRACT WORTH JUST OVER 12-MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AS FOR WHAT SOME OF THE RAISES BREAK DOWN TO: FIRST…… MORE
Recreational Pot Gets “Thumbs Up”
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN NEW MEXICO?? A NEW POLL SHOWS 63 PERCENT OF ADULTS SURVEYED LIKE THE IDEA, AND WOULD SUPPORT A PROPOSED BILL LEGALIZING, TAXING AND REGULATING CANNABIS. THAT’S UP TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM A SIMILAR POLL CONDUCTED IN 2016. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE LATEST SURVEY WAS DONE…… MORE
APD Releases Youngblood Arrest Video
STATE REPRESENTATIVE MONICA YOUNGBLOOD INSISTS SHE HAD NO ALCOHOL THE NIGHT ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARRESTED HER IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE LAST WEEKEND FOR DRUNK DRIVING. THE VIDEO OF YOUNGBLOOD’S ARREST SHOWS HER CRYING IN THE BACK OF THE SQUAD CAR, TELLING OFFICERS SHE’S A LEGISLATOR WHO HAS STOOD UP FOR POLICE OFFICERS. THE OFFICER RESPONDS THAT IT…… MORE
Clovis Library Shooter Has Behavioral Outbursts
NATHANIEL JOUETT, THE 17 YEAR OLD CHARGED IN A DEADLY LIBRARY SHOOTING IN CLOVIS LAST AUGUST, IS NOW RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS AND THERAPY. THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS REPORTS JOUETT HAS HAD SOME BEHAVIORAL OUTBURSTS WHILE IN CUSTODY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE OUTBURSTS WERE ANTICIPATED AND ARE BEING MANAGED. TWO PEOPLE DIED AND FOUR OTHERS…… MORE
Officer’s Funeral Set for Thursday
A FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY IN LAS CRUCES FOR STATE POLICE SERGEANT THOMAS VITALE. THE SERVICES WILL BE AT 10:00 AM AT THE CEDAR HILLS CHURCH OF THE CROSS. THE PROCESSION WILL THEN DEPART LAS CRUCES AND TRAVEL TO FORT BAYARD NATIONAL CEMETARY FOR INTERNMENT. SERGEANT VITALE DIED SATURDAY AFTER STATE POLICE SAY HE…… MORE
Another Lightning Caused Fire
THE HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEK WAS A WELCOME SIGHT…BUT NOT SO MUCH THE LIGHTNING THAT CAME ALONG WITH IT. THERE’S NO DEFINITE WORD ON WHAT STARTED IT, BUT THE U-S FOREST SERVICE IS REPORTING A SMALL FIRE BURNING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MANZANO MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS. ON TUESDAY, THE OJO CHIQUITO FIRE IS ESTIMATED…… MORE
Senators Introduce Bill to Protest Chaco Canyon
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES AROUND CHACO CANYON WOULD BE OFF-LIMITS FOR MINERAL DEVELOPMENT IF PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION BECOMES LAW. SENATORS TOM UDALL AND MARTIN HEINRICH HAVE INTRODUCED THE “CHACO CULTURAL HERITAGE AREA PROTECTION ACT.” IT WITHDRAWS OVER 300-THOUSAND ACRES OF FEDERAL LAND FROM MINERAL LEASING OR DEVELOPMENT BUT WOULD NOT AFFECT PRIVATE, STATE OR…… MORE
Man Dresses Well To Rob NM Bank
HERE’S A BANK ROBBERY WITH A TWIST. IT HAPPENED MONDAY WHEN A MAN, WEARING A GRAY PINSTRIPE BUSINESS SUIT, ROBBED THE BANK OF AMERICA AT 56-HUNDRED LOMAS IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE F-B-I SAYS THE ROBBER WAS ALSO WEARING BLACK TENNIS SHOES. HE ENTERED THE BANK SHORTLY AFTER 4:30PM AND HANDED THE TELLER A NOTE DEMANDING MONEY.…… MORE
New County Office Renovation to Begin
BERNALILLO COUNTY IS LOOKING TO HIRE A DESIGN-BUILD TEAM TO RENOVATE THE ALVARADO SQUARE BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. THE COUNTY BOUGHT THE BUILDING TO CONSOLIDATE MOST OF ITS SERVICES INTO ONE LOCATION…AND SPOKESWOMAN TIA BLAND SAYS THE GOAL IS TO MOVE 900 COUNTY EMPLOYEES THERE BY DECEMBER OF 2020. BLAND SAYS THE WINNING TEAM WILL…… MORE
NM Remains in Drought Mode
THE RAIN WAS NICE…BUT THE DROUGHT LINGERS ON IN NEW MEXICO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS AREAS FROM I-40 NORTH ARE STILL IN EXTREME OR EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT, WHICH IS AS BAD AS IT GETS. JONES SAY IT COVERS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO, AND NORTH CENTRAL AS WELL AS THE FOUR CORNERS AREA.…… MORE
