STATE REP MONICA YOUNGBLOOD IS OUT OF JAIL AFTER HER ARREST SUNDAY MORNING IN ALBUQUERQUE ON PASEO DEL NORTE FOR AGGRAVATED DRUNK DRIVING. SHE IS SAID TO HAVE FAILED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND REFUSED TO TAKE A BREATHALYZER TEST. SHE SAID SHE WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A FRIEND’S HOUSE. POLICE SAY YOUNGBLOOD DENIED HAVING ANY…… MORE
Santa Fe, NM, Responds to Santa Fe, Texas School Shooting
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO POSTS AN ADVISORY ON IT’S WEBSITE TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW LAST FRIDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING WAS IN SANTA FE, TEXAS, NOT NEW MEXICO. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTED THE DISTRICT ALSO USED A ROBO-CALL SYSTEM TO GET THE WORD OUT. THE ACTION WAS TAKEN OUT OF A SENSE…… MORE
Construction Begins at Central and Unser
NEW CONSTRUCTION GETS UNDERWAY TODAY (MON) AT CENTRAL AND UNSER IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE RECONSTRUCTION JOB THERE WILL WIDEN THE LANES AND ADD MORE TURNING LANES. BIKE TRAILS AND MULTI-USE TRAILS WILL ALSO BE ADDED. THE ROAD WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT SUMMER. CENTRAL AND UNSER HANDLE JUST UNDER 100-THOUSAND VEHICLES A DAY.… MORE
Border Patrol Agency Accused in Child Porn Case
A SUPERVISORY U-S BORDER PATROL AGENT IS IN CUSTODY LAST FRIDAY, CHARGED WITH RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. FORTY-FIVE YEAR OLD JASON DAVIS OF LAS CRUCES MADE HIS INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE IN FEDERAL COURT LAST FRIDAY. A DETENTION HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 23RD. THE U-S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS DAVIS UPLOADED A VIDEO FILE CONTAINING CHILD PORN…… MORE
Emergency Landing at the Sunport
PASSENGERS ON A FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM TULSA, OKLAHOMA TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, ARE WAKING UP IN A THIS (MON) MORNING. THAT’S BECAUSE THEIR FLIGHT HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE SUNPORT IN ALBUQUERQUE AROUND 10:30PM. THEY WERE NEARLY AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF INTO THEIR FLIGHT WHEN THE PILOT TOLD THEM THERE WAS AN ODOR…… MORE
New Service from Frontier Airlines
FRONTIER AIRLINES WILL SOON BE MAKING IT EASIER TO “REMEMBER THE ALAMO.” STARTING AUGUST 15TH, THE AIRLINE WILL INITIATE THE FIRST AND ONLY NON-STOP SERVICE TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT. THIS NEW SERVICE WILL SERVE TO COMPLIMENT FRONTIERS OTHER NON-STOP SERVICE ROUTES FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO DENVER, AUSTIN AND ORLANDO.… MORE
NM Jobless Rate Lower
THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS SAYS OVER 10-THOUSAND JOBS WERE CREATED BETWEEN APRIL OF 2017 AND THIS PAST APRIL. MOST ALL THE GAINS CAME IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO SAYS THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS NOW DOWN TO 5-POINT-4 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 5-POINT-6 PERCENT IN APRIL. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR…… MORE
Early Voting Info in Bernalillo County
EARLY VOTING SITES ACROSS NEW MEXICO STARTED OPENING UP ON SATURDAY. THAT’S INCLUDES 19 IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. IT’S FOR THE JUNE 5TH PRIMARY ELECTION. THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE HAS EARLY VOTING LOCATION INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT “N-M VOTE.ORG.” COUNTIES WITH MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND VOTERS WILL HAVE EARLY VOTING AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY UP UNTIL JUNE…… MORE
Operation Ends with Auto-Theft Arrests
THERE WAS AN INTERAGENCY AUTO THEFT SUPPRESSION OPERATION LAST THURSDAY IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. IT INVOLVED THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, APD, STATE POLICE AND OTHERS AND FOCUSED ON ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH AREA COMMAND. OVERALL, 9 STOLEN VEHICLES WERE RECOVERED , 70 TRAFFIC STOPS WERE MADE, 25 CITATIONS HANDED OUT AND THERE WERE FOUR FELONY ARRESTS. A…… MORE
NM Working to Send Drug Case Back to State Court
THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE HAS JOINED A-G’S OFFICES IN OTHER STATES THAT ARE WORKING TO RECOVER THE COST OPIATES HAVE ON THE STATES. BRIAN MCMATH IN AN ASSISTANT A-G IN NEW MEXICO. HE SAYS AT LEAST ONE DRUG COMPANY HAS GOTTEN THE CASE MOVED FROM STATE COURT TO FEDERAL COURT, BASED ON WHAT HE…… MORE
