A 72 YEAR OLD MAN WHO WORKED AS A CARETAKER AT A NORTHERN NEW MEXICO CAMPGROUND HAS FALLEN TO HIS DEATH. STATE POLICE SAY OWEN O’KEEFE, WHO WORKED IN THE LA JUNTA CAMPGROUND AT THE WILD RIVERS RECREATION AREA NEAR QUESTA, WAS OUT FOR A HIKE WITH ONE OTHER PERSON ON WEDNESDAY WHEN HE FELL…… MORE
City Could Ban Certain Parking Habits
ALBUQUERQUE MOTORISTS WHO PARK OR DRIVE ON BIKE LANES TAKE HEED…THE CITY COUNCIL COULD SOON BE CONSIDERING A MEASURE THAT WOULD BAN THOSE DRIVING HABITS. COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON IS SPONSORING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT NOW HAS THE APPROVAL OF THE LAND USE, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. HIS LEGISLATION WOULD BETTER DEFINE JUST WHAT CONSTITUTES A…… MORE
Santa Fe County Considers How to Spend Excess Funds
THERE COULD BE PAY RAISES IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR SANTA FE COUNTY EMPLOYEES. MOST OF THAT IS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN SALES TAXES THERE. THE COUNTY PULLED IN AN EXTRA 4-POINT-3 MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT HAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CONSIDERING THE RAISES AND OTHER EXPENSES. AREAS BEING DISCUSSED INCLUDE RAISES FOR FIRE, SHERIFF, AND…… MORE
Taos Vortex Set for August
THE SANTA FE ART GROUP MEOW WOLF IS PLANNING A TWO DAY MUSIC EXPERIENCE THIS SUMMER IN TAOS. THE EVENT, TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 3RD AND 4TH IS CALLED “TAOS VORTEX” AND WILL PROVIDE A TOTALLY IMMERSIVE MUSIC EXPERIENCE WITH HIKING, RAFTING, HOT AIR BALLOONS, MORNING YOGA AND A DANCE TENT THAT WILL FEATURE…… MORE
Paying the Price
THE INCREASE IN GAS PRICES CONTINUES THIS WEEK ACROSS NEW MEXICO. AAA SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS UP SEVEN CENTS THIS WEEK, NOW AT 2-88 A GALLON FOR REGULAR UNLEADED. THAT PRICE IS 58 CENTS HIGHER THAN IT WAS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. PRICES ARE PUSHING 3-DOLLARS A GALLON IN THE FARMINGTON AREA WHILE…… MORE
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Albuquerque Being Sued for How it Pays Women
A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS FILED AGAINST THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, CLAIMING THE CITY VIOLATES THE FAIR PAY FOR WOMEN ACT. CHANNEL 13 NEWS REPORTS THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED LAST WEEK SAYING ALBUQUERQUE SYSTEMATICALLY PAYS HUNDREDS OF WOMEN LESS FOR DOING THE SAME JOB AS MALE EMPLOYEES. IT SAYS “GRADED” WOMEN WORKERS ARE PAID ABOUT…… MORE
Volunteer School Worker Arrested
THE MAN WHO MANAGED THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM AT MORA HIGH SCHOOL IS IN THE SAN MIGUEL COUNTY JAIL. TWENTY-ONE YEAR OLD APOLONIO BLEA WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL SEXUAL PENETRATION OF A CHILD, CRIMINAL SEXUAL COMMUNICATION WITH A CHILD, AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY. HE IS SAID TO HAVE RAPED A 14 YEAR OLD…… MORE
Students Accused of Hacking in Gadsden
FIVE STUDENTS FROM GADSDEN HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ARE SUSPENDED FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE ALTERING OF GRADES FOR SOME ONLINE COURSES. FIFTY OTHERS WILL BE OFFERED OPTIONS ON HOW TO CORRECT THEIR COURSE WORK . THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE STUDENTS ALLEGEDLY HACKED INTO SOME CURRICULUM SOFTWARE AND ALTERED 456 DIFFERENT GRADES.…… MORE
Victim Identified in Albuquerque’s 32nd Murder
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE CITY’S LATEST HOMICIDE VICTIM AS JOHN MALDONADO. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO A MOBILE HOME PARK NEAR CENTRAL AND EUBANK JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY MORNING AND FOUND THE VICTIM, WHO’D BEEN SHOT. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.… MORE
