WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES. TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE FOR REGULAR UNLEADED GASOLINE IS NOW 2-78 A GALLON. THAT’S UP THREE CENTS FROM LAST WEEK…AND 45 CENTS HIGHER THAN THIS TIME A YEAR AGO. LAS CRUCES DRIVERS ARE PAYING THE MOST, AT 2-89 A GALLON…SANTA FE DRIVERS THE LEAST AT 2-71.…… MORE
NM Teachers Said to Consider Walkouts
TEACHERS IN NUMEROUS OTHER STATES ARE STARTING TO SEE RESULTS FROM THEIR RECENT WALKOUTS. MANY LEGISLATURES HAVE APPROVED DECENT RAISES FOR TEACHERS. ELLEN BERNSTEIN, PRESIDENT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, SAYS NEW MEXICO TEACHERS HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN JANUARY TO DO THE SAME. SHE SAYS THEY NEED STUDENT RESOURCES…… MORE
Senator Wants White Sands as a National Park
THERE’S AN EFFORT UNDERWAY TO BRING ANOTHER NATIONAL PARK TO NEW MEXICO. SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH IS PROPOSING LEGISLATION TO CREATE WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK. THE AREA IS CURRENTLY A NATIONAL MONUMENT. HE SAYS THE NATIONAL PARK STATUS WOULD BE PROPER FOR WHITE SANDS, WHICH HE SAYS IT TRULY UNIQUE IN THE WORLD. A RECENT ESTIMATE…… MORE
Downtown Traffic Lights Return
A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, SEVERAL DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE INTERSECTIONS BECAME FOUR WAY STOPS. THE THINKING WAS, IT WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW. BUT JOHNNY CHANDLER WITH THE CITY’S MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT EXPERIMENT ALONG 8TH STREET AT LEAD AND COAL AND ON ROMA AVENUE IS COMING TO AN END. THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN MOVED…… MORE
Crime of the Week – Commercial Burglary
ALBUQUERQUE CRIMESTOPPERS HAS ISSUED IT’S CRIME OF THE WEEK ADVISORY. THIS TIME FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WANTED FOR A COMMERCIAL BURGLARY. THIS PAST TUESDAY, THE MAN, SEEN IN SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, BROKE INTO THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S SOUTHEAST SUBSTATION AT LOUISIANA AND KATHRYN SOUTHEAST. HE WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE BUILDING LOBBY BUT WAS UNABLE TO…… MORE
Central Avenue Finally Reopens
JUST IN TIME FOR CINCO DE MAYO. CONSTRUCTION OF ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS IS COMPLETED AND CENTRAL AVENUE IS FINALLY BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS. IT’S HAD LIMITED LANES, ORANGE CONES AND SLOW TRAFFIC FOR MONTHS SINCE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT GOT STARTED, AND SO MANY BUSINESSES ALONG CENTRAL WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. BUT…… MORE
Call for Candidate to End Congressional Campaign
SHOULD DEMOCRAT DEB HAALAND DROP OUT OF THE 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE? THAT’S WHAT A FORMER DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEWOMAN IS CALL FOR NOW. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS NICOLE BAGG OF LAS CRUCES ON THURSDAY CALLED FOR HAALAND TO END HER CAMPAIGN BECAUSE SHE IGNORED BAGG’S COMPLAINT FILED BACK IN 2016 AGAINST THEN-COUNTY COMMISSIONER JOHN VASQUEZ.…… MORE
Man Charged with Prostituting His Daughter
AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN IS FACING SOME SHOCKING ALLEGATIONS. THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD JAMES STEWART IS ACCUSED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE OF PROSTITUTING HIS 7-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. STEWART FACES CHARGES THAT INCLUDE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONTACT OF A MINOR AND PROMOTING PROSTITUTION . A-G HECTOR BALDERAS TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB HIS OFFICE BEGAN ITS INVESTIGATION LAST…… MORE
NM making a Dent in Auto Thefts
AUTO THEFTS ARE A MAJOR PROBLEM IN NEW MEXICO, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CHIPPING AWAY AT THEM. AUTO THEFTS ARE KNOWN TO BE PART OF OTHER CRIMES, LIKE DRUG OFFENSES, PROPERTY CRIMES, AND JUST BEING A VIOLENT OFFENDER. STATE POLICE ARE DOING MOST OF THE WORK AGAINST THE THIEVES. KOB TV REPORTS A REPEAT OFFENDER…… MORE
Local Man Arrested in Drug Ring Sting
A RIO RANCHO MAN WHO WAS PART OF A MAJOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING RING IS SENTENCED TO TWO AND-A-HALF YEARS IN PRISON. THIRTY-TWO YEAR OLD ANTONIO RUELAS IS ONE OF TEN DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN A DRUG OPERATION THAT FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY DISTRIBUTED HIGH GRADE MARIJUANA IN NEW MEXICO AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE…… MORE
