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
Two Arrested on Drug Charges
TWO PEOPLE FACE DRUG CHARGES AFTER THEY WERE ARRESTED BY A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY ALONG I-40 ON WEDNESDAY. THE DEPUTY MADE A TRAFFIC STOP NEAR THE ZUZAX EXIT…AND SAID THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE NERVOUS AND HAD INCONSISTENT TRAVEL PLANS. THE DEPUTY THEN FOUND HALF A POUND OF METH INSIDE THE…… MORE
Good News on NM’s DWI Deaths
SOME POSITIVE NEWS CONCERNING THE EFFORT TO CURB D-W-I DEATHS IN NEW MEXICO. AT THIS POINT IN 2017, THERE WERE 57 DWI-RELATED FATALITIES. AS OF RIGHT NOW IN 2018, THAT NUMBER IS DOWN TO 30, REPRESENTING A DROP OF 47 PERCENT. NOW STATE POLICE SAY, WITH CINCO DE MAYO THIS WEEKEND, THEY’LL BE CONDUCTING INCREASED…… MORE
Stage Two Limits Imposed in Several National Forests
IF YOU’RE PLANNING A TRIP TO A NATIONAL MONUMENT OR PRESERVE IN NEW MEXICO, TAKE NOTE OF THIS. BANDOLIER AND FORT UNION, ALONG WITH THE VALLES CALDERA AND THE PECOS HISTORICAL PARK ARE IMPLEMENTING STAGE TWO FIRE RESTRICTIONS FRIDAY MORNING. ROB GAUSS IS A FIRE PROGRAM ASSISTANT AT BANDOLIER. HE SAYS THIS WILL HAVE A…… MORE
Public Allowed Input on Gas Company Rate Hike Request
NEW MEXICO PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN SANDY JONES WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU ON NEW MEXICO GAS COMPANY’S PROPOSED RATE HIKE. THE COMPANY IS ASKING FOR AN 8-MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN ANNUAL BASE REVENUES … ROUGHLY A 1-POINT-4 PERCENT INCREASE FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL GAS BILL. ABOUT 92 PERCENT OF THE GAS COMPANY’S CUSTOMER BASE…… MORE
State Lawmaker Accused of Sexual Harassment
A STATE LAWMAKER FROM SANTA FE IS BEING ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. LAURA BONAR WITH THE GROUP “ANIMAL PROTECTION VOTERS,” SAYS REPRESENTATIVE CARL TRUJILLO HARASSED AND PROPOSITIONED HER DURING THE 2013 AND 2014 LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS…AND SHE’S CALLING FOR HIM TO RESIGN. BONAR SAYS TRUJILLO SPONSORED BILLS IMPORTANT TO HER ORGANIZATION AND USED HIS ROLE TO…… MORE
More Charges Against Sect Leaders
TWO LEADERS OF A PARAMILITARY RELIGIOUS SECT IN CIBOLA COUNTY…ALREADY ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND CHILD ABUSE…NOW FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF EVIDENCE TAMPERING AND CONSPIRACY. THE GALLUP INDEPENDENT REPORTS THAT JAMES AND DEBORAH GREEN HAD EACH BEEN CHARGED PREVIOUSLY WITH 18 COUNTS. LAW ENFORCEMENT RAIDED THEIR COMPOUND LAST YEAR OVER CONCERNS OF CHILD ABUSE. AUTHORITIES SAY…… MORE
