DRY, WINDY CONDITIONS ARE CHALLENGING FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY BATTLE A FIRE IN THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST. THE CHICOMA FIRE, NEAR CHICOMA PEAK WEST OF ESPANOLA, HAS NOW GROWN TO 42 ACRES, WITH 50-PERCENT CONTAINMENT. A FOREST SERVICE SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, WHICH WAS REPORTED MONDAY, IS UNKNOWN. COMMUNITIES TO THE EAST…… MORE
White House Ceremony Honors Jennifer Riordan, SW Pilot
JENNIFER RIORDAN OF ALBUQUERQUE AND THE FEMALE PILOT WHO LANDED THE DAMAGED PLANE ON WHICH RIORDAN DIED LAST MONTH ARE BOTH HONORED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT HELD THE CEREMONY IN THE OVAL OFFICE, HONORING THE CREW AND PASSENGERS ON THE APRIL 17TH FLIGHT AS WELL. AN ENGINE BLEW ON THE…… MORE
State Auditor Questions Payments in Tijeras
QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED ABOUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PAYMENTS MADE TO 13 EMPLOYEES OF THE VILLAGE OF TIJERAS. STATE AUDITOR WAYNE JOHNSON HAS STARTED AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF THE PAYMENTS WERE LEGAL. HE SAYS THE MAYOR AND VILLAGE INTERIM DEPUTY CLERK WERE AMONG THOSE WHO GOT CHECKS…AND THEY APPARENTLY WERE THE ONLY ONES…… MORE
Bosque Del Apache Going Dry
WE’VE JUST TURNED THE CALENDAR TO MAY, AND PARTS OF THE RIO GRANDE HAVE ALREADY GONE DRY AT THE BOSQUE DEL APACHE WILDLIFE REFUGE SOUTH OF SOCORRO. DAVID GENSLER IS WATER OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT. HE SAYS IT’S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THAT STRETCH OF RIVER TO DRY UP, BUT IT…… MORE
Santa Fe Sheriff Concludes Jailhouse Suicide Investigation
THE SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS MURDER SUSPECT THOMAS FERGUSON LEFT A NOTE BEFORE COMMITTING SUICIDE IN HIS JAIL CELL FRIDAY NIGHT. THE NOTE WAS ADDRESSED TO AN UNKNOWN PERSON AT 28 CAMINO JUSTICIA IN SANTA FE. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS, IN THE NOTE, FERGUSON DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE IN THE DEATH OF 13 YEAR…… MORE
Couple Arraigned After Crime Spree
A COLORADO COUPLE ACCUSED OF GOING ON A DEADLY CRIME SPREE IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO NOW FACE FEDERAL CARJACKING AND FIREARMS CHARGES. DANIEL LOWELL AND TRISTA SCHLAEFLI COULD GET LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED ON ALL CHARGES. THEY ALLEGEDLY FLED A U.S. BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT LAST NOVEMBER AND CARJACKED A VEHICLE AT GUNPOINT, RESULTING IN…… MORE
Albuquerque Man Hailed as a Hero
A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION LATE THIS PAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY WERE SENT TO A FIRE OUTSIDE A HOME IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. HOWEVER, BEFORE THEY ARRIVED, A YOUNG ADULT LIVING NEXT DOOR SMELLED SMOKE, JUMPED A WALL AND PULLED A CHILD FROM A TENT THAT WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. BOTH…… MORE
Hobby Lobby Coming to Cottonwood
MACY’S MOVES OUT AND NOW WE HEAR HOBBY LOBBY WILL MOVE IN PART OF THE SPACE MACY’S TOOK UP AT COTTONWOOD MALL ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE. COTTONWOOD OWNERS HAD PLANNED TO REDEVELOP THE VACANT STORE … BUT HOBBY LOBBY IS NOW CONFIRMED TO BECOME A TENANT WHEN IT MOVES INTO 53-THOUSAND-800 SQUARE FEET AT COTTONWOOD.…… MORE
Two Arrested in March Road Rage Incident
AN INCIDENT IN ALBUQUERQUE AT GUN CLUB AND KIRK LANE IN THE SOUTH VALLEY IS BEING CALLED A FATAL ROAD RAGE CASE BY APD. COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT BACK ON MARCH 20TH THIS YEAR, CALLED THERE ABOUT A GUNSHOT VICTIM INSIDE A VEHICLE. A PASSENGER IN THE REAR OF THE DODGE CHALLENGER,…… MORE
Albuquerque Marks 27th Murder of 2018
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE ANOTHER MURDER INVESTIGATION ON THEIR HANDS…THAT AFTER A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD MONDAY IN THE 300 BLOCK OF MCKNIGHT. THAT’S IN CORONADO PARK AT THIRD STREET, SOUTH OF I-40. ONE MAN IS IN CUSTODY. POLICE SPOKESMAN SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE INCIDENT STEMMED FROM A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO HOMELESS PEOPLE. HE SAYS THIS…… MORE
