THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS SAYS NEW MEXICO’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT DOWN TO 5.6 PERCENT IN MARCH…A DECREASE OF TWO-TENTHS OF A PERCENT. BUT THAT’S STILL THE SECOND HIGHEST JOBLESS RATE IN THE NATION, AHEAD OF ONLY ALASKA’S 7.3 PERCENT. STATE LABOR OFFICIALS SAY THE NUMBER OF JOBS IN NEW MEXICO GREW BY A LITTLE…… MORE
Donating Organs in NM
THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN NEW MEXICO WHO IS AWAITING SOME KIND OF ORGAN TRANSPLANT. MARIA SANDERS WITH NEW MEXICO DONOR SERVICES TELLS US, RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE OVER 750 PEOPLE WAITING FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT. SANDERS SAYS THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE IDEA THAT YOU MIGHT NOT GET THE MEDICAL…… MORE
No Albuquerque Jail Time for Small Amount of Pot
DON’T DRIVE HIGH IN ALBUQUERQUE. THAT’S STILL AGAINST THE LAW. BUT IF POLICE CATCH YOU IN POSSESSION OF AN OUNCE OR LESS OF MARIJUANA, YOU WON’T DO JAIL TIME. AS OF FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH. THE NEW PENALTY FOR HOLDING THAT MUCH POT IS JUST A 25 DOLLAR FINE. THE FIRST OFFENSE ONCE MEANT 15 DAYS…… MORE
Overnight Shooting Near the Zoo
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ANOTHER POSSIBLE MURDER. THEY WERE CALLED TO THE 1-THOUSAND BLOCK OF 4TH STREET NEAR ATLANTIC THURSDAY NIGHT AND FOUND TWO MEN THERE … ONE WHO WAS DEAD AND THE OTHER WHO’D BEEN SHOT IN THE LEG. POLICE HAVE YET TO RELEASE ANY NAMES OR MUCH ELSE RELATED TO THIS. THE TWO…… MORE
No Trial for Justin Hansen
A MAN ACCUSED OF NEARLY BEATING TO DEATH A CIBOLA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN 2008 HAS MADE A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS. 34 YEAR OLD JUSTIN HANSEN HAS AGREED TO PLEAD NO CONTEST TO ATTEMPTED MURDER AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY. HE FACES UP TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON. BRITTANI MARCELL WAS BEATEN WITH A SHOVEL INSIDE…… MORE
Former Lobo Basketball Ops Director Indicted
CODY HOPKINS, THE FORMER OPERATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE LOBO MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM, FACES A SIX-COUNT INDICTMENT ALLEGING FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT. THE INDICTMENT COMES DOWN NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER A UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AUDIT SHOWED HOPKINS HAD MISUSED A UNIVERSITY CREDIT CARD TO STEAL MORE THAN 60-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES THE CRIMES OCCURRED DURING…… MORE
NM Settles With Credit Card Companies
THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO HAS SETTLED A LAWSUIT WITH THE NATION’S TWO BIGGEST CREDIT CARD COMPANIES…VISA AND MASTERCARD. ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS THE SETTLEMENT TOTALS 3.4 MILLION DOLLARS. THE A-G’S OFFICE HAD ALLEGED THE COMPANIES CHARGED EXCESSIVE FEES DURING CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS IN NEW MEXICO. BALDERAS SAYS THE AGREEMENT WILL COMPENSATE…… MORE
Fire Restrictions for NM
ANOTHER INDICATION OF THE DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS NEW MEXICO…STAGE ONE FIRE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE ALL ACROSS THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. SPOKESWOMAN DONNA NEMETH SAYS THAT MEANS NO CAMPFIRES EXCEPT IN DEVELOPED AREAS. THEY’RE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, UNLESS THEY’RE RESCINDED. NEMETH SAYS SEVERAL RECENT WILDFIRES WERE CAUSED BY…… MORE
Be a NM Organ Donor
THE NEW MEXICO MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGING DRIVERS TO BECOME ORGAN DONORS. GERRY VALDEZ IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE M-V-D. HE SAYS THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF A LITTLE OVER 47-THOUSAND IN 2017. THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 61-PERCENT OF APPLICANTS. VALDEZ SAYS IT’S AS EASY AS CHECKING A BOX ON YOUR APPLICATION TO INDICATE…… MORE
Arrest in Rape Case
A MAN BELIEVED TO BE A TRANSIENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR RAPING A WOMAN AT AN APARTMENT NEAR CENTRAL AND LOUISIANA WEDNESDAY. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS 22-YEAR OLD CHARLES TAYLOR WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THURSDAY MORNING NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE CRIME HAPPENED, IN THE AREA OF 72-HUNDRED CENTRAL. DROBIK SAYS DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO…… MORE
