NEW MEXICO HAS A BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SIGNED THE BUDGET INTO LAW ON WEDNESDAY. IT TOTALS 6.3 BILLION DOLLARS. THE GOVERNOR DID USE HER LINE-ITEM VETO POWER, CUTTING ABOUT 12 MILLION DOLLARS IN SPENDING FROM THE BILL. THERE IS 3.6 MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR PAY…… MORE
Albuquerque Cop Due in Court
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER JOSHUA MALECKI IS EXPECTED IN COURT ON THURSDAY. MALECKI WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING IN HIS PATROL CAR. HE’S BEEN SUSPENDED FROM APD. POLICE SAY OFFICER MALECKI GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE WHILE OFF DUTY AT THEIR HOME ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE LAST YEAR. HE THEN ALLEGEDLY…… MORE
Two Killed While Changing Tire
TWO MEN ARE DEAD FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT TUESDAY NIGHT ON I-25 NEAR ALGODONES. THE MEN WERE CHANGING A TIRE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN A VEHICLE PLOWED INTO THEM. KRQE TV REPORTS THE FEMALE DRIVER IS NOW CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE BY DWI. THE WOMAN HAD HER TWO YEAR…… MORE
Motorcyclist Killed After Ramming Into into Another Vehicle
A MOTORCYCLIST DIES TODAY(WED) AFTER RAMMING THE REAR OF A VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WYOMING AND CENTRAL. APD OFFICER SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE CYCLIST WAS HEADING EAST AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE, ALL FROM OUT OF TOWN, WAS INJURED, BUT DROBIK…… MORE
Why Did Ranked-Choice Voting Taken So Long?
LET THE ANALYSIS BEGIN. THE CITY OF SANTA FE HAS COMPLETED ITS FIRST RANKED ELECTION IN WHICH VOTERS MARKED THEIR FIRST CHOICE FOLLOWED BY SUBSEQUENT CHOICES. IT TOOK QUITE A WHILE TO DETERMINE THE WINNER IN THE MAYOR’S RACE, ULTIMATELY WON BY ALAN WEBBER. UNM POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR LONNA ATKESON SAYS…… MORE
NM Medical Pot Users Increase
JUST UNDER 49 THOUSAND PATIENTS ARE NOW ENROLLED IN NEW MEXICO’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM WHICH BEGAN A DECADE AGO. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IS THE MOST COMMON QUALIFYING CONDITION…FOLLOWED BY SEVERE CHRONIC PAIN AND CANCER. STATE OFFICIALS HAVE EXPANDED THE LIST OF QUALIFYING CONDITIONS OVER THE…… MORE
February 2018 the Warmest Month
NEW MEXICO’S WARMER-THAN-NORMAL WINTER CONTINUED IN FEBRUARY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS TEMPERATURES LAST MONTH WERE THREE AND-A-HALF DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE…MAKING IT THE 18TH WARMEST FEBRUARY EVER IN NEW MEXICO. THE WINTER HAS ALSO BEEN DRY, MEANING VERY LITTLE SNOWPACK HAS ACCUMULATED IN THE MOUNTAINS. BUT FORECASTERS SAY THE CHANCES FOR…… MORE
Prosecutors Push to Keep GRiego Locked Up
CONVICTED FAMILY KILLER NEHEMIAH GRIEGO IS DUE TO BE RELEASED FROM CUSTODY ON MARCH 20TH. BUT PROSECUTORS , INCLUDING STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS, ARE MAKING MOVES TO KEEP HIM LOCKED UP. GRIEGO WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING HIS PARENTS AND THREE SIBLINGS AT THEIR HOME IN THE SOUTH VALLEY WHEN HE…… MORE
Santa Fe, Rio Rancho Elect New Mayors
RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN SANTA FE GIVES ALAN WEBBER THE WIN OVER RON TRUJILLO, WHO CAME IN SECOND PLACE. VOTERS DECIDED THE ISSUE IN THE CITY’S MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY. AFTER FOUR ROUNDS OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING, WEBBER WON WITH 66 PERCENT COMPARED TO TRUJILLO’S 34 PERCENT. MEANWHILE, BOTH THE ROAD…… MORE
No Timeline Yet for A-R-T
AN UPDATE ON TUESDAY FROM MAYOR TIM KELLER ON THE TROUBLED ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT. IN JANUARY, THE MAYOR CALLED A-R-T A LEMON. NOW, HE SAYS CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON THINGS THE CITY CAN CONTROL…LIKE FIXING BUS STOPS AND MAKING SURE THE SYSTEM IS A-D-A COMPLIANT. BUT HE SAYS…… MORE
