WINDY, DRY CONDITIONS ARE IN THE FORECAST, SETTING UP THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER. THAT WAS ESPECIALLY THE CASE ON SUNDAY, WHEN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA WAS UNDER A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ANDY CHURCH SAYS THIS IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT WE’VE GONE THROUGH IN RECENT MONTHS IN NEW MEXICO.…… MORE
Council to Consider Sales Tax Hike
IT MAY COST YOU MORE TO SHOP IN ALBUQUERQUE STARTING LATER THIS YEAR. ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON A PROPOSAL TO HIKE THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX BY THREE-EIGHTHS OF A CENT PER DOLLAR. KEN SANCHEZ IS A CO-SPONSOR OF THE BILL…AND SAYS A-P-D WILL GET MUCH OF…… MORE
APD Investigates Park Shooting Death
JUST AS AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR WAS GETTING HEAVY, THERE WAS A SHOOTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT TOWER PARK IN SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE WERE SENT TO THE SCENE AROUND 4:54 PM AND FOUND A MALE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS CHEST. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BUT DIED OF HIS INJURIES THERE. …… MORE
No Bond for Man Charged with Killing Roommates
THE MAN ACCUSED IN THE MURDERS OF 70 YEAR OLD EUGENE CARRELL RAY AND ZAKARIA FRY WAS IN COURT FRIDAY … AND A JUDGE ORDERED THAT CHARLES SPIESS BE HELD WITHOUT BOND. HE’S ALSO KNOWN AS JAMES KNIGHT. HIS CASE IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURT WHERE A JUDGE WILL DETERMINE…… MORE
Life Sentence for Jesse Hanes Again
IT’S ANOTHER LIFE SENTENCE FOR JESSE HANES, THE MAN WHO HAD EARLIER PLED GUILTY TO KILLING HATCH POLICE OFFICER JOSE CHAVEZ IN AUGUST OF 2016. ON THURSDAY, HANES WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR HIS CONVICTIONS ON FEDERAL FIREARMS AND CAR-JACKING CHARGES THAT AROSE OUT OF THE SHOOTING OF CHAVEZ. …… MORE
Alleged Child Killer Pleads “Not Guilty”
AN ACCUSED CHILD KILLER IN SANTA FE COUNTY PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MULTIPLE CHARGES…INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. THOMAS FERGUSON MADE A COURT APPEARANCE ON THURSDAY, AND A JUDGE ORDERED THAT HE REMAIN LOCKED UP UNTIL HIS TRIAL. FERGUSON IS ACCUSED OF TORTURING, BEATING, AND KILLING…… MORE
Man Shot by BCSO Deputies Now Jailed
TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD ADRIAN CHACON IS NOW IN JAIL AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. CHACON WAS SHOT AND INJURED BY BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES LAST WEEK AFTER BCSO SAYS HE RAMMED A DEPUTY’S VEHICLE FOLLOWING A PURSUIT. CHACON FACES A NUMBER OF CHARGES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER…… MORE
Pet Food Sales Tax Hike Vetoed
CALLING IT MISGUIDED, GOVERNOR MARTINEZ HAS VETOED A PET FOOD TAX INTENDED TO RAISE MONEY FOR SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAMS IN NEW MEXICO. SUPPORTERS SAY THE TAX WOULD HAVE RAISED 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. IN ANNOUNCING THE VETO, MARTINEZ SAID LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE BETTER POSITIONED THAN THE STATE TO PROMOTE SPAYING…… MORE
Former Senator Due in Prison Next Week
FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO GETS A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK BEFORE HE’S DUE TO REPORT FOR PRISON. GRIEGO WAS CONVICTED OF BRIBERY, FRAUD, AND UNLAWFUL INTEREST IN A PUBLIC CONTRACT AT THE END OF HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL. NOW A JUDGE HAS ORDERED HIM TO REPORT TO THE STATE CORRECTIONS…… MORE
Arrest Made in Double Murder
A MAN IS NOW IN CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH MURDERING TWO ALBUQUERQUE ROOMMATES WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED IN SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY LAST WEEK. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THEY’VE ARRESTED 32 YEAR OLD JAMES KNIGHT…ALSO KNOWN AS CHARLES SPIESS…AND CHARGED HIM WITH MURDER AND EVIDENCE TAMPERING. SEVENTY YEAR OLD EUGENE CARRELL RAY AND…… MORE
