INVESTIGATORS WITH THE NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE ARE HOPING THE PUBLIC CAN HELP THEM AS THEY WORK TO TRACK DOWN A SUSPECT IN SUNDAY’S SHOOTING DEATH OF A STORE CLERK IN EDGEWOOD. SIXTY-TWO YEAR OLD MICHAEL PELKEY OF ESTANCIA WAS KILLED DURING A ROBBERY AT THE SMITH’S FUEL CENTER. STATE POLICE…… MORE
Gonzales Backs Out of Political Race
SANTA FE’S CURRENT MAYOR HAS DECIDED NOT TO RUN FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JAVIER GONZALES MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON TUESDAY THAT’S HE ENDING HIS CAMPAIGN … JUST A WEEK AFTER HE FILED THE PAPERWORK TO BE PUT ON THE JUNE 5TH PRIMARY BALLOT. GONZALES SAYS HE DECIDED NOT TO RUN PARTLY BECAUSE…… MORE
Metro Home Sales Update
THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO HAS A LOW HOME INVENTORY, BUT THAT HASN’T SLOWED HOME SALES. THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS THE TREND OF LOW INVENTORY HAS SET A 12-YEAR RECORD FOR PENDING HOME SALES…. BUT NOT ALL HOMES OR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SELLING FAST OR ABOVE THEIR LISTING PRICE. THE MEDIAN…… MORE
House of Strauss | February 13, 2018
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NM Attorney General Joins Push to End Secret Arbitration
NEW MEXICO’S ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ADDED HIS NAME TO A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF 56 STATES AND TERRITORIES PUSHING CONGRESS TO END THE SECRET, FORCED ARBITRATION THAT OFTEN IS USED IN CASES OF ALLEGED SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON THE JOB. IN A LETTER SENT TO LEADERS IN THE U-S HOUSE AND SENATE ON…… MORE
Bill Allows Secrecy for the Spaceport
SPACEPORT AMERICA IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO GETS THE VOTE FOR GREATER SECRECY. THAT WAS THE VOTE AT THE ROUND HOUSE IN SANTA FE MONDAY. STATE SENATORS VOTED 35 TO 5 ON THIS BILL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW PROTECTION FOR THE SPACEPORT TO DRAW IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN AEROSPACE. ALAMOGORDO…… MORE
More Funding Possible for NM National Labs
SIGNS POINT TOWARD MORE FUNDING FOR SANDIA AND LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORIES. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS RELEASED A 4.4 TRILLION DOLLAR BUDGET PROPOSAL. IN IT, THE PRESIDENT IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, WHICH OVERSEES THE TWO NEW MEXICO LABS, GET JUST OVER 15 BILLION DOLLARS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT’S AN…… MORE
Victim Identified in Edgewood Shooting
STATE POLICE SAY THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT WHO WAS MURDERED DURING AN ARMED ROBBERY IN EDGEWOOD SUNDAY WAS 62 YEAR OLD MICHAEL PELKEY OF ESTANCIA. POLICE SAY PELKEY WAS WORKING AT THE SMITH’S FUEL CENTER WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY A MAN WEARING A BANDANA OVER HIS FACE. HE DIED LATER AT THE…… MORE
Former State Senator to Be Sentenced This Week
FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO WILL BE SENTENCED FRIDAY FOR CORRUPTION…AND ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS IS ASKING THAT HE GET 10 YEARS IN PRISON, PLUS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS BALDERAS MADE THE RECOMMENDATION IN A SENTENCING MEMO. THE 69 YEAR OLD GRIEGO WAS FOUND…… MORE
Three “Cuffed” in Drive-By Shooting
THREE PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE … AND ONE IS UNDER 18 YEARS OLD. THE TWO VICTIMS IN THIS CASE SAID THEY SAW THE THREE SMOKING POT IN AN SUV NEXT TO THEM AS THEY DROVE NORTH ON JUAN TABO. THEY ALSO SAY ONE SUSPECT … 18 YEAR OLD…… MORE
