GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ HAS NAMED BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON AS THE NEXT STATE AUDITOR. JOHNSON SAYS HE GOT THE JOB THE OLD FASHIONED-WAY..HE APPLIED FOR IT. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB HE HASN’T YET DECIDED IF HE’S GOING TO LEAVE THE COUNTY COMMISSION THOUGH HE SAYS IT’S PROBABLY THE RIGHT MOVE. …… MORE
NEW RECORD FOR HOMICIDES
2017 IS TURNING OUT TO BE A VERY BAD YEAR FOR HOMICIDES IN ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE SAY 17 YEAR OLD DONALDO YANEZ-REYES DIED TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS SHOT LAST WEEKEND NEAR CENTRAL AND WYOMING. THAT MARKS THE 71ST MURDER OF THE YEAR IN THE DUKE CITY…SURPASSING THE 70 HOMICIDES THAT OCCURED IN 1996.…… MORE
KELLER TAKES OFFICE FRIDAY
FRIDAY, TIM KELLER WILL BECOME ALBUQUERQUE’S TENTH MAYOR UNDER ITS CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. KELLER, A FORMER STATE SENATOR AND STATE AUDITOR, WILL BE SWORN IN AT 6 PM AT THE ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER. KELLER DEFEATED DAN LEWIS IN A RUNOFF ELECTION TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. FIVE CITY COUNCILORS…… MORE
SUSPECT SOUGHT IN BANK ROBBERY
THERE IS NOW A REWARD OF UP TO 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF 45 YEAR OLD FIDEL CASTILLO OF ALBUQUERQUE. FRANK FISHER WITH THE F-B-I SAY CASTILLO IS WANTED FOR ROBBING THE U-S BANK ON EUBANK ON AUGUST 11TH. HE SAYS CASTILLO MAY ALSO BE…… MORE
LIFE SENTENCE IN CHAVEZ-SILVER MURDER
19 YEAR OLD ESIAS MADRID HAS BEEN HANDED A LIFE PRISON SENTENCE FOR THE MURDER OF MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER IN THE SUMMER OF 2015. THE 30 YEAR MANDATORY SENTENCE WILL BE TACKED ON TO A 16 YEAR SENTENCE MADRID IS SERVING FOR A SEPARATE MURDER CASE. AUTHORITIES SAY…… MORE
BALDERAS TAKES ON WELLS FARGO
NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TAKING ON THE BIGGEST BANKING ENTITY IN THE STATE…WELLS FARGO. IT’S IN REGARD TO LAST YEAR’S REVELATION THAT COMPANY EMPLOYEES CREATED MILLIONS OF FAKE ACCOUNTS NATIONWIDE. BALDERAS SAYS WELLS FARGO NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND MAKE AMENDS FOR DAMAGING NEW MEXICO CITIZENS. BALDERAS SAYS…… MORE
CITY HITS 70 HOMICIDES FOR 2017
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THE DEATH OF A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY MORNING AT MESA VERDE PARK AT MARQUETTE AND PENNSYLVANIA IS BEING TREATED AS A HOMICIDE. THAT’S THE 70TH MURDER OF THE YEAR IN THE DUKE CITY…TYING THE RECORD NUMBER OF HOMICIDES THAT OCCURRED IN 1996. APD SAYS THE MAN DIED OF A…… MORE
KELLER BUILDS HIS TEAM
A MAN WHO IS NO STRANGER TO ALBUQUERQUE CITY HALL WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE AN OFFICE IN THAT BUILDING. MAYOR-ELECT TIM KELLER HAS APPOINTED LAWRENCE RAEL AS THE CITY’S NEXT CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. RAEL’S EXPERIENCE INCLUDES STINTS AS ASSISTANT TO THE C-A-O AND THEN LATER, AS THE C-A-O, FOR THREE DIFFERENT MAYORS.HE HAS ALSO SPENT TIME RUNNING…… MORE
TWO MEN SHOT BY BCSO DEPUTY I-D’D
THE TWO MEN SHOT AND KILLED BY A BERNALILLO COUNTY DEPUTY ON NOVEMBER 17TH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 23 YEAR OLD ISAAC PADILLA AND 25 YEAR OLD MARTIN JIM. SHERIFF MANUEL GONZALES SAYS DEPUTY JOSHUA MORA FELT A THREAT, AND FIRED SEVEN SHOTS INTO A STOLEN VEHICLE FOLLOWING A CHASE THAT ENDED AT…… MORE
REWARD FOR GARCIA INCREASED
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL HUNTING FOR 39 YEAR OLD DOMINIC GARCIA. HE’S ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER AND KILLING 19 YEAR OLD SAMANTHA SANDOVAL BACK ON NOVEMBER 14TH AT PENNSYLVANIA AND HAINES NORTHEAST FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT IN THE STREET. CRIMESTOPPERS SAYS THE REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF GARCIA HAS…… MORE
