LAWYERS ASK FOR MORE TIME TO PREPARE FOR A COMPETENCY HEARING FOR CONVICTED KILLER JOHN HYDE. HYDE … FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING FIVE PEOPLE IN ABQ IN AUGUST 2005, INCLUDING TWO COPS … WAS FOUND INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL AND SENTENCED TO 179 YEARS AT THE STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL. FIRST THERE…… MORE
Group Calls for Body Cameras for BCSO Deputies
LAST FRIDAY’S DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE IS THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT’S NINTH SUCH SHOOTING SO FAR THIS YEAR. NOW THE NEW MEXICO ACLU IS PUSHING TO GET THE DEPARTMENT TO REQUIRE ITS DEPUTIES TO WEAR BODY CAMERAS. DEPUTIES OPENED FIRE ON SEVERAL SUSPECTS LAST FRIDAY AFTER THEY…… MORE
Check Your Carbon Monoxide Detector
THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR TO BE ON GUARD AGAINST CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THE NEW MEXICO POISON AND DRUG INFORMATION CENTER AT THE U-N-M COLLEGE OF PHARMACY SAYS THERE WERE 246 CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURES REPORTED LAST YEAR WITH 72 OF THOSE COMING IN DECEMBER. CARBON MONOXIDE IS A COLORLESS AND…… MORE
Good News for NM Oil and Gas
A NEW ENERGY REPORT COULD MEAN GOOD NEWS FOR NEW MEXICO. THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY SAYS THE U.S. CAN LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF AN UNPRECEDENTED OIL AND GAS BOOM. ROBERT MCENTYRE WITH THE NEW MEXICO OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION SAYS OUR STATE RANKS 5TH NATIONALLY IN OIL PRODUCTION…AND EIGHTH IN…… MORE
NM Museum to Mark its 100th Birthday
A BIG BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN SANTA FE THIS WEEKEND. ON SATURDAY, THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART TURNS 100 YEARS OLD. AND THE BUILDING HAS BEEN UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS BEFORE ITS BIRTHDAY IS MARKED THIS SATURDAY. MUSEUM DIRECTOR MARY KERSHAW SAYS PART OF THAT INCLUDES IMPROVING THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE. KERSHAW SAYS THEY’RE…… MORE
Trader Joe’s Recalls Product
TRADER JOE’S IS RECALLING A NUMBER OF PACKAGED SALADS THAT ARE SOLD HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE PRODUCTS COULD HAVE SHARDS OF GLASS OR HARD PLASTIC INSIDE. THESE ARE PACKAGES OF WHITE MEAT CHICKEN SALAD, CURRIED WHITE CHICKEN DELI SALAD … AND TURKEY CRANBERRY APPLE SALAD. ALL EXPIRE FROM NOVEMBER 10TH TO THE…… MORE
White Sands Could Get Security Assistance Brigade
MEMBERS OF NEW MEXICO’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ARE ASKING THAT WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE BE CONSIDERED TO HOUSE A SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE BRIGADE, A NEW CREATION OF THE ARMY. IF THAT HAPPENS, CLOSE TO 500 ARMY SOLDERS WOULD BE STATIONED AT WHITE SANDS, WHICH HASN’T HAD A DEPLOYABLE ARMY UNIT SINCE 2013. …… MORE
Pecan Weevil Results in Quarantine
WE TOLD YOU EARLIER THIS MONTH ABOUT AN INVASIVE BUG THAT WAS THREATENING NEW MEXICO’S LUCRATIVE PECAN INDUSTRY. NOW, STATE AG OFFICIALS ARE ISSUING A QUARANTINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE PECAN WEEVIL. STARTING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, NO PECAN SHIPMENTS WILL BE PERMITTED FROM CHAVES, EDDY, CURRY…… MORE
Two Dead in Deputy Involved Shooting
A DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING IN BERNALILLO COUNTY OVERNIGHT IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. THE SHERIFF’S INVESTIGATION HAS HAD COORS AND GLENRIO IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES SAYS IT HAPPENED SHORTLY BEFORE 4:00 FRIDAY MORNING FOLLOWING A PURSUIT OF A STOLEN VEHICLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.…… MORE
Gallup Amber Alert Cancelled
THE AMBER ALERT ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING ON AN EIGHT MONTH OLD BOY WHO GALLUP POLICE SAY WAS TAKEN BY HIS FATHER AT THE TACO BELL IN GALLUP ON HIGHWAY 66 IS NOW CANCELLED. IT WAS CANCELLED SHORTLY AFTER 7 FRIDAY MORNING. THE INFANT IS TYRON DENETCLAW-BENALLY, JR. … A NATIVE AMERICAN…… MORE
