AS VOTERS IN ALBUQUERQUE PREPARE TO ELECT A NEW MAYOR NEXT WEEK, UP IN SANTA FE THE MAYORAL RACE IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY. SIX HOPEFULS HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR NOMINATION PETITIONS TO THE SANTA FE CITY CLERK. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE GROUP INCLUDES THREE CITY COUNCILORS, A SCHOOL BOARD…… MORE
Albuquerque’s Sixty Year Tradition is Back
THEY SELL OUT FAST … SO LISTEN UP TO WHEN TICKETS FOR THE LUMINARIA TOUR THIS CHRISTMAS EVE IN ALBUQUERQUE GO ON SALE. IT’S 10:00 AM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH. LAST YEAR’S TOUR SOLD OUT IN JUST FOUR HOURS, MUCH LIKE PREVIOUS YEARS … SO YOU NEED TO BE FAST. THE CHRISTMAS EVE TOUR…… MORE
Council Approves Panhandling Ordinance
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL TAKES FINAL ACTION AND APPROVES ON A PROPOSAL TO LIMIT WHERE PANHANDLING CAN HAPPEN IN THE CITY. THE ORDINANCE BANS THE PRACTICE IN ROADSIDE AREAS AND BUSY MEDIANS. DRIVERS COULD EVEN BE TICKETED IF THEY HOLD UP TRAFFIC WHILE GIVING MONEY TO A PANHANDLER. THE ACLU HAS…… MORE
Legislator Pushes for Remote Testimonials
THOSE WANTING TO TESTIFY BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES IN SANTA FE MAY BE ABLE TO DO SO WITHOUT EVER LEAVING HOME. STATE SENATOR JACOB CANDELARIA TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB HE INTENDS TO OFFER LEGISLATION ALLOWING FOR PEOPLE TO SEND A RECORDED COMMENTS THAT WOULD THEN BE PLAYED BEFORE A COMMITTEE. HE SAYS HE’S…… MORE
Update on Ruidoso Officer-Involved Shooting
MORE ON SUNDAY MORNING’S OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN RUIDOSO WHEN A COP SHOT TWO PEOPLE AFTER BEING SENT TO A HOME ON TIMBERLINE DRIVE ON A “BURGLARY IN PROGRESS” CALL. AFTER OFFICERS ARRIVED, TWO SUSPECTS CLIMBED INTO DIFFERENT CARS AND TRIED TO GET AWAY. THE FIRST SUSPECT IN A FORD MUSTANG…… MORE
Woman Faces Federal Firearm Charges
A WOMAN ACCUSED OF FIRING A GUN AT AN ALBUQUERQUE COUPLE IN THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY IN AUGUST NOW FACES FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS 30 YEAR OLD MIRANDA GILBERT HAS AT LEAST 10 PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS…AND COULD GET UP TO LIFE IN PRISON IF FOUND TO BE AN ARMED CAREER…… MORE
NM Pecans at Risk
COULD NEW MEXICO’S PECAN CROP HIT A SNAG THIS YEAR? THERE ARE REPORTS OF PECAN WEEVILS IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. AN OFFICIAL WITH THE NEW MEXICO FARM AND LIVESTOCK BUREAU SAYS INFESTATION USUALLY ISN’T NOTICEABLE UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR HARVEST, WHICH WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH. …… MORE
Ten DWIs Later …
SANTA FE POLICE SAY A MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING OVER THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DWI TEN TIMES BEFORE. FORTY-THREE YEAR OLD HENRY GONZALES WAS SPOTTED WEAVING ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES ON CERRILLOS ROAD AROUND 2:00 AM SATURDAY. OFFICERS EVENTUALLY HAD TO TASE GONZALES AFTER GETTING HIM TO STOP. HE…… MORE
Another Daylight Saving Time Bill
ANOTHER BILL TO GET RID OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IN NEW MEXICO COMING IN JANUARY. ROSWELL STATE SENATOR CLIFF PIRTLE HAS INTRODUCED SUCH A BILL IN PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. THIS TIME, HE’LL CONSIDER A JOINT RESOLUTION THAT MAY NOT REQUIRE GOVERNOR MARTINEZ TO TAKE ACTION ON THE MEASURE, IF IT PASSES. …… MORE
BCSO Investigates Deputy Involved Shooting
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT HURT TWO PEOPLE OVER THE WEEKEND AND SENT THEM TO THE HOSPITAL. IT HAPPENED EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON EDITH AT VINEYARD, WHERE DEPUTIES WERE SENT ON A DISTURBANCE CALL. THEY FOUND ONE PERSON WHO’D BEEN STABBED. THAT PERSON WAS…… MORE
