NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN RUIDOSO. IT HAPPENED SUNDAY MORNING ON TIMBERLINE DRIVE WHERE OFFICERS WERE SENT CONCERNING A “SUSPICIOUS SITUATION.” WHEN OFFICERS GOT THERE, SOMEONE IN A VEHICLE RAMMED THEIR PATROL CAR. NUMEROUS SHOTS WERE FIRED … AND THERE’S NO WORD IF ANYONE WAS…… MORE
APD Chief Retiring
ALBUQUERQUE’S POLICE CHIEF IS RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. CHIEF GORDEN EDEN MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT SATURDAY. HE’S BEEN ON THE JOB NEARLY FOUR YEARS … AND IT HASN’T BEEN EASY. IT STARTED WITH THE POLICE SHOOTING OF HOMELESS CAMPER JAMES BOYD IN THE FOOTHILLS THAT PUT ALBUQUERQUE IN THE…… MORE
Ceremony Honoring Military Veterans is Saturday
THIS SATURDAY IS NOVEMBER 11TH, VETERANS DAY. IN ALBUQUERQUE, AS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND NATION, THERE WILL BE MEMORIALS HONORING VETERANS. ACTIVITIES IN THE DUKE CITY GET UNDERWAY WITH A VETERANS DAY PARADE STARTING AT BULLHEAD PARK AT 9AM, TRAVELING EAST ON GIBSON FROM SAN MATEO TO LOUISIANA, THEN UP TO…… MORE
Bottom Line Hurts NM’s Jobless Rate
SO, WHAT’S NEW MEXICO’S JOBS PICTURE AS WE NEAR THE END OF 2017? UNM ECONOMIST JEFF MITCHELL SAYS THE JOBLESS SITUATION IS CHANGING, BUT NOT THE BOTTOM LINE. AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT NEW MEXICO CONTINUES TO HAVE THE SECOND HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE NATION…TWO FULL PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE THE NATIONAL…… MORE
Woman Reports Incident with Armed Homeless Person
A HOMELESS MAN GAVE ONE WOMAN A MAJOR SCARE NEAR DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE SATURDAY NIGHT. CHANNEL 13 NEWS REPORTS THE MAN, PATRICK SHAY, APPROACHED LEIGHA GALLEGOS WITH A LARGE KITCHEN KNIFE AND DEMANDED SPARE CHANGE. SHE IMMEDIATELY RAN TO HER CAR AND CALLED POLICE … THEN LEFT THE SCENE. SHE SAYS SHAY…… MORE
Duke City Considers Tiny Homes for the Homeless
IT’S A MOVEMENT GROWING NATIONWIDE IN THE U-S: AMERICANS DOWNSIZING TO TINY HOMES. BUT ALBUQUERQUE IS INTERESTED IN THE TREND TO HELP HOUSE THE CITY’S HOMELESS AND HOUSING INSECURITY. ANDREW HEBEN WITH THE EUGENE, OREGON, NON PROFIT SQUARE ONE VILLAGES WAS INVITED TO HELP THE CITY WORK ON THE PROJECT. HE…… MORE
NM No Longer Leads U-S in Drug Deaths
NEW MEXICO IS NO LONGER THE LEADER IN DRUG-RELATED DEATHS IN THE U-S. BUT IT’S NOT BECAUSE THE NUMBERS DROPPED HERE. IT’S BECAUSE DRUG AND OVERDOSE DEATHS HAVE INCREASED IN OTHER STATES. NEW MEXICO SEEMS TO BE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN OTHER STATES WHEN IT COMES TO DEATHS CAUSED BY THE…… MORE
NM Democrats Slam New Tax Reform Bill
THE NEW TAX REFORM BILL IS BEING TOUTED BY REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON AS BEING GOOD FOR WORKING FAMILIES. AND NEW MEXICO GOP CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE SAYS THE BILL DOES MAKE FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES. BUT NEW MEXICO’S TWO DEMOCRATIC SENATORS … TOM UDALL AND MARTIN HEINRICH…… MORE
Drones Over NM?
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ WANTS NEW MEXICO TO BECOME ONE OF THE SELECT AREAS OF THE U-S WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW USES FOR DRONES. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS MARTINEZ WAS IN WASHINGTON THURSDAY, TOUTING THE NEW PROGRAM AS AN EXPERIMENT THAT WOULD PERMIT STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO EXPAND…… MORE
Duke City Blasted for ADA Failures
ALBUQUERQUE IS BEING SLAMMED BY THE CITY’S OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. IT’S BEING CALLED THE CITY’S “SYSTEMATIC FAILURE” TO MAKE BUILDINGS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESSIBLE TO DISABLED CITIZENS. INSPECTOR GENERAL DAVID HARPER TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT PROGRESS IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN MADE IN ALBUQUERQUE, BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH. …… MORE
