TURNING DIRT INTO DOLLARS. THAT’S WHAT HAS NOW HAPPENED FOR THE NEW MEXICO LAND COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE. REMEMBER THE STORY ABOUT THE TEXAS DIRT BANDITS. LAND COMMISSIONER AUBREY DUNN HAD ACCUSED ROAD CREWS FROM HUDSPETH COUNTY, TEXAS, OF REMOVING OVER 4-THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS OF DIRT FROM OTERO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. HUDSPETH COUNTY…… MORE
No Injuries In Deputy-Involved Shooting
POLICE ACTIVITY IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTH VALLEY THAT HAD PART OF ISLETA CLOSED TO TRAFFIC TUESDAY MORNING TURNED OUT TO BE A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING. SHERIFF’S SPOKESPERSON FELICIA MAGGARD TELLS US THE SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COMMITTED AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AT THE POST OFFICE ON ISLETA NEAR NASHVILLE. THEY TRIED…… MORE
APS Students Advised Not to “Walk Alone”
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE BEING ADVISED TO NOT WALK TO SCHOOL OR THE BUS STOP TO GET TO SCHOOL ALONE. APS SENT OUT AN EMAIL WARNING STUDENTS ABOUT AN INCIDENT LAST FRIDAY IN WHICH A STUDENT WAS FORCED INTO A VEHICLE AT GUNPOINT AT HIS BUS STOP AT CARLISLE AND GIBSON SOUTHEAST.…… MORE
APS Board Meets Over Replacing Maestas
THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TUESDAY TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEP IN FILLING THE BOARD SEAT VACATED BY ANALEE MAESTAS. MAESTAS RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS ADVISED HER TO DO SO AS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HAD GONE…… MORE
Checking the DOJ’s Expenses in Albuquerque
THREE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS WANT THE CITY AUDITOR TO REVIEW THE EXPENDITURES OF THE COURT-APPOINTED MONITOR OVERSEEING REFORMS AT APD. COUNCILOR DON HARRIS TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE CITY HAS SPENT APPROXIMATELY 10-MILLION DOLLARS SO FAR AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT EFFECTIVELY. HARRIS ALSO SAYS WE…… MORE
Albuquerque Man Dies From Crash Injuries
FAMILY MEMBERS CONFIRM THAT A 23 YEAR OLD WHO’D BEEN ON LIFE SUPPORT FOLLOWING A CRASH AT MENAUL AND EUBANK EARLY SATURDAY HAS NOW DIED. D’MARKUS BLEA AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE IN A VEHICLE THAT WAS STRUCK BY A STOLEN JEEP THAT POLICE SAY RAN A RED LIGHT WHILE FLEEING FROM…… MORE
Medical Pot to Place Billboards for Cannabis
A COMPANY THAT PRODUCES AND DISPENSES MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN NEW MEXICO IS GETTING ITS MESSAGE OUT THROUGH THE USE OF BILLBOARDS. DARREN WHITE IS THE C-E-O OF “PUR-LIFE.” HE SAYS NO-ONE IN THE MEDICAL POT BUSINESS HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO GO PUBLIC LIKE THIS. HE BELIEVES THERE IS A VERY GOOD REASON…… MORE
Over 200 Compete for Amazon HQ2
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR AMAZON’S SECOND HEADQUARTERS. THE COMPANY SAID MONDAY IT HAD RECEIVED 238 PROPOSALS FROM CITIES AND REGIONS IN NORTH AMERICA. ALBUQUERQUE IS AMONG THOSE LOOKING TO BE PICKED. LAST THURSDAY WAS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT A BID. AMAZON PLANS TO SPEND 5-BILLION DOLLARS ON…… MORE
APS Choice Fair This Week
THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HOLDING IT’S ANNUAL SCHOOL CHOICE FAIR THIS THURSDAY AT THE ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER. APS SPOKESWOMAN JOHANNA KING TELLS US THE EVENT HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY POPULAR, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS GOING FROM ONE SCHOOL LEVEL TO ANOTHER, SUCH AS MID-SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL. …… MORE
South Valley Water Project
A BIG PROJECT TO BRING MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER TO ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTH VALLEY … SPECIFICALLY LOS PADILLAS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY WITH WORK THAT BEGAN SUNDAY TO INSTALL MORE THAN 12-THOUSAND FEET OF PIPE. LOS PADILLAS RESIDENTS CURRENTLY GET THEIR WATER FROM PRIVATE WELLS, BUT DAVID MORRIS WITH THE CITY-COUNTY WATER…… MORE
