TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD MATTHEW CHAVEZ IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 24 YEAR OLD FORMER ARMY SERGEANT TYLER LACKEY IN FEBRUARY OF 2016. CHAVEZ NOW FACES 7 CHARGES IN THE CASE, INCLUDING MURDER AND ARSON IN LACKEY’S DEATH. CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS CHAVEZ SET HIS GETAWAY CAR ON FIRE AND LEFT THE STATE.…… MORE
Search Continues for Domestic Violence Offender
BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR 35 YEAR OLD STEVEN LUCERO. HE’S THE BOYFRIEND OF A WOMAN WHO CALLED 911 EARLY MONDAY. SHERIFF’S SPOKESPERSON FELICIA MAGGARD TELLS US LUCERO WAS ALLEGEDLY THREATENING HIS GIRLFRIEND WITH A WEAPON DURING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO AT A HOME IN THE 300 BLOCK…… MORE
Crime a Priority in Mayor’s Last State of the City Address
THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC IN ALBUQUERQUE, FOR MOST PEOPLE, IS CRIME. AND CRIME WAS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF MAYOR R-J BERRY’S LAST STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS MONDAY. HE TOLD HIS AUDIENCE THAT THE CRIME SITUATION WAS WORSENED WHEN INMATES WERE RELEASED OR NOT JAILED IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE JAIL POPULATION…… MORE
Another Los Alamos Safety Issue
ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD SAYS WORKERS PLACED PLUTONIUM IN AN AREA THAT HELD NUCLEAR MATERIAL. PLACING THE PLUTONIUM IN THE AREA COULD HAVE LEAD TO A BURST OF RADIATION. IT WAS SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE ISSUE WAS DETECTED. NOW, THOSE WORKERS…… MORE
Funding for WIPP Road Repairs
SOME BIG IMPROVEMENTS COMING FOR NEW MEXICO ROADWAYS THAT CARRY TRANSURANIC WASTE TO THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT. IT’S PART OF THE STATE’S SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OVER THE 2014 FIRE AND RADIATION LEAK. THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE SAYS NEARLY 27-MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE USED FOR REPAIRS AND UPGRADES OF…… MORE
Albuquerque Skyscraper Competition Decided
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSALS FOR A DOWNTOWN SKYSCRAPER. THEY WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY’S SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION AND PRESENTED TO THE ALBUQUERQUE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ON MONDAY. OUR NEWS PARTNER, KOB TV, REPORTS TWO OF THE PLANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SCRAPPED. ONE IS THE 34-FLOOR SYMPHONY TOWER THAT WOULD PROVIDE…… MORE
J.D. Power Ranks Sunport and Other U-S Airports
A NEW RANKING OF U-S AIRPORTS IS OUT FROM J-D POWER. THEY CATEGORIZE VARIOUS AIRPORTS BASED ON SIZE … AND ALBUQUERQUE’S SUNPORT WAS RATED WITH MEDIUM SIZED FACILITIES. J-D POWER RANKS THE SUNPORT 13TH OUT OF 22 AIRPORTS. LARGE AIRPORTS WERE ALSO RANKED, OF COURSE, PLACING ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA’S JOHN WAYNE…… MORE
Last Suspect Being Tried in Teen’s 2015 Death
THE LAST SUSPECT BEING TRIED IN THE 2015 DRIVE-BY SHOOTING DEATH OF JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER GOES ON TRIAL MONDAY. ESAIS MADRID IS ONE OF THE TEENS ACCUSED IN THE 17 YEAR OLD’S DEATH IN JUNE THAT YEAR. CHAVEZ-SILVER WAS SHOT TO DEATH WHILE AT A PARTY IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL…… MORE
Balloon Fiesta Parking Predicted to Be Easier
BALLOON FIESTA OFFICIALS ARE HOPING THAT PARKING WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE AT THIS YEAR’S EVENT, WHICH IS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY. JAY CZAR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIESTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SAYS THEY’VE ACQUIRED 20 ACRES OF LAND NORTHWEST OF THE LAUNCH FIELD TO BE USED BY FIESTA VOLUNTEERS. HE…… MORE
Battling Panhandling in Santa Fe
CITY OFFICIALS IN SANTA FE TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT REDUCING WHAT RESIDENTS AND DOWNTOWN SHOP OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME NOW: PANHANDLING. IN 2010, THE CITY OUTLAWED AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING . AND THE CITY IS TRYING AGAIN TO PASS ANOTHER LAW AGAINST STREET BEGGING. BUT THE SANTA FE NEW…… MORE
