NEW MEXICO’S SUICIDE RATE IS DECLINING . THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTS THE RATE DROPPED SIX PERCENT LAST YEAR TO 469 … DOWN FROM 498 IN 2015. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S PREVENTION EFFORTS ARE ONGOING AND INCLUDE DATA SHARING WITH COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GROUPS. IT ALSO OFFERS TRAINING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF…… MORE
Another “Boil Water” Order for Artesia
ARTESIA RESIDENTS ARE BOILING THEIR WATER AGAIN … THE SECOND TIME IN TWO MONTHS. THIS TIME, THE STATE ISSUED THE “BOIL WATER” ORDER BECAUSE OF E-COLI IN THE ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM. AND THE ORDER HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE MORNINGSIDE WATER USERS COOPERATIVE BECAUSE THAT COMMUNITY GETS 100 PERCENT OF ITS…… MORE
Checking NM Unemployment Rate for August
NEW MEXICO HAD THE SECOND HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE NATION LAST MONTH. THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SAYS THE JOBLESS RATE HERE WAS 6.3 PERCENT IN AUGUST. ONLY ALASKA AT 7.2 PERCENT WAS HIGHER. THE NATIONAL JOBLESS RATE WAS 4.4. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS SAYS THE STATE…… MORE
Work Continues on Facebook Center
WORK IS PROGRESSING ON THE FACEBOOK DATA CENTERS IN LOS LUNAS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS 650 WORKERS ARE ON THE JOB, WORKING ON THE FOUNDATIONS FOR TWO OF THE EXPECTED SIX FACILITIES FACEBOOK COULD BE BUILDING THERE. THE COMPANY SAYS THE WORKFORCE WILL SOON TOTAL AROUND 1-THOUSAND WORKERS WITH 80 PERCENT…… MORE
Finding Monday for NM’s Special Olympics
WHEN YOU LOSE ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF YOUR FUNDING, IT CAN REALLY PUT A CRIMP ON YOUR PLANS. THAT’S WHAT SPECIAL OLYMPICS-NEW MEXICO IS FACING SINCE THE STATE HAS NOT RENEWED ITS CONTRACT, REMOVING 310-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS BUDGET. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RANDY MASCORELLA TELLS US THERE IS A SOLUTION, BUT…… MORE
Federal Funds for the Sunport
WE LEARNED LAST WEEK THAT THE FEDS ARE SENDING 3-POINT-2 MILLION DOLLARS TO ALBUQUERQUE TO BE USED ON UPGRADING RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS AT THE SUNPORT. AND THE MAYOR’S CHIEF OF STAFF, GILBERT MONTANO, SAYS THE SUNPORT DEFINITELY NEEDS THE GRANT. BUT HE SAYS IT’LL TAKE A WHILE BEFORE THE MONEY ARRIVES IN…… MORE
Services, Memorials for Senator Domenici
FLAGS ACROSS NEW MEXICO ARE FLYING AT HALF STAFF. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ MADE THE ORDER TO HONOR SENATOR PETE DOMENICI … WHO DIED HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A ROSARY FRIDAY AT OUR LADY OF FATIMA. A FUNERAL SERVICE WILL THEN BE HELD SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CHURCH. DOMENICI…… MORE
Man Found Dead Off East Central
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A SHOOTING ON EAST CENTRAL THURSDAY NIGHT. OFFICERS WERE SENT THERE LATE THURSDAY AND FOUND A MAN IN THE 200 BLOCK OF TEXAS WHO’D POSSIBLY BEEN SHOT. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. NOW POLICE ARE LOOKING…… MORE
More Prison Time for Convicted Cop Killer
ANDREW ROMERO IS ALREADY SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR KILLING RIO RANCHO OFFICER GREGG BENNER IN 2015. NOW, HE’LL HAVE EVEN MORE YEARS TACKED ON. KRQE TV REPORTS ROMERO HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO A STRING OF ARMED ROBBERIES THAT OCCURRED IN THE WEEKS BEFORE OFFICER BENNER’S MURDER…AND THAT…… MORE
Two Killed in Albuquerque Crashes
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A MOTORCYCLIST WAS GOING MORE THAN 90 MPH WHEN HE CRASHED ON EASTBOUND I-40 THURSDAY MORNING AND WAS KILLED. APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER SAYS THE MOTORCYCLIST WAS UNABLE TO NAVIGATE A SLIGHT BEND IN THE INTERSTATE AT 4TH STREET…STRUCK A BARRIER…WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS MOTORCYCLE…AND HIT A STREET LIGHT. …… MORE
