NEW MEXICO’S LONGEST SERVING SENATOR HAS DIED. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS FORMER SENATOR PETE DOMENICI DIED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY MORNING. HE WAS 85 YEARS OLD. DOMENICI SUFFERED A SETBACK WHILE RECOVERING FROM RECENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY. HE’D BEEN IN INTENSIVE CARE AT THE HOSPITAL. DOMENICI WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AND…… MORE
Archdiocese Names Priests Accused of Child Sex Abuse
THERE ARE 74 NAMES ON A LIST RELEASED TUESDAY BY THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE … NAMES OF PRIESTS AND OTHER CATHOLIC CLERGY ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING CHILDREN. THE LIST WAS RELEASED TUESDAY WITH AN APOLOGY FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE FOR THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF THE VICTIMS. MANY OF THE NAMES…… MORE
Council to Consider Panhandling Bill
A PROPOSED ORDINANCE CRACKING DOWN ON PANHANDLING IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS MADE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE, AND IS NOW HEADED TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. THE MEASURE, SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR TRUDY JONES, WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO STAND IN MEDIANS OR ON SIDEWALKS OR OFF-RAMPS TO ASK FOR MONEY FROM DRIVERS. SHE…… MORE
NM Attorney General Targets Hospital’s Health Plan
NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS IS REPEATING HIS ASSERTION THAT PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH PLAN HAS AVOIDED PAYING TAXES ON ITS MEDICAID PREMIUMS. UNDER THE LAW HEALTH INSURERS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY 3 PERCENT IN TAXES TO THE STATE. BALDERAS SAYS PRESBYTERIAN HAS PAID THE TAX IN THE PAST BUT RE-FILED YEARS…… MORE
Charges Considered for La Promesa Early Learning Center
CHARGES HAVE YET TO BE DETERMINED IN A CASE OF POSSIBLE FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT AND LARCENY AT LA PROMESA EARLY LEARNING CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE. IT FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SCHOOL’S FINANCES BY STATE AUDITOR TIM KELLER. THE REPORT ALLEGES THAT NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WAS DEPOSITED INTO…… MORE
Two Crime Incidents in Albuquerque Overnight
A BUSY MORNING FOR ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SINCE AROUND 12:30 AM WEDNESDAY. OFFICERS WERE FIRST SENT TO THE 8-THOUSAND BLOCK OF ZUNI IN RESPONSE TO A MALE INSIDE A VACANT APARTMENT. ONCE ON SCENE, POLICE DISCOVERED THE PERSON HAD DIED. THE INCIDENT WAS MADE A FULL VIOLENT CRIMES CALL OUT BECAUSE OF…… MORE
Murals for Downtown Albuquerque
MORE THAN 30 ARTISTS ARE TAKING PART IN ALBUQUERQUE’S 508 MURAL FEST DOWNTOWN. IT’S A PROJECT MEMBERS OF WAREHOUSE 508 … A NON-PROFIT ESTABLISHED NINE YEARS AGO … HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR, DETERMINING THE LOGISTICS FOR THE MURALS. THE FIRST MURAL OF A PAINTED SNAKE ON A…… MORE
Federal Funds for the Sunport
THE FEDS ARE SENDING ALBUQUERQUE 3-POINT-2 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE SUNPORT. THE MAYOR’S CHIEF OF STAFF, GILBERT MONTANO, SAYS IT’S MONEY THAT’LL BE USED TO IMPROVE TWO RUNWAYS … AND HE SAYS THEY’RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT A COAT OF CONCRETE. MONTANO SAYS THE GO DEEP WHEN THEY REPAVE AT AIRPORTS…… MORE
Good Housing News for Albuquerque
HOMES ARE SELLING A LOT LIKE HOT CAKES IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS AUGUST WAS THE 3RD HIGHEST SALES MONTH THIS YEAR … AND THE 7TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND PENDING SALES. PRICES ALSO OUTPACED PREVIOUS YEARS WITH THE HIGHEST MEDIAN PRICES SINCE 2008.…… MORE
Man Severely Wounded in SE Albuquerque
A VIOLENT CRIMES CALL OUT FOR ALBUQUERQUE POLICE TUESDAY MORNING IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO A CRIME SCENE IN THE 13-HUNDRED BLOCK OF ORTIZ SOUTHEAST SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT, WHERE A MALE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE VA HOSPITAL WITH UNSPECIFIED INJURIES. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. APD SPOKESMAN…… MORE
