BOND FOR THE LEADER OF A NEW MEXICO PARAMILITARY CHRISTIAN SECT IS SET AT 5-MILLION DOLLARS SINCE PETER GREEN … A-K-A MIKE BRANDON … WAS CHARGED WITH 100 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL PENETRATION OF A CHILD. CO-LEADER DEBORAH GREEN HAS A 500-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. KOB-TV REPORTS FORMER MEMBERS SAY THE GROUP…… MORE
Duke City Man a Millionaire
NO WINNERS IN NEW MEXICO FOR THE BIGGEST POWERBALL JACKPOT TICKET IN U-S HISTORY OF 758-MILLION DOLLARS PLUS. BUT LEONARD BULMER OF ALBUQUERQUE WON A MILLION DOLLARS FROM A MEGA MILLIONS TICKET. HE BOUGHT THE TICKET AT THE SMITH’S GROCERY STORE AT EUBANK AND JUAN TABO LAST WEEK. THERE’S NOW A…… MORE
D-A Wants More People on Victims Services Alliance
A NEW PROGRAM WITH THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE IS SET TO LAUNCH NEXT WEEK. 2 DOZEN VOLUNTEERS ARE BEING TRAINED THIS WEEK TO WORK AS VICTIMS ADVOCATES WITHIN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. D-A RAUL TORREZ TELLS US HE HOPES THE PROGRAM CAN EXPAND. HE SAYS THEY’RE ONLY LIMITED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE…… MORE
More Firefighters for Santa Fe
THE SANTA FE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO GET MUCH BIGGER. THE COUNTY PLANS TO ADD 24 FIREFIGHTERS TO THE CURRENT FORCE OF ABOUT 70. THE NEW HIRES WILL BE FUNDED…FOR THE MOST PART…THROUGH A ONE-EIGHTH OF A CENT INCREASE IN THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX APPROVED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. …… MORE
No Elevators at the Caverns
SOME PEOPLE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, REFUSE TO USE ELEVATORS. THEN THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO VISIT CARLSBAD CAVERNS. KRQE T-V REPORTS THE SECONDARY ELEVATORS AT THE PARK ARE OUT OF SERVICE THROUGH THURSDAY, AUGUST 24TH, AS A CABLE IS BEING REPLACED. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT YOU’LL…… MORE
Fluoride Vote for Water Authority
THE ALBUQUERQUE BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY VOTES WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 23RD, ON PUTTING FLUORIDE BACK INTO THE MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY. THIS FOLLOWS THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL ISSUING ITS RECOMMENDATION ON FLUORIDE LEVELS. NOW THE WATER AUTHORITY HAS A PLAN BASED ON THOSE LEVELS. THE COST OF THE PLAN REQUIRES…… MORE
Jones Fails Second Doping Test
JON BONES JONES FLUNKS ANOTHER DOPING TEST. AND NOW, HE COULD FACE BEING SUSPENDED FROM THE MMA AFTER BEING NOTIFIED ON TUESDAY OF HIS SECOND POSSIBLE VIOLATION. THE POTENTIAL VIOLATION IS BASED ON A SAMPLE HE GAVE AFTER HE WEIGHED IN JULY 28TH FOR HIS FIGHT WITH DANIEL CORMIER IN ANAHEIM,…… MORE
NM Schools Losing Ground
THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS OUT WITH THE LATEST SCHOOL GRADES…AND THEY DON’T LOOK GOOD. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS 16 PERCENT OF THE STATE’S SCHOOLS ARE FAILING…UP FROM 13 PERCENT LAST YEAR. WHILE SOME SCHOOLS IN NEW MEXICO NO LONGER HAVE FAILING SCHOOLS…MORE THAN A THIRD OF SCHOOLS AT…… MORE
Driveway Shooter Arrested
THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE ARRESTS THE WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY FIRED A GUN AT A COUPLE IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE AFTER THEY CONFRONTED HER IN THEIR DRIVEWAY SUNDAY MORNING. THIRTY YEAR OLD MIRANDA GILBERT IS SAID TO HAVE FIRED AT THE COUPLE AFTER THEY FOUND HER PARKED IN THEIR DRIVEWAY. GILBERT WAS TAKEN…… MORE
Officer-Involved Shooting on the West Side
RIO RANCHO POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AN INCIDENT FROM EARLIER TUESDAY THAT INCLUDED THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A SUSPECT. CAPTAIN RON VIGIL WITH RIO RANCHO P-D SAYS IT BEGAN AROUND 7:15 AM WHEN THERE WAS A REPORT OF SHOTS FIRED AT THE WALMART ON UNSER IN RIO RANCHO. HE SAYS RESPONDING…… MORE
