THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO TWO FIRES THIS(WED) MORNING. MELISSA ROMERO SAYS THEY WERE SENT TO A HOME IN THE 600 BLOCK OF 97TH STREET SOUTHWEST AROUND 10AM AFTER GETTING CALLS OF SMOKE COMING FROM A WINDOW OF THAT HOME. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO A BEDROOM AND EXTINGUISHED WITHIN 10 MINUTES.…… MORE
NM Film Industry Breaks Records
NEW MEXICO’S FILM INDUSTRY APPEARS TO BE ON A HOT STREAK. THE GOVERNORS OFFICE SAYS NEW MEXICO HAS HAD ITS THIRD STRAIGHT RECORD YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO MOVIE AND TV PRODUCTIONS. IT SAYS IN FISCAL 2017 THE FILM INDUSTRY PUMPED MORE THAN HALF-A-BILLION DOLLARS INTO THE STATE’S ECONOMY…BREAKING THE OLD RECORD BY…… MORE
APD “Use of Force” Incident Investigated
THE ROADS AROUND RAINBOW AND IRVING ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE ARE OPEN AFTER APD OFFICERS WERE SENT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR A SO-CALLED “USE OF FORCE SITUATION.” A CALL INDICATED A WOMAN THERE HAD INDICATED SHE WANTED TO DIE BY “SUICIDE BY COP.” OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WERE ALSO SENT TO THE SCENE TO…… MORE
Down and Out Determined to Be Deceased
POLICE ACTIVITY IN ALBUQUERQUE WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WAS IN THE 13-HUNDRED BLOCK OF BROADWAY NORTHEAST WHERE POLICE WERE SENT ON A “DOWN AND OUT” CALL. THE LOCATION IS NEAR MOUNTAIN ROAD. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE A LITTLE AFTER 6AM, THEY FOUND A DECEASED MALE. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN ITS EARLY…… MORE
APD Investigates Woman’s Death
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A WOMAN’S MURDER. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO KASEMAN HOSPITAL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AFTER GETTING WORD THAT A WOMAN HAD DIED THERE FROM APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUNDS. DETECTIVES SAY THE MURDER HAPPENED AT A HOME ON COCHITI ROAD SOUTHEAST, NEAR CENTRAL AND SAN PEDRO, WHERE NUMEROUS SHELL CASINGS WERE…… MORE
Two In Custody; APD Searching for More Suspects
TWO PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A GUNFIGHT MONDAY NIGHT IN ALBUQUERQUE. THEY’RE IDENTIFIED AS 19 YEAR OLD JA’KARL JENKINS AND 20 YEAR OLD ANDRE ROBINSON. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR OTHER SUSPECTS. POLICE SAY AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER WAS STRUCK BY A BULLET AND IS NOW IN STABLE CONDITION. A YOUNG…… MORE
Woman “Not Guilty” in Husband’s Death
THE ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HER HUSBAND AT THEIR HOME IN 2012 HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. THAT WAS THE JURY’S DECISION TUESDAY. AMY HERRERA WAS ACCUSED OF KILLING MARC HERRERA, AN AIR FORCE MAJOR, DURING A PARTY. PROSECUTORS CLAIMED AMY HERRERA HAD CHANGED…… MORE
Teen Sentenced as Juvenile In Bartender’s Murder
AN ALBUQUERQUE TEENAGER CHARGED IN A MAN’S DEATH TWO YEARS AGO IS BEING SENTENCED AS A JUVENILE…MEANING HE’LL BE RELEASED FROM CUSTODY WHEN HE’S 21. ANDREW HUBLER IS CURRENTLY 17 YEARS OLD. HE’S ONE OF SIX TEENAGERS CHARGED IN THE JUNE 2015 MURDER OF STEVEN GERECKE OUTSIDE HIS HOME. GERECKE WAS…… MORE
First A-R-T Electric Bus Arrives
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR R-J BERRY SAYS CONSTRUCTION ON THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT IS NOW TWO-THIRDS COMPLETE. ON TUESDAY, BERRY UNVEILED THE FIRST OF THE 20 ELECTRIC BUSES THAT’LL RUN UP AND DOWN CENTRAL AVENUE IN DEDICATED LANES. BERRY SAYS THE BUSES ARE DESIGNED TO FIT THE IMAGE OF ROUTE 66. HE SAYS THEY…… MORE
Rio Bravo Road Project Underway
LANE CLOSURES AND DETOURS…ALL PART OF A MAJOR PROJECT ALONG RIO BRAVO AT INTERSTATE 25. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REBUILDING THE INTERCHANGE AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO RIO BRAVO FROM JUST WEST OF BROADWAY EAST TO UNIVERSITY. PROJECT MANAGER JUSTIN GIBSON TELLS US THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT. HE…… MORE
