PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO’S RATE INCREASE CASE IS UNDERWAY IN SANTA FE STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 7TH. BUT WORD IS THERE WON’T BE SO MUCH OPPOSITION TO WHAT PNM IS ASKING FOR FROM STATE REGULATORS. MOSTLY ALL INTERVENORS EXCEPT ONE SUPPORTS OR DOES NOT OPPOSE THE NINE PERCENT THE UTILITY WANTS. …… MORE
Sheriff Expected to Update Deputy-Involved Shooting
WE EXPECT TO LEARN MORE TODAY (MON) AFTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON’S DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING IT’S 4TH SUCH SHOOTING SINCE JULY 4TH. AND SHERIFF MANNY GONZALEZ HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY TO UPDATE US. GONZALEZ SAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS NEED TO BE CONCERNED…… MORE
Corrales Residents Fight Medi-Pot Farm
SOME CORRALES RESIDENTS ARE FIGHTING PLANS TO BRING A MARIJUANA FARM TO THEIR COMMUNITY. THE NON-PROFIT VERDES FOUNDATION PLANS TO START A MEDICAL POT FARM ON FOUR ACRES OF LAND THERE NEXT SPRING. SOME RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VILLAGE COUNCIL TO BLOCK THE PROJECT. AND THERE’S NOW A PETITION…… MORE
Downtown Residents Demand Crime Fighting
MORE LIGHTS … MORE RULES … AND MORE POLICE OFFICERS. THAT’S WHAT DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS SAY THEY WANT FROM THE NEXT MAYOR. DOWNTOWN CRIME HAS ESCALATED AND RESIDENTS THERE WANT THE NEXT MAYOR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER GETTING A TOUR OF DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE, KOB TV REPORTS THE CITY’S EIGHT MAYORAL…… MORE
Lawmaker Wants Tax Free Weekend Gone
STORES ACROSS NEW MEXICO WERE BUSY OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE STATE HELD ITS TAX FREE WEEKEND. CRITICS SAY IT’S JUST A GIMMICK…THAT THE STATE SHOULD INSTEAD BE FOCUSING ON TAX REFORM. SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JOHN ARTHUR SMITH SAYS THAT SUBJECT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE. TAX REFORM HAS BEEN…… MORE
Suspects Names Released by APD
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAMES OF TWO SUSPECTS WHO WERE ARRESTED SATURDAY AFTER CRASHING THE STOLEN VEHICLE THEY WERE IN ON SATURDAY. THEY ARE 24 YEAR OLD ARIELLA LOPEZ AND 29 YEAR OLD MARK PEREZ. BOTH WERE ARRESTED. LOPEZ IS CHARGED WITH DRIVING A STOLEN VEHICLE … PEREZ WITH POSSESSION…… MORE
Santa Fe Moves to Ban Wild Animal Acts
SANTA FE HAS TAKEN THE FIRST STEP TOWARD BANNING CIRCUSES AND OTHER WILD ANIMAL ACTS FROM PERFORMING IN THE CITY. THE MEASURE WAS APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. ALAN EDMONDS WITH ANIMAL PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO SAYS THERE’S A GROWING MOVEMENT TO PROHIBIT THESE KINDS OF PERFORMANCES. RODEOS WOULD…… MORE
How Best to See Solar Eclipse in NM
THERE’S A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN ON AUGUST 21ST. HERE IN NEW MEXICO IT WILL BE ABOUT A 75 PERCENT ECLIPSE. THAT’S WHY, IF YOU WANT TO VIEW IT, YOU NEED TO USE SOME KIND OF VIEWING DEVICE SO AS NOT TO DAMAGE YOUR EYES. JIM GREENHOUSE IS WITH THE…… MORE
Duke City Man Charged in Double Homicide
THE MAN WHO TOLD ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HE SHOT A MAN AND WOMAN ON JULY 5TH OF THIS YEAR IN SELF-DEFENSE OVER A DRUG DEBT IS NOW CHARGED WITH THE TWO MURDERS. NINETEEN YEAR OLD BRANDON VIGIL WAS ARRESTED AND IS NOW CHARGED IN THE MURDERS OF 19 YEAR OLDS CONSUELA RIOS AND DANIEL…… MORE
New Police Camera Technology Being Tested
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ONE OF 14 AGENCIES TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT TURNS ON A POLICE OFFICER’S BODY CAMERA AS SOON AS HE REMOVES HIS GUN FROM HIS HOLSTER. BUT OUR NEWS PARTNER, KOB TV, REPORTS THAT’S DESPITE THE FACT THE CITY HAS A 4-POINT-4 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT WITH AXON. …… MORE
