IT’S CAPS AND GOWNS THIS WEEK FOR ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SENIORS. GRADUATION CEREMONIES BEGIN MONDAY, MAY 15TH, WITH ALBUQUERQUE HIGH TAKING THE STAGE AT 2:30, FOLLOWED BY RIO GRANDE AT 6:30. THE GRADUATIONS COME TO AN END ON SATURDAY, WITH DEL NORTE HIGH AT 6:30PM. ALL THE CEREMONIES ARE BEING…… MORE
Safe Hiking Tips for New Mexico
WITH THE WARMER WEATHER COMES MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES…JUST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING. FOR MANY NEW MEXICANS, HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS IS THE THING TO DO. TREVOR MAYSCHAK WITH THE UNM MOUNTAIN MEDICINE CENTER SAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO IS HAVE A PLAN. KNOW WHEN AND WHERE…… MORE
New Recharge Station Between Albuquerque and Santa Fe
IF YOU DRIVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS RUN OUT OF POWER ALONG THE ROAD. NOW, ANYONE DRIVING AN E-V ALONG I-25 BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE CAN REST EASY. AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THE SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO. MEAGHAN CAVANAUGH…… MORE
Duke City’s Most Congested Streets
WHAT ARE THE MOST CONGESTED ROADS IN ALBUQUERQUE? A NEW REPORT FROM THE MID REGION COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS SAYS IT’S ALAMEDA … NOT CENTRAL AVENUE WITH IT’S A-R-T CONSTRUCTION, OR MONTGOMERY AS MANY RESIDENTS BELIEVE. THE REPORT WAS DONE IN 2014. IT SAYS ALAMEDA IS NEARLY 20 PERCENT MORE CONGESTED THAN…… MORE
NM Supreme Court Rejects Budget Veto Challenge
SAYING THE MATTER IS NOT RIPE FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW, THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT HAS REFUSED TO OVERTURN BUDGET VETOES BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ. UNM POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR LONNA ATKESON SAYS THE MOVE MAKES SENSE. SHE SAYS IT’S THE JOB FOR THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE BUT NOT THE COURT’S JOB. LEGISLATIVE…… MORE
Chan Retrial Heads Into 2nd Week
LAS CRUCES SERGEANT TODD FROATS IS EXPECTED BACK ON THE STAND FRIDAY IN FORMER SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY TAI CHAN’S RETRIAL. CHAN IS ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN AND KILLING FELLOW DEPUTY JEREMY MARTIN IN 2014 AT THE HOTEL ENCANTO IN LAS CRUCES AFTER TRANSPORTING AN INMATE TO AN ARIZONA PRISON. …… MORE
More Funding Cuts at Albuquerque Public SchooLs
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SCHOOLS DEPEND ON GRANT FUNDING. THAT STATEMENT FROM CARRIE ROBIN BRUNDER, APS DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND POLICY, NOW THAT 10 MORE SCHOOLS ARE BEING DROPPED FROM K-3 PLUS, A SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 3RD GRADE STUDENTS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THIS IS IN…… MORE
Boost Continues for Albuquerque Home Sales
PENDING HOME SALES IN ALBUQUERQUE ARE AT A 14 YEAR HIGH AT A-THOUSAND-331 FOR APRIL. THAT’S A 23-POINT-2 PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR. INVENTORY FOR HOMES IN THE DUKE CITY IS STILL LOW … AND THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS THAT’S WITH YET ANOTHER SURGE IN HOMES GOING…… MORE
Plea Deal in Chavez-Silver Killing
There’s another plea connected to the shooting death of Jaydon Chavez-Silver in June of 2015. The Bernalillo County DA’s Office says Dominic Conyers pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder as well as shooting at an occupied dwelling. He now faces 12 years in prison. Conyers is 21 years old and is the second…… MORE
Ski Team Gets a Break
The UNM Ski Team will be back for next season. The Athletic Department had decided to cut the program for budget reasons but the Board of Regents has now reversed that decision, allowing the program to continue for at least one more year. A news release from the ski team says coaches and supporters will…… MORE
