THE TAX ON FOOD COULD RETURN IN NEW MEXICO. IT’S BEING CONSIDERED NOW BY GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ AS A WAY TO COME TO TERMS WITH LEGISLATORS ON THE BUDGET PLAN. THE GOVERNOR VETOED THE TAX AND FEE HIKES INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET PLAN SHE GOT FROM THE LEGISLATURE. MARTINEZ HAS SCHEDULED…… MORE
More Charges Against Albuquerque Man Accused of Dog Fighting
A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS RETURNED AN INDICTMENT CHARGING 63 YEAR OLD ROBERT ARELLANO WITH 13 COUNTS OF VIOLATING ANIMAL FIGHTING LAWS. THE CHARGES PERTAIN TO FIGHTING DOGS ARELLANO IS ACCUSED OF KEEPING AT HIS HOME IN ALBUQUERQUE. ARELLANO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT IN NEW JERSEY…… MORE
Severe Weather Week for NM
THE FOLKS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE ARE ASSESSING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STRETCH OF SEVERE WEATHER IN YEARS IN NEW MEXICO. METEOROLOGIST BRIAN GUYER SAYS, OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD, 92 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND 19 TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED. THERE WERE REPORTEDLY SEVEN TORNADOES SPOTTED IN DIFFERENT CITIES…… MORE
Playing it Safe on the Rio Grande
WITH SPRINGTIME RUN-OFF IN FULL FORCE, THE RIO GRANDE IS WORKING OVERTIME TO MOVE ALL THAT WATER. IT MEANS THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S HEAVY RESCUE TEAM WANTS TO REMIND ANYONE HEADING OUT ON THE RIVER TO BE CAREFUL AND BE PREPARED. LT CHRIS CARLSEN HEADS THE TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES THE DEPARTMENT’S SWIFT WATER…… MORE
34 Cuffed During Holiday DWI Crackdown
THE NUMBERS ARE IN ON NEW MEXICO’S DWI CRACKDOWN OVER THE CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND. STATE POLICE SPOKESMAN CARL CHRISTIANSON SAYS THEY MADE A TOTAL 34 DRUNK DRIVING ARRESTS. THEY ALSO TICKETED 165 DRIVERS. STATE POLICE ALSO ARRESTED ANOTHER 30 PEOPLE … AND HANDLED 14 CRASHES, INCLUDING ONE FATALITY. CHRISTIANSON TELLS US MOST…… MORE
Mosquito Season Underway in NM
MOSQUITOES ARE ALREADY OUT IN FORCE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA…AND DR. MARK DIMENNA WITH THE CITY’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT’S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB HIS OFFICE IS ALREADY BUSY. HE SAYS HIS STAFF IS OUT IN THE FIELD LOOKING FOR PROBLEM…… MORE
Cleanup After NM’s Spring Storm
EXPECT A LESS ACTIVE WEATHER DAY AROUND NEW MEXICO TODAY (WED). THAT, OF COURSE, FOLLOWS TUESDAY, WHEN THE STATE WAS HIT NOT ONLY WITH RAIN AND HAIL, BUT FIVE TORNADOES. ONE OF THOSE TORNADOES WAS SPOTTED IN CLINES CORNERS … WHILE OTHERS WERE SEEN IN ROSWELL, ESTANCIA AND CARRIZOZO. CLEAN-UP IS…… MORE
Perry Tours Los Alamos Labs
A TOP MEMBER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CABINET IS HEADING TO NEW MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY. SECRETARY OF ENERGY RICK PERRY IS VISITING LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY WHERE HE’LL GET AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK DONE AT THE LAB. HE’LL ALSO BEING MEETING WITH THE LAB DIRECTOR, CHARLES MCMILLAN, AND WILL SPEAK TO…… MORE
Chan Jury Tours Crime Scene
THE JURY IN THE RETRIAL OF FORMER SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY TAI CHAN GOT A CHANCE TUESDAY TO WALK THROUGH THE CRIME SCENE WHERE FELLOW DEPUTY JEREMY MARTIN WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN LAS CRUCES. PROSECUTORS ACCUSE CHAN OF SHOOTING MARTIN IN THE BACK AT THE HOTEL ENCANTO NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO.…… MORE
Murder Suspects of 10 Year Old to Be Tried Separately
A JUDGE HAS DENIED A DEFENSE REQUEST TO MOVE THE VICTORIA MARTENS CASE OUT OF ALBUQUERQUE, AND HAS ALSO RULED THAT THE THREE PEOPLE CHARGED IN THE GIRL’S DEATH WILL BE TRIED SEPARATELY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE 10 YEAR OLD WAS DRUGGED, RAPED AND MURDERED LAST YEAR…ALLEGEDLY BY HER MOTHER MICHELLE MARTENS, THE MOTHER’S…… MORE
