NEW MEXICO’S GOVERNOR IS DIRECTING CABINET SECRETARIES TO SUBMIT EMPLOYEE FURLOUGH PLANS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THOSE PLANS COULD BE ROLLED OUT AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. DEMOCRATIC HOUSE SPEAKER BRIAN EGOLF SAYS THERE’S NO NEED FOR THE FURLOUGHS AND OTHER TOP RANKING DEMOCRATS SAY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ’S MOVE IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.…… MORE
APD Releases Name of Officer in Crash
WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN MONDAY’S CRASH THAT INJURED HIM AND A MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN AT EUBANK AND INDIAN SCHOOL. APD SAYS HE’S JOHNATHAN MCDONNELL. HE’S STILL HOSPITALIZED WITH A BROKEN LEG AND ANKLE. THE MOTHER IS RECOVERING, BUT KOB TV REPORTS…… MORE
Crime Victims Reparation May Have Misspent
A NEW MEXICO PROGRAM THAT HELPS CRIME VICTIMS MAY HAVE MIS-SPENT SOME FEDERAL MONEY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT A D-O-J AUDIT DETERMINED THE CRIME VICTIMS REPARATION COMMISSION ALLOWED FEDERAL GRANTS TO BE USED TO REIMBURSE THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA. MEDICAL CANNABIS IS LEGAL IN NEW MEXICO…BUT IT’S BANNED UNDER…… MORE
Water Authority Considers Another Rate Hike
ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER CUSTOMERS COULD SOON SEE A BUMP IN THEIR MONTHLY BILL. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY NEXT MONTH WILL CONSIDER RAISING RATES BY FIVE PERCENT. THAT WOULD INCREASE YOUR MONTHLY BILL FROM 49-DOLLARS AND 73 CENTS A MONTH TO 52-77 IN THE WINTER. YOUR SUMMER BILL…… MORE
City Program Targets Run-down Buildings
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS LAUNCHING A PILOT PROGRAM TARGETING RUN-DOWN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS SIX AND NINE, PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTHEAST HEIGHTS. IF A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER FAILS TO MAINTAIN OR REPAIR A BUILDING, THEY COULD FACE CIVIL PENALTIES OF 500 DOLLARS A DAY. COUNCILORS PAT DAVIS AND DON…… MORE
Fugitive Arrested in Albuquerque
A MAN DEEMED A DANGEROUS FUGITIVE HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE. THIRTY-SIX YEAR OLD MANUEL ALARCON WAS WANTED FOR MULTIPLE COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL PENETRATION OF A MINOR, CHILD ABUSE, AND BRIBING A WITNESS. HE HAD A 100-THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH-ONLY BOND. THE MARSHALS SERVICE ARRESTED ALARCON…… MORE
Colorado Man Arrested in NM
A MAN FROM GREELEY, COLORADO PROBABLY KNOWS THE ROUTINE PRETTY WELL. THIS PAST FRIDAY, 56 YEAR OLD TERRY HUFF WAS PULLED OVER NEAR PECOS, NEW MEXICO, AFTER STATE POLICE GOT REPORTS OF A MAN DRIVING ERRATICALLY. THE OFFICER NOTICED HUFF HAD BLOODSHOT EYES AND WAS MUMBLING INCOHERENTLY. HUFF WAS THEN PLACED…… MORE
Las Cruces Marks 4-20
THE DEVELOPERS OF THE CARLISLE CONDOMINIUMS IN NOB HILL SAY THEY PLAN TO HAVE THE COMPLEX REBUILT BY EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE RECONSTRUCTION WORK IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. THE CONDOS WERE DESTROYED IN AN ARSON FIRE LAST NOVEMBER THAT’S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT ONE THIRD…… MORE
Police Looking for Hit-And-Run Suspect
A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a hit-and-run driver last night. Now, police are looking for the person responsible. APD says, the vehicle was a white Cadillac CTS Sedan, which should have heavy front-end damage. The pedestrian was killed while walking across Zuni Road near Georgia Street. Anyone with information is asked to…… MORE
Fire Season Concerns
Warm, dry conditions have New Mexico officials concerned about this year’s fire season. Meteorologist Rich Naden with the Southwest Coordination Center says conditions are getting worse in the Sandia and Manzano Mountains but some significant rainfall is expected over the next few weeks, easing the fire danger. Naden says half the wildfires in the Southwest…… MORE
