DESPITE THE RECENT WARM WEATHER, NEW MEXICO’S SNOW PACK IS STILL IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. THAT ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROLOGIST ROYCE FONTENOT WHO SAYS MARCH TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL, BUT IN THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH AND START OF APRIL SEVERAL SYSTEMS CAME THROUGH THAT ADDED TO THE SNOW PACK…… MORE
Bill Revival Could Jeopardize Proposed County Tax Hike
BERNALILLO COUNTY’S PROPOSED SALES TAX HIKE COULD BE IN JEOPARDY. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE AFRAID THAT HOUSE BILL 412 INTRODUCED DURING THE RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WOULD HAVE BANNED COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES FROM IMPOSING ANY EXTRA GROSS RECEIPTS TAX INCREMENTS COULD NULLIFY THEIR TAX INCREASE. THAT BILL DIED IN THE…… MORE
Voters Could Decide Albuquerque Gas Tax Hike
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL’S FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE HAS SENT A GASOLINE TAX PROPOSAL ON TO THE FULL COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON’S PLAN WOULD RAISE THE TAX BY TWO CENTS A GALLON. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB IT WOULD RAISE ALMOST 5 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO MAKE SOME BADLY NEEDED…… MORE
Easter Means Chimayo Pilgrimage
THE FAITHFUL TAKE TO THE ROADWAYS THIS WEEK. THE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO EL SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO BEGINS SOON FOR MANY WHO ARE GOING TO WALK ALONG ROADS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TO REACH CHIMAYO. JUAN RIOS WITH THE SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS HE EXPECTED BIG CROWDS THIS YEAR DUE TO THE…… MORE
Guns Seized at the Border
MOST SEIZURES ALONG THE MEXICO-U-S BORDER INVOLVE DRUGS BEING SMUGGLED INTO THE UNITED STATES. BUT THAT WASN’T THE CASE LAST WEDNESDAY AT THE SANTA TERESA PORT OF ENTRY. U-S CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION FIELD OPERATION OFFICERS FOUND HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION AND 16 HIGH-CAPACITY SEMI-AUTOMATIC MAGAZINES IN A VEHICLE HEADING INTO MEXICO.…… MORE
Hold-up Convict Sentenced
A MAN GETS NINE AND-A-HALF YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR A 2015 CRIME SPREE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD SHELDON HARRIS WAS ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP SEVERAL SUBWAY AND BLAKE’S LOTABURGER RESTAURANTS AT GUNPOINT. HE WAS ARRESTED A YEAR AGO, AND EVENTUALLY PLED GUILTY TO TWO OF THE ROBBERIES. …… MORE
Man Found Dead at Duke City Motel
A BIT OF A MYSTERY SURROUNDING A MAN’S DEATH IN ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE WERE SENT TO THE MOTEL 76 AT CANDELARIA AND UNIVERSITY ON REPORTS OF A SHOOTING…AND FOUND A MAN DEAD. ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THE MAN HAD BEEN SHOT, DETECTIVES ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.…… MORE
Intel in Rio Rancho Shedding Jobs
Fewer folks walking the hallways at Intel in Rio Rancho. The company reported Monday that it now has 1,200 workers in Rio Rancho, down from 1,900 a year ago. The figures come from a report presented to the Sandoval County Commission. The company says about half of the decline was due to retirements while others…… MORE
No Arrest of Suspect in Car Wash Shooting
Two weeks after 59-year-old Earl “Payaso” Roybal was shot and killed at a Northwest Albuquerque car wash, his family and friends want to know why the suspect in the case has not been arrested. APD has not answered any questions yet on the shooting that occurred March 26th. Roybal was washing his motorcycle when another…… MORE
Conscious Campus Heads to Eastern NM University
Another Conscious Campus Forum is being held Monday at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. Conscious Campus is an initiative from New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas to bring higher awareness of campus sexual assaults to state colleges and universities. Another aspect of the initiative is to look for ways to intervene. Sonya Carasco Trujillo…… MORE
