AN EFFORT TO INCLUDE ATTACKS ON POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS IN NEW MEXICO’S HATE CRIME LEGISLATION HAS AGAIN FAILED IN SANTA FE. A HOUSE COMMITTEE REJECTED THE IDEA ON A 3-2 VOTE…WITH DEMOCRATS OPPOSED AND REPUBLICANS IN FAVOR. THE BILL WOULD HAVE PROVIDED STIFFER PENALTIES FOR THOSE COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST…… MORE
Santa Fe Soda Tax Plan Goes to Council Committee
A SANTA FE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FACES THE FIRST TEST OF MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES’ SODA TAX PROPOSAL. HIS MEASURE WOULD TAX SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES BY 2-CENTS PER OUNCE. THE REVENUE WOULD THEN BE USED TO FUND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE CITY BUSINESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE TAKES ON…… MORE
Duke City to Open Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Office
BY THIS SUMMER, THERE WILL BE A NEW DEPARTMENT AT ALBUQUERQUE CITY HALL…THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS. MAYOR R-J BERRY SAYS ITS PURPOSE WILL BE TO CONNECT IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES TO SERVICES THAT’LL IMPROVE THEIR WELL BEING. HE SAYS RESIDENTS NEED TO BE SAFE AND SECURE IN THEIR CITY. …… MORE
New and Old APS Board Members Elected
ALBUQUERQUE VOTERS CHOOSE THEIR NEXT PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. INCUMBENT DAVID EUGENE PEARCY APPEARS TO BE THE BIG WINNER IN DISTRICT SEVEN … AND ANOTHER INCUMBENT, LORENZO GARCIA, WON IN DISTRICT THREE WITH 65 PERCENT OF THE VOTE. NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE CANDY PATTERSON IN DISTRICT FIVE IN THE SOUTH VALLEY AND ELIZABETH…… MORE
Bus Stabber Still Sought
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR 62 YEAR OLD GREGORY WAYNE DOZIER. APD SAYS HE’S THE MAN WHO STABBED SOMEONE ON A CITY BUS 25 TIMES TWO WEEKS AGO, LEAVING THE VICTIM IN CRITICAL CONDITION. POLICE SAY DOZIER, WHO LIVES ON THE STREETS, HAS MADE THREATS AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IS…… MORE
Legislation Targets Auto Thieves Who Cause Crashes
A BILL INCREASING PENALTIES FOR ONE PARTICULAR CRIME HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE. THE PROPOSAL FROM ALBUQUERQUE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE BILL REHM WOULD CRACK DOWN ON PEOPLE WHO DRIVE STOLEN VEHICLES RECKLESSLY AND KILL SOMEONE. THE MEASURE WOULD ALLOW FOR A FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE IN SUCH CASES. REHM…… MORE
Grant Helps NM Address Drug ODs
NEW MEXICO IS GETTING A 200-THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT TO ADVANCE EFFORTS ADDRESSING DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS. THE GRANT IS FROM PHIZER. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE GRANT WILL FUND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES DEALING WITH THE USE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES. THE STATE’S OVERDOSE DEATH RATE HAS IMPROVED FOR 49TH IN THE…… MORE
Alleged Home Invader Arrested
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARREST 41 YEAR OLD RAMON VARELA FOR A HOME INVASION THAT LEFT ANOTHER MAN DEAD. APD SAYS VARELA AND 20 YEAR OLD RAYMOND SANCHEZ BROKE INTO A HOME NEAR 98TH AND SAGE LAST MONTH…AND THE HOMEOWNER FIRED A SHOTS, KILLING SANCHEZ. VARELA FLED AND HAD BEEN ON THE LOOSE…… MORE
Tire Cleanup on Pajarito Mesa
MORE THAN 400 TONS OF USED TIRES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM PAJARITO MESA IN SOUTHWESTERN BERNALILLO COUNTY. COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR ENRICO GRADI TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THERE WERE ABOUT 100-THOUSAND TIRES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY NEAR RIO PUERCO. HE SAYS THE LONGER THE TIRES STAY THERE, THE MORE THEY BECOME EMBEDDED IN THE…… MORE
NM “Trade Land” Proposed for President’s Wall
AS STATE LEGISLATORS IN SANTA FE INTRODUCE A BILL TO PREVENT PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM BUILDING A WALL ON THE BORDER IN NEW MEXICO WITH OLD MEXICO … STATE LAND COMMISSIONER AUBREY DUNN PROPOSES TRADING TRUST LAND ALONG THE BORDER FOR THE WALL. HE SAYS THE LAND WOULD BE IN EITHER OTERO, CHAVEZ, OR…… MORE
