You hear it almost every week. Another repeat offender gets out of jail in ABQ, only to be arrested again. Keeping repeat offenders incarcerated is one of Abq Mayor Berry’s goals for this year- his last year in office. He tells us APD cops are doing a good job at solving crimes and catching offenders.…… MORE
More Funds for NM Schools
New Mexico’s two major wealth funds did well in 2016, with investment returns of over 7%. And that’s good news for public education funding in the state. The Associated Press reports that disbursements from the Land Grant Permanent Fund and the Severance Tax Permanent Fund will increase by $60 million, to almost $900 million, in…… MORE
Accused Kidnapper Turns Himself In
The man who prompted an Amber Alert when he allegedly abducted his two-year-old son in southern New Mexico Monday has turned himself in. Bond for 23-year-old Sergio Guadalupe Jacquez has been set at $100,000 bond. The boy, Ethan, was returned safely to his mother Monday night. In addition to child abuse and other counts, Jacquez…… MORE
Hickman Pleads Not Guilty to Arson Fires
A man accused of torching the Old Navy store at I-40 and San Mateo in Albuquerque could get up to 20 years in prison if found guilty. David Hickman was arraigned Tuesday in Federal Court on a charge of using fire to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce. He entered a not guilty plea.…… MORE
Historic Church Will Rebuild After Fire
Down but not out. Albuquerque’s Joy Light Church of God in Christ was badly damaged in a fire Monday afternoon, but the building is still there and the congregation plans to rebuild. The church opened its doors in 1952 and was the site for Abq’s civil rights movement back in the 1950s. It also housed…… MORE
Former NM Lt. Governor Dies
Former New Mexico Lieutenant Governor Jack Stahl has died. Stahl had a notable career in Albuquerque residential real estate as well. He died December 29th. He was elected to the legislature in 1968 and served as Lieutenant Governor in the 1980s. He was also co-founder of Abq’s Hooten-Stahl Real Estate Agency as well as the…… MORE
NM in for More Snow
More good news for New Mexico ski areas. National Weather Service Meteorologist Todd Shoemake says another winter storm will hit the state Wednesday night through Friday night. That’s expected in the northern mountains, with 12 to 15 inches in the mountains that border Colorado. Shoemake says the snow pack in northern New Mexico is in…… MORE
NM’s Warmest Year on Record
Warmer and drier than normal. That was the weather story for New Mexico last year. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque says, while the final numbers haven’t been compiled, 2016 will go down as one of the warmest years on record in New Mexico. But we should be used to it. The Weather Service says…… MORE
Full ART Construction Resumes
Now that the holidays are over, crews have returned to Central to work on ART, the Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project. As mid-January arrives, you can expect sidewalk construction along Central from Broadway to I-25. Both Nob Hill and Old Town are also seeing resumption in construction. In the Nob Hill area work on the median…… MORE
Feds to Arraign Alleged Albuquerque Arsonist
The man charged with setting fire to Albuquerque’s Old Navy store near San Mateo and I-40 in late November is in federal court Tuesday to be arraigned. That’s as the FBI looks into whether David Hickman is connected to eight other arson fires in Albuquerque that same week. It included the Carlisle Condo fire that…… MORE
