A big road improvement project is underway on Albuquerque’s west side. The work will include new bike lanes and landscaping on Ladera Drive between Ouray and Coors. City officials say the bike lanes will be constructed by narrowing the existing median. A traffic signal will be installed at Ladera Drive and Sequoia Road, and there…… MORE
Watering Limits Lifted
You’re free to fire-up your sprinkler system in Bernalillo County anytime you want. Katherine Yuhas with the Water Utility Authority says time of day watering restrictions are over this year. However, she tells News Radio KKOB you should cut back on watering as winter approaches. She says if we have a dry winter as predicted,…… MORE
APD Busts Major Fencing Ring
Albuquerque Police make arrests in what they call a major fencing operation in the Duke City, one dating back to early this year and involving Victoria’s Secret. APD says the suspects were stealing from stores at Cottonwood and Coronado Malls and more victims are likely to surface. Victoria’s Secret lost more than $50,000 in merchandise.…… MORE
Trump Running Mate Returns to NM
JUST DAYS AFTER GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE DONALD TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN STOPOVER IN ALBUQUERQUE SUNDAY NIGHT… HIS RUNNING MATE IS RETURNING. GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE IS BACK IN THE STATE WEDNESDAY IN LAS CRUCES. PENCE WAS IN ALBUQUERQUE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. ON WEDNESDAY, HE’LL APPEAR AT SOUTHWEST AVIATION AT 2:00 PM WITH THE…… MORE
NM Summer May Finally Be Ending
IT’LL FEEL MORE LIKE FALL LATER THIS WEEK IN NEW MEXICO. SHAWN BENNETT, THE CHIEF METEOROLOGIST AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE, SAYS AFTER WEEKS OF DRY CONDITIONS AND NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES, THERE WILL BE A COOL-DOWN STARTING WEDNESDAY. HE SAYS TEMPS WILL FALL BACK INTO THE 60S FOR HIGHS AND…… MORE
Woman Wanted in Albuquerque Carjacking Still at Large
THE HUNT CONTINUES FOR A FEMALE SUSPECT WANTED IN MONDAY AFTERNOON’S VIOLENT CARJACKING IN ALBUQUERQUE. IT HAPPENED AROUND 2:00 O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE FOOTHILLS. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS A MAN AND WOMAN WERE SAID TO HAVE CARJACKED THE VEHICLE. POLICE DID LOCATE THE VEHICLE AND FOLLOWED IT TO CENTRAL AND SAN…… MORE
NM Ready for Next “Real I-D” Step
STARTING NOVEMBER 14TH, NEW MEXICO WILL START ISSUING REAL ID-COMPLIANT DRIVERS LICENSES . THE NEW LICENSES WILL GET YOU ONTO MILITARY BASES AND COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS. BEN CLOUTIER WITH THE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT SAYS YOU DON’T NEED TO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. HE SAYS THEY’LL BEGIN ISSUING REAL I-D COMPLIANT DRIVERS LICENSES…… MORE
Fired UNM Prof Appeals
A FIRED UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR WANTS HIS JOB BACK. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT CRISTOBAL VALENCIA IS APPEALING TO THE UNIVERSITY’S ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE COMMITTEE. THE UNIVERSITY DECIDED TO TERMINATE VALENCIA’S CONTRACT FOLLOWING NUMEROUS ALLEGATIONS THAT HE MADE LEWD COMMENTS TO STUDENTS AND TOUCHED THEM INAPPROPRIATELY. IN…… MORE
NM Escapees In Court
IN CARLSBAD MONDAY, THE TWO INMATES WHO ESCAPED FROM A TRANSPORT VAN LAST SPRING HAD COURT APPEARANCES. LIONEL CLAH AND JOSEPH CRUZ BOTH ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS. THE MEN APPEARED VIA VIDEO FROM THE STATE PENITENTIARY. JUDGE RAYMOND ROMERO SET BOND FOR BOTH MEN AT 750-THOUSAND DOLLARS, CASH ONLY. IT WAS…… MORE
Santa Fe Chef on Food Network
SANTA FE CHEF FERNANDO RUIZ WILL BE ON TELEVISION TONIGHT ON THE FOOD NETWORK’S “CHOPPED.” HE’S ONE OF FOUR CONTESTANTS ON THE PROGRAM PREPARING AN APPETIZER, AN ENTREE, AND A DESSERT. RUIZ, THE CHEF AT SANTACAFE, ACTUALLY TAPED THE EPISODE IN JUNE. HE SAYS BEING ON TV IS GOOD FOR NEW…… MORE
