ALBUQUERQUE BEGINS MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ON ITS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 17TH … AND IT’LL SQUEEZE DRIVERS DOWN TO ONE LANE ON PARTS OF CENTRAL WHERE CREWS WILL BE REMOVING MEDIANS. THAT INCLUDES FROM CENTRAL TO CEDAR, WHERE THE NORTHERN-MOST WESTBOUND LANE WILL BE CLOSED. ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION WILL BE…… MORE
SOS Candidates Debate Includes Voter I-D
STATE REP NORA ESPINOZA AND BERNALILLO COUNTY CLERK MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER GO HEAD-TO-HEAD AT THEIR ONE AND ONLY DEBATE IN ALBUQUERQUE ON SUNDAY. THEY’RE COMPETING TO BECOME THE NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE. ESPINOZA DEFLECTED A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER GUNS SHOULD BE BANNED AT POLLING PLACES BUT SHE SUPPORTS REQUIRING VOTERS HAVE…… MORE
Sanders Campaigns for Hillary in NM
BERNIE SANDERS RALLIES FOR HILLARY CLINTON IN ALBUQUERQUE ON TUESDAY. CLINTON HAS YET TO CAMPAIGN HERSELF IN NEW MEXICO. SHE SENT HER HUSBAND, FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, TO DO THE JOB BEFORE THE PRIMARY LAST JUNE. SHE’S NOW PREPARING FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WITH DONALD TRUMP. SANDERS WILL SPEAK…… MORE
Johnson Bikes for NM Electoral Votes
NEW MEXICO’S FORMER GOVERNOR THINKS VOTERS ARE FED UP WITH THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM. AND LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GARY JOHNSON HOPES TO WIN THE ELECTORAL VOTES IN NEW MEXICO TO PROVE HIS POINT. JOHNSON BIKED SIX HOURS SATURDAY FROM TAOS TO SANTA FE TO SHOW HE’S THE “FITTEST” CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. HE…… MORE
No Clowns This Halloween, Please
FORGET THE CLOWN COSTUME THIS HALLOWEEN. THAT ADVICE FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER NUMEROUS DANGEROUS INCIDENTS INVOLVING PEOPLE IN CLOWN SUITS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALSO IN NEW MEXICO. APD OFFICER FRED DURAN SAYS TOO MANY OF THOSE INCIDENTS INVOLVED CLOWNS TRYING TO HURT CHILDREN AND CLOWNS ARMED WITH EITHER…… MORE
Crime Rate Down for Balloon Fiesta
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES THE RESULTS OF ITS BALLOON FIESTA CRIME CRACK-DOWN. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THERE WERE NO THEFTS OF BALLOONS OR BALLOON TRAILERS. THE ANTI-CRIME EFFORT CONCENTRATED ON HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS POPULAR WITH FIESTA VISITORS. APD SAYS IT ALSO SAW A 25 PERCENT DROP IN…… MORE
Commissioner Opposes Minimum Wage Hikes
TAKE IT TO A LARGER ARENA. THAT’S WHAT BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON SAYS SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE WHOLE MINIMUM WAGE ISSUE. AND THAT’S DESPITE HIS “YES” VOTE LAST WEEK WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED HIKING THE COUNTY MINIMUM WAGE BY A NICKEL TO 8-70 AN HOUR. JOHNSON SAYS…… MORE
Santa Fe Mayor Targets Sugar Consumption
SANTA FE’S MAYOR IS APPARENTLY CONCERNED ABOUT RESIDENTS’ USE OF SUGAR. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT JAVIER GONZALES HAS INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO WAYS OF REDUCING SUGAR INTAKE AMONG RESIDENTS, AND THE HEALTH BENEFITS THAT WOULD RESULT. HE ALSO WANTS THE LEGISLATURE TO…… MORE
NM Gas Prices Could Rise Again
WE CONTINUE TO ENJOY RELATIVELY CHEAP GAS PRICES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. DOUG SHUPE WITH TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO SAYS THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE PRICE IS 2-14 A GALLON. AND HE SAYS, NOW THAT WE’RE INTO OCTOBER, THOSE PRICES COULD GO DOWN EVEN FURTHER. HE SAYS PEOPLE DRIVE LESS IN THE FALL AND WINTER. …… MORE
Boyd Case Retrial Decision Required Sooner Than Later
WE’LL KNOW SOON IF FORMER APD OFFICERS KEITH SANDY AND DOMINIQUE PEREZ WILL BE RETRIED. THE JUDGE DECLARED A MISTRIAL IN THEIR 2ND DEGREE MURDER TRIAL IN THE DEATH OF HOMELESS CAMPER JAMES BOYD BECAUSE THE JURY ON TUESDAY COULDN’T REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT INCOMING BERNALILLO COUNTY…… MORE
