AN EXPERT WHO SPECIALIZES IN USE OF FORCE AND POLICE TACTICS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TESTIMONY TUESDAY IN THE TRIAL OF TWO FORMER APD OFFICERS. KEITH SANDY AND DOMINIQUE PEREZ ARE CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND LESSER CRIMES IN THE DEATH OF JAMES BOYD IN 2014. JEFF NOBLE’S CREDIBILITY WAS INITIALLY QUESTIONED…… MORE
Council Questions Value of APD Monitor
ON THE HEELS OF COURT-APPOINTED MONITOR JAMES GINGER’S CRITICAL REPORT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAST WEEK … THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW SPEAKING OUT AGAINST GINGER. GINGER SAID IN HIS REPORT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A “CULTURE OF LOW ACCOUNTABILITY” AND DOESN’T ADEQUATELY INVESTIGATE ITS…… MORE
Brewers Oppose Booze Tax Plan
NEW MEXICO BREWERS ARE RAILING AGAINST THE MOVE TO RAISE THE TAX ON ALCOHOL. LOCAL BREWERS TELL THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT’LL ONLY HURT THE STATE’S GROWING CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY. THE PROPOSAL BEING PROMOTED BY THE GROUP ALCOHOL TAXES SAVE LIVES WOULD RAISE THE TAX TO THE HIGHEST IN THE U-S … MORE THAN…… MORE
Council Gives Green Light to Solar Power
A VOTE IN FAVOR OF MORE ALBUQUERQUE CITY BUILDINGS GOING SOLAR. THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT APPROVED A RESOLUTION FROM COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS THAT HAS A GOAL OF GENERATING 25 PERCENT OF ALBUQUERQUE’S ENERGY THROUGH SOLAR POWER. DAVIS SAYS THE CITY SPENDS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR ON ENERGY, BUT…… MORE
City Wants Balloon Fiesta Cleanup Volunteers
WITH THE Albuquerque INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY, THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CLEAN UP AROUND BALLOON FIESTA PARK THIS SATURDAY. DONNA DOMENICI IS WITH THE CITY’S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO CLEAN UP THE AREA. SHE…… MORE
School Board Votes on Contract Extension
THE SANTA FE SCHOOL BOARD TUESDAY VOTES ON WHETHER TO EXTEND THEIR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT’S CONTRACT. VERONICA GARCIA WAS MADE INTERIM ‘SUPER’ … AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THEY’D LIKE TO MAKE HER THE PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT. THE BOARD WANTS TO GIVE GARCIA A TWO YEAR CONTRACT. IT WOULD END…… MORE
Bomb Threat Shuts Down APS Middle School
Students of Eisenhower Middle School in Albuquerque are not in classes Monday. School was cancelled after the building was put on lockdown, then evacuated because of a bomb threat. Spokesperson Monica Armenta with APS tells New Radio KKOB they called in the ABQ Police and cancelled classes. Police spokesman Simon Brobik says the treat came…… MORE
Sandy/Perez Trial Underway
It’s one of the most closely watched trials in recent memory here in Albuquerque. Opening statements are underway in the second degree murder trial of former APD cops Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez. They’re charged with the shooting death of homeless camper James Boyd in March 2014 after a four-hour standoff in the Sandia Foothills.…… MORE
Duke City Murder Rate Up
Albuquerque’s murder rate is back up again. The Albuquerque Journal Monday reports there have been 45 killings in the city since the start of the year. Last year, there were 46 murders. And 2015 was the deadliest year in Albuquerque since 2009. It was 1996 when the city’s murder rate hit a total of 70.…… MORE
AG Holds ITT Tech Sessions
State Attorney General Hector Balderas holds transition meetings this week for students impacted by the sudden closure of ITT Tech. The school closed all its campuses nationwide. The sessions with AG will inform students in New Mexico of the circumstances surrounding ITT Tech’s closure and ways to discharge their federal loan debt. Balderas will also…… MORE
