A GRAND JURY IS NOW EXPECTED TO GET THE VICTORIA MARTENS MURDER CASE. THAT’S WHAT DEFENSE LAWYER AHMAD ASSED TELLS OUR NEWS PARTNER KOB-TV. HE EXPECTS THE D-A TO SEND THE CASE TO THE GRAND JURY, WHICH WILL THEN DETERMINE IF THERE’S ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CASE AGAINST THE SUSPECTS,…… MORE
Albuquerque Man Kills Wife, Step Daughter, Self
APD IS RELEASING MORE INFORMATION IN THE DEATHS OF THREE PEOPLE IN A CASE BEING DESCRIBED AS A MURDER-SUICIDE. APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER TELLS US OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE VILLA HERMOSA APARTMENTS NEAR COORS AND OURAY AROUND 10AM SUNDAY. HE SAYS A WOMAN WAS REPORTED SCREAMING THAT HER FAMILY WAS BEING MURDERED.…… MORE
PNM Rejects New Rate Case Hearing
PNM SAYS “NO” TO THE NEW RATE HEARING BEING OFFERED BY STATE REGULATORS. THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION LAST WEEK UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED REOPENING THE HEARINGS IF THE UTILITY AGREED TO PROVIDE A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS THAT A HEARING EXAMINER SAID WAS MISSING FROM PNM’S 14-POINT-4 PERCENT RATE HIKE REQUEST. THE HEARING EXAMINER EARLY…… MORE
Zika-Carrying Mosquitos in Another NM County
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS LEA COUNTY IS THE EIGHTH COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO TO BE HOME TO MOSQUITOS THAT CAN TRANSMIT THE ZIKA VIRUS THROUGH A BITE. NOW RESIDENTS OF LEA COUNTY ARE BEING ASKED TO DO WHAT PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES ARE ALREADY DOING: GETTING RID OF STANDING WATER AROUND…… MORE
Emergency Landing at the Sunport
AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT MONDAY. IT WAS A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT HEADED TO DENVER. THE JET LANDED AT THE SUNPORT AND TAXIED TO A REMOTE AREA BEFORE IT WAS EVACUATED DUE TO A SUSPICIOUS DEVICE. SUNPORT SPOKESMAN DANIEL JIRON SAYS THE PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO THE TERMINAL IN…… MORE
Barela Bows Out
LONG-TIME NEW MEXICO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CABINET SECRETARY JON BARELA IS MOVING ON. HE’S TAKEN A JOB AS C-E-O OF THE “BORDERPLEX ALLIANCE.” THAT’S A GROUP PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF EL PASO, TEXAS AND JUAREZ, MEXICO AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. BARELA HAS BEEN WITH THE STATE…… MORE
Low Ranking for NM Pensions
NEW MEXICO GETS ANOTHER LOW RANKING … THIS TIME FOR ITS PENSION FUNDS. A RECENT PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS REPORT SAYS THE STATE IS THE 7TH WORST IN THE NATION FOR PENSION FUNDS. IT SAYS NEW MEXICO’S RATE OF INCOMING CONTRIBUTIONS TO A PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM IS NOT ENOUGH TO REDUCE FUTURE DEBT. …… MORE
Spotty Rain Predictions for NM
IT FLOODED IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO YESTERDAY (MON), BUT THE MONSOONS HAVEN’T BEEN SO GREAT IN MANY PARTS OF NEW MEXICO IN 2016…BUT THAT COULD CHANGE THIS WEEK. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST MARK FETTIG TELLS 770 KKOB THERE’S A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN…ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE…… MORE
City Council, County Commission to Discuss Child Safety Campaign
A CHILD SAFETY CAMPAIGN IS BEING PROPOSED BY ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR KLARISSA PENA AND BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEBBIE O’MALLEY. IT COMES IN THE WAKE OF VICTORIA MARTENS’ BRUTAL MURDER LAST WEDNESDAY. BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING AT 5PM TUESDAY TO DISCUSS HOW TO BETTER PROTECT CHILDREN…… MORE
Child Murder Suspect Back in Court
JESSICA KELLEY WILL BE BACK IN COURT MONDAY MORNING FOR A HEARING ON A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT IN 2011. KELLEY IS ONE OF THREE SUSPECTS CHARGED IN THE MURDER OF 10 YEAR OLD VICTORIA MARTENS. SHE, HER COUSIN FABIEN GONZALES, AND VICTORIA’S MOTHER MICHELLE MARTENS ARE ALL BEING HELD ON A MILLION DOLLARS…… MORE
