AN 18 YEAR OLD ALREADY IN JAIL FACING CHARGES IN A DECEMBER MURDER IN ALBUQUERQUE IS NOW ACCUSED IN ANOTHER DEADLY SHOOTING. ESIAS MADRID IS CHARGED WITH AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER IN THE DRIVE BY SHOOTING DEATH OF MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER IN JUNE OF 2015. A CRIMINAL…… MORE
Los Lunas Sweetens Proposed Facebook Deal
UTAH IS BACK IN THE RACE TO GET FACEBOOK’S DATA CENTER. BUT LOS LUNAS IS MAKING ITS INCENTIVE PACKAGE SWEETER. IT’S ALREADY OFFERING 30 BILLION DOLLARS IN INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS FOR FACEBOOK TO MOVE THERE. THE LOS LUNAS VILLAGE COUNCIL THURSDAY NIGHT APPROVED AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES 10-MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE ECONOMIC…… MORE
Bernalillo County Working to Consolidate
BERNALILLO COUNTY OFFICES ARE CURRENTLY SPREAD OUT ALL OVER DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. BUT NOW, NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEGUN TO POSSIBLY PURCHASE THE FIRST PLAZA GALLERIA BUILDING TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR OFFICES. SPOKESPERSON TIA BLAND TELLS 770 KKOB THE MOVE MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE. SHE SAYS IT WOULD COST THE COUNTY LESS OVERALL BECAUSE SO MANY…… MORE
Bond Set in Murder of 10 Year Old
WE’RE LEARNING SOME OF THE HORRIBLE DETAILS IN THE DEATH OF 10 YEAR OLD VICTORIA MARTENS AT A NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE APARTMENT WEDNESDAY. IN THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, ONE OF THE THREE SUSPECTS, MICHELLE MARTENS WHO IS THE VICTIM’S MOTHER, TOLD POLICE THE GIRL WAS INJECTED WITH METH BY FABIAN GONZALES TO CALM HER DOWN BEFORE SHE WAS RAPED.…… MORE
Suspects Identified in Murder of 10 Year Old Girl
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CHIEF GORDEN EDEN ISN’T RELEASING MUCH INFORMATION YET ON WEDNESDAY’S GRUESOME MURDER OF A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. HE SAYS POLICE WERE SENT TO AN APARTMENT AT IRVING AND GOLF COURSE SHORTLY AFTER 4:30AM. THERE, THEY FOUND THE GIRL, WHO HAD BEEN INJECTED WITH METH, RAPED … THEN STABBED AND STRANGLED…… MORE
NM Budget Problems Worse
GENERAL FUND REVENUES IN NEW MEXICO ARE DOWN BY MORE THAN HALF-A-BILLION DOLLARS. THAT’S WHAT STATE LAWMAKERS WERE TOLD DURING A MEETING IN RED RIVER ON WEDNESDAY. UNM ECONOMIST JEFF MITCHELL SAYS THE STATE’S BUDGET PROBLEMS ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY DUE TO FALLING OIL AND GAS PRICES. HE SAYS ITS A REFLECTION OF THE…… MORE
Los Lunas Vs. West Jordan Again
LOS LUNAS IS AGAIN COMPETING AGAINST SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FOR THE FACEBOOK DATA CENTER. ONE DAY AFTER BOWING OUT OF THE COMPETITION, UTAH RE-ENTERED THE GAME TO TRY TO GET FACEBOOK TO OPEN ITS CENTER IN WEST JORDAN. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS FACEBOOK IS ACTUALLY STILL INTERESTED IN WEST JORDAN, AND UTAH…… MORE
Accused Cop Killer Pleads “Not Guilty”
AN ACCUSED COP KILLER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES THAT INCLUDE CARJACKING AND BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. THIRTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD JESSE HANES ALSO FACES A STATE MURDER CHARGE IN THE DEATH OF HATCH POLICE OFFICER JOSE CHAVEZ ON AUGUST 12TH, BUT HASN’T ENTERED A PLEA IN THAT CASE.…… MORE
Downtown Albuquerque Finally Gets a Grocery
THE SILVER STREET MARKET WAS A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING AND IS FINALLY OPENING THURSDAY, AUGUST 25TH, IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA HAVE PUSHED FOR JUST SUCH A STORE FOR DECADES. SILVER STREET MARKET IS AT 2ND AND SILVER AND IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE CITY’S INFILLING VACANT PROPERTIES. MAYOR…… MORE
Avoid University and Central
IF CENTRAL AVENUE AT UNIVERSITY BLVD. IS PART OF YOUR DAILY COMMUTE IN ALBUQUERQUE , YOU’LL WANT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY AROUND. THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY SAYS A VALVE ALONG EASTBOUND CENTRAL BROKE WEDNESDAY MORNING, FORCING REPAIR CREWS TO CLOSE ONE LANE BETWEEN SYCAMORE AND UNIVERSITY. UTILITY SPOKESMAN DAVID MORRIS SAYS…… MORE
