THESE HOT, DRY CONDITIONS ARE NOT GOOD NEWS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS IN NEW MEXICO. THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST IS MOVING TO STAGE ONE FIRE RESTRICTIONS AS OF LAST FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 15TH. IT MEANS FIRES CAN ONLY BE LIT IN DEVELOPED CAMPSITES OR PICNIC AREAS WITH EXISTING FIRE RINGS OR GRILLS. …… MORE
Rail Runner Marks 10th Anniversary
THE RAIL RUNNER IS MARKING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK, GIVING AWAY FREEBIES AT VARIOUS TRAIN STATIONS ALONG THE ROUTE FROM BELEN TO SANTA FE TO MARK THE TRAIN’S 10TH BIRTHDAY. TERRY DOYLE WITH THE RIO METRO REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT FEELS PRETTY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE COMMUTER TRAIN’S FUTURE … ESPECIALLY WITH…… MORE
Victim Killed in SE Albuquerque
A SHOOTING IN THE 56-HUNDRED BLOCK OF GIBSON SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. APD SPOKESMAN OFFICER FRED DURAN SAYS SOUTHEAST AREA COMMAND OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE SCENE AROUND 1:00 FRIDAY MORNING . THERE, HE SAYS THEY FOUND A VICTIM WHO HAD DIED OF INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING A VIOLENT INCIDENT. THE BODY WAS FOUND…… MORE
Fire Wipes Out Much of Timberon
THE FIRE IN TIMBERON, NEW MEXICO HAS ONLY GROWN TO 290 ACRES SINCE IT FLARED UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT … BUT IT HAS SINCE LED TO THE ENTIRE TOWN BEING EVACUATED … AND DESTROYED 60 STRUCTURES … 31 OF THOSE HOMES. CREWS HAD TO WAIT TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE…… MORE
Three for One for AFD
ALBUQUERQUE FIRE CREWS ARE SENT TO A FIRE THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE 1-THOUSAND BLOCK OF BETTS NORTHEAST … THAT TURNED OUT TO BE THREE FIRES. THE FIRE AT THE FIRST HOME SPREAD TO TWO HOMES ON EITHER SIDE OF IT. FIREFIGHTERS MADE QUICK WORK OF LIMITING THE DAMAGE TO THOSE HOUSES. BUT THE…… MORE
Griego to Be Arraigned Next Week
AN ARRAIGNMENT DATE IS NOW SET FOR FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO. HE’LL BE BACK IN COURT FOR THAT NEXT FRIDAY ON JULY 22ND. GRIEGO WILL BE ARRAIGNED ON NINE CRIMINAL CHARGES … TO WHICH HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. HE’S ACCUSED OF PROFITING FROM THE SALE OF A STATE-OWNED PROPERTY…… MORE
Road Rage Incidents Up
ROAD RAGE IS ON THE RISE IN NEW MEXICO AND ALL ACROSS THE U-S. THAT ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY BY TRIPLE-A. DOUG SHUPE WITH TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO TELLS US NEARLY 80 PERCENT OF DRIVERS ADMITTED TO ANGER, AGGRESSION, OR ALL-OUT ROAD RAGE BEHIND THE WHEEL. HE SAYS 51 PERCENT SAID…… MORE
UNM Prof Discusses Ginsburg Trump Comments
IT’S NOT AN APOLOGY, BUT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG NOW SAYS SHE REGRETS HER PUBLIC CRITICISM OF DONALD TRUMP. AMONG OTHER THINGS, SHE SAID SHE COULDN’T IMAGINE WHAT THE COUNTRY WOULD BE LIKE WITH TRUMP AS PRESIDENT. UNM POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR PETER KIERST SAYS HE WAS SURPRISED BY GINSBURG’S…… MORE
Another Health Concern for NM
THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS RAISING THE RED FLAG OVER A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS BACTERIA THAT’S TURNED UP IN THE STATE. 36 PEOPLE, MOSTLY CHILDREN WHO GO TO CHILD CARE CENTERS, HAVE SHIGELLOSIS. DOCTOR CHAD SMELSER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE MAIN SYMPTOM IS DIARRHEA. HE SAYS DON’T…… MORE
“Saul” Earns 7 Emmy Noms
THE A-M-C TELEVISION SERIES “BETTER CALL SAUL”, SHOT IN AND AROUND ALBUQUERQUE, GETS SEVEN EMMY NOMINATIONS. THEY INCLUDE OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES…OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR FOR BOB ODENKIRK…AND OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR JONATHAN BANKS. ANN LERNER WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE FILM OFFICE SAYS THEY’RE NOW GEARING UP FOR SEASON THREE TO BEGIN FILMING THIS…… MORE
