Our little Smokey from last week was adopted! We are going from tiny to a bit larger this week with Freckles and she is every bit as sweet and affectionate. There are over 900 animals at our City Shelters. Our fearless marketing director Desiree Cawley wanted to mention our adoption special going this weekend, July…… MORE
I-25 Standoff Over
THE MAN LED ABQ POLICE ON A CAR CHASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT … THEN GOT INTO A STANDOFF WITH STATE POLICE IN GLORIETA WHERE THE CHASE ENDED … IS NOW DEAD. STATE POLICE SAY THE MAN DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND AROUND 1 THURSDAY MORNING. APD OFFICERS WERE INITIALLY SENT TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR MONTGOMERY AND WASHINGTON ON A SUSPICIOUS…… MORE
Fire Threatens Community
A FIRE IN TIMBERON, SOUTH OF CLOUDCROFT … HAS HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS PUT OUT OF THEIR HOMES. AT LAST WORD, ABOUT 200 ACRES HAD BEEN SCORCHED . AND THE FIRE HAS DESTROYED 10 HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS AND TWO FIRE TRUCKS. AND ITS SAID THAT EVERY STRUCTURE IN TOWN IS THREATENED. THE FIRE STARTED NORTHEAST OF TIMBERON…… MORE
Derek Foote is in Jail Again
HE WAS ARRESTED MONDAY NIGHT FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING OFF A GUN OVER THE WEEKEND IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR TRAMWAY AND LOMAS…HITTING HOMES AND CARS. BUT HE WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN HE ONLY HAD TO PAY 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BOND OUT. ON WEDNESDAY A JUDGE SENT FOOTE BACK TO JAIL ON A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR, CASH-ONLY BOND.… MORE
Trash Turning Up in National Forests
CAMPERS LEAVING BEHIND TRASH IS BECOMING A BIG CONCERN ON THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST. OFFICIALS SAY IT’S EVERYWHERE, IN DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED SITES, IN THE WILDERNESS AND EVEN IN STREAMS. NOW, THEY’RE ASKING VISITORS TO NOT ONLY PACK THEIR STUFF IN BUT ALSO PACK THEIR TRASH HOME. IT’S ESTIMATED THE FOREST SPENDS ABOUT 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS…… MORE
Ramp Closures Around Big-I This Weekend
HERE’S A HEADS-UP ON SOME MAJOR RAMP CLOSURES COMING TO THE BIG-I THIS WEEKEND. THE D-O-T WILL BE DOING MAINTENANCE TO THE ROAD SURFACES AND THE CLOSURES INCLUDE THE WESTBOUND I-40 RAMP TO NORTHBOUND I-25. ALSO THE CARLISLE ON RAMP TO WESTBOUND 40 WILL BE CLOSED. THE WORK STARTS AT 9PM FRIDAY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETE…… MORE
Shooter Bonds out MDC … But Could Return Soon
DEREK FOOTE IS BACK ON THE STREETS AFTER BEING ARRESTED MONDAY. FOOTE IS THE MAN WHO RANDOMLY FIRED OFF HIS GUN LAST WEEKEND, HITTING SEVERAL HOMES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR LOMAS AND TRAMWAY. APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER TELLS US HE OFFICERS CAUGHT UP WITH AND ARRESTED FOOTE LATE MONDAY NIGHT …AND CHARGING HIM…… MORE
MDC Back to Square-1 on Administrator
THE SEARCH FOR AN ADMINISTRATOR AT THE METRO DETENTION CENTER IS STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN. IT WAS ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH THAT MICHAEL WATKINS OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS, HAD BEEN CHOSEN AS THE NEW JAIL BOSS, REPLACING THE RETIRING TOM SWISSTACK. BUT BERNALILLO COUNTY NOW SAYS WATKINS HAS WITHDRAWN HIS NAME. NO…… MORE
Oil Tank Fires Nearly Out
MOST OF THAT FIRE BURNING IN COUNSELOR, NEW MEXICO IS OUT. KOB TV REPORTS 75 PERCENT OF THE OIL TANK FIRES IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO HAVE BEEN EXTINGUISHED. A TOTAL OF 36 TANKS EXPLODED AND CAUGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THE FIRES FORCED SOME RESIDENTS OF COUNSELOR AND NEARBY NAGEEZI OUT OF THEIR…… MORE
More Quality Film Projects for NM
WE’RE REAPING THE REWARDS OF THE NEW MEXICO FILM INDUSTRY SUBSIDIES. THAT’S THE OPINION OF JON HENDRY WITH THE FILM WORKERS UNION. HE SAYS IT’S NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF PRODUCTIONS HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT ALSO THE QUALITY OF THOSE PROJECTS. HE SAYS FOX AND NETFLIX IS HERE ALONG WITH SONY … AND…… MORE
