NEW MEXICO IS MAKING SOME PROGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN’S WELL BEING. BUT OVERALL, THE LATEST KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK STILL RANKS THE STATE 49TH IN THE NATION FOR THE 3RD YEAR IN A ROW … AND DEAD LAST FOR EDUCATION. VERONICA GARCIA WITH NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN SAYS…… MORE
APD Continues Latest Murder Investigation
STILL A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDING ALBUQUERQUE’S LATEST HOMICIDE. APD HAS NOW IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 49 YEAR OLD LARRY SANCHEZ. HE WAS FOUND DEAD MONDAY OUTSIDE A HOME IN THE 61-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CASA FELIZ NORTHEAST, NOT FAR FROM WYOMING AND ACADEMY. IT APPEARS THE VICTIM HAD BEEN SHOT…BUT POLICE THINK THE…… MORE
Paseo Del Norte Problem Addressed
FOR YEARS, BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE FIGHTERS AT STATION 35 JUST OFF OF PASEO DEL NORTE COULD ONLY GET ON PASEO INDIRECTLY, ADDING TO THEIR RESPONSE TIMES. ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF MIKE CHAVEZ SAYS THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DIRECT ACCESS TO PASEO. HE SAYS THERE’S NOW A CROSSOVER WITH…… MORE
Evacuation Order Partly Lifted in Dog Head Fire
SOME RESIDENTS FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES BY THE DOG HEAD FIRE ARE BEING ALLOWED TO GO HOME. THEY WERE ALLOWED BACK INTO THE HOMES STARTING AT 8:00 TUESDAY MORNING. OTHERS ARE STILL UNDER A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER. FOR THOSE GOING HOME, PNM HAS ALREADY STARTED TURNING THE POWER BACK ON … SO…… MORE
Three Cuffed at Albuquerque Bus Station
THE D-E-A HITS THE TRIFECTA. AGENTS ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE IN THREE SEPARATE CASES DURING A DRUG OPERATION AT THE GREYHOUND BUS STATION LAST FRIDAY. ALL THREE SUSPECTS ARE FROM ARIZONA. TWO WERE SMUGGLING METHAMPHETAMINE, THE OTHER HAD JUST UNDER TWO POUNDS OF HEROIN IN THE LINING OF HER PURSE. THEY MADE…… MORE
Shooting Evidence Sought by APD
AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING IS A MYSTERY OF SORTS FOR APD. OFFICER FRED DURAN SAYS IT HAPPENED AROUND 3 O’CLOCK MONDAY MORNING IN THE 61-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CASA FELIZ NORTHEAST. BUT HE TELLS US THEY STILL DON’T HAVE A LOCATION FOR THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. DURAN SAYS THEY’RE WORKING TO GET…… MORE
High Heat Settles Over NM … For Now
THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SITTING OVER NEW MEXICO WILL KEEP THINGS ON THE WARM SIDE. MARK FETTIG WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THINGS COULD CHANGE WHEN THAT “HIGH” SLIPS TO THE EAST, ALLOWING FOR SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO MAKE IT’S WAY IN. FETTIG SAYS, WITH THAT, WE…… MORE
Why Fire Evacuees Can’t Go Home Yet
Why Fire Evacuees Can’t Go Home Yet MANZANO MOUNTAIN RESIDENTS FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES BY THE DOG HEAD FIRE ARE EAGER TO GET BACK TO THEIR PROPERTY, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO MAKE SURE IT’S STILL THERE. BUT KAREN TAKAI WITH THE STATE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT TELLS US JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T…… MORE
APD Seeks Evidence in Fatal Overnight Shooting
A DEADLY SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE OVERNIGHT … BUT POLICE SAY THEY DON’T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION ON IT YET. OFFICER FRED DURAN SAYS IT HAPPENED AROUND 3 AM WITH ONE UNIDENTIFIED MAN FOUND DEAD. DURAN SAYS THEY’RE STILL CHASING DOWN DETAILS ON WHAT OCCURRED. HE SAYS THEY STARTED THE INVESTIGATION WITH NOTHING, SO ARE WORKING TO…… MORE
Bear That Attacked Runner Caught and Killed
THE FEMALE BEAR THAT ATTACKED A MARATHON RUNNER IN THE VALLES CALDERA NEAR LOS ALAMOS SATURDAY AFTERNOON HAS NOW BEEN TRACKED AND KILLED. IT’S ALSO BEEN TAKEN TO THE STATE VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES CENTER, AS REQUIRED UNDER LAW FOR WILD ANIMALS THAT ATTACK OR BITE A HUMAN. THEY’LL TEST THE BEAR FOR RABIES. THE BEAR…… MORE
