COULD GARY JOHNSON BE A FACTOR IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN NEW MEXICO THIS FALL?? UNM POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR LONNA ATKESON SAYS YES…GIVEN THE FACT DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON HAVE SUCH HIGH NEGATIVE RATINGS. SHE SAYS WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY NEGATIVES AGAINST BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN…… MORE
More New Mexicans at the Polls This Year
NEW MEXICANS CAME OUT TO VOTE IN TUESDAY’S PRIMARY ELECTION. OUR NEWS PARTNER, KOB-TV, REPORTS VOTER PARTICIPATION OUTPACED TURNOUT IN PREVIOUS YEARS FOR BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. ONE IN THREE ELIGIBLE VOTERS CAST BALLOTS TUESDAY … ROUGHLY 350 THOUSAND. THAT BEATS THE NUMBERS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES IN 2004, 2008, AND…… MORE
Homeowner Shoots Burglar
RIO RANCHO POLICE SAY A HOMEOWNER SHOT A BURGLAR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT HAPPENED AROUND 2 AM IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF LUZ DEL SOL. THE BURGLAR FLED, AND POLICE LATER LEARNED THAT AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF AT PRESBYTERIAN RUST MEDICAL CENTER WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE…… MORE
Overdose Deaths Down for NM
STATE OFFICIALS REPORT SOME IMPROVEMENT IN A PROBLEM PLAGUING NEW MEXICO. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THERE WERE ALMOST 500 DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN NEW MEXICO IN 2015. BUT THAT WAS CONSIDERABLY FEWER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. SECRETARY OF HEALTH LYNN GALAGHER SAYS SHE’S ENCOURAGED BY THE NINE PERCENT DROP…… MORE
Hunger Relief Advocates Losing Volunteers
ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK AND ITS PARTNERS ARE TACKLING ISSUES HEAD-ON THIS WEEK. THEY MEET THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT NATIVO LODGE. ALISSA BARNES WITH ROAD RUNNER TELLS US MORE THAN 100 HUNGER-RELIEF PARTNERS WILL ATTEND. SHE TELLS US MOST OF THEM ARE VOLUNTEERS … BUT MANY ARE GETTING OLDER AND WANTING TO…… MORE
Campfires a Threat in Santa Fe National Forest
YOU GO TO THE FOREST BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE OUTDOORS. SO, DON’T BE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR BURNING IT DOWN. FIRE MANAGERS WITH THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST SAYS THEY’VE SEEN FAR TOO MANY UNATTENDED OR ABANDONED FIRES SO FAR THIS YEAR. SINCE MEMORIAL DAY, 50 OF THOSE CAMPFIRES HAVE BEEN…… MORE
Clinton Makes History
HILLARY CLINTON IS PLEASED THAT SHE’S THE FINALLY THE FIRST WOMAN IN U-S HISTORY TO WIN A MAJOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. SHE WON THE PRIMARIES IN FIVE OF THE THE SIX STATES ON TUESDAY. SHE ALSO BEAT BERNIE SANDERS IN NEW MEXICO’S PRIMARY TUESDAY WITH 52 PERCENT OF THE VOTE. SANDERS TOOK NORTH…… MORE
Torrez the Democratic Nominee for Bernco D-A
FORMER PROSECUTOR AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ADVISOR RAUL TORREZ IS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN THE RACE FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY. VOTERS GAVE HIM 66 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN TUESDAY’S PRIMARY … BEATING OPPONENT ED PEREA, A FORMER APD COMMANDER. THE D-A’S RACE IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT WAS CLOSELY WATCHED.…… MORE
Newcomer Takes on NM Congressional Incumbent
MICHAEL ROMERO IS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN NEW MEXICO’S 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW HIM WITH 60 PERCENT OF TUESDAY’S VOTE OVER CHALLENGER MICHAEL LUCERO. ROMERO HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE, THE TAOS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND THE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA P-D. THIS IS…… MORE
Incumbents Return to Santa Fe
ALBUQUERQUE STATE SENATOR MIMI STEWART WINS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION AGAIN TO KEEP HER LEGISLATIVE SEAT. SHE BEAT FELLOW DEMOCRAT SHANNON ROBINSON. HE ACTUALLY HELD THAT SEAT FROM 1989 TO 2008 BUT THEN LOST IT TO TIM KELLER, WHO IS NOW STATE AUDITOR. STEWART IS UNOPPOSED. GALLUP STATE SENATOR GEORGE MUNOZ WON…… MORE
