AN EXTRA SET OF EYES WATCHING THINGS AT YOUR PRIMARY ELECTION POLLING SITE ON TUESDAY. SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD WINTER SAYS HE’S ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE FOR ASSISTANCE IN MAKING SURE COUNTY CLERKS HAVE THE HELP THEY NEED SHOULD ANY ISSUES ARISE. ONE THING THEY’LL BE WATCHING FOR IS CAMPAIGNING WITHIN 100…… MORE
Bernco Primary More than Presidential Race
BERNALILLO COUNTY VOTERS DECIDE ON TUESDAY WHO WILL RUN IN THREE LOCAL RACES. WITH D-A KARI BRANDENBURG STEPPING DOWN … TWO DEMOCRATS WANT HER JOB: FORMER PROSECUTOR AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ADVISOR RAUL TORREZ … AND FORMER APD COMMANDER ED PEREA. THOSE GOING AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION SEAT…… MORE
NM Republicans Could Show Up for Primary Vote
MOSTLY DEMOCRATS VOTED IN BERNALILLO COUNTY’S EARLY AND ABSENTEE VOTING. BUT THAT COULD CHANGE TUESDAY, THOUGH COUNTY CLERK MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER TELLS US IT’S HARD TO SAY WHICH PARTY MEMBERS WILL SHOW UP IN DROVES AT THE POLLS ON THIS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY. SHE SAYS REPUBLICANS ONLY MADE UP 30 PERCENT…… MORE
Jury Deliberates Tai Chan Murder Case
CLOSING ARGUMENTS HAVE CONCLUDED, AND THE JURY IS NOW DELIBERATING THE CASE OF FORMER SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY TAI CHAN. HE’S ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF FELLOW DEPUTY JEREMY MARTIN AT A HOTEL IN LAS CRUCES IN OCTOBER OF 2014. CHAN’S ATTORNEYS MAINTAIN HE ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE. PROSECUTORS…… MORE
Fire Temporarily Closes Albuquerque Lotaburger
THE BLAKE’S LOTABURGER AT JUAN TABO AND INDIAN SCHOOL IN ALBUQUERQUE WON’T BE OPEN FOR A WHILE. THERE WAS A FIRE THERE JUST BEFORE 5:00 TUESDAY MORNING. CITY CREWS REPORTED SPOTTING JUST LIGHT SMOKE COMING FROM INSIDE THE RESTAURANT WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE … BUT FOUND MORE SMOKE ONCE THEY WERE INSIDE.…… MORE
APD Says SE Shootings Were About Drugs
INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO A DOUBLE SHOOTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEAR LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AREN’T GETTING A LOT OF COOPERATION. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS IT APPEARS TWO MEN SHOT EACH OTHER IN WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN A DRUG DEAL GONE BAD. HE SAYS, LUCKILY, NO ONE ELSE WAS HIT BY THE GUNFIRE. TIXIER…… MORE
NM Near Bottom On Economy List
NEW MEXICO’S ECONOMY ISN’T VERY GOOD. THAT’S THE CONCLUSION OF A STUDY FROM WALLETHUB.COM. IT’S LISTED ALL THE STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. WALLETHUB EVALUATED STATES IN THREE AREAS, ECONOMIC HEALTH, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND INNOVATION POTENTIAL. WE PLACED 47 OVERALL, COMING IN DEAD LAST IN ECONOMIC HEALTH BUT 15TH FOR…… MORE
APOA Files Complaint with City
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE FACING ACCUSATIONS ABOUT HOW VIOLENT PROTESTS WERE HANDLED THE NIGHT OF THE DONALD TRUMP RALLY…AND THOSE ACCUSATIONS COME FROM THE POLICE UNION. THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION HAS FILED A COMPLAINT, ALLEGING THE CITY AND APD DIDN’T DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT OFFICERS WHO WERE PELTED WITH ROCKS AND…… MORE
Naloxone Use up in New Mexico
THE STATE’S EFFORT TO EXPAND THE USE OF NALOXONE TO PREVENT OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS APPEARS TO BE WORKING. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NALOXONE PRESCRIPTIONS DISPENSED BY PHARMACIES. THERE WERE 285 MEDICAID CLAIMS FOR NALOXONE, A FIVE-FOLD INCREASE IN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016…… MORE
Albuquerque’s Auto Theft Ranking
THOUSANDS OF ALBUQUERQUE AREA RESIDENTS KNOW THIS ALL TOO WELL. AUTO THEFT IS A BIG PROBLEM HERE WITH OVER 66-HUNDRED INCIDENTS REPORTED IN 2015. THE NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME BUREAU HAS RELEASED IT’S AUTO THEFT REPORT AND IT PUTS ALBUQUERQUE SECOND ON THE LIST, JUST BEHIND MODESTO, CALIFORNIA. THE RANKING IS BASED ON THEFTS PER 100-THOUSAND…… MORE
