AN ALBUQUERQUE STATE LAWMAKER WILL TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR TO GET A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PASSED FOR A MARIJUANA AND HEMP INDUSTRY IN NEW MEXICO. SENATOR GERALD ORTIZ Y PINO’S MEASURES HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN OVER THREE YEARS. BUT HE SAYS THE LATEST TAX FOUNDATION STUDY PROVES HOW GOOD A POT INDUSTRY…… MORE
Local Call Center Hiring Hundreds
MORE CALLING CENTER JOBS OPENING IN ALBUQUERQUE. SITEL WILL HIRE 350 PEOPLE AT A JOB FAIR A WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY ON MAY 25TH. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS 90 OF THE JOBS ARE ALREADY FILLED. MORE PEOPLE WILL BE HIRED AT THE FAIR NEXT WEDNESDAY THAT RUNS FROM 9AM TO 4PM AT SITEL’S CALL…… MORE
Santa Fe Man Charged With Daughter’s Brutal Death
AN ARREST IS MADE IN A SANTA FE COUNTY HOMICIDE FROM JANUARY 2015. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED 65 YEAR OLD WILLIAM KELLY ON MONDAY NIGHT AND CHARGED HIM WITH ONE COUNT OF MURDER AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE IN THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER, JULIEANNE KELLY. AN AUTOPSY FOUND THAT THE DAUGHTER HAD BEEN STABBED…… MORE
Hantavirus Claims NM Lives
A SECOND PERSON HAS DIED IN NEW MEXICO THIS YEAR FROM THE HANTAVIRUS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WAS A 30 YEAR OLD MAN FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY. EARLIER THIS YEAR A 54 YEAR OLD CIBOLA COUNTY MAN DIED FROM THE VIRUS. THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO REPORTING AN 84 YEAR OLD…… MORE
APD I-D-s Man Found Dead at Hotel
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A MAN FOUND DEAD IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE HOTEL CASCADA ON CARLISLE THIS PAST SATURDAY. HE HAS BEEN I-D’D AS 55 YEAR OLD THOMAS MITCHELL, WHO WAS TRAVELING THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE AT THE TIME. POLICE SAYS MITCHELL DIED OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED WHILE…… MORE
Air Games Could Mean Millions for Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE IS GETTING THE ONCE-OVER FROM ORGANIZERS OF THE FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE WORLD AIR GAMES. THEY’RE CONSIDERING ALBUQUERQUE TO HOST THE GAMES … MAKING IT THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN CITY TO DO SO. THE GAMES WERE HELD IN DUBAI LAST YEAR. MAJOR BERRY’S OFFICE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING IT WOULD MEAN…… MORE
Council Approves New Budget
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES THE 526 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET PLAN FOR FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND IN ADDITION TO 2 PERCENT RAISES FOR CITY WORKERS … IT’LL PROVIDE 790-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR LONGEVITY PAY FOR APD COPS WITH AT LEAST 18 YEARS ON THE FORCE. THE NEW BUDGET ALSO…… MORE
NM Prison Gang Suspect Killed in Crash
THERE WERE TWO … AND NOW THERE’S JUST ONE NEW MEXICO PRISON GANG SUSPECT BEING SOUGHT BY THE FBI. SPOKESMAN FRANK FISHER SAYS 40 YEAR OLD LEROY TORREZ WAS KILLED LAST FRIDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH. HE WAS ALLEGEDLY AMONG 22 MEMBERS OF THE SYNDICATO DE NUEVO MEXICO PLOTTING…… MORE
State Auditor Says SOS Office Underbudgeted
STATE AUDITOR TIM KELLER SAYS THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE HAS A PATTERN OF UNDER-BUDGETING FOR ELECTIONS. HE SAYS IT’S A SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 10 YEARS. KELLER TELLS US IT’S REQUIRED AROUND 25-MILLION DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY LOANS, GRANTS AND SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TO FUND ELECTIONS. KELLER SAYS HE’S…… MORE
NM Tops in Nation for Methamphetamine O-D Deaths
NEW MEXICO NOW LEADS IN NATION IN METHAMPHETAMINE OVERDOSE DEATHS. EPIDEMIOLOGIST MICHAEL LANDEN WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT’S THE OUTCOME FOR 2014. HE SAYS MOST OF THOSE DEATHS ARE RELATED TO OPIOIDS … WITH MOST OD’S OCCURRING IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEW MEXICO. THE REASON FOR THE HIGH NUMBER OF…… MORE
