SOME AREAS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WERE SPARED FROM THIS LATEST SNOW STORM. IT’S A GOOD THING, AS IT ALLOWED THE STATE D-O-T TO MOVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TO HELP COMMUNITIES SUCH AS ROSWELL DIG OUT. MATT KENNICOTT WITH THE D-O-T SAYS THERE ARE NOW OVER 400 TRUCKS WORKING TO GET STATE…… MORE
Record Setting Snow Storm
IT’S BEEN DECADES SINCE NEW MEXICO HAS SEEN THE KIND OF WINTER STORM THAT HIT THE STATE OVER THE WEEKEND. KERRY JONES IS WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE. HE SAYS THE STORM WAS HISTORIC AND SET RECORDS IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS…INCLUDING ROSWELL AND CLOVIS…WHERE SNOW TOTALS MATCHED RECORDS THAT HADN’T BEEN…… MORE
Back on the Migration Track
THE MIGRATION OF SANDHILL CRANES TO NEW MEXICO GOT OFF TO A SLOW START THIS YEAR…BUT THE NUMBERS ARE NOW ABOUT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. THAT ACCORDING TO DAN COLLINS, THE MIGRATORY BIRD COORDINATOR FOR THE U-S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE. HE TELLS 770 KKOB THOUSANDS OF CRANES WINTER ALONG THE RIO GRANDE…… MORE
Top Baby Names for 2015
MIA AND NOAH LEAD THE WAY FOR GIRLS AND BOYS NAMES IN NEW MEXICO FOR 2015. SOPHIA, ISABELLA, AVA AND OLIVIA ROUND OUT THE TOP FIVE GIRLS NAMES, WHILE ELIJAH, LIAM, MICHAEL AND JOSIAH ARE AMONG THE TOP FIVE BOYS NAMES. THE LIST WAS COMPILED BY THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL…… MORE
Downtown Albuquerque Project NOT an Arena
A FACILITY THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS CALLING A “CIVIC CENTER” IS COMING TO DOWNTOWN. DEPUTY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER GILBERT MONTANO SAYS IT’S PART OF AN EXPANSION AND UPGRADE TO THE CONVENTION CENTER’S EAST COMPLEX. MONTANO HE TELLS 770 KKOB IT’LL ALLOW THE CITY TO ATTRACT MORE EVENTS DOWNTOWN: TRADE SHOWS…… MORE
Democrats Say Governor Abused Her Power
NEW MEXICO DEMOCRATS ARE SOUNDING OFF ON GOVERNOR MARTINEZ’S 911 CALL NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN A DISTURBANCE CALL WAS MADE TO SANTA FE POLICE ABOUT HER PARTY FOR STAFFERS AT THE ELDORADO HOTEL. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS A POLICE SERGEANT SAYS THE GOVERNOR WAS INEBRIATED AT THE TIME. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR…… MORE
Business Fire Derails NM Rail Runner
A FIRE AT A BUSINESS IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTH VALLEY TEMPORARILY DERAILS THE RAIL RUNNER’S SERVICE HEADED SOUTH OUT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT HAD PART OF THE TRACK NEARBY SHUT DOWN. SPOKESPERSON AUGUSTA MEYERS TELLS US THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT WERE TOO CLOSE TO THE TRACK .. MAKING IT…… MORE
Lobo Football Player Killed in Car Crash
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOOTBALL PLAYER MARKEL BYRD HAS DIED IN A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH NEAR GALLUP. THE UNM ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ISSUED A STATEMENT WEDNESDAY MORNING SAYING BYRD’S VEHICLE HAD A TIRE BLOW-OUT ON I-40 NEAR GALLUP ON TUESDAY. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS BYRD AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE RETURNING FOR THE HOLIDAYS. BOTH WERE EJECTED…… MORE
Officer-Involved Shooting in Albuquerque
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS A FULL BLOWN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY OFFICERS ON TUESDAY MORNING. SPOKESMAN SIMON DROBIK TELLS 770 KKOB POLICE GOT A REPORT OF AN ATTEMPTED CARJACKING NEAR CENTRAL AND PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 9:30 AM…AND THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON UTAH, A BLOCK EAST OF…… MORE
Unser Improvements Completed
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS COMPLETED A PROJECT TO IMPROVE UNSER BOULEVARD. CITY COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ SAYS THE ROADWAY WAS REPAVED FROM DELLYNE TO MONTANO. PLUS, THERE ARE NOW NEW PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE TRAILS…NEW SIDEWALKS…AND GUTTER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS: SANCHEZ SAYS HE KNOWS THE PROJECT HAS BEEN A HEADACHE FOR RESIDENTS…… MORE
