THEY HAVE A MOUNTAIN LION PROBLEM IN NEW MEXICO’S FOUR CORNERS AREA. A WOMAN IN HERMOSA TOOK A PHOTO OF A MOUNTAIN LION IN HER BACK YARD. JOE LEWANDOWSKI WITH THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT IN COLORADO SAYS HE’S NOT SURPRISED. HE SAYS THE LIONS ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO EAT … PREFERABLY FOOD. AND…… MORE
Bio Park Waits for Final Test on Dead Penguin
ALBUQUERQUE BIO PARK OFFICIALS ARE AWAITING FINAL TEST RESULTS THEY HOPE WILL SHOW WHY A KING PENGUIN NAMED JAMES DIED AT THE ZOO LAST WEEK. SHELLE SANCHEZ IS DIRECTOR OF ALBUQUERQUE’S CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND SAYS IT WAS OBVIOUS THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH JAMES. SHE SAYS HE WAS NOT EATING AND WAS LOSING A…… MORE
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Parents Charged in School Shooting
THE PARENTS OF JOSHUA OWEN ARE NOW CHARGED WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. JOSHUA OWEN IS ACCUSED OF FIRING A GUN AT V. SUE CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL IN RIO RANCHO LAST FEBRUARY. NO ONE WAS INJURED. BUT A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT STATES HIS PARENTS, TAMERA AND DALE OWEN, HAD BEEN WARNED THAT THEIR…… MORE
Funds Missing From APS Program for Homeless Students
FOUR-THOUSAND DOLLARS IS MISSING FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TITLE ONE HOMELESS PROJECT. CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS THE PROGRAM SERVES MORE THAN 3-THOUSAND APS STUDENTS EACH YEAR. THE PROJECT CAME UNDER AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IN MAY WHEN 16-HUNDRED DOLLARS WAS FOUND IN AN OFFICE SAFE. NO ONE KNEW WHERE THAT MONEY CAME FROM. THE INVESTIGATION…… MORE
Council Votes “No” on Ranked Choice Voting
RANK CHOICE VOTING WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT. KOB TV REPORTS THE ISSUES THAT LED TO THE NEGATIVE VOTE WERE BAD TIMING … VOTER CONFUSION WITH THE NEW VOTING SYSTEM … AND THREE COUNCILORS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. THE PROPOSAL REJECTED BY THE COUNCIL MONDAY WOULD HAVE ALLOWED VOTERS TO RANK…… MORE
NBC Universal Approved for Incentive Package
IT IS A DONE DEAL. THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT VOTED IN FAVOR OF PROVIDING NBC UNIVERSAL WITH AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IT’S NEW STUDIO IN THE CITY. THE PLAN HAS ALBUQUERQUE PITCHING IN 3-MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT STUDIO … AND THAT’S IN ADDITION TO THE 7-POINT-7 MILLION BEING FUNDED FOR IT BY THE…… MORE
NM’s Teacher Shortage is Serious
THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS GIVING US A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IN NEW MEXICO. IT IS RELEASING AN ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS THE STATE WILL HAVE TO RELY ON OUT-OF-STATE TEACHERS, THOSE WITH ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATIONS AS WELL AS LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTES IN ORDER FOR DISTRICTS TO STAY FULLY STAFFED. THE ANALYSIS ALSO SAYS NEW…… MORE
Back to the Bottom For NM
NEW MEXICO IS AGAIN DEAD LAST OUT OF 50 STATES FOR CHILD WELL BEING. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN SEVEN YEARS THAT NEW MEXICO HAS FALLEN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION LIST IN THE KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK. JAMES JIMENEZ WITH NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN…… MORE
APD Growing Its Officers
IT APPEARS THE EFFORT TO BOOST STAFFING AT THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PAYING DIVIDENDS. APD SPOKESMAN GILBERT GALLEGOS SAYS A TOTAL OF 116 NEW OFFICERS ARE HITTING THE STREETS, SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY’S SIX AREA COMMANDS. THE NEW OFFICERS REPRESENT THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PLAN TO FULLY STAFF APD BY ADDING AROUND 100…… MORE
