A WHITE CHRISTMAS IS IN STORE FOR SOME PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. A WINTER STORM WILL DUMP UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TUESDAY. THEN ADDITIONAL STORM SYSTEMS WILL COME THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY, CHRISTMAS EVE. AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST…… MORE
Terror No Deterrent to Holiday Travel
DESPITE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS, TRAVEL NUMBERS ARE UP AGAIN THIS CHRISTMAS. AND THAT INCLUDES NEW MEXICO AND THE REST OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST REGION. TRAVEL NUMBERS ARE UP 1-PERCENT TO 7-POINT-4 MILLION ACCORDING TO TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO. MOST PEOPLE ARE DRIVING, SPOKESMAN DOUG SHUPE SAYS MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE IS IN…… MORE
City Council Gets Progress Report on APD Reform
POLICY DEVELOPMENT FIRST … STAFFING TRAINING AFTERWARDS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S OVERSIGHT MONITOR TOLD THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT IN A PROGRESS REPORT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S POLICY DEVELOPMENT IS “DISJOINTED AND DISORGANIZED.” JAMES GINGER SAYS THE CITY IS IN THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL BE A LONG REFORM PROCESS ……… MORE
Another Attempt to Close Child Porn Loophole
COME JANUARY, STATE LAWMAKERS WILL CONSIDER A PROPOSAL THAT TOUGHENS UP NEW MEXICO’S CHILD PORNOGRAPHY LAW. REPRESENTATIVE SARAH MAESTAS BARNES SAYS, CURRENTLY, CHILD PREDATORS CAN BE CHARGED WITH ONLY ONE COUNT, EVEN IF THEY POSSESS MULTIPLE IMAGES. AND THAT, SHE SAYS, LEADS TO LIGHT PRISON SENTENCES. PEOPLE WITH SUCH IMAGES ARE CONVICTED AND…… MORE
Green Light for Downtown Upgrade
A 24 MILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO IMPROVE AREAS OF DOWNTOWN ABQ GETS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT. ALL NINE COUNCILORS VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL, WHICH CALLS FOR UPGRADES TO CIVIC PLAZA AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON SAYS THIS IS ONE MORE STEP IN MAKING…… MORE
NM’s Biggest Starbucks Opens in Albuquerque
IT’S NEW MEXICO’S BIGGEST STARBUCKS EVER. PEOPLE CROWDED INTO THE NEW COFFEE SHOP MONDAY MORNING ON 12TH STREET NEAR I-40, ON WHAT WAS ONCE THE ALBUQUERQUE INDIAN SCHOOL GROUNDS. THE NEW STARBUCKS MEASURES NEARLY 5-THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND IS OPERATED BY INDIAN PUEBLOS MARKETING. IT’S SEATING CAPACITY IS 175 PEOPLE. AND…… MORE
New Strategy Used by Duke City Car Thieves
ALBUQUERQUE CAR THIEVES ARE COMING UP WITH NEW WAYS TO GET YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST TRICK IS TO POSE AS TOW TRUCK OPERATORS. OUR SISTER STATION, KOB-TV, REPORTS ONE OF THE LATEST INCIDENTS WAS SATURDAY WHEN A MAN SPOTTED A TOW TRUCK GETTING READY TO TAKE HIS JEEP. WHEN HE ASKED…… MORE
NM Has Alarming Number of Untested Rape Kits
IT’S A SURPRISING NUMBER. THAT FROM STATE AUDITOR TIM KELLER WHO RECENTLY COMPLETED AN INVENTORY OF UNTESTED SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS, KNOWN AS “RAPE KITS.” HE SAYS THERE ARE OVER 54-HUNDRED SUCH KITS. KELLER SAYS IT RAISES SEVERAL ISSUES.SOME OF THE KITS REMAIN UNTESTED DUE TO POSSIBLE COURT SETTLEMENTS OR CHARGES…… MORE
Arrest Made in Weekend Albuquerque Stabbing
THE PROGNOSIS FOR RECOVERY IS NOT GOOD FOR THE MAN WHO WAS STABBED IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT A SUSPECT HAS SINCE BEEN ARRESTED. APD OFFICERS WERE SENT TO CALLE CUERVO NEAR LOMA LARGA AROUND 2:20 SUNDAY MORNING AFTER GETTING REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE STABBING. THERE, THEY FOUND THE…… MORE
Increase in STDs in NM
CASES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, OR STDS, HAVE GRADUALLY BEEN RISING IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN RECENT YEARS. JANINE WATERS IS STD PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SHE SAYS IT WASN’T UNEXPECTED. WATERS TELLS US THE STATE IS TAKING A PROACTIVE POSITION ON THIS. THE STATE’S OFFERING…… MORE
