ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS BROKEN GROUND ON A PROJECT FOR A NEW TWO-STORY CLASSROOM BUILDING AND SCHOOL FACILITIES AT MARIE HUGHES ELEMENTARY ON MOJAVE NORTHWEST. IT’LL INCLUDE COMPUTER LABS, A MEDIA CENTER, A MINI-GYM, AREAS FOR ART AND MUSIC AS WELL AS A CAFETERIA AND KITCHEN. THE PRICE TAG ON THE…… MORE
Romero Lawyers Still Want Change of Venue
ANDREW ROMERO … THE MAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICER GREGG BENNER … IS EXPECTED BACK IN COURT TUESDAY. ROMERO’S LAWYERS HAVE DROPPED THEIR BID FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THE ASSAULT CHARGE AGAINST THEIR CLIENT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO HEAD-BUTT ONE OF THE MDC GUARDS TRYING TO…… MORE
Bond Set for Man Accused in DWI Deaths
A BERNALILLO COUNTY METRO COURT JUDGE HAS SET BOND AT 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS, CASH ONLY, FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING THREE PEOPLE IN WHAT ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY WAS A DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT EARLY SUNDAY. TWENTY-THREE YEAR OLD JACOB JARAMILLO FACES THREE COUNTS OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN THE DEATHS OF 27 YEAR…… MORE
Albuquerque Woman’s Death Ruled ‘Natural’
NO FOUL PLAY INVOLVED. SO SAY MEDICAL INVESTIGATORS ABOUT THE DEATH OF 65 YEAR OLD IGNACIA SAIZ. THE ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD LAST JULY ON PAJARITO MESA AFTER HER FAMILY REPORTED HER MISSING. SHE HAD GONE TO VISIT HER ESTRANGED SON AND HER NEPHEW AT A COMPOUND THERE. HER BODY…… MORE
Sunday Parade for Holm
ALBUQUERQUE’S UFC WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION IS FINALLY BACK IN TOWN AND THE CITY HAS SET A DATE TO HONOR HER. THE CITY NOW SAYS IT’LL CELEBRATE HOLLY HOLM’S WIN WITH A PARADE THIS SUNDAY. THE PARADE ROUTE HASN’T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET, BUT THE EVENT IS SET FOR 2 TO 4PM AT CIVIC PLAZA.…… MORE
Councilors Sworn in Tuesday
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL WILL GET A NEW MEMBER TUESDAY. PATRICK DAVIS WILL BE SWORN IN DURING CEREMONIES AT THE ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER BEGINNING AT 5:30 PM. DAVIS REPLACES REY GARDUNO AS THE DISTRICT SIX REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COUNCIL. ALSO BEING SWORN IN ARE THREE INCUMBENTS WHO WON RE-ELECTION IN OCTOBER…ISAAC…… MORE
Questions Raised Over Rio Rancho Security Funds Request
OFFICIALS WITH THE RIO RANCHO SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE GOING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE NEXT YEAR LOOKING FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SECURITY PROJECTS AT THE DISTRICT’S THREE HIGH SCHOOLS. STATE SENATOR CRAIG BRANDT REPRESENTS MUCH OF THE RIO RANCHO AREA. HE SAYS HE NEEDS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.…… MORE
APD Still Looking for Murder Suspect
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE THINK THEY KNOW WHO STABBED A MAN TO DEATH SHORTLY AFTER 2:00 AM LAST WEDNESDAY. ALEJANDRO ALVARADO IS WANTED IN THE DEATH OF MANUEL PUENTES. POLICE SAY PUENTES AND ALVARADO WERE ARGUING WHEN THE STABBING OCCURRED. PUENTES DIED AT UNMH. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT AN APARTMENT IN THE 400-BLOCK OF ARIZONA…… MORE
Needed Donations from UNMH, Bernalillo County
THE EMERGENCY WINTER SHELTER IN ALBUQUERQUE IS GETTING A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE FOR IT’S RESIDENTS. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL IS DONATING 75 GENTLY USED MATTRESSES TO THE FACILITY. ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR R-J BERRY SAYS THE MATTRESSES ARE BADLY NEEDED. ALONG WITH THE NEW BEDDING, BERNALILLO COUNTY IS DONATING 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS…… MORE
Sandia Announces Opening Day
LAST YEAR, SANDIA PEAK SKI AREA DIDN’T OPEN UNTIL LATE JANUARY, DUE TO A LACK OF SNOW. THIS YEAR, THEY’RE SHOOTING FOR DECEMBER 19TH AS THEIR OPENING DAY. AREA MANAGER BEN ABRUZZO TELLS 770 KKOB, WITH A STRONG EL NINO IN PLACE, IT COULD BE A GOOD YEAR FOR SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN.…… MORE
