ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR R-J BERRY ANNOUNCED HIS 23-MILLION DOLLAR PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN LAST WEEK … MOST OF WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR TOURISM. DOWNTOWN IS PART OF CITY COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON’S DISTRICT … AND HE TELLS US HE LIKES THE MAYOR’S PLAN. HE ALSO SAYS ONE OF DOWNTOWN’S MAJOR PROBLEMS ON WEEKENDS ……… MORE
NM Ahead of California in Water Conservation
CALIFORNIA’S DROUGHT AND WATER CONSERVATION PROBLEMS ARE DISMAL. SO HOW DO NEW MEXICO MEASURE UP IN COMPARISON? KATHERINE YUHAS WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY TELLS US ALBUQUERQUE AND NEW MEXICO AS A WHOLE ARE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE. SHE SAYS THEY’VE BEEN MANAGING LOCAL WATER FOR 20 YEARS AND ARE BUILDING…… MORE
Councilor Takes Up Public Breast Feeding Issue
MOTHERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO BREAST FEED IN PUBLIC IN ALBUQUERQUE. THAT’S THE GIST OF AN AMENDMENT BEING PROPOSED BY CITY COUNCILOR DIANE GIBSON. SHE SAYS THE CITY’S INDECENCY ORDINANCE MAKES NO MENTION OF PUBLIC BREAST FEEDING … BUT ALLOWS FOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF PUBLIC NUDITY WHILE BANNING PUBLIC SEX AND NUDITY. …… MORE
Sunport Takes Another Traffic Hit
PASSENGER TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO SLIDE AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT. THIS WILL MAKE THE 8TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR FOR THE DROP IN PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE SUNPORT… AND SO FAR THIS YEAR THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS IT’S DOWN 4-POINT-8 PERCENT. THERE ARE ALSO FEWER FLIGHTS TAKING OFF FROM ABQ, WITH DAILY DEPARTURES DOWN…… MORE
Duke City Woman Causes Two Crashes
A 24-YEAR-OLD ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE, RECKLESS DRIVING, DRIVING ON A REVOKED LICENSE AND OTHER CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY CAUSING TWO CRASHES ON SATURDAY. THE FIRST ACCIDENT VICTIM TOLD POLICE VIOLET MINTLE HIT HIM FROM BEHIND ON I-40 WESTBOUND, CAUSING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD TO SHATTER HIS BACK…… MORE
Property Taxes Due in Bernalillo County
GET OUT THE CHECK BOOK. PROPERTY OWNERS IN BERNALILLO COUNTY ARE BEING REMINDED THEIR FIRST HALF PROPERTY TAX PAYMENT IS DUE ON TUESDAY. IF PAYMENT ISN’T MADE BY DECEMBER 10TH, THE BILL BECOMES DELINQUENT. YOU CAN PAY ANY NUMBER OF WAYS, INCLUDING BY GOING TO A BANK THAT’S ACCEPTING THE PAYMENTS.…… MORE
Indictment Filed in Killing of Child
THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING 4 YEAR OLD LILLY GARCIA DURING A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 40 BACK ON OCTOBER 20TH HAS BEEN INDICTED. TONY TORREZ WAS INDICTED BY A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY. TORREZ WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER, SHOOTING AT OR FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE CAUSING GREAT BODILY HARM, PLUS SEVERAL…… MORE
Mayor Unveils Downtown Improvement Plan
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR R-J BERRY UNVEILED SOME PLANS FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA FRIDAY. HE WANTS TO SPEND 23 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO FINANCE THREE MAJOR PROJECTS. THEY INCLUDE USING THE EXHIBITION SPACE IN THE EAST SIDE CONVENTION CENTER AS THE LOCATION FOR AN ARENA STYLE VENUE THAT CAN THEN BE CONVERTED BACK AS A…… MORE
Pets of the Week | Nov 7
It seems many of you were enjoying the Halloween weekend with your families and perhaps you dressed up too. Our two little ladies Betty & Bella Sera did not go home last weekend. They quietly curl up in their bed snuggling until someone comes to their kennel door. They are so friendly and hopeful that…… MORE
APS Teacher Charged With Kiddie Porn Bonds Out
THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER WHO’S CHARGED WITH CHILD PORN IS OUT OF THE METRO DETENTION CENTER. OUR NEWS PARTNER, KOB-TV, REPORTS JOSHUA WEITZ BONDED OUT OF JAIL OVERNIGHT. JUDGE YVETTE GONZALES HAD LOWERED WEITZ’S BOND FROM 380-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH OR SURETY BECAUSE HE HAS NO CRIMINAL HISTORY. …… MORE
