A RIO RANCHO MAN APPEARS IN FEDERAL COURT TUESDAY TO FACE BANK ROBBERY CHARGES. THE F-B-I SAYS 22 YEAR OLD JOSHUA ABEYTA ROBBED THE SANTA FE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ON JEFFERSON STREET NORTHEAST IN ALBUQUERQUE ON MONDAY. HE HANDED THE TELLER A NOTE DEMANDING MONEY AND THE TELLER COMPLIED. ABEYTA LEFT…… MORE
Jobless Rate Rises in NM
UNLIKE MOST OTHER STATES, NEW MEXICO’S JOBLESS RATE INCHED UP FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. THE STATE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT SAYS IT ROSE TO 6-POINT-8 PERCENT LAST MONTH … UP FROM 6-POINT-7 PERCENT IN AUGUST. SIX OTHER STATES SAW JOBLESS RATES INCREASE AS WELL. BUT THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT SAYS 76-HUNDRED…… MORE
NM Group Supports New Drone Rules
SOME NEW MEXICO FARMERS AND RANCHERS ARE NOW USING DRONES TO INSPECT THEIR PROPERTY. AND A FARM ADVOCACY GROUP SAYS IT HAS NO PROBLEM WITH NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON THE USE OF DRONES. DALENE HODNETT WITH THE NEW MEXICO FARM AND LIVESTOCK BUREAU SAYS THIS IS A GROWTH MARKET. HODNETT SAYS FARM OPERATORS CAN USE…… MORE
NM High School Grad Rates Plummet
WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, NEW MEXICO ISN’T KEEPING UP WITH OTHER STATES. THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS RELEASED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SHOW THE MAJORITY OF STATES SAW IMPROVEMENTS IN GRADUATION RATES FOR THE 2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR. NEW MEXICO WAS AMONG ONLY FIVE STATES, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THAT SAW DECLINES. AT 68…… MORE
Councilor Abandons Settlement Proposal
A PROPOSAL TO SET ASIDE 5-MILLION DOLLARS TO SETTLE AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE UNION LAWSUIT IS ABANDONED BY ITS SPONSOR. CITY COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ HAD PLANNED TO INTRODUCE THE MEASURE AT MONDAY NIGHT’S MEETING BUT WITHDREW IT. SANCHEZ SAYS HE’S SURE THE CITY AND POLICE UNION CAN WORK OUT A SETTLEMENT AND SAYS, WHEN AND IF…… MORE
Garduno Not Censured
NO CENSURE FOR ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT REY GARDUNO. COUNCILOR DAN LEWIS HAD FILED DOCUMENTS LAST WEEK TO CENSURE GARDUNO OVER HIS CRITICAL REMARKS ON THOSE WHO DIDN’T SIGN HIS PROCLAMATION MAKING THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AS WELL AS COLUMBUS DAY. LEWIS DROPPED THE EFFORT YESTERDAY (MON) AFTER A BLUNT APOLOGY…… MORE
Trio Cuffed in North Valley Murder
BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS INVESTIGATORS THINK THEY’VE SOLVED A WEEKEND MURDER IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NORTH VALLEY. THEY’VE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE IN THE DEATH OF 44 YEAR OLD LEROY ENCINIAS. ENCINIAS’ BODY WAS FOUND SATURDAY AT A HOME ON LOS RANCHOS NORTHEAST NEAR PASEO DEL NORTE AND EDITH. THE THREE SUSPECTS ARE 38 YEAR OLD VICTOR DIMAS, 38…… MORE
Feds Arraign Accused Duke City Carjacker
A SUSPECT IN MULTIPLE CARJACKINGS FROM JULY 22ND OF THIS YEAR IN ALBUQUERQUE IS ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT MONDAY. THOMAS MARTINEZ ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS TO TWO COUNTS OF CARJACKING AND TWO FOR DISCHARGING A FIREARM DURING A CARJACKING. POLICE SAY THOMAS MARTINEZ WAS TRYING TO AVOID ARREST WHEN HE CARJACKED A WOMAN WHO TRIED…… MORE
Proposal Would Boost Business for Brewers
CITY COUNCILOR DON HARRIS WANTS TO PROMOTE THE LOCAL BREWING COMMUNITY. HE’S ASKING THAT CITY SPONSORED EVENTS MAKE AN EFFORT TO INCLUDE LOCAL BEERS AT THOSE EVENTS. AMONG THE VENUES IT COULD IMPACT WOULD BE THE CONVENTION CENTER, ISOTOPES PARK AND THE BALLOON FIESTA. HARRIS SAYS HE WAS NOT APPROACHED BY THE LOCAL MICRO-BREW INDUSTRY.…… MORE
Indigenous People Day Goes Back Before City Council
ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS WHO SAY THEY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A BID FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AS A RESOLUTION ARE EXPECTED TO GET THEIR WISH MONDAY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT REY GARDUNO FIRST INTRODUCED THE DESIGNATION AS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER … ALSO KNOWN AS COLUMBUS DAY. NOW HE SAYS HE’LL PUT IT BEFORE…… MORE
