TWENTY FIVE ACRES ARE BURNED IN ALBUQUERQUE’S FOOTHILLS SINCE TUESDAY WHEN THE MICHAEL EMERY TRAIL HEAD FIRE FIRST FLARED UP. ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE HAVE BEEN WORKING THE BLAZE WITH THE BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STATE FORESTRY … AND THEY STAYED OVERNIGHT TO KEEP IT CONTAINED AND MONITOR THE FIRE. IT’S NOT KNOWN HOW THIS…… MORE
More Rules Coming for Medical Cannabis in NM
A HEARING WILL BE HELD IN SANTA FE NEXT MONTH ON NEW RULES BEING PROPOSED FOR THE STATE’S MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM. THE PROPOSAL WOULD LIMIT MARIJUANA CULTIVATION TO 1750 MATURE PLANTS PER LICENSED PRODUCER. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE NEW PLANT LIMIT IS DESIGNED TO BALANCE CONCERNS ABOUT AVAILABLE MEDICAL CANNABIS SUPPLY, WHILE LIMITING…… MORE
BIA Officer and K-9 Make Drug Bust on Pueblo
NINE POUNDS OF HEROIN WORTH 559 THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE STREET IS SEIZED ON LAGUNA PUEBLO. THE DRUGS WERE FOUND ON THE PUEBLO LAST WEEK BY AN OFFICER WITH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND HIS K-9. THE OFFICER, NICHOLAS JACKSON, AND HIS DOG KOFI ARE NOW GETTING PRAISE FROM THE BIA FROM THE DRUG…… MORE
Udall Addressing the “Digital Divide”
NEW MEXICO’S U-S SENATOR TOM UDALL ON WEDNESDAY IS QUESTIONING FCC CHAIRMAN AJIT PAUL AND MEMBERS OF THAT AGENCY IN AN OVERSIGHT HEARING OF THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE. UDALL IS OPPOSED TO THE NEW MERGER CONDITIONS OFFERED BY T-MOBILE AND SPRINT. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE THAT HE SAYS HURTS NEW…… MORE
Arrest Made in Crosswalk Vandalism
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN LAST WEEK’S VANDALISM OF A RAINBOW CROSSWALK IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NOB HILL AREA. POLICE SAY 31 YEAR OLD ANTHONY MORGAN WAS THE LEADER OF A GROUP OF MOTORCYCLISTS WHO DAMAGED THE CROSSWALK, MEANT TO HONOR THE L-G-B-T COMMUNITY. MORGAN IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND CONSPIRACY. MAYOR TIM…… MORE
Whataburger Offender Arrested
A MAN WHO BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE THE WHATABURGER RESTAURANT AT SECOND AND MENAUL ON TUESDAY IS IN CUSTODY. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE MAN ROBBED THE RESTAURANT WITH A KNIFE…STABBED AN EMPLOYEE…THEN HOLED UP IN A BATHROOM. HE WAS ARMED AND BARRICADED, SO SWAT WAS CALLED IN AND HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE BATHROOM TWO…… MORE
Senior Games a Shot in the Arm for Albuquerque
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE POURING INTO THE DUKE CITY FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THE 2019 NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES GET UNDERWAY ON FRIDAY, AND RUN THROUGH JUNE 25TH. SPOKESWOMAN ALICIA MANZANO SAYS THIS IS THE LARGEST EVENT, OUTSIDE OF BALLOON FIESTA, THAT ABQ HAS EVER HOSTED. CLOSE TO 14 THOUSAND ATHLETES WILL BE COMPETING…THE LARGEST…… MORE
Trips On A Tankful Rules
KKOB-AM, KOB-FM, KRST, KMGA, KDRF, KNML, KBZU, KTBL’s “_Trips on A Tankful_” Contest Official Rules A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio station KKOB-AM, KOB-FM, KRST, KMGA, KDRF, KNML, KBZU, KTBL (each a “Station” and collectively the “Staitons”), owned and operated by Cumulus Radio LLC, located at 500…… MORE
NM Sues Trump Administration
THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO IS NOW SUING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER ITS IMMIGRATION POLICY. GOVERNOR LUJAN GRISHAM MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT ON MONDAY. IT SEEKS OVERTURNING THE TRUMP POLICY AND WANTS A JUDGE TO RULE THAT THE FEDS MUST REIMBURSE CITIES AND STATE FOR THE COST OF PUTTING ALL THE IMMIGRANTS UP…… MORE
Illegal Immigrant Entries Still Up in NM
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONTINUE TO POUR ACROSS THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE U.S. BORDER PATROL SAYS A GROUP OF MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE WERE APPREHENDED LAST WEDNESDAY NEAR THE ANTELOPE WELLS PORT OF ENTRY IN THE REMOTE NEW MEXICO BOOT HEEL. THE DAY BEFORE, ANOTHER GROUP OF MORE THAN 250 CROSSED THE RIO GRANDE…… MORE
