ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE NOW SAYING THAT AN INCIDENT INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE A CRAIGSLIST DEAL GONE BAD WAS NOT WHAT IT APPEARED TO BE. APD’S ARMED ROBBERY DETECTIVES SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION FOUND OUT THE STORY OF A MAN SHOWING UP TO BUY A CAR AND THEN GETTING ROBBED BY THE SELLER WAS NOT…… MORE
Comp Plan Public Meetings Tuesday
PUTTING TOGETHER A 20 YEAR VISION IS WHAT PLANNERS FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY ARE DOING AS THEY DEVELOP A NEW 20 YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MIKAELA RENZ-WHITMORE IS A CITY PLANNER IN ALBUQUERQUE. SHE SAYS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE PLAN WILL BE LAND-USE POLICIES.THAT MEANS WHERE YOU…… MORE
Recycling on the Rise In Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE IS RECYCLING MORE AND SENDING LESS TRASH TO THE LANDFILL. BOBBY SISNEROS WITH THE CITY’S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS 34-THOUSAND TONS OF MATERIAL WERE RECYCLED LAST FISCAL YEAR. BUT SISNEROS TELLS US THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT FIGURE GO EVEN HIGHER. HE SAYS THEY CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS…… MORE
Researchers: 96% of ex-NFL players had brain disease
Researchers say 96% of former NFL players who donated their brains to science after death tested positive for a brain disease linked to concussions. CNN’s Sanjay Gupta explains.… MORE
2015 Rugby World Cup by the numbers
CNN’s Isa Soares looks at the numbers behind one of the world’s biggest sporting tournaments, the Rugby World Cup.… MORE
Council Could Consider Marijuana Laws
PROPOSALS TO CHANGE ALBUQUERQUE’S POT LAWS ARE BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL. THERE ARE TWO PROPOSALS EXPECTED TO BE CONSIDERED AT MONDAY NIGHT’S MEETING. ONE WOULD DIRECT ABQ POLICE TO MAKE MARIJUANA POSSESSION A LOW PRIORITY CRIME. THE OTHER WOULD REDUCE THE PENALTY FOR POSSESSING POT TO A 25…… MORE
Wrong-Way Driver Identified
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE AN IDENTITY ON THE DRIVER WHO CAUSED A DEADLY WRONG-WAY CRASH ON I-25 NEAR COMANCHE EARLY SUNDAY. HE’S SAID TO BE 22 YEAR OLD ANGEL ROMERO. BUT THEY DON’T KNOW IF ROMERO WAS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE OMI WILL DETERMINE IF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WERE INVOLVED. POLICE…… MORE
Craigslist Robbery Suspect Still at Large
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT IN AN ARMED ROBBERY LINKED TO A BAD CRAIGSLIST SALE … THAT LATER LED TO A NORTHEAST HEIGHTS HOME BEING DAMAGED. THE MAN WHO RAN THE CRAIGSLIST AD MET WITH A BUYER AROUND 1:00 AM SUNDAY TO SELL A CADILLAC. BUT POLICE SAY…… MORE
Competency Hearing for Varela-Casaus Scheduled
A COMPETENCY HEARING WILL BE HELD IN NOVEMBER FOR SYNTHIA VARELA-CASAUS, ACCUSED OF KICKING HER 9-YEAR OLD SON OMAREE TO DEATH IN DECEMBER OF 2013. THAT WAS THE RULING LAST FRIDAY FROM A JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE. VARELA-CASAUS ALLEGEDLY KICKED OMAREE TO DEATH IN DECEMBER OF 2013. THE BOY’S STEPFATHER, STEPHEN CASAUS,…… MORE
Pot Plants inside Placitas Home Invaded
MORE INFORMATION IS RELEASED ON AN INCIDENT IN PLACITAS LAST WEDNESDAY IN WHICH A SUSPECTED INTRUDER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE HOMEOWNER. THE SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL MARIJUANA OPERATION INSIDE THE HOME, AND MORE THAN 200 MARIJUANA PLANTS WERE SEIZED. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 31…… MORE
