NM Ethics Commission Nearly Complete

ANOTHER PERSON HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE BRAND NEW STATE ETHICS COMMISSION. FORMER NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR GARREY CARRUTHERS WAS APPOINTED BY SENATE MINORITY LEADER STUART INGLE OF PORTALES. CARRUTHERS IS THE FOURTH PERSON TO BE NAMED TO THE COMMISSION. THE FIFTH APPOINTMENT WILL BE MADE BY GOVERNOR LUJAN GRISHAM. THE FIVE APPOINTED MEMBERS WILL THEN…MORE

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Brewery Homicide Victim Was a Veterinarian in Utah

THE MAN SHOT TO DEATH AT THE NEXUS BREWERY IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST SATURDAY WAS FROM ERDA, UTAH. FORTY-THREE YEAR OLD CODY WRATHALL WAS SHOT BY AN OFF-DUTY FBI AGENT AROUND 9 SATURDAY NIGHT. APD SAYS WRATHALL DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. WHAT APD WON’T SAY IS WHETHER WRATHALL WAS THE ALLEGED STALKER OF A WOMAN AT…MORE

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Taxpayers Paying to Maintain A-R-T Bus Stations

ALBUQUERQUE’S A-R-T BUS SYSTEM WAS TO BE UP AND FUNCTIONAL 18 MONTHS AGO … BUT IT’S STILL NOT OPERATING. AND TAXPAYERS ARE FOOTING THE BILL TO MAINTAIN THE BUS STATIONS ALONG CENTRAL FOR A-R-T BUSES. THE ACTUAL BUSES FOR THE SYSTEM WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND THE LANES REMAIN EMPTY. MEANWHILE, CHANNEL 7 NEWS…MORE

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Eight Arrested in Albuquerque Drug Bust

EIGHT PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN AN UNDERCOVER DRUG OPERATION OVER THE WEEKEND IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. APD SAYS SEVERAL OF ITS SPECIALIZED UNITS COLLABORATED IN THE OPERATION IN THE DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. FOUR FELONY WARRANTS WERE CLEARED. DETECTIVES ALSO SEIZED 16 GRAMS OF METH…TWO GRAMS OF HEROIN…AND ONE GRAM OF MARIJUANA.MORE

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Most NM Drivers are Now Real I-D Compliant

SEVENTY PERCENT OF NEW MEXICO DRIVERS LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS ARE NOW REAL I-D COMPLIANT. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT THE ONE MILLIONTH LICENSE WITH A GOLD STAR WAS ISSUED LAST WEEK. THOSE CARDS COMPLY WITH TOUGHER FEDERAL I-D REQUIREMENTS THAT GO INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR. THE REAL I-D ACT WAS PASSED IN 2005 TO…MORE

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Be Ready For NM’s Monsoons

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS IT’S TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT MONSOON SEASON, WHICH OFFICIALLY BEGINS THIS SATURDAY. METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE KERRY JONES SAYS THE BIG QUESTION THIS TIME OF YEAR IS…WHAT KIND OF SEASON WILL WE HAVE? HE SAYS EVERY MONSOON SEASON IS UNIQUE BUT THIS ONE WILL HAVE A VERY GOOD…MORE

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New Digs for Turquoise Lodge Hospital

THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE STATE DEPT OF HEALTH’S DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT SERVICES IS GETTING A NEW ALBUQUERQUE HOME. TURQUOISE LODGE HOSPITAL IS MOVING FROM ITS FACILITY ON ZUNI TO THE GIBSON MEDICAL CENTER ON GIBSON BLVD BETWEEN SAN MATEO AND SAN PEDRO. THE MOVE WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT WEEK. HEALTH DEPARTMENT CABINET SECRETARY KATHY…MORE

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New Digs for Turquoise Lodge Hospital

THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE STATE DEPT OF HEALTH’S DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT SERVICES IS GETTING A NEW ALBUQUERQUE HOME. TURQUOISE LODGE HOSPITAL IS MOVING FROM ITS FACILITY ON ZUNI TO THE GIBSON MEDICAL CENTER ON GIBSON BLVD BETWEEN SAN MATEO AND SAN PEDRO. THE MOVE WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT WEEK. HEALTH DEPARTMENT CABINET SECRETARY KATHY…MORE

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Another Person Shot in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MAN SHOT TO DEATH AT NEXUS BREWERY OVER THE WEEKEND. HE WAS 43 YEAR OLD CODY WRATHALL, SHOT ON SATURDAY AT THE BREWERY BY AN OFF DUTY FBI AGENT. THE AGENT’S NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED YET. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE WHEN THE OFF DUTY FEDERAL AGENT IN THE BREWERY…MORE

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Rally Against Child Abuse

DOZENS OF ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS CAME OUT OF SUNDAY TO PROTEST CHILD ABUSE. THEY RALLIED DOWNTOWN AT DISTRICT COURT. THE MAIN MESSAGES WERE INVEST IN CHILDREN IN NEW MEXICO BY CREATING MORE PROGRAMS FOR THEM … AND CREATE TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR CONVICTED ABUSERS. MANY OF THOSE TAKING PART IN SUNDAY’S RALLY SAY NEW MEXICO NEEDS TO…MORE

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