ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT LUIS VALENTINO IS BREAKING HIS SILENCE THIS WEEK. HE TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL HE’S FEELS SADNESS FOR HAVING BROUGHT JASON MARTINEZ TO APS AS HIS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT. HE ADMITS MARTINEZ WAS HIS CHOICE FOR THE JOB. MARTINEZ … WHO NO LONGER HAS THAT JOB …IS WANTED IN COLORADO ON…… MORE
Warrant Issued, But Ex-APS Administrator Hasn’t Surrendered
FORMER ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR JASON MARTINEZ HAS YET TO SURRENDER. BUT THE DENVER D-A’S OFFICE TELLS 770 KKOB PROSECUTORS HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE FORMER APS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT’S LAWYER IN AN EFFORT TO ARRANGE FOR HIS SURRENDER. THIS FOLLOWS AN ARREST WARRANT BEING ISSUED MONDAY FOR MARTINEZ FOR VIOLATING TERMS OF…… MORE
Mora Man Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting Was Wanted
A MAN DRIVING A RED PICKUP TRUCK WHO REFUSED TO STOP FOR A SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY EARLY TUESDAY ON I-25 NORTHBOUND NEAR TRAMWAY HAD TWO FELONY WARRANTS OUT ON HIM. A CAR CHASE ENSUED WITH 30 YEAR OLD MARVIN MAESTAS, AND STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS TELLS US BY THE TIME MAESTAS…… MORE
Resigned Santa Fe Police Chief Was to Be Fired
FORMER SANTA FE POLICE CHIEF ERIC GARCIA WAS ABOUT TO BE FIRED WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT LAST MONTH. THAT ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, WHICH OBTAINED EMAILS SHOWING CITY MANAGER BRIAN SNYDER WAS PREPARING TO FIRE GARCIA. THE EMAILS ALSO SHOW SNYDER AND MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES HAD AGREED…… MORE
New Snap Rules Start Date Changed
NEW MEXICANS GETTING FOOD STAMP BENEFITS WILL HAVE MORE TIME TO PREPARE FOR NEW WORK AND JOB TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. MATT KENNICOTT WITH THE STATE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TELLS 770 KKOB THE NEW RULES WERE TO GO INTO EFFECT OCTOBER FIRST FOR ADULTS WITHOUT CHILDREN. THAT’S NOW BEING PUSHED BACK TO JANUARY FIRST. …… MORE
Duke City Air to Improve
THE SMOKY HAZE IN ABQ FROM WILDFIRES IN THE NORTHWESTERN U-S IS FINALLY GOING AWAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ANDY CHURCH SAYS THE WINDS BROUGHT THE SMOKE ALL THE WAY TO NEW MEXICO…BUT NOW THOSE WINDS HAVE SHIFTED. HE SAYS ALL THAT SMOKE WILL BE PUSHED NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF WHERE THE FIRES…… MORE
NM Lotto Sales Up
AFTER LOSING GROUND LAST YEAR, NEW MEXICO LOTTERY SALES ARE UP FOR 2015. STATE LOTTO OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE A LITTLE MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS COMPARED TO 2014. THEY ALSO SAY THEY PUT AN 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM LOTTERY REVENUE INTO COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. TOTAL LOTTERY SALES REACHED ABOUT 137-MILLION DOLLARS IN THE…… MORE
Green Light for Nob Hill, South Valley Projects
TWO PROJECTS WITH OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES GETS THE THE GO-AHEAD TUESDAY NIGHT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ONE IN NOB HILL WILL PROVIDE 888-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAX BREAKS OVER 20 YEARS FOR REVITALIZATION OF A VACANT BUILDING AT MONTE VISTA AND RICHMOND. …… MORE
Bolt beats Gatlin at World Athletics Championships
Usain Bolt won the 100m sprint at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing on Sunday.… MORE
Saving pups from ‘Dead Dog Beach’
The Sato Project rescues, rehabilitates and finds new homes for dogs that are abandoned at a beach in Puerto Rico known as “Dead Dog Beach.”… MORE
