NM Getting Airport Funds

     NINE AIRPORTS IN NEW MEXICO ARE IN LINE FOR PROJECT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. THE F-A-A HAS SET ASIDE 3-POINT-3 MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND RUNWAY EXPANSION AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.      A LARGE PORTION OF THE FUNDING IS GOING TO THE ALAMOGORDO-WHITE SANDS REGIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH IS GETTING 1-POINT-4 MILLION DOLLARS…MORE

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JUDGE ISSUES RULING IN BOYD HEARING

APD OFFICER DOMINIQUE PEREZ AND RETIRED DETECTIVE KEITH SANDY WILL STAND TRIAL FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF JAMES BOYD LAST YEAR. THAT DECISION TUESDAY FROM DISTRICT JUDGE NEIL CANDELARIA FOLLOWING A SEVEN DAY PRELIMINARY HEARING. THE JUDGE SAYS THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE ON ALL THE COUNTS. CANDELARIA HAD EARLIER DISMISSED INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER…MORE

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Jets zip past Chicago at 350 mph

The Breitling Jet Team is the world’s largest professional civilian flight team performing on jets. Watch as they perform at the Chicago Air & Water Show.MORE

Governor Agrees to Push Teen Curfew Legislation

     A TEEN CURFEW PROPOSAL FROM ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ WAS EXPECTED TO BE DISCUSSED AT MONDAY NIGHT’S COUNCIL MEETING BUT WAS TABLED. THAT’S BECAUSE GOVERNOR MARTINEZ EARLIER MONDAY SAID SHE’D CALL ON THE LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE THE STATE’S CURFEW LAW SO MUNICIPALITIES COULD DECIDE THE ISSUE FOR THEMSELVES.      A TEEN…MORE

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Second Suspect Surrenders In Chavez-Silver Murder

     WHEN 18 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MAEZ WAS ARRESTED LATE FRIDAY IN THE DRIVE-BY SHOOTING DEATH OF JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER, ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAID THERE COULD BE MORE ARRESTS. A SECOND SUSPECT … 21 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER CRUZ … SURRENDERED TO APD MONDAY AFTER AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR HIM.      CRUZ IS CHARGED…MORE

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Weapon Found in Accused Cop Killer’s Cell

     MORE TROUBLE FOR ANDREW ROMERO. HE’S ACCUSED OF KILLING RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICER GREG BENNER EARLIER THIS YEAR. GUARDS AT THE CENTRAL NEW MEXICO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN LOS LUNAS UNCOVERED A HOME-MADE WEAPON, COMMONLY CALLED A SHANK, IN HIS CELL.      CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON, ALEX TOMLIN, SAYS ROMERO HAD MADE THREATS AGAINST…MORE

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Fireworks Thrown Near Another Homeless Person

     FOR THE SECOND TIME IN NEARLY A MONTH, FIREWORKS ARE THROWN NEAR A SLEEPING HOMELESS PERSON IN ALBUQUERQUE. IT HAPPENED EARLY MONDAY MORNING NEAR 6TH AND COAL DOWNTOWN.  KOB-TV REPORTS VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT SENT TO THEM BY A VIEWER SHOWS THE EXPLOSIONS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SLEEPING PERSON WHO WAS NOT…MORE

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Quiet Fire Season for NM

     WHILE WILDFIRES ARE RAGING IN SEVERAL WESTERN STATES, THAT’S NOT THE CASE IN NEW MEXICO THIS SUMMER. METEOROLOGIST CHUCK MAXWELL WITH THE SOUTHWEST COORDINATION CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THE WEATHER IS THE MAIN FACTOR. HE SAYS THE PERIODIC MOISTURE IS KEEPING FUELS GREEN AND SOIL MOISTURE UP. THERE ALSO HASN’T BEEN MANY BOUTS…MORE

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