LOOK FOR ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS TO WEIGH IN MONDAY NIGHT ON A MEASURE THAT WOULD ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO GIVE MUNICIPALITIES THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE A TEEN CURFEW. COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ HAS BEEN PUSHING THE BILL, WHICH HE DRAFTED AFTER A RISE IN TEEN VIOLENCE AFTER DARK. THE STATE SUPREME COURT…… MORE
Teen Suspect in Chavez-Silver Murder Arraigned
IT’S A 250-THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH-ONLY BOND FOR DONOVAN MAEZ … THE 18 YEAR OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER ON JUNE 26TH. DONOVAN … THE SON OF ALBUQUERQUE STATE REP STEPHANIE MAEZ … FACES UP TO LIFE IN PRISON. HE WAS FORMALLY CHARGED SUNDAY. POLICE SAY DONOVAN…… MORE
Suspect Arrested In Albuquerque Man’s Murder
A 19 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN IS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE SATURDAY MORNING MURDER OF 54 YEAR OLD ANTHONY MARQUEZ. JESSIE FIERRO WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY. APD SAYS FIERRO CONFESSED TO HIS PART IN THE MARQUEZ MURDER. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INSIDE HIS APARTMENT IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK…… MORE
Commissioners to Narrow Manager Candidates List
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION MEETS TUESDAY AT 1:30 PM TO BEGIN NARROWING ITS LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER’S JOB. CURRENT MANAGER TOM ZDUNEK LEAVES IN OCTOBER. COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON HOPES THEY HAVE THE FINAL LIST IN PLACE BY EARLY SEPTEMBER, AND AT LEAST BY MID SEPTEMBER. JOHNSON TELLS US…… MORE
Abandoned Ttian Aerospace Facility Fits Other Companies
NOW THAT GOOGLE HAS DECIDED TO RELOCATE TITAN AEROSPACE FROM MORIARTY TO THE BAY AREA, THE QUESTION IS…WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TITAN FACILITY AT THE MORIARTY AIRPORT? STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY JON BARELA SAYS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AVIATION AND AEROSPACE COMPANIES COULD BE CANDIDATES TO MOVE IN…AND BRING BACK LOST JOBS. …… MORE
Alameda Makeover Underway
SEVERAL MEDIANS ON ALAMEDA BLVD. ARE GETTING A MAKE-OVER. STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH, THE BERNALILLO COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING IN NEW LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ON THE MEDIANS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH GUADALUPE TRAIL. COUNTY SPOKESMAN ANDY LENDERMAN TELLS US THAT BY PUTTING IN A MORE EFFICIENT IRRIGATION…… MORE
NM Follows Up on Gold King Mine Discharge
AN ANNOUNCEMENT FRIDAY FROM GOVERNOR MARTINEZ ABOUT A LONG-TERM IMPACT REVIEW TEAM BEING CREATED TO MONITOR THE WASTE SPILL INTO THE ANIMAS RIVER FROM THE GOLD KING MINE IN COLORADO. MARTINEZ SAYS THE STATE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT ITS OWN TESTS TO MAKE SURE THE EPA IS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT…… MORE
EPA Head Visits Farmington after Toxic River Spill
EPA ADMINISTRATOR GINA MCCARTHY IS IN FARMINGTON THURSDAY AS THE AGENCY DOES MORE DAMAGE CONTROL FOLLOWING LAST WEEK’S TOXIC WASTE SPILL INTO THE ANIMAS RIVER UPSTREAM. MCCARTHY SAYS RIVER CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING IN COLORADO…MAKING HER OPTIMISTIC THAT WILL BE THE CASE IN NEW MEXICO AS WELL. MCCARTHY SAYS THERE WILL BE…… MORE
Contaminated Water Extracted from City Water Well
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SAYS SHE’S PLEASED THE AIR FORCE IS STARTING ITS CLEANUP OF THE JET FUEL SPILL AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE 6-MILLION-TO-24-MILLION GALLON JET FUEL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED IN 1999 AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SEEPING INTO THE CITY’S GROUND WATER FOR DECADES. WATER CONTAMINATED BY…… MORE
NM Can Expect a Snowy Winter
IT COULD BE A GOOD WINTER FOR SNOW LOVERS IN NEW MEXICO. THE GOVERNMENT IS PREDICTING ONE OF THE STRONGEST EVER EL NINO PATTERNS…MEANING MORE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE STATE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS EL NINO NORMALLY BRINGS THE STORM TRACK RIGHT OVER NEW MEXICO. AND A STRONG EL…… MORE
