BERNALILLO AND DONA ANA COUNTIES LED THE STATE LAST YEAR FOR INSTALLATION OF SOLAR SYSTEMS. BETH WOJAHN IS WITH THE ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT SAYS THE GROWING POPULARITY OF SUN-POWER HAS PROMPTED THE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE A GUIDE TO EXPLAIN THE MOST POPULAR WAYS TO FINANCE A SOLAR SYSTEM. …… MORE
Rail Runner’s Future Considered on its 9th Anniversary
SINCE IT’S INCEPTION, THE NEW MEXICO RAIL RUNNER EXPRESS TRAIN HAS HAD ITS FANS AND ITS DETRACTORS. SPOKESWOMAN AUGUSTA MEYERS SAYS THE TRAIN IS MARKING ITS 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF SERVICE ON FRIDAY, JULY 17TH. MEYERS TELLS 770 KKOB THE RAIL RUNNER HAS ITS CRITICS WITH SOME ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS FUTURE.…… MORE
NM Airports Planning Improvements
MORE THAN A HUNDRED NEW JOBS ARE HEADED FOR ROSWELL. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ ON THURSDAY ANNOUNCED THAT AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL SERVICES IS EXPANDING ITS OPERATIONS IN ROSWELL AND HAS PLANS TO HIRE 140 NEW EMPLOYEES IN THE NEXT YEAR. THE COMPANY MOVED TO ROSWELL ABOUT A YEAR AGO, CITING ITS CLIMATE AND LOW…… MORE
More Jobs for Roswell
MORE THAN A HUNDRED NEW JOBS ARE HEADED FOR ROSWELL. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ ON THURSDAY ANNOUNCED THAT AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL SERVICES IS EXPANDING ITS OPERATIONS IN ROSWELL AND HAS PLANS TO HIRE 140 NEW EMPLOYEES IN THE NEXT YEAR. THE COMPANY MOVED TO ROSWELL ABOUT A YEAR AGO, CITING ITS CLIMATE AND LOW…… MORE
Former APD Cop Files Lawsuit
FORMER ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER LEVI CHAVEZ IS GOING AFTER THE VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVE WHO STARTED THE INVESTIGATION THAT LED TO CHAVEZ BEING CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS WIFE. CHAVEZ, HOWEVER, WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDERING 26 YEAR OLD TERA CHAVEZ, FOUND DEAD IN 2007. NOW HE’S SUING FORMER DETECTIVE AARON JONES IN…… MORE
Second Suspect Cuffed in Duke City Murder
IN THE PAST WEEK, AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE TWO OUT-OF-STATE ARRESTS IN THE MURDER OF A MAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN AN S-U-V IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. THIRTY-ONE YEAR OLD THOMAS STEVENSON WAS TRACKED DOWN IN LOUISIANA, AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY JULY 10TH. THEN 19 YEAR OLD O’SHAY TONEY WAS ARRESTED IN TEXAS ON…… MORE
Athletics Director Likes New Drug Testing Program
RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEGINS ITS RANDOM DRUG TESTING PROGRAM FOR STUDENT ATHLETES THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. THE SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PROGRAM EARLY THIS WEEK FOR ATHLETES IN GRADES 8 THROUGH 12. DISTRICT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BRUCE CARVER FEELS IT’S A GOOD PROGRAM … BUT NOTES RIO RANCHO SCHOOLS AREN’T…… MORE
Coors/I-40 Project Progress
IT’S GOING TO BE SEVERAL MORE MONTHS BEFORE A RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON I-40 BETWEEN COORS AND THE RIO GRANDE IS COMPLETED. STATE D-O-T SPOKESWOMAN MELISSA DOSHER TELLS 770 KKOB, SO FAR, COMMUTERS SEEM TO BE HANDLING THE INCONVENIENCE PRETTY WELL. SHE SAYS PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING TURNS AT THE MERGE AREA, CALLED A…… MORE
BV’s Confidential
America held hostage… that was the name given to ABC’s new late night news program that later became Night Line. Every night viewers would get the latest on any new information about the Americans who would be held hostage in Iran from November 1979 to January 1981. It appears America is held hostage again–this time…… MORE
Scott’s Turf
I, like many of you, am infuriated that our justice system continues to release dangerous criminals on small bail amounts. One this week got out on his own recognizance while a murder charge is pending. Judges are immune from answering for their decisions and the district attorney’s office says they’re overwhelmed. What does that mean…… MORE
