IT’S RANDOM DRUG TESTING FOR STUDENTS ATHLETES AT RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THAT PROPOSAL. THE BOARD SAYS THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IS TO PREVENT STUDENT ATHLETES FROM USING PRESCRIPTION OR ILLEGAL DRUGS AS IT WOULD POSE A THREAT TO THE ATHLETE AND OTHER…… MORE
Albuquerque Housing Market Being “Re-set”
THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS THE LOCAL HOUSING MARKET IS GETTING HEALTHIER. THE AVERAGE SALES PRICE FOR HOMES IN 2007 … THE LAST BIG YEAR FOR ALBUQUERQUE REAL ESTATE … WAS 261-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SAYS IT WAS 226-THOUSAND JUST LAST MONTH … THE BEST MONTH SINCE 2007. …… MORE
New Tenant for Downtown Duke City
AN ECONOMIC SHOT IN THE ARM FOR DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. MOLINA HEALTHCARE HAS MOVED ITS NEW HEADQUARTERS TO 4TH AND TIJERAS … BRINGING WITH IT 750 NEW EMPLOYEES WHO’LL LIKELY PUMP DOLLARS INTO DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES FOR LUNCH AND SHOPPING. THE HEAD OF MOLINA HEALTHCARE’S NATIONAL OPERATIONS … DR. MARIO MOLINA … SAYS…… MORE
Road Project Funding at Risk
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IS SET TO END ON JULY 31ST, UNLESS CONGRESS EXTENDS THE PROGRAM. NOW, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY ANTHONY FOXX HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE NEW MEXICO D-O-T ADVISING THE DEPARTMENT OF WHAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN SHOULD THAT FUNDING GO AWAY. NEW MEXICO D-O-T SECRETARY TOM CHURCH SAYS IT WOULD MEAN THAT…… MORE
Biopark Tax Could Be on Ballot
ALBUQUERQUE VOTERS COULD WELL BE ASKED TO APPROVED AN EXTRA 8TH OF A PERCENT SALES TAX ON THIS OCTOBER’S BALLOT. MEMBERS OF THE BIOPARK TAX CAMPAIGN HAVE TURNED IN THE ROUGHLY 26-THOUSAND PETITION SIGNATURES TO PUT THE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT … AND THEIR SPOKESMAN, BARRY BITZER … SAYS THEY GATHERED NEARLY DOUBLE…… MORE
Two Teens in Mobbing Murder Arraigned
THE TWO YOUNGEST DEFENDANTS IN LAST MONTH’S MURDER OF STEPHEN GERECKE WERE IN COURT MONDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE. A JUDGE SET BOND FOR ENRIQUE PALOMINO AND MATTHEW BALDONADO, BOTH 14, AT 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE TWO WILL BE TRIED AS JUVENILES. THE OTHER FOUR ACCUSED RANGE IN AGE FROM 15 TO 17…… MORE
Woman Gets Plea Deal in Taos
ORIANA FARRELL OF TENNESSEE GETS HER PLEA DEAL. SHE’S THE WOMAN WHO FLED STATE POLICE NEAR TAOS IN HER MINIVAN FULL OF CHILDREN IN OCTOBER OF 2013 AFTER THEY PULLED HER OVER IN A TRAFFIC STOP. FARRELL ENTERED AN ALFORD PLEA IN COURT MONDAY, WHICH MAINTAINS HER INNOCENCE BUT ADMITS THERE’S ENOUGH EVIDENCE…… MORE
Motorcyclist’s Murder Stumps APD
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NO LEADS AND NO SUSPECTS IN THE WEEKEND MURDER OF A MOTORCYCLIST. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS 29 YEAR OLD VINCENT MCANENEY WAS SHOT BY SOMEONE CHASING HIM IN A PICKUP ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE EARLY SATURDAY. AND HE SAYS THAT MADE FOR A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TIXIER SAYS…… MORE
DWI Suspect’s Criminal Past Extends Nearly 2 Decades
BOND HAS BEEN SET AT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR 36 YEAR OLD STEVEN TRUJILLO. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES SAY TRUJILLO WAS DRIVING DRUNK EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN HE SLAMMED INTO AN S-U-V IN THE SOUTH VALLEY, KILLING TWO OF ITS OCCUPANTS AND INJURING SEVEN OTHERS. COURT RECORDS SHOW…… MORE
Human Case of Tularema Confirmed in NM
A 51 YEAR OLD LOS ALAMOS COUNTY MAN IS NEW MEXICO’S FIRST CONFIRMED HUMAN CASE OF TULAREMIA THIS YEAR. THERE HAVE BEEN 33 CASES OF THE DISEASE THIS YEAR IN PET DOGS AND CATS. THOSE WERE CONFIRMED IN BERNALILLO, SANTA FE, LOS ALAMOS, TORRANCE, AND TAOS COUNTIES. TULAREMIA IS CAUSED BY…… MORE
