ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO SHELL OUT 16-THOUSAND TO 18-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE MORE THAN 50 WINDOWS BROKEN OUT AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS. FOUR SCHOOLS WERE TARGETED. DISTRICT SPOKESWOMAN JOHANNA KING TELLS 770 KKOB THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS…BUT THEY MIGHT FIND SOME EVIDENCE ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. SHE SAYS CAMERAS ARE SET…… MORE
Triple Murder Suspect Back on the Streets
A TRIPLE MURDER SUSPECT IN SANTA FE COUNTY HAS POSTED BOND AND IS NOW OUT OF JAIL. TWENTY YEAR OLD NICHOLAS ORTIZ OF POJOAQUE WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY FOR THE MURDERS OF THREE MEMBERS OF A FAMILY ON FATHER’S DAY OF 2011. THE THREE VICTIMS WERE KILLED WITH A PICKAX AT THEIR HOME IN EL…… MORE
Duke City Dad Charged in Infant Son’s Death
A TWO MONTH OLD BABY IS DEAD…AND THE CHILD’S FATHER IS UNDER ARREST. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER SAYS SPENSER PHILLIPS TOLD INVESTIGATORS HIS YOUNG SON HAD FALLEN FROM A CHAIR…BUT THE STORY DIDN’T ADD UP. DETECTIVES INVESTIGATED AND FOUND INCONSISTENCIES IN PHILLIPS’ STATEMENT. PHILLIPS WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING…… MORE
Santa Fe Death Investigated as Homicide
THE DISCOVERY THIS WEEK OF A WOMAN’S BODY ON A WALKING TRAIL IN SANTA FE IS NOW A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. SANTA FE POLICE SAY THERE ARE SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY IN THE DEATH OF 52 YEAR OLD MELISSA TSOSIE, WHO THEY THINK WAS HOMELESS. POLICE ARE QUESTIONING THE AREA’S HOMELESS POPULATION WHILE WAITING FOR AUTOPSY…… MORE
NM Earns Better “Business-Friendly” Rating
IT’S ALL ABOUT PERCEPTION … AND NEW MEXICO SHOULD NOW BE PERCEIVED IN A POSITIVE LIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING BUSINESS-FRIENDLY. KOB-TV REPORTS CNBC NOW RANKS THE STATE 24TH ON ITS LIST OF BUSINESS-FRIENDLY STATES. THAT’S A BIG JUMP FROM NEW MEXICO’S RANKING LAST YEAR IN 37TH PLACE. CNBC … WHICH IS WIDELY SHARED…… MORE
July 4th Warnings Issued in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE’S FIRE MARSHAL IS REMINDING RESIDENTS THE SAFEST WAY TO ENJOY THE UP-COMING FOURTH OF JULY IS TO ATTEND A FIREWORKS DISPLAY. HOWEVER, SCOTT ESPOSITO SAYS THOSE WHO BUY THEIR OWN FIREWORKS NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME ARE NOT LEGAL IN THE CITY LIMITS. HE SAYS YOU’LL BE CITED WITH A MISDEMEANOR IF…… MORE
NM Rates Higher this Year With Anglers
THE LATEST FISHING SURVEY BY DAVIS INNOVATIONS OF SANTA FE SHOWS ANGLER SATISFACTION IS UP IN NEW MEXICO. KARL MOFFATT WITH STATE GAME AND FISH SAYS SATISFACTION INCREASED 10 PERCENT THIS YEAR TO MORE THAN 72 PERCENT OF THOSE SURVEYED. HE TELLS US THE POLL ALSO FOUND WOMEN LIKE TO FISH IN NEW MEXICO. WOMEN…… MORE
Mild NM Fire Season Predicted to Continue
THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE THE LEAST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE SEASON IN NEW MEXICO IN 25 YEARS. THAT FROM METEOROLOGIST CHUCK MAXWELL WITH THE SOUTHWEST COORDINATION CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE REASON? YOU GUESSED IT: LOTS OF RAIN. HE SAYS SPRING RAINS THAT CONTINUED INTO EARLY JUNE DROVE BACK THE SUMMER WILDFIRE SEASON. MAXWELL TELLS 770…… MORE
‘Green Light’ for Santolina Development Agreement
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY’S SANTOLINA MASTER PLAN IS APPROVED. THE COUNTY COMMISSION GAVE IT THE GREEN LIGHT AT ITS WEDNESDAY MEETING. COMMISSIONERS DEBBIE O’MALLEY AND MAGGIE HART STEBBINS WERE AGAINST IT. ART DE LA CRUZ, LONNIE TALBERT, AND WAYNE JOHNSON VOTED FOR IT. THE NEARLY 14-THOUSAND ACRE DEVELOPMENT IS SET TO BE BUILT…… MORE
City Busier Than Usual Fixing Potholes
ALBUQUERQUE’S POTHOLE PROBLEM USUALLY GETS WORSE IN THE WINTER. BUT THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. CITY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WILFRED GALLEGOS SAYS THE NUMBER OF POTHOLES AROUND TOWN HAS SKYROCKETED THIS SPRING AND SUMMER. HE SAYS ALL THE RAIN WE GOT IN THE SPRING MAY HAVE CREATED MORE OF THEM BY WATER GETTING INTO THE SUB-GRADE.…… MORE
