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
Gender Neutral “Johns” for Santa Fe
PUBLIC BATHROOMS IN SANTA FE WILL SOON BE GENDER NEUTRAL. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE WEDNESDAY. IT SAYS ANY BUSINESSES NOT IN COMPLIANCE WILL BE CITED. MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES SAYS IT’LL BENEFIT PARENTS OF OPPOSITE SEX CHILDREN, CAREGIVERS TO THE ELDERLY, AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, AMONG OTHERS. GONZALES SAYS IT’S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE GENDER…… MORE
NM Health Officials Work to Contain Contagious Illness
THE STATE MOVES TO CONTAIN A CASE OF CONTAGIOUS TUBERCULOSIS. IT HAS NOTIFIED PEOPLE WHO IT KNOWS HAD CONTACT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL FROM CLOVIS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY’VE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S T-B PROGRAM MANAGER,…… MORE
NM Agrees to Pollution Reduction
SEVERAL NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA UTILITY COMPANIES, INCLUDING PNM, HAVE AGREED TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION FROM THE FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT NEAR SHIPROCK. IT’S PART OF A CLEAN AIR SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE UTILITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE SETTLEMENT REQUIRES 160-MILLION DOLLARS IN UPGRADES TO THE PLANT…ALONG WITH HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION PROJECTS AND A…… MORE
Murder Suspect Cuffed 20 Years Later
A MAN ON THE RUN FROM THE LAW FOR 19 YEARS IS NOW BEHIND BARS. THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD PAUL SANCHEZ WAS ARRESTED IN EL PASO, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY. SANCHEZ ALLEGEDLY WAS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF MIGUEL CABRERA IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTH VALLEY IN SEPTEMBER OF 1996. A MULTI-AGENCY TASK FORCE LOCATED CABRERA AT A…… MORE
Duke City Murder Suspect Headed Back to NM
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE BELIEVE 29 YEAR OLD ANDRES BERMUDEZ USED A STEAK KNIFE TO STAB HIS FRIEND DANNY HERRERA TO DEATH THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. THEY SAY IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 28TH OF 2011 WHILE THE TWO WERE HAVING A PRE-NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY. APD THEN CONTACTED THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE IN AN EFFORT…… MORE
Man Cuffed After Nearly Eight Hour Standoff
THE 52 YEAR OLD MAN WHO STAGED A MORE THAN 7-HOUR STANDOFF WITH ALBUQUERQUE POLICE TUESDAY FINALLY SURRENDERS AND IS ARRESTED TUESDAY NIGHT. IT STARTED WITH A 911 CALL FROM A WOMAN WHO REPORTED DENNIS LAWRENCE IN THE BACKYARD OF HER HOME NEAR LEAD AND SPRUCE SOUTHEAST SOUTHEAST. HE REMAINED IN THAT YARD THROUGHOUT THE…… MORE
Giant Step for Police Reform at APD
THE TEAM THAT WILL MONITOR ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT REFORMS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MAKES A FORMAL SITE VISIT. DR. JAMES GINGER HEADS UP THE EFFORT. HE INTRODUCED HIS NINE-MEMBER TEAM ON TUESDAY. NO ONE ON THE TEAM IS FROM NEW MEXICO, BUT THEY’VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED IN REFORMING OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE U-S.…… MORE
