FIRED ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER JEREMY DEAR CONTINUES TO TRY TO GET HIS OLD JOB BACK … BUT CHIEF GORDEN EDEN IS STANDING BY HIS DECISION TO FIRE HIM. DEAR WAS FIRED IN 2014, AFTER HE SHOT AND KILLED 19 YEAR OLD AUTO THEFT SUSPECT MARY HAWKES DURING A FOOT CHASE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE IN APRIL.…… MORE
Slain Officers Widow Joins A-G’s Review Team
NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS JULIE BENNER WILL BE PART OF HIS VIOLENT CRIMES CASE REVIEW TEAM. SHE’S THE WIDOW OF RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICER GREGG BENNER WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST MONTH DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. BALDERAS SAYS MRS. BENNER REACHED OUT TO HIS OFFICE. THE TEAM WILL BRING TOGETHER CORE…… MORE
State Issues ‘Hot Car” Warmings
NEW MEXICO TEMPS ARE IN THE 90S THIS WEEK … AND COULD HIT 100 DEGREES THIS WEEKEND. IT HAS POLICE AND STATE AGENCIES REMINDING PARENTS AND CARETAKERS TO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN HOT CARS. THE CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT SAYS NINE CHILDREN HAVE DIED FROM HEATSTROKE THAT WAY IN NEW MEXICO SINCE…… MORE
Layoffs Expected at Intel Arizona Plan
INTEL SAYS LAYOFFS WILL OCCUR AT ITS CHANDLER, ARIZONA PLANT … BUT WE’RE NOT GETTING MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE OTHER LAYOFFS WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE COMPANY. SPOKESPERSON LIZ SHIPLEY AT INTEL’S RIO RANCHO PLANT TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SHE CANNOT COMMENT ON THE MEMO LEAKED TO THE OREGONIAN NEWSPAPER THAT INDICATED SEVERAL HUNDRED…… MORE
Jet Blue Signs New Sunport Contract
IF YOU’RE A FAN OF JET BLUE’S OVERNIGHT SERVICE TO NEW YORK CITY, REST EASY. THE AIRLINE HAS SIGNED ON FOR ANOTHER YEAR AT THE SUNPORT. SUNPORT SPOKESMAN DANIEL JIRON TELLS US IT APPEARS JET BLUE IS SATISFIED WITH IT’S BUSINESS HERE. THIS NEW CONTRACT IS AT FULL PRICE AS OPPOSED TO THE FIRST TWO…… MORE
NM Falls Short in Dealing with Drunk Drivers
ARE NEW MEXICO’S DWI LAWS TOUGH ENOUGH? A NEW SURVEY SHOWS OUR STATE RANKS SECOND TO LAST WHEN IT COMES TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR DRUNK DRIVERS. LINDA ATKINSON WITH ALBUQUERQUE’S DWI RESOURCE CENTER SAYS, THE PROBLEM IS, JUDGES DON’T ALWAYS IMPOSE THE PENALTIES THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS. AND IT’S NOT JUST JAIL TIME. ATKINSON…… MORE
Turning Up the Heat
ALBUQUERQUE IS ABOUT TO GET HIT WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR SO FAR, WITH HIGHS EXPECTED IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST BRENT WACHTER SAYS WE COULD EVEN REACH 100 THIS WEEKEND…SOMETHING THAT USUALLY HAPPENS ABOUT TWICE A YEAR. HE SAYS THE LAST TIME…… MORE
Vehicular Homicide Con Could Get New Trial
JUAN DE DIOS CORDOVA COULD GET A NEW TRIAL. HE’S THE SANTA FE MAN WHO WAS CONVICTED OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND OTHER CHARGES IN 2012 IN THE DEATH OF AN ALGONDONES MOTORCYCLIST IN 2011. CORDOVA GOT 29 YEARS … BUT NOW THAT THE STATE APPEALS COURT HAS RULED A SANTA FE JUDGE MADE A MISTAKE…… MORE
Santolina Master Plan Not a Done Deal Yet
ANOTHER STEP TO GO ON BERNALILLO COUNTY’S CONTROVERSIAL SANTOLINA MASTER PLAN. THE COUNTY COMMISSION VOTED TUESDAY TO APPROVE THE PLAN AND ZONING CHANGES. BUT FAILED TO VOTE ON A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 24TH WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. TUESDAY’S VOTE WAS 3-TO-2 … WITH COMMISSIONERS DEBBIE O’MALLEY AND MAGGIE HART STEBBING AGAINST…… MORE
Water Rate Hike Decision Soon
WE’LL KNOW THIS WEEK IF WATER BILLS IN ABQ AND BERNALILLO COUNTY ARE GOING UP. THE CITY-COUNTY WATER UTILITY BOARD MEETS TOMORROW (WED) TO VOTE ON A PROPOSED 5 PERCENT RATE HIKE. SPOKESMAN DAVID MORRIS SAYS IT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE BOARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO AS PART OF A MULTI-YEAR PLAN TO PAY FOR…… MORE
