A SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS UNLIVEABLE AFTER A FIRE THERE SUNDAY. IT LEFT DOZENS AND RESIDENTS AND THEIR PETS WITHOUT A HOME. THE FIRE WAS AT A COMPLEX IN THE 400 BLOCK OF GEORGIA. IT SPARKED UP SHORTLY BEFORE 5PM SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY A GAS METER EXPLOSION. RESIDENTS WATCHED AS…… MORE
NM GOP Pre-Primary Convention This Week
THERE’S NO DOUBT WHO THE FRONT-RUNNER IS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION IN NEW MEXICO. CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE LUJAN-GRISHAM GARNERED TWO THIRDS OF THE DELEGATE VOTES AT THE RECENT PRE-PRIMARY CONVENTION. POLITICAL BLOGGER JOE MONAHAN SAYS THAT PUTS HER IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE REPUBLICANS HOLD THEIR PRE-PRIMARY CONVENTION THIS COMING WEEKEND.…… MORE
Illnesses Persist Despite NM Being Past Flu Peak
NEW MEXICO IS SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD THE END OF ITS FLU SEASON, WHICH HAS BEEN HORRIBLE THIS YEAR. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED, AND EVEN THOSE WHO CAUGHT COLDS HAD TO TAKE TIME TO RECOVER. DR. CHAD SMELSER WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS JUST BECAUSE WE’VE REACHED OUR PEAK…… MORE
Sandoval County Ups Sales Tax
TAXES ARE GOING UP IN SANDOVAL COUNTY. THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO INCREASE THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX BY AN EIGHTH OF A PERCENT TO FUND RENOVATIONS TO THE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. THE TAX HIKE WILL GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR. THE MONEY RAISED WILL GO TOWARD A NEW…… MORE
Shelter Service Up for 2017-2018
ALBUQUERQUE’S WINTER SHELTER HAS CLOSED FOR THE SEASON. THE CITY’S FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAYS THE SHELTER SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 268 PEOPLE, INCLUDING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, EACH NIGHT BETWEEN NOVEMBER 15TH AND MARCH 15TH. THAT WAS AN INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE OF ABOUT FIVE PERCENT. EACH YEAR THE FAMILY AND…… MORE
Santa Feans Reject Flying J Truck Stop
SANTA FE RESIDENTS DON’T WANT A PROPOSED PILOT FLYING J TRUCK STOP NEAR I-25 AND NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY 14. THEY’VE STAUNCHLY OPPOSED THE PLAN, SAYING IT WOULD ONLY BRING WITH IT HEAVY TRAFFIC, NOISE, AND BRIGHT SIGNS. AND NOW THERE’S ANOTHER ROADBLOCK FOR THE PROPOSAL. THE SANTA FE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION THURSDAY NIGHT…… MORE
Convicted Family Killer in the MDC
NEHEMIAH GRIEGO HAS BEEN MOVED…FROM A JUVENILE FACILITY TO THE METRO DETENTION CENTER. A CHILDRENS COURT JUDGE HAS ORDERED GRIEGO TO STAY THERE UNTIL ANOTHER HEARING IS HELD TO DETERMINE WHETHER HIS JUVENILE SENTENCE FOR KILLING FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN ALBUQUERQUE IN 2013 WILL STAND, OR IF HE SHOULD BE SENTENCED AS AN…… MORE
Barricaded Suspect Surrenders
A POLICE STANDOFF AT 5TH AND CANDELARIA IN ABQ ENDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SUSPECT, 40 YEAR OLD MICHAEL RAY NIETO, SURRENDERING. STATE POLICE LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS AROUND NOON THURSDAY, OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO SERVE A WARRANT ON THE AUTO THEFT SUSPECT AT HIS HOME WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED. IT’S BELIEVED NO…… MORE
Opioid Epidemic Hits Native Americans Hard
NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN HIT PARTICULARLY HARD BY THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. NATIVE AMERICANS AND ALASKA NATIVES SAW A FIVE-FOLD INCREASE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS BETWEEN 1999 AND 2015. THE C-D-C SAYS, OVER THAT PERIOD, THE INCREASE IN DEATHS WAS HIGHER FOR NATIVE AMERICANS THAN ANY OTHER GROUP…WITH…… MORE
MDC Guard Fired
CONTROVERSIAL JAIL GUARD ERIC ALLEN IS NO LONGER ON BERNALILLO COUNTY’S PAYROLL. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ALLEN, WHO FACES FELONY BATTERY CHARGES AGAINST AN INMATE, WAS FIRED ON WEDNESDAY. HE’D BEEN ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. COUNTY OFFICIALS NOTIFIED ALLEN LAST NOVEMBER THAT THEY HAD BEGUN THE…… MORE
