SUPPORTERS OF A PROPOSED GROSS RECEIPTS TAX INCREASE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAY IT WOULD RAISE 55 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR…IN PART TO HELP APD HIRE MORE OFFICERS. THE TAX HIKE GOES BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. THE BILL, CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ, DOES NOT PUT THE TAX TO A PUBLIC VOTE. SANCHEZ THINKS…… MORE
Albuquerque Mayor Proposes Tax Hikes
THE KELLER ADMINISTRATION IS BEING MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT OPTIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION TO DEAL WITH A 40-MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT. TO INCREASE REVENUE, THE MAYOR’S OFFICE SAYS TAX HIKES ARE ON THE TABLE…INCLUDING INCREASING THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AND IMPOSING A TWO CENT A GALLON GASOLINE TAX. AN INCREASE IN BUS FARES IS BEING…… MORE
No BLM Sale This Month
THERE WON’T BE A BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT OIL AND GAS LEASE SALE OF PARCELS NEAR THE CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ON MARCH 8TH. THE BLM ANNOUNCED FRIDAY THAT IT’S DEFERRING THE SALE, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE AGENCY TO COMPLETE AN ON-GOING ANALYSIS OF MORE THAN 5-THOUSAND CULTURAL SITES IN THE PROPOSED…… MORE
More Affordable Housing for Albuquerque
A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FAST-TRACKED BY BERNALILLO COUNTY IS NOW OPEN ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE. THE VILLAGE AT AVALON IS A 19 MILLION DOLLAR 240 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX LOCATED NEAR LOS VOLCANES ROAD AND 90TH STREET NORTHWEST. THE WORKFORCE HOUSING COMPLEX WAS BUILT USING COUNTY AUTHORIZED PROJECT REVENUE BONDS. COUNTY COMMISSIONER…… MORE
More Interstate Road Work Starts This Week
WORK ON THE I-40/LOUISIANA INTERCHANGE IS SET TO BEGIN THIS WEDNESDAY. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THE WORK WILL INVOLVE THE WESTBOUND ON-AND-OFF RAMPS. THE PROJECT COMES WITH A PRICE TAG OF 4-POINT-9 MILLION DOLLARS AND SHOULD BE COMPLETE IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS. DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE…… MORE
Two Teens Charged With Murder
TWO 15 YEAR OLDS ARE IN CUSTODY CHARGED WITH OPEN COUNTS OF MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF MAN LAST THURSDAY. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS IT HAPPENED AT TOWER PARK ON 86TH STREET. DROBIK SAYS THE TWO SUSPECTS, SANTIAGO ARMIJO AND JEREMIAH DE LA PENA, FLED ON FOOT AS OFFICERS WERE ARRIVING ON…… MORE
Fire Danger Not Over Yet
WINDY, DRY CONDITIONS ARE IN THE FORECAST, SETTING UP THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER. THAT WAS ESPECIALLY THE CASE ON SUNDAY, WHEN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA WAS UNDER A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ANDY CHURCH SAYS THIS IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT WE’VE GONE THROUGH IN RECENT MONTHS IN NEW MEXICO.…… MORE
Council to Consider Sales Tax Hike
IT MAY COST YOU MORE TO SHOP IN ALBUQUERQUE STARTING LATER THIS YEAR. ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON A PROPOSAL TO HIKE THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX BY THREE-EIGHTHS OF A CENT PER DOLLAR. KEN SANCHEZ IS A CO-SPONSOR OF THE BILL…AND SAYS A-P-D WILL GET MUCH OF…… MORE
APD Investigates Park Shooting Death
JUST AS AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR WAS GETTING HEAVY, THERE WAS A SHOOTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT TOWER PARK IN SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE WERE SENT TO THE SCENE AROUND 4:54 PM AND FOUND A MALE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS CHEST. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BUT DIED OF HIS INJURIES THERE. …… MORE
No Bond for Man Charged with Killing Roommates
THE MAN ACCUSED IN THE MURDERS OF 70 YEAR OLD EUGENE CARRELL RAY AND ZAKARIA FRY WAS IN COURT FRIDAY … AND A JUDGE ORDERED THAT CHARLES SPIESS BE HELD WITHOUT BOND. HE’S ALSO KNOWN AS JAMES KNIGHT. HIS CASE IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURT WHERE A JUDGE WILL DETERMINE…… MORE
