SPACEPORT AMERICA IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO GETS THE VOTE FOR GREATER SECRECY. THAT WAS THE VOTE AT THE ROUND HOUSE IN SANTA FE MONDAY. STATE SENATORS VOTED 35 TO 5 ON THIS BILL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW PROTECTION FOR THE SPACEPORT TO DRAW IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN AEROSPACE. ALAMOGORDO…… MORE
More Funding Possible for NM National Labs
SIGNS POINT TOWARD MORE FUNDING FOR SANDIA AND LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORIES. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS RELEASED A 4.4 TRILLION DOLLAR BUDGET PROPOSAL. IN IT, THE PRESIDENT IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, WHICH OVERSEES THE TWO NEW MEXICO LABS, GET JUST OVER 15 BILLION DOLLARS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT’S AN…… MORE
Victim Identified in Edgewood Shooting
STATE POLICE SAY THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT WHO WAS MURDERED DURING AN ARMED ROBBERY IN EDGEWOOD SUNDAY WAS 62 YEAR OLD MICHAEL PELKEY OF ESTANCIA. POLICE SAY PELKEY WAS WORKING AT THE SMITH’S FUEL CENTER WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY A MAN WEARING A BANDANA OVER HIS FACE. HE DIED LATER AT THE…… MORE
Former State Senator to Be Sentenced This Week
FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO WILL BE SENTENCED FRIDAY FOR CORRUPTION…AND ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS IS ASKING THAT HE GET 10 YEARS IN PRISON, PLUS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS BALDERAS MADE THE RECOMMENDATION IN A SENTENCING MEMO. THE 69 YEAR OLD GRIEGO WAS FOUND…… MORE
Three “Cuffed” in Drive-By Shooting
THREE PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE … AND ONE IS UNDER 18 YEARS OLD. THE TWO VICTIMS IN THIS CASE SAID THEY SAW THE THREE SMOKING POT IN AN SUV NEXT TO THEM AS THEY DROVE NORTH ON JUAN TABO. THEY ALSO SAY ONE SUSPECT … 18 YEAR OLD…… MORE
Call for Stiffer Penalties for Attacking CYFD Workers
IT CAN GET ROUGH OUT THERE FOR CASE WORKERS WITH THE NEW MEXICO CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT. THAT’S ACCORDING TO CABINET SECRETARY MONIQUE JACOBSON. SHE WANTS TO SEE STIFFER PENALTIES FOR ANYONE WHO ATTACKS A C-Y-F-D EMPLOYEE. JACOBSON TELLS US SHE TAGGED-ALONG WITH A CASE WORKER ON A VISIT TO…… MORE
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Santa Fe Gains Medical Marijuana Cardholders
MEDICAL MARIJUANA HAS BECOME VERY POPULAR IN SANTA FE COUNTY. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE NUMBER OF CARDHOLDERS JUMPED BY 43 PERCENT BETWEEN JANUARY OF 2017 AND JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. SANTA FE COUNTY IS NOW SECOND ONLY TO BERNALILLO COUNTY IN THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL CANNABIS PATIENTS. THERE…… MORE
Police Immunity Bill Dies in Santa Fe
A BILL PUSHED BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ IS DEAD FOR THIS 30-DAY SESSION. A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HAS TABLED A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN MORE LEGAL IMMUNITY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACCUSED OF WRONGDOING. SUPPORTERS SAY IT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT NEW MEXICO IN LINE WITH FEDERAL LAW. BUT OPPONENTS SAY IT WOULD…… MORE
Taproom Vote Expected at UNM
THIS IS THE DAY THE UNM BOARD OF REGENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON WHETHER THEY’LL ALLOW A TAPROOM TO BE LOCATED ON-CAMPUS INSIDE THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING. KOB TV REPORTS ARTIST RENDITIONS OF THE TAPROOM THEY’VE SEEN INDICATE THERE WOULD BE 14 BEER TAPS. THE PROPOSAL FOR THE TAPROOM ALSO INCLUDES A…… MORE
