NEW MEXICO SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH IS READY TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. HE’S FILED HIS NOMINATING PAPERWORK WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE TO DO SO. HEINRICH SAYS HIS TOP PRIORITY IS TO DIVERSIFY THE STATE ECONOMY AND CREATE MORE JOBS. AND HE SAYS HE WANTS TO ENSURE EVERY NEW MEXICAN GETS…… MORE
Rio Rancho Mill Levy Passes
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL STAY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. VOTERS THERE ON TUESDAY APPROVED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MILL LEVY, MAINTAINING THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SUPPORT. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS FROM TUESDAY’S ELECTION SHOW NEARLY 81 PERCENT VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE MILL LEVY.… MORE
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District Attorney Fights for Funds
THE OFFICE OF THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS GETTING SOME HELP IN ITS PURSUIT OF MORE FUNDING FROM LAWMAKERS IN SANTA FE. ON TUESDAY, NICOLE CHAVEZ-LUCERO, THE MOTHER OF MURDER VICTIM JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER, POINTED OUT THAT JUST OVER 50 PERCENT OF ALL THE CRIME IN THE STATE IN 2016 WAS IN BERNALILLO…… MORE
Another Push for Legalized Pot in NM
ALTHOUGH A PROPOSAL LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS STILL ALIVE IN THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE, EVEN ITS SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGES CHANCES ARE SLIM THAT IT’LL PASS THIS YEAR. SENATOR JERRY ORTIZ Y PINO OF ALBUQUERQUE SAYS HIS PROPOSAL WOULD PUT THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. ORTIZ Y PINO SAYS…… MORE
No Gas Tax Hike for Albuquerque
THE IDEA OF HIKING THE GAS TAX IN ALBUQUERQUE BY TWO CENTS A GALLON IS DEAD, FOR NOW. THAT AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK NO ACTION ON THE PROPOSAL MONDAY NIGHT. PAUL GESSING WITH THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION IS HAPPY TO SEE IT DIE. HE HOPES THEY LEAVE THE LEGISLATION ALONE AND WORK…… MORE
A Guilty Plea from Murder Suspect
A MAN FACES FIVE TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN A SHOOTING AT ALBUQUERQUE’S WELLS PARK COMMUNITY CENTER IN 2016. TWENTY YEAR OLD DAMIEN HIDALGO TOLD POLICE HE CHASED DOWN AND SHOT JERRY TREJO AFTER TREJO TRIED TO ROB HIM DURING A DRUG DEAL. …… MORE
Duke City Man Gets Six Years for Vehicular Homicide
A MAN WHO CAUSED A WRECK THAT KILLED A YOUNG GIRL IN ALBUQUERQUE IN 2016 HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS BEHIND BARS. AUTHORITIES SAY 23 YEAR OLD XAVIER NELSON WAS GOING OVER 100 MPH BEFORE HIS CAR REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE ON I-25 NEAR THE MONTANO EXIT…KILLING 10 YEAR OLD CARMEN ESMERALDA…… MORE
Another Near-Suicide Ends Badly
A STANDOFF ON AN OVERPASS DID NOT END WELL IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY. POLICE SAY A 16 YEAR OLD BOY…WEARING ONLY HIS UNDERWEAR…HAS IRREVERSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE AFTER JUMPING FROM THE CANDELARIA OVERPASS ONTO NORTHBOUND PAN AMERICAN FREEWAY. THAT DESPITE ATTEMPTS BY POLICE TO BRING HIM DOWN SAFELY. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS A…… MORE
Tax Scammers Reported in NM
THE OFFICE OF THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS TAX SCAMMERS ARE OUT IN FORCE THIS TIME OF YEAR. CHOLLA KHOURY IS WITH THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION AT THE A-G’S OFFICE. SHE SAYS THEY’VE RECEIVED DOZENS OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY’RE BEING TARGETED BY SCAMMERS. PEOPLE SAY THEY’RE GETTING CALLS OR…… MORE
