ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER RYAN HOLETS AND HIS WIFE REBECCA ARE AT THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN SANTA FE AT 10:30 TUESDAY MORNING AS THE STATE MARKS THIS AS “NEW MEXICO’S ANGELS ON EARTH” PROCLAMATION DAY. IT’LL NOTE THE SELFLESS EFFORTS OF THE HOLETS FOR ADOPTING AN ADDICTED INFANT FROM A HOMELESS WOMAN RYAN…… MORE
Man Fights With Deputies, Steals Patrol Vehicle
IT WAS ANYTHING BUT A ROUTINE ARREST FOR SOME BCSO DEPUTIES MONDAY MORNING. THEY HAD BEEN CALLED TO SAN BERNADINO AND TRAMWAY IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS MAN IN THE AREA. THAT’S WHEN THEY CAME ACROSS 34 YEAR OLD KEVIN ESTRADA. UNDERSHERIFF RUDY MORA. SAYS ESTRADA INITIALLY WAS COMPLIANT BUT BECAME…… MORE
No Release Bill Introduced
RELEASING A PERSON WHO’S BEEN LOCKED UP AS A JUVENILE WHEN HE OR SHE IS 21 COULD BECOME A LAW OF THE PAST IN NEW MEXICO. BELEN REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR GREG BACA IS INTRODUCING A BILL THAT WOULD END EARLY RELEASE AT THE AGE OF 21 FOR JUVENILES FOUND GUILTY IN CHILDREN’S COURT…… MORE
Good News for Valencia County
VALENCIA COUNTY’S ECONOMY IS BEING REVITALIZED BY MORE AND MORE INDUSTRIES MOVING TO THE AREA, INCLUDING FACEBOOK. IT’S LED TO A JOB FAIR BEING HELD THIS THURSDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE BELEN BUSINESS CENTER ON MAIN STREET. WORKSHOPS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE STATE…… MORE
NM Tech Council Ceo Hired by Albuquerque Mayor
THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE NEW MEXICO TECH COUNCIL SINCE 2014 IS RESIGNING TO JOIN ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER’S ADMINISTRATION. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS NYIKA ALLEN HAS QUIT THE COUNCIL AND STARTS WORKING AT THE MAYOR’S OFFICE ON FEBRUARY 20TH. OFFICIALS WITH THE CITY HASN’T SAID YET WHAT JOB ALLEN…… MORE
NM U-S Marshal Resigns
NEW MEXICO’S U-S MARSHAL RESIGNS. CONRAD CANDELARIA RESIGNED THIS PAST WEEKEND. HE HAD SERVED IN THAT POSITION FOR NEARLY EIGHT YEARS AFTER BEING NOMINATED BY THEN-PRESIDENT OBAMA. THE U-S SENATE CONFIRMED THAT CONFIRMATION IN 2010. A SPOKESMAN SAYS THE PERSON TAKING OVER THE ROLE OF INTERIM SENIOR MANAGER IS BRENT BROSHOW.…… MORE
More Years for Man Convicted of Road Rage
A MAN ALREADY IN PRISON FOR A FATAL ROAD RAGE SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS BEEN HANDED EVEN MORE PRISON TIME. 34 YEAR OLD TONY TORREZ ON MONDAY WAS SENTENCED TO MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FIREARMS CHARGES. TORREZ WILL SERVE THE TIME AFTER HE FINISHES…… MORE
No Charges Filed Against Jumper
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A MAN WHO PROMPTED A 13 HOUR SHUTDOWN OF I-40 SUNDAY WHEN HE THREATENED TO JUMP OFF THE LOUISIANA OVERPASS WILL NOT BE FACING CHARGES. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE MAN WAS IN CRISIS. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE MAN WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF AND IT TOOK A LOT OF…… MORE
NM Judge Jailed
IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO, A JUDGE IS UNDER ARREST FOR DRUNK DRIVING. STATE POLICE SAY 71 YEAR OLD TUCUMCARI MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE JOE DOMINGUEZ WAS PULLED OVER SUNDAY WHEN HE FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. THE ARRESTING OFFICER SAYS HE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL COMING FROM INSIDE…… MORE
No Louisiana Casino for NM Tribe
LAGUNA PUEBLO WON’T BE PURCHASING A CASINO IN LOUISIANA. THE GALLUP INDEPENDENT REPORTS THE NEW MEXICO TRIBE DIDN’T OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL BOARD BY A DEADLINE…PROMPTING THE OWNER OF ISLE OF CAPRI CASINO HOTEL LAKE CHARLES TO CANCEL THE SALE. IN 2016, LAGUNA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ANNOUNCED IT HAD…… MORE
