WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER IN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN PORTALES BACK ON JANUARY 15TH. NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE SAY IT WAS ROOSEVELT COUNTY SHERIFF MALIN PARKER WHO OPENED FIRE ON 48 YEAR OLD JAMES WALLACE MCFARLIN, WOUNDING HIM. MCFARLIN IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL. THE INCIDENT BEGAN…… MORE
APD Conducts Homicide Investigation for Ditch Body
A FULL HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY IN A DITCH BANK NEAR MONTANO AND EDITH VERY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE VICTIM HAS BEEN I-D’D AS 30 YEAR OLD ROMAN TRUJILLO. SERGEANT JOHN ALLEN SAYS THEY BELIEVE TRUJILLO’S DEATH WAS…… MORE
NM Out of the Bottom Five on Education
SOME GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS ON HOW NEW MEXICO FARES IN EDUCATION. WHILE THE STATE IS NOW OUT OF THE FIVE LOWEST RANKING STATES IN THE U-S … WALLET HUB STILL LISTS NEW MEXICO IN THE BOTTOM 10. IN FACT, NEW MEXICO IS THE 10TH LEAST EDUCATED STATE. WALLET HUB ANALYST JILL…… MORE
Da Vinci Genius Exhibit Near
MANY PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE DA VINCI GENIUS EXHIBIT COMING TO THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE IN ALBUQUERQUE NEXT MONTH. THE EXHIBIT OPENS ON FEBRUARY 10TH, AND NOW THE MUSEUM HAS HIRED ETIX-DOT-COM TO SELL TICKETS TO THE SHOW. THAT’S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE…… MORE
NM A-G Targets Charities Not in Reporting Compliance
ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS HIS OFFICE HAS FILED THE FIRST SIX LAWSUITS AGAINST NEW MEXICO CHARITIES THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGISTRATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. BALDERAS SAYS THE CHARITIES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTARILY COMPLY WITH STATE LAW…BUT HAVE FAILED TO DO SO. HE SAYS NEW MEXICANS WHO OPEN…… MORE
Drug Bust Nets 77
ALLEGED DRUG DEALERS, CAR THIEVES AND FELONS…ALL AMONG THOSE ARRESTED AS PART OF “OPERATION RECHARGE” IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. STATE POLICE LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS 77 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR CHARGED IN THE ROUND-UP THAT IS THE RESULT OF A FOUR MONTH INVESTIGATION. THE OPERATION WAS FOCUSED ON REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO’VE…… MORE
Secrecy Issues for NM’s Spaceport
HOW MUCH SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THE OPERATIONS AT NEW MEXICO’S SPACEPORT AMERICA? A BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE WOULD KEEP SOME OF THE INFORMATION, LIKE VISITOR LOGS, CONFIDENTIAL. PETER ST. CYR, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT, SAYS THAT’S NOT A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT DISCOUNTS THAT TAXPAYERS…… MORE
NM Still Among States With High Jobless Numbers
JOBS CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE IN NEW MEXICO. EVEN THOUGH THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL SLIGHTLY FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER, IT’S STILL THE SECOND HIGHEST IN THE U.S. THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SAYS NEW MEXICO’S JOBLESS RATE WENT DOWN A TENTH OF A POINT TO SIX PERCENT. ONLY ALASKA…… MORE
State Police Investigate Portales Officer Involved Shooting
ANOTHER OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING BEING INVESTIGATED IN NEW MEXICO … THIS TIME IN PORTALES. STATE POLICE WERE ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THE SHOOTING LAST MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE NOON AT AT COTTONWOOD PLACE, WHERE THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO FLIP OVER A CAR WITH A FRONT-END-LOADER. DEPUTIES LOCATED…… MORE
Not Much Impact on NM from Government Shutdown
THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS OVER. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ECONOMIST JEFF MITCHELL SAYS EVEN THOUGH NEW MEXICO IS DEPENDENT ON FEDERAL DOLLARS, GOVERNMENT CLOSURES DON’T IMPACT THE STATE AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT THINK. HE SAYS MOST OF THE FEDERAL MONEY NEW MEXICO GETS ARE THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH THE NATIONAL LABS…ALONG WITH MEDICARE,…… MORE
