AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AT THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AT THE DEPARTMENT’S SHOOTING RANGE. DEPUTY FELICIA MAGGARD SAYS A DEPUTY DISCHARGED HIS FIREARM CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS UPPER THIGH. SHE SAYS IT WAS A MINOR INJURY AND THE DEPUTY WAS CLEARED BY RESCUE ON SCENE BEFORE…… MORE
NM Not on the List
FROM 238 PROPOSALS, AMAZON HAS NARROWED ITS LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR A SECOND HEADQUARTERS TO 20 METRO AREAS IN NORTH AMERICA. AND THAT LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EITHER OF NEW MEXICO’S TWO APPLICANTS: ALBUQUERQUE AND DONA ANA COUNTY. GARY TONJES, THE PRESIDENT OF ALBUQUERQUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SAYS HE HAS NO REGRETS…… MORE
NEW INFORMATION ON CHOPPER CRASH
FIVE OF THE SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD A HELICOPTER THAT CRASHED OUTSIDE OF RATON IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY EVENING ARE DEAD. THE SIXTH PERSON IS BADLY INJURED. STATE POLICE LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS THE CRASH SITE WAS DIFFICULT TO GET TO DUE TO THE TERRAIN. DEPUTIES FOUND THREE PEOPLE DEAD…… MORE
Five of Six Killed in Northern NM Chopper Crash
FIVE OF SIX PEOPLE ONBOARD A HELICOPTER THAT CRASHED IN THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE RATON IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ARE DEAD. THE SIXTH PERSON IS BADLY INJURED. THIS IS STILL A DEVELOPING STORY, BUT WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS THAT RESPONSE AND RESCUE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE CRASH OCCURRED WEDNESDAY NIGHT.…… MORE
Proposal Could Swell Law Enforcement Numbers
REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE YVETTE HERRELL OF ALAMOGORDO IS PROPOSING A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS ACROSS NEW MEXICO TO GO BACK TO WORK AFTER THEY RETIRE AND STILL BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR RETIREMENT FUND. HERRELL SAYS HER MEASURE WOULD HELP TACKLE THE STATE’S CRIME PROBLEMS. IT’S AN…… MORE
Pay Raises Proposed
STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN NEW MEXICO COULD BE GETTING A BIG PAY RAISE. A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HAS ENDORSED A PLAN TO INCREASE BY 10 PERCENT THE SALARY FOR THE GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, SECRETARY OF STATE AND SEVERAL OTHER POSITIONS. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THE PLAN WOULD ALSO INCLUDE MORE MODEST PAY HIKES FOR…… MORE
Keller Signs Rape Kit Executive Order
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO TACKLE THE LARGE BACKLOG OF UNTESTED RAPE KITS. HE SAYS THERE ARE OVER 54-HUNDRED OF THE UNTESTED KITS STATEWIDE AND 75 PERCENT OF THOSE ARE IN ALBUQUERQUE. KELLER SAYS TESTING THE KITS…… MORE
Secretary of State’s Office Could Get More Funding
THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS ASKING THE LEGISLATURE FOR INCREASED FUNDING. MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER WENT BEFORE THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, REQUESTING HIGHER FUNDING IN SEVERAL AREAS. SHE WANTS JUST OVER 1-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLAR TO CONDUCT THE PRIMARY ELECTION IN JUNE THIS YEAR … JUST UNDER 1-POINT-4 MILLION FOR…… MORE
“Green Light” for Nurses Bill in NM Senate
THE DEADLINE TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT THE ENHANCED NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT AT THE LEGISLATURE IS THE END OF THIS WEEK. AND THE SENATE ON WEDNESDAY PASSED THE MEASURE. THE HOUSE CONSIDERS IT ON THURSDAY. SENATE BILL 1 LETS NURSES AND OTHER LICENSED PRACTICAL OR VOCATIONAL NURSES GET ONE MULTI-STATE LICENSE ALLOWING THEM…… MORE
Family of Mary Hawkes Settles With APD
THERE’S A SETTLEMENT IN THE LAWSUIT OVER THE 2014 FATAL POLICE SHOOTING OF 19 YEAR OLD MARY HAWKES IN ALBUQUERQUE. HER FAMILY HAD SUED THE CITY AND APD OFFICER JEREMY DEAR WHO SHOT HAWKES FOLLOWING A FOOT CHASE. SHE WAS SUSPECTED OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE THEFT OF A TRUCK. THE…… MORE
