TWO ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. IT HAPPENED NEAR SAN MATEO AND GRAND AVENUE. POLICE WERE SENT TO A CRIME-IN-PROGRESS AFTER A MAN CALLED 911 REPORTING THAT HE WAS NOT AT HOME, BUT COULD SEE ON HIS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM THAT…… MORE
APD Monitor Updates Report
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ACHIEVED PRIMARY COMPLIANCE WITH 93 PERCENT OF THE TASKS INCLUDED IN A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN APD AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. BUT, ACCORDING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, INDEPENDENT MONITOR JAMES GINGER SAYS IN A NEW REPORT THAT THE LACK OF SCRUTINY APD’S HIGHEST RANKING OFFICERS GIVE USE-OF-FORCE CASES IS…… MORE
Soda Tax Hike Fails in Santa Fe
THE PROPOSED SODA TAX HIKE IN SANTA FE IS DEFEATED IN TUESDAY’S SPECIAL ELECTION. RESULTS CAME IN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT, SHOWING 58 PERCENT OPPOSED THE HIGHER TAX WHILE 42 PERCENT APPROVED IT. OPINIONS WERE STRONG ON BOTH SIDE OF THE ISSUE BROUGHT TO VOTERS BY SANTA FE MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES IN AN EFFORT…… MORE
Soda Tax Hike Fails in Santa Fe
THE PROPOSED SODA TAX HIKE IN SANTA FE IS DEFEATED IN TUESDAY’S SPECIAL ELECTION. RESULTS CAME IN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT, SHOWING 58 PERCENT OPPOSED THE HIGHER TAX WHILE 42 PERCENT APPROVED IT. OPINIONS WERE STRONG ON BOTH SIDE OF THE ISSUE BROUGHT TO VOTERS BY SANTA FE MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES IN AN EFFORT…… MORE
Second Democrat Enters NM Governor’s Race
CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM NOW HAS COMPANY IN THE RACE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR IN 2018. FORMER T.V. EXECUTIVE JEFF APODACA, THE SON OF FORMER GOVERNOR JERRY APODACA, SAYS HE’S NOW AN OFFICIAL CANDIDATE. POLITICAL ANALYST JOE MONAHAN SAYS APODACA ISN’T WELL KNOWN…BUT THAT MAY BE AN ASSET IF…… MORE
Golfers Pleased with Re-done West Side Golf Course
THE RENOVATION OF THE LADERA GOLF COURSE ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE SEEMS TO BE A HIT WITH GOLFERS. IT’S EXPECTED THE COURSE WILL SEE AROUND 45-THOUSAND ROUNDS OF GOLF PLAYED ON IT THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH REVENUE CONTINUING TO CLIMB. THE CITY HAS INVESTED OVER 3-MILLION DOLLARS IN LADERA SINCE 2010,…… MORE
Santa Fe Voting on Soda Tax Hike
SANTA FEANS WHO DIDN’T VOTE EARLY ARE GETTING THEIR LAST CHANCE TUESDAY TO DECIDE IF THEIR MAYOR’S PROPOSED SODA TAX HIKE WILL BECOME LAW. KOB TV REPORTS A RECORD NUMBER OF VOTERS … ABOUT 7-THOUSAND-800 … VOTED EARLY ON THE TAX HIKE. IF IT’S APPROVED, THE REVENUE FROM THE TAX WOULD HELP PAY…… MORE
TV Series Set Destroyed by Fire at Santa Fe University
MORE TROUBLE FOR THE SANTA FE UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN. A MONDAY NIGHT FIRE DESTROYED THE BUILDING WHERE THE TV SERIES “MANHATTAN” WAS SHOT. THERE WERE 30 FOOT FLAMES SHOOTING FROM THE ABANDONED BUILDING FROM THE FIRE THAT WAS REPORTED AROUND 8PM MONDAY. FIRE CREWS RESPONDED QUICKLY BUT THE BUILDING…… MORE
Man Found Nailed to Bosque Tree
A GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN AN ALBUQUERQUE BOSQUE CLEANUP SITE. A MAN WAS FOUND SCREAMING AFTER BEING NAILED TO A TREE. THE MAN WAS FOUND ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE INTO THE BIKE AND RUNNING TRAIL NEAR CENTRAL AND TINGLEY. HIS HANDS HAD BEEN NAILED TO A TREE CRUCIFIX STYLE. CITY…… MORE
Feds Partially Fund A-R-T
NOT ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT IS IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET COMPROMISE THAT’S BEEN REACHED IN WASHINGTON. FIFTY-MILLION DOLLARS FOR A-R-T IS INCLUDED…NOT THE 69 MILLION THAT WAS HOPED FOR. BUT MAYOR R-J BERRY SAYS THE REMAINING 19 MILLION IS EXPECTED IN NEXT YEAR’S SPENDING PLAN. …… MORE
