THE FIRST OF THE CLEAN DIESEL BUSES FOR ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT HAS ARRIVED. IT’S A DEMO UNIT THAT MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS WILL NOW BE INSPECTED AND TESTED. HE SAYS THE REST OF THE BUSES WILL ARRIVE IN THE FALL…AND IT’S HOPED A-R-T CAN BE UP AND RUNNING BY THIS WINTER. THE CITY DECIDED TO…… MORE
Arrests Made in Gruesome 2017 Murder
THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN A GRUESOME 2017 MURDER IN ALBUQUERQUE. ANDREW GARCIA, ERIC EMERSON AND DAMARIS MARQUEZ ARE CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF 39 YEAR OLD AUDRA WILLIS, WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH AND FOUND DECAPITATED IN AN ARROYO IN FOUR HILLS. APD SAYS GARCIA FACES AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER. EMERSON AND…… MORE
Two Fires in One Day for Albuquerque
TWENTY FIVE ACRES ARE BURNED IN ALBUQUERQUE’S FOOTHILLS SINCE TUESDAY WHEN THE MICHAEL EMERY TRAIL HEAD FIRE FIRST FLARED UP. ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE HAVE BEEN WORKING THE BLAZE WITH THE BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STATE FORESTRY … AND THEY STAYED OVERNIGHT TO KEEP IT CONTAINED AND MONITOR THE FIRE. IT’S NOT KNOWN HOW THIS…… MORE
More Rules Coming for Medical Cannabis in NM
A HEARING WILL BE HELD IN SANTA FE NEXT MONTH ON NEW RULES BEING PROPOSED FOR THE STATE’S MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM. THE PROPOSAL WOULD LIMIT MARIJUANA CULTIVATION TO 1750 MATURE PLANTS PER LICENSED PRODUCER. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE NEW PLANT LIMIT IS DESIGNED TO BALANCE CONCERNS ABOUT AVAILABLE MEDICAL CANNABIS SUPPLY, WHILE LIMITING…… MORE
BIA Officer and K-9 Make Drug Bust on Pueblo
NINE POUNDS OF HEROIN WORTH 559 THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE STREET IS SEIZED ON LAGUNA PUEBLO. THE DRUGS WERE FOUND ON THE PUEBLO LAST WEEK BY AN OFFICER WITH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND HIS K-9. THE OFFICER, NICHOLAS JACKSON, AND HIS DOG KOFI ARE NOW GETTING PRAISE FROM THE BIA FROM THE DRUG…… MORE
Udall Addressing the “Digital Divide”
NEW MEXICO’S U-S SENATOR TOM UDALL ON WEDNESDAY IS QUESTIONING FCC CHAIRMAN AJIT PAUL AND MEMBERS OF THAT AGENCY IN AN OVERSIGHT HEARING OF THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE. UDALL IS OPPOSED TO THE NEW MERGER CONDITIONS OFFERED BY T-MOBILE AND SPRINT. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE THAT HE SAYS HURTS NEW…… MORE
Arrest Made in Crosswalk Vandalism
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN LAST WEEK’S VANDALISM OF A RAINBOW CROSSWALK IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NOB HILL AREA. POLICE SAY 31 YEAR OLD ANTHONY MORGAN WAS THE LEADER OF A GROUP OF MOTORCYCLISTS WHO DAMAGED THE CROSSWALK, MEANT TO HONOR THE L-G-B-T COMMUNITY. MORGAN IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND CONSPIRACY. MAYOR TIM…… MORE
Whataburger Offender Arrested
A MAN WHO BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE THE WHATABURGER RESTAURANT AT SECOND AND MENAUL ON TUESDAY IS IN CUSTODY. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE MAN ROBBED THE RESTAURANT WITH A KNIFE…STABBED AN EMPLOYEE…THEN HOLED UP IN A BATHROOM. HE WAS ARMED AND BARRICADED, SO SWAT WAS CALLED IN AND HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE BATHROOM TWO…… MORE
Senior Games a Shot in the Arm for Albuquerque
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE POURING INTO THE DUKE CITY FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THE 2019 NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES GET UNDERWAY ON FRIDAY, AND RUN THROUGH JUNE 25TH. SPOKESWOMAN ALICIA MANZANO SAYS THIS IS THE LARGEST EVENT, OUTSIDE OF BALLOON FIESTA, THAT ABQ HAS EVER HOSTED. CLOSE TO 14 THOUSAND ATHLETES WILL BE COMPETING…THE LARGEST…… MORE
