ALBUQUERQUE IS GROWING AND ONE CITY COUNCILOR HAS NOTICED. ISAAC BENTON IS NOW PROPOSING TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY FROM NINE TO 11. BENTON, WHO ALSO SAYS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE POPULATION GROWTH, SOME CITY COUNCILORS HAVE MORE ON THEIR PLATES TO HANDLE THAN OTHERS. HE SAYS ONE DISTRICT…… MORE
Street Racing Spectators Targeted by New Bill
STREET RACING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR A LONG TIME. NOW, CITY COUNCILOR BRAD WINTER SAYS HIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE TARGETS SPECTATORS. HE PLANS TO INTRODUCE A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO BE A SPECTATOR AT THESE RACES ON. WINTER SAYS HE’S AWARE IT’S NOT A CURE ALL, BUT BELIEVES THERE…… MORE
Working Out a New Test for NM Schools
THE PUBLIC EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE IS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A NEW ASSESSMENT TEST FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NEW MEXICO . THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE COMMITTEE’S PRIORITIES ARE NOW LISTED AS FINDING A NEW STANDARDIZED TEST AND AUDITING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN NEW MEXICO. A TRANSITION TEST HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE BUT WILL…… MORE
One Day Crime Spree Adds Up for Federal Charges
AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN FACES FEDERAL CHARGES FOR A VIOLENT ONE-DAY CRIME SPREE IN JANUARY. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ALLEGES THAT 27 YEAR OLD CHARLES CHAVEZ WENT TO A HOME AND STOLE A PICKUP AT GUNPOINT…THEN DROVE THE TRUCK TO A GAS STATION WHERE HE STOLE A SECOND PICKUP AT GUNPOINT AND DROVE OFF. CHAVEZ IS…… MORE
Avoid I-25 at Rio Bravo
MORE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT THE RIO BRAVO EXIT ON I-25 IN ALBUQUERQUE. ON MONDAY AND TOMORROW, CREWS WILL BE WORKING FROM 8AM TO 3PM INSTALLING O-G-F-C, WHICH IS THE FINAL PAVEMENT SURFACE. KIMBERLY GALLEGOS WITH THE NEW MEXICO D-O-T TELLS US WHAT MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT: DELAYS, DUE TO LANES BEING CLOSED. AS FOR THE OVERALL…… MORE
More Patrols by BCSO
NOW THAT STATE POLICE SENT TO ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY TO HELP DEAL WITH VIOLENT CRIME ARE LEAVING, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS RAMPING UP ITS OWN PATROLS. SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES TELLS KOB TV WE’LL SEE MORE DEPUTIES AS STATE POLICE RETURN TO THEIR USUAL DUTIES. GONZALES SAYS THEY’LL BE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT PATROLS. STATE POLICE OFFICIALS…… MORE
Private Border Wall Construction Continues
OFFICIALS IN SUNLAND PARK, NEW MEXICO SAY THEY’LL ALLOW CONSTRUCTION TO RESUME ON A PRIVATELY FUNDED BORDER WALL. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GROUP “WE BUILD THE WALL INC” PUT UP ABOUT 15-HUNDRED FEET OF BOLLARD STYLE FENCING ALONG PRIVATE PROPERTY IN SUNLAND PARK LAST WEEKEND WITHOUT GETTING CITY APPROVAL. THE CITY SENT A…… MORE
Tasing Of Espanola Student Under Investigation
THE TASING OF A SPECIAL ED STUDENT AT ESPANOLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND NOW, THE BOY’S FAMILY IS SUING BOTH THE RIO ARRIBA SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE BOY WAS TASED AFTER HE WAS ACCUSED OF TAKING PART IN A DRUG DEAL ON CAMPUS AND GOT INTO A SCUFFLE WITH…… MORE
Funding NM’s Opioid Addiction Fix
THE OPIOID CRISIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. THAT’S ACCORDING TO U-S SENATOR TOM UDALL. HIS OFFICE, ALONG WITH REMAINDER OF THE STATE’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS AWARDING A TOTAL OF 600-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW MEXICO TO HELP FUND THE FIGHT AGAINST OPIOID ADDICTION. THE GROUPS…… MORE
Going Green in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS THE CITY IS ON THE PATH TO BECOMING ONE OF THE TOP TEN U.S. CITIES POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY. THE CITY AND PNM HAVE ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO ADD 50 MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR POWER TO SUBSCRIBERS OF THE PROJECT, TO BE LOCATED ON THE JICARILLA APACHE NATION IN NORTHERN NEW…… MORE
