APD UNDERCOVER OFFICER JACOB GRANT IS SUING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE’S THE OFFICER WHO WAS SHOT EIGHT TIMES BY ONE OF HIS LIEUTENANTS DURING AN UNDERCOVER DRUG OPERATION IN JANUARY. THE TORT CLAIM GRANT FILED SAYS EVEN AFTER HE WAS HIT TWICE BY GREG BRACHLE’S GUNFIRE, BRACHLE CONTINUED SHOOTING. GRANT SPENT ABOUT A MONTH IN…… MORE
Brandenburg Sends APD Case to the Feds
BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A KARI BRANDENBURG WANTS THE FEDS TO REVIEW APD’S INVESTIGATION OF HER REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY AND WITNESS INTIMIDATION. POLICE ALLEGED SHE TRIED TO BRIBE AND INTIMIDATE WITNESSES IN BURGLARY CASES INVOLVING HER 26 YEAR OLD SON, JUSTIN KOCH. LAST WEEK, A-G HECTOR BALDERAS SAID IT APPEARED THE POLICE INVESTIGATION WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.…… MORE
New Film Needs NM Actors, Hundreds of Extras
IT CONTINUES TO BE A BUSY TIME FOR THE NEW MEXICO FILM INDUSTRY. THE FILM OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED ANOTHER PROJECT IS COMING TO THE STATE. “SHOT CALLER” BEGINS PRODUCTION NEXT TUESDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE. IT’S EXPECTED TO NEED AROUND 900 EXTRAS, ALONG WITH 30 NEW MEXICO ACTORS AND 20 STUNT PERFORMERS. THE PRODUCTION…… MORE
B.V.’s Confidential
David Lettermen is signing off after 33 years in late night TV this week. He was once a great comic innovator and interviewer but I tapped out on him several years ago when he let his own political agenda cloud his comedy. His idol, Johnny Carson, was the most brilliant man ever to host a…… MORE
Scott’s Turf
There is no other message this week than to say “Thank You”. That seems so insignificant as a way to express gratitude for the sacrifice our men and woman have paid for our freedom. Please consider them this weekend when you are grilling, playing, hiking, camping or whatever is in store. For millions of Americans,…… MORE
Weekends with Dan
The show will be on vacation Memorial Weekend, May 23 and 24. In our place, 7-10 am, from the fisher house, helping military families. The show is called, A HERO’S BEST MEDICINE. We return May 30, Saturday May 30- All in the Family. The Hatfield’s and McCoy’s. How the Civil War, a land dispute, a…… MORE
Standing Pat
It’s a BIG weekend ahead on 770 KKOB. We will carry four Colorado Rockies games over this Memorial Day weekend. The first game is Saturday afternoon at two against the Giants. AND 770 KKOB will remember our veterans with a TRIBUTE from the Fisher House called, A Hero’s Best Medicine. It will air Saturday and…… MORE
Teen Accused in Stabbing Death of His Sister
AN ALBUQUERQUE TEEN IS DEAD … ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY HER BROTHER. APD OFFICER FRED DURAN SAYS POLICE WERE SENT TO THE 10-THOUSAND BLOCK OF JOHNCOCK SOUTHWEST NEAR 98TH AND TOWER SHORTLY AFTER 2:00 AM. HE SAYS, ONCE THERE, THEY FOUND THE GIRL STABBED TO DEATH. DURAN SAYS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TWO HAD ARGUED,…… MORE
Teachers Protest Evaluations
A PROTEST BY SOME ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WEDNESDAY OVER STATE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EVALUATIONS. ABOUT THREE DOZEN APS TEACHERS BURNED THEIR EVALUATIONS OUTSIDE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS ON UPTOWN AS BOARD MEMBERS MET INSIDE FOR THEIR WEEKLY MEETING. THE TEACHERS SAY THE STATE EVALUATIONS ARE UNFAIR, DESPITE SOME OF THEM BEING RATED “HIGHLY EFFECTIVE.” MUCH OF…… MORE
Rains Dampen NM Fire Season
IT’S SHAPING UP TO BE A VERY MILD FIRE SEASON IN NEW MEXICO. FIRE WEATHER FORECASTER BRENT WACHTER TELLS US THE FIRE DANGER IS LOW…AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE RECENT RAINS. HE SAYS IN THE PAST MONTH, WINDS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY CALM, THE HUMIDITY HAS BEEN HIGH, AND THERE’S BEEN MUCH MORE CLOUD COVER…… MORE
