COME SEPTEMBER, NON-STOP FLIGHTS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND SANTA FE WILL END. JON HENDRY WITH THE FILM TECHNICIANS OF NEW MEXICO SAYS IT’LL LIKELY END A LOT OF MOVIE BUSINESS FOR THE CITY. HE TELLS US THOSE FLIGHTS BRING MOVIE PEOPLE AND THEIR BUSINESS TO SANTA FE. HE SAYS THEY’RE NOT YOUR USUAL TOURISTS. HENDRY…… MORE
Sunset Market Highlights Civic Plaza
THE MOVE IS ON TO GET YOU TO ALBUQUERQUE’S CIVIC PLAZA. AS OF WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH. THE DOWNTOWN GROWERS MARKET BEGINS HOLDING SUNSET MARKET … AN EVENT TO OCCUR EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 5 TO 9PM. ROBERT HOLBERG WITH THE GROWER’S MARKET SAYS THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PREPARED FOODS YOU CAN BUY AS WELL…… MORE
NM Inmate Was Murdered
STATE POLICE SAY AN INMATE FOUND DEAD AT THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY LAST MONTH WAS MURDERED…AND ANOTHER INMATE IS NOW CHARGED IN HIS DEATH. INVESTIGATORS SAY DANIEL HOOD TOLD THEM HE KILLED FRANK PAULINE BECAUSE PAULINE WAS A SNITCH AND WALKED AROUND LIKE HE OWNED THE PLACE. PAULINE’S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE…… MORE
Council Approves APD Monitor’s Contract
INDEPENDENT MONITOR JAMES GINGER’S CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. GINGER WILL OVERSEE REFORMS AT APD AFTER THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S INVESTIGATION. BUT GINGER RUBBED MOST COUNCILORS THE WRONG WAY WHEN HE FAILED TO ATTEND PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THEM. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY MEETINGS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BETWEEN GINGER AND…… MORE
Summer Traffic Expected to Rise at Sunport
AN AIRLINE INDUSTRY GROUP SAYS IT EXPECTS A RECORD 222 MILLION TRAVELERS THIS SUMMER. BUT THERE MAY NOT BE A BIG IMPACT IN ALBUQUERQUE. DAN JIRON WITH THE SUNPORT SAYS THEIR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR YEARS…AND THAT’S THE CASE FOR JUST ABOUT ALL MEDIUM SIZED AIRPORTS. HE SAYS THE AIRLINES ARE SHIFTING TO LARGER…… MORE
NM Updates Natural Gas Rule
MORE AND MORE DRIVERS IN NEW MEXICO ARE USING NATURAL GAS IN THEIR VEHICLES. SO THE STATE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT HAS ADDED A NEW RULE TO HELP THOSE DRIVERS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE GETTING WHEN THEY FILL UP ON THE LIQUEFIED VARIETY AT GAS STATIONS. tHE NEW RULE ALLOWS STATIONS TO SELL LIQUEFIED GAS TO CONSUMERS…… MORE
Garduno to Bow Out of Council
ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX WILL HAVE NEW REPRESENTATION AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION. CURRENT COUNCILOR REY GARDUNO HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING HE’S RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS TERM. GARDUNO WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2007. DISTRICT SIX COVERS ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTHEAST HEIGHTS, INCLUDING U-N-M, NOB HILL AND THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. HE’S ENDORSING COMMUNITY LEADER PAT…… MORE
No Charges for Parents of Injured 1 Year Old
APD SAYS NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED AT THIS TIME AGAINST THE COUPLE WHOSE 1 YEAR OLD WAS INJURED IN A FALL FROM A 2ND FLOOR APARTMENT BALCONY SUNDAY. THE CHILD FELL FROM THE BALCONY AT APARTMENTS IN THE 44 HUNDRED BLOCK OF MONTGOMERY … SUFFERED LACERATIONS AND IS UPGRADED FROM CRITICAL TO STABLE CONDITION.…… MORE
Biggest College Enrollment Drop In NM
NEW MEXICO HAS THE BIGGEST DROP IN COLLEGE ENROLLMENT IN THE U-S. THE NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE RESEARCH CENTER SAYS ENROLLMENT AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE DROPPED MORE THAN 8 PERCENT FROM SPRING 2014 TO SPRING OF THIS YEAR. BUT THE SURVEY DOESN’T SAY WHY. TERRY BABBITT WITH UNM TELLS KOB TV THEY’VE HAD…… MORE
Two Busted for Cocaine Possession at NM Border
EVER WONDER IF THEY FIND ANYTHING AT THOSE U-S BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINTS? TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS KNOW THE ANSWER. ONE WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY AFTER AGENTS AT THE CHECKPOINT ON I-25 NORTH OF LAS CRUCES FOUND 24 POUNDS OF COCAINE HIDDEN IN HIS VEHICLE. THE SECOND MAN WAS HAULING 10-AND-A HALF POUNDS OF COKE IN HIS…… MORE
