ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVES HAVE AT LEAST ONE APPARENT HOMICIDE TO INVESTIGATE. IT BEGAN WHEN FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A HOME IN THE 4-THOUSAND BLOCK OF PALO DURO NORTHEAST EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THEY FOUND MORE THAN FLAMES AND SMOKE WHEN THEY ARRIVED. THEY LOCATED TWO DECEASED MEN. IT APPEARS AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WAS SHOT…… MORE
A-G Recommends No Charges Against D-A Brandenburg
NEW MEXICO A-G HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS HIS OFFICE CAN NOT FIND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PURSUE CHARGES OF BRIBERY AND/OR INTIMIDATION OF WITNESSES AGAINST D-A KARI BRANDENBURG. APD HAD ASKED THE A-G’S OFFICE TO REVIEW THE EVIDENCE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE CHARGES. APD ALLEGED THAT BRANDENBURG BRIBED AND INTIMIDATED WITNESSES IN CONNECTION WITH THEFTS IN…… MORE
Search Continues for Missing Albuquerque Woman
SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSONNEL WILL BACK IN THE SANDIAS, CONTINUING THEIR SEARCH FOR 24 YEAR OLD BRITTANY JOHNSON. THE SEARCH GOT UNDERWAY WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOUND HER CAR NEAR SANDIA CREST WHILE DOING A MOTORIST WELFARE CHECK ON THE CREST ROAD AFTER IT SNOWED IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT. JOHNSON HAS…… MORE
Poll Shows Perception of Higher Crime in Duke City
MOST NEW MEXICANS SAY THERE’S BEEN MORE CRIME IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. THAT’S FROM A NEW SURVEY BY SANDIA MARKET RESEARCH. THE STUDY FOUND 71 PERCENT OF THOSE POLLED BELIEVE ALBUQUERQUE CRIME HAS INCREASED. AND NEARLY 85 PERCENT SAYS IT’S HURTING THE CITY’S BUSINESS AND TOURISM GROWTH. KOB TV REPORTS CITY OF…… MORE
PNM Must Refile Rate Hike Request
THE STATE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION IS MAKING PNM REFILE ITS RATE INCREASE APPLICATION. COMMISSIONERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY … 5-TO-0 … WEDNESDAY TO DISMISS THE UTILITY’S REQUEST FOR A 12-PERCENT RATE HIKE. THE P-R-C SAYS THE INFORMATION PROVIDED WAS INCOMPLETE. IF THE INCREASE HAD BEEN GRANTED, THE HIGHER RATES WOULD HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT NEXT JANUARY.… MORE
Heavy Holiday Traffic For NM and the Mountain West
LOTS OF PEOPLE WILL BE ON THE ROAD IN NEW MEXICO AND THE REST OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. DOUG SHUPE WITH TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO SAYS 2-POINT-8 MILLION PEOPLE WILL GO 50 MILES OR MORE FROM HOME… A 5-POINT-7 PERCENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. SHUPE SAYS 234 THOUSAND WILL FLY … AND…… MORE
A Big Mess in the Manzanos
WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING? THAT’S WHAT CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST OFFICIALS ARE ASKING AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SOMEONE HAS BEEN DUMPING CONTAINERS OF WHAT COULD BE MOTOR OIL IN THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS. THE MOUNTAINAIR DISTRICT RANGER SAYS THE DUMPING MAY HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS, POSSIBLY CONTAMINATING THE SOIL AND GROUNDWATER. IT’S…… MORE
Bernalillo County Approves Slight Smaller Budget Plan
A MORE THAN QUARTER-BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR HAS BEEN APPROVED BY BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THE 257-MILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN IS ACTUALLY EIGHT PERCENT LESS THAN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. ALONG WITH PASSING THE BUDGET, COMMISSIONERS ALSO DECIDED TO GIVE UP THEIR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WHICH TOTAL 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DISTRICT. THAT…… MORE
Rio Rancho Man Sentenced in Drug and Firearms Case
TWENTY-NINE YEAR OLD MARK HERRERA OF RIO RANCHO IS HEADING TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR NEARLY SIX YEARS. HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED ON HEROIN TRAFFICKING AND FIREARMS CHARGES. HERRERA WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR AFTER POLICE SEARCHED HIS HOME AND VEHICLE AND FOUND MORE THAN SEVEN OUNCES OF HEROIN, MARIJUANA , A GUN AND…… MORE
Special Session Still Possible
A STATE LAWMAKER FROM ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THERE’S STILL A CHANCE A SPECIAL SESSION COULD BE CALLED TO PASS A BIG PUBLIC WORKS BILL. BUT REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LARRY LARRANAGA TELLS 770 KKOB SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK TO TEN DAYS. THAT’S BECAUSE THE DEADLINE IS APPROACHING FOR BOND SALES TO BE REVIEWED AND…… MORE
