NEW MEXICO IS STILL LOSING TEACHERS … DESPITE RAISING THEIR PAY AND PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO STIPENDS. A LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT SAYS THE EXTRA SALARY MONEY HAS YET TO STOP TEACHERS FROM LEAVING THE STATE. THE COMMITTEE TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT OF 871 NEW TEACHERS HIRED TO WORK IN THE STATE’S PUBLIC SCHOOL…… MORE
Female Robbery Suspect Arrested
A TRAFFIC STOP ON OLD COORS ROAD SUNDAY EVENING ENDS UP WITH A SUSPECTED BANK ROBBER BACK IN JAIL. TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD DENISE ROMERO FIRST GAVE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES A FALSE NAME BUT THE MAN WITH HER CONFIRMED SHE WAS LYING. SHE TRIED TO RUN BUT WAS SOON ARRESTED. ROMERO HAD WALKED AWAY FROM A HALFWAY…… MORE
Hatch Farmers File for Trademark
HATCH CHILE FARMERS WANT TO PROTECT THEIR PRODUCT NAME AND ARE APPLYING FOR CERTIFICATION OF THEIR CHILE. THIS COMES AFTER IT WAS LEARNED A CHILE COMPANY IN GEORGIA HAS BEEN CLAIMING THE HATCH LABEL. FARMERS HERE IN NEW MEXICO WANT TO MAKE SO THEY’RE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN USE THE HATCH NAME SO THE…… MORE
LOS ALTOS KILLING MAY BE SELF DEFENSE
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RELEASING IMAGES FROM A CELL PHONE VIDEO OF A FIGHT AT LOS ALTOS SKATE PARK LAST MARCH. 17 YEAR OLD JACQUISE LEWIS WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING A CONFRONTATION AT THE PARK. APD OFFICER TANNER TIXIER SAYS THE EVIDENCE THEY HAVE NOW INDICATES THE SHOOTING OF LEWIS WAS IN SELF DEFENSE. HE SAYS…… MORE
Terror Threat Delays Start at Albuquerque School
A LOCKDOWN AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE CAUSES A DELAY IN THE START OF CLASSES AT SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ALBUQUERQUE FRIDAY. MILITARY BASES ARE ON A ELEVATED SECURITY LEVEL NATIONWIDE IN RESPONSE TO A POSSIBLE TERROR THREAT. MONICA ARMENTA WITH APS SAYS ONLY PARENTS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THE BASE COULD GET THEIR KIDS…… MORE
Cap and Gown Season Underway at APS
IT’S THE CULMINATION OF ALL THEY DO AT APS. DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON JOHANNA KING TELLS US THAT’S HOW THEY LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SEASON. SHE SAYS IT STARTS THIS SATURDAY. SHE SAYS STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE AND CAREER HIGH SCHOOL ON THE CNM CAMPUS WILL GRADUATE AS PART OF THE CNM COMMENCEMENT STARTING AT…… MORE
UNM Approves Nearly 3-Billion Dollar Budget
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FINALLY HAS A BUDGET PLAN. THE ABQ JOURNAL REPORTS SCHOOL’S BOARD OF REGENTS ON THURSDAY FINALLY … AND UNANIMOUSLY … APPROVED A NEARLY 3-BILLION DOLLAR PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR STARTING JULY 1ST. THAT FOLLOWS MONTHS OF MUCH DISCUSSION, FRUSTRATION, AND REVISIONS OF THE BUDGET PLAN. IT ALLOTS ABOUT TWO-THIRDS…… MORE
BSCO Issues Report on Deputy-Involved Shooting
A MAN SHOT AND KILLED DURING A CONFRONTATION WITH BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES LAST SUNDAY MORNING IS SAID TO HAVE BRANDISHED A GUN AT DEPUTIES BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. DEPUTIES SAY BILLY GRIMM HAD REACHED FOR A GUN IN HIS WAISTBAND WHILE THEY WERE INVESTIGATING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE NEAR TAPIA AND ARENAL SOUTHWEST INVOLVING GRIMM…… MORE
South Valley Residents Oppose Fertilizer Plant
A FERTILIZER COMPANY THAT WANTS TO SET UP OPERATIONS IN ABQ’S SOUTH VALLEY IS GETTING A STRONG FIGHT FROM RESIDENTS. HUMIC GROWTH SOLUTIONS HOPES IT’LL GET THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE INTO A BUILDING NEAR 2ND AND RIO BRAVO. RESIDENTS OPPOSE THE COMPANY’S MOVE TO THE SOUTH VALLEY, SAYING THERE ARE ALREADY NUMEROUS INDUSTRIES THERE…… MORE
Lawmakers Call for Selling the Rail Runner
FINANCIAL QUESTIONS BEING RAISED AGAIN ABOUT NEW MEXICO’S RAIL RUNNER. LAWMAKERS WANT THE STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO DO A STUDY ON WHETHER THE COMMUTER TRAIN IS FINANCIALLY VIABLE. THESE QUESTIONS WERE RAISED AFTER IT CAME TO LIGHT THAT THE TRAIN EARNED JUST UNDER 3-MILLION DOLLARS IN FARES LAST FISCAL YEAR … BUT COST THE STATE…… MORE
