A PROBATION VIOLATION HEARING WILL BE HELD IN METRO COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE ON WEDNESDAY FOR FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE MONICA YOUNGBLOOD. SHE WAS CONVICTED OF DRUNK DRIVING LAST YEAR…AND AS PART OF HER PROBATION SHE CAN’T USE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT TWO TESTS THAT YOUNGBLOOD TOOK TO CHECK FOR RECENT ALCOHOL USE…… MORE
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHAT’S GOING THROUGH THE MIND OF SOMEONE WHO STEALS A POLICE CAR. THAT’S A QUESTION APD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED. BACK ON JANUARY FIRST, AROUND 3:00 AM, A MAN IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE IS SEEN ON VIDEO STEALING A POLICE CRUISER. IT HAPPENED OUTSIDE THE PRISONER TRANSPORT CENTER AT FOURTH AND…… MORE
WITH ALL THE RECENT SNOW STORMS IN ALBUQUERQUE, POTHOLES HAVE BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE ON CITY STREETS. JOHNNY CHANDLER WITH ALBUQUERQUE’S MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS CREWS ARE NOW OUT IN FORCE FIXING THEM. HE SAYS THEY HAVE THREE TRUCKS DEDICATED TO POT HOLE REPAIR, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A FOURTH CREW JOINING THE OTHER THREE…… MORE
LAST YEAR, NEW MEXICO HAD ONE OF ITS DRIEST WINTERS EVER. BUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROLOGIST ROYCE FONTENOT SAYS THINGS HAVE TURNED AROUND THIS WINTER. HE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS COMING THROUGH IN LATE DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY. FONTENOT SAYS MOST RIVER BASINS IN NEW MEXICO ARE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL…… MORE
SOME IMPROVEMENTS, BUT STILL NOT VERY GOOD. THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE FROM THE 2018 NEW MEXICO KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK. IT SHOWS THAT NEW MEXICO STILL RANKS 48TH FOR CHILD POVERTY AMONG THE 50 STATES. THE NUMBERS ARE BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO TEEN PREGNANCY RATES…CHILDREN LIVING IN HIGH POVERTY AREAS…AND THE RATE OF HIGH…… MORE
THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE PROPOSES A 7-BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET PLAN FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. IT’LL BE INTRODUCED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT STARTS TUESDAY. THE PLAN RELEASED MONDAY STILL HAS EDUCATION AS IT’S STAR. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE PLAN WOULD USE TAX DOLLARS FROM THE INCREASE IN OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION TO PAY FOR TEACHERS…… MORE
THE LEGISLATURE GETS UNDERWAY IN SANTA FE WITH AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA FROM A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR, MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, AND A COMPLETELY DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED HOUSE AND SENATE. EDUCATION IS THE BIG TICKET ITEM ON THEIR AGENDA WITH LUJAN GRISHAM PROPOSING A 500-MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE AND THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDING 400 MILLION DOLLARS EXTRA. THEY’LL ALSO…… MORE
DOCTORS IN NEW MEXICO ARE PRESCRIBING FEWER HIGH DOSE PAINKILLERS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS, IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2018, OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS WERE OFF 15 PERCENT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING DRUGS LIKE VALIUM AND XANAX WERE DOWN MORE THAN 13 PERCENT…WHILE PATIENTS WITH OVERLAPPING PRESCRIPTIONS FROM DIFFERENT HEALTHCARE…… MORE
THERE IS NOW A NEW DROP-IN CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DEALING WITH BEHAVIOR HEALTH ISSUES IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. THE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND A DOZEN OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS. KATRINA HOTRUM IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BERNALILLO COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SHE SAYS THERE IS A…… MORE
SECURITY OPERATIONS AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT AREN’T SEEING ANY IMPACTS FROM THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THAT’S THE WORD FROM SUNPORT MARKETING COORDINATOR STEPHANIE KITTS. SHE SAYS T-S-A AGENTS ARE SHOWING UP AND DOING THEIR JOBS DESPITE THE FACT THEY’RE NOT GETTING PAID RIGHT NOW. KITTS SAY IT’S BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE PUBLIC HAS…… MORE
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