NEW MEXICO HAS A NEW GOVERNOR. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM WAS SWORN IN AS THE STATE’S 32ND GOVERNOR AT A PRIVATE CEREMONY JUST AS THE NEW YEAR BEGAN TUESDAY. LATER, HUNDREDS SHOWED UP AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IN SANTA FE FOR A PUBLIC CEREMONY WHERE HOWIE MORALES WAS ALSO SWORN IN… AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. DURING HER…… MORE
DEPT OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CREWS ARE STILL CLEARING ALBUQUERQUE STREETS FOLLOWING THE NEW YEARS DAY SNOWSTORM THAT DUMPED SEVERAL INCHES ON THE CITY. MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS 30 TRUCKS ARE OUT ON THE ROADS AT ANY GIVEN TIME…WITH THE MAIN ARTERIALS GETTING MOST OF THE ATTENTION. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION SINCE SOME AREAS…… MORE
WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SKULL AND OTHER HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE DESERT NEAR THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY OF SUNLAND PARK. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT A MAN SPOTTED THE REMAINS TUESDAY WHILE WALKING WITH HIS FAMILY. IT’S UNCLEAR HOW LONG THE REMAINS HAD BEEN THERE. SUNLAND PARK IS ABOUT SIX…… MORE
SOME OF THE WORKERS AT SANDIA PEAK SKI AREA ARE GROOMING THE TRAILS AND CHECKING THE LIFTS…BUT STILL NO ANNOUNCEMENT ON AN OPENING DATE. GENERAL MANAGER BENNY ABRUZZO SAYS THE MAIN STUMBLING BLOCK IS THAT STATE ROAD 536, THE ROAD UP TO THE SKI AREA, REMAINS CLOSED BECAUSE IT HASN’T BEEN PLOWED. HE SAYS THE…… MORE
TOUGH DRIVING CONDITIONS IN ALBUQUERQUE PUT APD TO WORK, ANSWERING CALLS FOR AUTO ACCIDENTS. OFFICER SIMON DROBIK TELLS US ANYONE INVOLVED IN A CRASH NEEDS TO BE PATIENT. HE SAYS YOU CAN FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT AT AREA COMMAND STATIONS, OR SIMPLY GO ONLINE. THERE IS ALSO A FEATURE ON THE A-P-D “APP” THAT ALLOWS…… MORE
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS ON I-40 IN ALBUQUERQUE THAT RESULTED IN A FATALITY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SPOKESMAN RAY WILSON SAYS TOW TRUCK DRIVER PAT CISNEROS WAS KILLED WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A SEMI AS HE STOPPED TO HELP AN OFFICER WHO’D BEEN INVOLVED IN AN EARLIER ACCIDENT IN THE EASTBOUND…… MORE
A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASE OF TWO TEENS WHO HAVEN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE MID-DECEMBER. THE SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BODIES FOUND SATURDAY IN THE MESA AREA WEST OF RIO RANCHO ARE THOSE OF THE MISSING BOYS. THE TWO TEENS… 15 YEAR OLD COLLIN ROMERO AND 14 YEAR OLD AHMED LATEEF…WERE…… MORE
HERE’S A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION YOU MAY NOT HAVE CONSIDERED BEFORE. RESOLVE TO NOT WASTE AS MUCH FOOD AS YOU MAY HAVE IN THE PAST. A RECENT SURVEY OF 32-HUNDRED PEOPLE FOUND THAT PLENTY OF PEOPLE THROW AWAY FOOD. THE SURVEY FOUND THAT NEW MEXICANS WASTE NEARLY 1-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF FOOD EACH YEAR. THE…… MORE
NEW MEXICO IS ONCE AGAIN GOING TO BE BLASTED BY SNOW, STRONG WINDS, AND EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES. A WINTER STORM WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE STATE, INCLUDING ALBUQUERQUE AT 11:00 MONDAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ALYSSA CLEMENTS SAYS ALBUQUERQUE IS IN LINE FOR ABOUT 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION…WITH THE STORM ALSO BEING…… MORE
GOVERNOR ELECT MICHELLE LUJAN-GRISHAM HAD BETTER GET SOME REST MONDAY. HER INAUGURATION CEREMONIES BEGIN JUST AFTER MID-NIGHT WITH THE FINAL EVENT SCHEDULED FOR NOON TUESDAY. SHE’LL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE AT THE STATE CAPITAL IN A PRIVATE CEREMONY JUST AFTER MID-NIGHT WITH THE OATH ADMINISTERED BY HER SISTER-IN-LAW, RETIRED DISTRICT JUDGE SANDRA GRISHAM. THEN…… MORE
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