IT APPEARS TO BE WORKING. MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED SINCE ALBUQUERQUE’S CRIME INITIATIVE GOT UNDERWAY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. STATE POLICE OFFICERS MADE THOSE ARRESTS IN THE CITY SINCE THEY’VE BEEN SENT HERE TO HELP REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN ALBUQUERQUE. KOB TV REPORTS THE ARRESTS MADE IN THAT TIME INCLUDE SEVERAL DOZEN…… MORE
AFTER A LONG SHORTAGE OF APD OFFICERS IN ALBUQUERQUE, THE DEPARTMENT IS FINALLY NEARING A MILESTONE. APD ALMOST HAS A THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS … AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY APPROVED MORE MONEY TO HIRE A HUNDRED MORE POLICE OFFICERS. APD SPOKESMAN GILBERT GALLEGOS EXPECTS THE NUMBER OF OFFICER TO BE A THOUSAND BY THE…… MORE
A BIG BOOST TO THE WORK FORCE AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABS. SANDIA WILL HIRE 19-HUNDRED NEW EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO SPOKESPERSON VALERIE SMITH. SHE SAYS ABOUT 800 OF THOSE JOBS ARE BACKFILL FOR NATURAL ATTRITION … BUT 11-HUNDRED ARE NEW POSITIONS AND 80 PERCENT OF THOSE ARE JOBS IN NEW MEXICO. SMITH SAYS THE…… MORE
FIRST IT WAS DARIAN BASHIR IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW … NOW IT’S HIS BROTHER. FORTY-THREE YEAR OLD EPHRAIM BASHIR SURRENDERED TO POLICE IN ALBUQUERQUE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THAT WAS ON CHARGES THAT HE SHOT HIS GIRLFRIEND LAST WEEKEND AT AN ALBUQUERQUE APARTMENT COMPLEX. HIS BROTHER, DARIAN BASHIR, WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED RECENTLY WITH THE…… MORE
SOME HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKERS SAY THEY’LL NO LONGER MAKE MOVIES OR TV SHOWS IN GEORGIA AFTER THE STATE SIGNED ITS NEW “HEART BEAT” ABORTION BILL INTO LAW. THAT COULD MEAN MORE FILM WORK FOR NEW MEXICO. CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS NEW MEXICO JUST MADE FILMING HERE MORE ATTRACTIVE BY IMPROVING INCENTIVES FOR PRODUCTION COMPANIES. JIM GRAEBNER…… MORE
SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS HOPING ITS STUDENTS ARE JOB READY BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE. THE DISTRICT WILL START A PILOT PROGRAM NEXT YEAR THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR LIFE AFTER THEY GRADUATE. SUPERINTENDENT DR. VERONICA GARCIA TELLS CHANNEL 13 NEWS SANTA FE SCHOOLS HAVE DEVELOPED PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN BUILDING A PORTFOLIO…… MORE
IT’S A LIFE SENTENCE FOR STEVE KRAMER OF ALBUQUERQUE, WHO WAS SENTENCED TUESDAY FOR KILLING VINCENT GUTIERREZ IN OCTOBER OF 2017. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE CAMPAIGN OFFICE OF ONE TIME ALBUQUERQUE MAYORAL CANDIDATE STELLA PADILLA. AT THE TIME, KRAMER WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF AN ALTERNATIVE NEWS SERVICE CALLED “BURQUE MEDIA.” A WITNESS…… MORE
SOME BIG ENERGY EFFICIENT UPGRADES AT THE BERNALILLO COUNTY METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER ARE NOW COMPLETE. CANDACE HOPKINS IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST FOR THE M-D-C. SHE TELLS US THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE NEW L-E-D LIGHTING, THE USE OF METHANE FROM THE NEARBY LANDFILL TO POWER THE BOILERS, AND UPGRADES TO THE VACUUM SANITATION AND H-V-A-C SYSTEMS.…… MORE
MORE SNOW TRANSLATES INTO MORE VISITORS AT NEW MEXICO SKI RESORTS. GEORGE BROOKS WITH SKI NEW MEXICO SAYS THERE WERE MORE THAN A MILLION SKIER VISITS OVER THE WINTER, THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN 21 YEARS. THAT’S A MAJOR TURN-AROUND FROM THE YEAR BEFORE WHICH WAS ONE OF THE DRIEST WINTERS ON RECORD. THE SKI AREAS…… MORE
THE RIO GRANDE AND OTHER WATER-WAYS IN NEW MEXICO ARE DANGEROUS RIGHT NOW, ALL THANKS TO THE MOISTURE THE STATE HAS RECEIVED. RESCUE TEAMS ARE PREPPING FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. IT’S SAID TO BE JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SWEPT AWAY BY THE WATER IN THE RIO GRANDE,…… MORE
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