IN 2017, ALBUQUERQUE HAD A HIGHER CAR THEFT RATE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN AMERICA…AND NEW MEXICO RANKED SECOND AMONG ALL STATES. THAT ACCORDING TO A STORY IN MONDAY’S ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THOSE NUMBERS HAVE COME DOWN A BIT IN THE LAST YEAR. AND THE JOURNAL’S D’VAL WESTPHAL SAYS THAT INCLUDES THE…… MORE
THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WE USUALLY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER IN NEW MEXICO. WITH ABUNDANT SNOWFALL OVER THE WINTER…AND A WETTER THAN NORMAL SPRING…THE FIRE DANGER IN NEW MEXICO ISN’T NEARLY AS HIGH AS IT USUALLY IS THIS TIME OF YEAR. RICH NADEN IS A METEOROLOGIST WITH THE SOUTHWEST COORDINATION CENTER IN…… MORE
A FEDERAL JURY FINDS AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN GUILTY OF DISTRIBUTING HEROIN THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF 18 YEAR OLD CAMERON WEISS. THIRTY-FOUR YEAR OLD RAYMOND MOYA COULD GET LIFE IN PRISON. WHEN HE WAS INDICTED IN 2015, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY MOYA WAS ALREADY SERVING A SIX YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR A PREVIOUS HEROIN TRAFFICKING…… MORE
FINALLY, A LIST THAT ALBUQUERQUE CAN BE PROUD TO BE ON. ACCORDING TO WALLET HUB THE DUKE CITY RANKS AS ONE OF THE TOP 100 PLACES TO START A BUSINESS. DESPITE HIGH CRIME, CONSTRUCTION ISSUES AND THE STILL STALLED ART PROJECT, CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS THAT MANY NOB HILL BUSINESS OWNERS REMAIN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE…… MORE
MOTORISTS IN ALBUQUERQUE WHO USE RIO GRANDE BOULEVARD THROUGH CANDELARIA ARE GOING TO START SEEING CONSTRUCTION ON A ROUNDABOUT AT THAT INTERSECTION. PROJECT SPOKESPERSON PATTI WATSON, TELLS US THE ROUNDABOUT IS REALLY A SAFETY NECESSITY. SHE SAYS APD REPORTS THERE WERE 30 CRASHES AT THAT INTERSECTION BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018, INCLUDING EIGHT CRASHES WITH INJURIES.…… MORE
DARIAN BASHIR … THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING LOBO BASEBALL PLAYER JACKSON WELLER, WAS IN COURT SUNDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS ARREST ON SATURDAY. WELLER WAS SHOT AND KILLED AFTER A FIGHT IN NOB HILL LAST WEEKEND NEAR CENTRAL AND RICHMOND. AFTER BEING ON THE RUN FOR A WEEK, KOB TV REPORTS BASHIR…… MORE
THE AMALIA COMPOUND IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO IS LINKED TO A MAKESHIFT MILITARISTIC COMPOUND IN ALABAMA. THE ALABAMA PROPERTY WAS FOUND JUST OUTSIDE TUSKEGEE. COURT DOCUMENTS INDICATE IT BELONGS TO SIRAJ WAHHAJ, ONE OF THE FIVE PEOPLE ARRESTED WHEN THE AMALIA COMPOUND IN TAOS COUNTY WAS RAIDED BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. THEY’RE ALL NOW IN FEDERAL…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE NEEDS A PLAN TO FIGHT CRIME AND KEEP RESIDENTS SAFE … AND GOVERNOR LUJAN GRISHAM SAYS THAT PLAN WILL USE A MIXTURE OF STATE AND LOCAL RESOURCES. ONE OF THE STATE SOURCES SHE WANTS TO USE ARE STATE POLICE OFFICERS. THEY’LL BE STATIONED IN THE NOB HILL AREA TO PATROL THE BARS AND CHECK…… MORE
CHAMA SCHOOL BUS DRIVER STEPHEN MEEK WILL BE IN COURT MONDAY. THE 66 YEAR OLD BUS DRIVER WAS ARRESTED AND INCARCERATED FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING A SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL ON THE SCHOOL BUS. MEEK … WHO’S KNOWN AS MR. STEVE TO KIDS … IS SAID TO HAVE PULLED THE BUS TO THE SIDE OF THE…… MORE
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE LEAVING THEIR JOBS IN DROVES IN NEW MEXICO. A REPORTS FROM NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY SHOWS THERE WERE 300 EMPTY TEACHER JOBS IN 2017. THAT NUMBER HAS NOW CLIMBED TO 740 TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR JOBS. THE STATE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY RELIANT ON SUBSTITUTES. IN FACT, SOME DISTRICTS ARE HIRING…… MORE
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