NEW MEXICO’S OPIOID PROFILE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY … AND WE HAVE OUR OWN SURVEY ON THE USE THE THOSE DRUGS IN THE STATE. KATHRYN LOWERRE WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ASKED RESPONDENTS IF THEY KNEW ANYONE AT ANYTIME WHO HAS EVER BEEN ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS. SHE SAYS 63…… MORE
MAYOR TIM KELLER ON SATURDAY SIGNED THE BILL BANNING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS AT ALBUQUERQUE STORES. THE MEASURE WAS PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK. THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE ALSO BANNED PLASTIC STRAWS AND STYROFOAM TAKEOUT BOXES…BUT THOSE PROVISIONS WERE REMOVED. THE BAN GOES INTO EFFECT NEXT JANUARY. THE BILL SIGNING TOOK PLACE AT LA MONTANITA…… MORE
SHOW ME THE MONEY. THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO IS DOING WHEN IT COMES TO THE FILM INDUSTRY. STARTING IN JULY, THE TAX INCENTIVE PLAN INCREASES, ALLOWING FOR MORE PROJECTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE REBATES OFFERED FOR FILMS SHOT HERE USING LOCAL PRODUCTION TALENT. THE INCREASE WAS PASSED DURING THE…… MORE
NEW MEXICO CONTINUES TO ADD JOBS…BUT IT STILL HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE NATION. THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT SAYS EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE GREW BY MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND JOBS OVER THE PAST YEAR, LED BY MINING, CONSTRUCTION, AND LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY. THE JOBLESS RATE STAYED STEADY IN MARCH FROM THE PREVIOUS…… MORE
THIS COULD BE A GOOD YEAR FOR RIVER RAFTING IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ROYCE FONTENOT SAYS ABUNDANT SNOWFALL OVER THE WINTER MEANS HEALTHY STREAM AND RIVER FLOWS…SO THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL. HE SAYS THE RIVER WILL BE MOVING FASTER AND STRONGER THAN YOU’RE ACCUSTOMED TO, SO MAKE SURE…… MORE
THE FLOOD OF IMMIGRANTS AT NEW MEXICO’S SOUTHERN BORDER CONTINUES. AND IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, MORE THAN 7-HUNDRED OF THEM HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. KOB TV REPORTS 230 IMMIGRANTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE ANTELOPE WELLS PORT OF ENTRY THIS WEEK. MORE THAN 360 WERE FOUND NEAR SUNLAND PARK, WITH ANOTHER 130 BEING STOPPED…… MORE
A WOMAN FACES UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON OR A MAXIMUM OF LIFE IN PRISON AFTER BEING CAUGHT WITH CLOSE TO 20 POUNDS OF FENTANYL IN HER LUGGAGE ON A PASSENGER TRAIN STOPPED IN ALBUQUERQUE. AUTHORITIES ARRESTED DANIELA COTA-GUITTIMEA AND WILL KEEP HER IN CUSTODY UNTIL HER TRIAL. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS COTA-GUITTIMEA WAS…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN MARCH. APD SAYS 34 YEAR OLD JUSTIN HARWOOD ORIGINALLY TOLD OFFICERS THAT 36 YEAR OLD GENIE CASTILLO HAD SHOT HIM AT HER HOME, THEN SHOT HERSELF. INVESTIGATORS LATER DETERMINED IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. CASTILLO DIED LATER AT A HOSPITAL. HARWOOD IS CHARGED…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A SIX YEAR OLD BOY WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A DOG ATTACK ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 600 BLOCK OF CHAMA NEAR ZUNI AND LOUISANA, AND SUFFERED TRAUMA TO HIS HEAD, NECK AND FACE. AS OF 5 PM THURSDAY, HE WAS UNDERGOING EMERGENCY SURGERY. APD SAYS THE BOY ENTERED A FENCED AREA…… MORE
WHY THE BIG JUMP IN GAS PRICES IN ALBUQUERQUE? AAA NEW MEXICO SAYS THE PRICE AT THE PUMP HAS GONE UP 23-CENTS A GALLON IN THE PAST WEEK. SPOKESMAN JOSHUA ZUBER TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB GASOLINE STOCKS ARE DOWN AS OPEC CUTS ITS OUTPUT. HE SAYS THE SUMMER BLEND GASOLINE IS COMING ON LINE AS WELL,…… MORE
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