FOUR HOMES ARE DESTROYED AND TWO PEOPLE ARE INJURED BY THE GRASS FIRE THAT FLARED UP ON WEDNESDAY IN PORTALES WHEN EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS WERE HITTING PARTS OF NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING PORTALES. THE FIRE STARTED AROUND 1:00 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 AND 65 MILES PER HOUR BEFORE THE BLAZE WAS FINALLY…… MORE
NEW MEXICO’S VERY LARGE ARRAY WEST OF SOCORRO CONTRIBUTED TO RESEARCH ON THE BLACK HOLE THAT MANY OF YOU SAW SO MUCH OF IN THE NEWS ON MONDAY. A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS … INCLUDING CHIEF SCIENTIST AND ASTROPHYSICISTCHRIS CARILLI IN SOCORRO AT NEW MEXICO TECH … RELEASED THE FIRST IMAGE OF A BLACK HOLE MONDAY.…… MORE
BRANDON REYNOLDS, ACCUSED OF BEATING HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER TO DEATH LAST WEEK IN ALBUQUERQUE, WAS IN A COURTROOM ON WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR A DETENTION HEARING. BUT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE HEARING WAS RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS HADN’T YET SEEN VIDEO OF KEY PARTS OF REYNOLDS’ INTERVIEW WITH POLICE. REYNOLDS IS CHARGED…… MORE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT THE PENTAGON HAS AWARDED ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS IN CONTRACTS TO BUILD NEW BARRIERS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER…INCLUDING ABOUT 50 MILES IN NEW MEXICO. THE BORDER REPLACEMENT WALL CONSTRUCTION WOULD GO UP NEAR COLUMBUS AND SANTA TERESA. THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TELLS THE A.P. THAT THE NEW FENCING WILL HELP…… MORE
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION HAS CHOSEN WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP TO RUN A PROPOSED ROUTE 66 VISITORS CENTER. THE FACILITY IS TO BE BUILT NEAR I-40 AND ATRISCO VISTA BOULEVARD ON THE COUNTY’S FAR WEST SIDE. FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT CURRENTLY STANDS AT FIVE AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THE COUNTY SAYS THE 56-HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT…… MORE
BERNALILLO COUNTY IS GOING TO DEMOLISH THE OLD JAIL AT 5TH AND ROMA IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. THE DEMOLITION WORK WILL COST TWO AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THE COUNTY LEFT THE JAIL 16 YEARS AGO WHEN THE METRO DETENTION CENTER OPENED ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE. COUNTY SPOKESPERSON TIA BLAND SAYS, IN THE SHORT TERM, THE LAND WILL…… MORE
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS LOW ON FEMALE DEPUTIES. IN FACT, DEPUTY AND RECRUITER JENNIFER GARCIA SAYS IT’S A PROBLEM NATIONWIDE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WANTS TO CHANGE THAT SO IT’S HOSTING A SEMINAR FOR WOMEN INTERESTED IN BECOMING DEPUTIES. THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS NEARLY 300 SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ONLY…… MORE
A FEDERAL JURY IN SANTA FE HAS CONVICTED FORMER PRIEST ARTHUR PERRAULT ON CHILD SEX ABUSE CHARGES. THE 81 YEAR OLD PERRAULT WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING AN ALTAR BOY DURING INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE AND AT THE SANTA FE NATIONAL CEMETARY IN 1991 AND 1992. PERRAULT WAS A PRIEST AT…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A NINE MONTH OLD GIRL. APD’S SIMON DROBIK TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE CALL CAME IN MID-MORNING ON TUESDAY. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE SAN MATEO INN AND SUITES, IN THE 24-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SAN MATEO NORTHEAST, WHERE AT CHILD HAD DROWNED. DROBIK SAYS IT BECAME A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION…… MORE
THE DROWNING DEATH OF THE INFANT GIRL AT THE SAN MATEO INN AND SUITES, IN THE 24 HUNDRED BLOCK OF SAN MATEO NORTHEAST, HAS MANY ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS RISING UP AGAINST CHILD ABUSE IN THE COMMUNITY. CRYSTAL GUITERREZ-BACA, HAS NOW TEAMED UP WITH VERONICA RAEL GARCIA, WHOSE FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, LILLY, WAS KILLED IN A…… MORE
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