NEW MEXICO WILL SOON HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION. GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM ON THURSDAY SIGNED A BILL CREATING AN ETHICS PANEL THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY LAST YEAR. THE MEASURE THE GOVERNOR SIGNED WASN’T APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE UNTIL THE FINAL DAY OF THE SESSION. THE COMMISSION WILL INVESTIGATE CLAIMS OF WRONGDOING BY…… MORE
IS YOUR LAWN THIRSTY? STARTING MONDAY YOU’LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT LAWN A LITTLE MORE TO DRINK. DAVID MORRIS IS WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY. HE SAYS MONDAY IS AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR THOSE WHO “WATER BY THE NUMBERS.” WE’RE NOW AT TWO DAYS A WEEK FOR WATERING YOUR LAWN. REMEMBER, ONCE…… MORE
YOU’RE PAYING MORE TO FILL UP YOUR GAS TANK THIS WEEK. TRIPLE “A” NEW MEXICO SPOKESMAN JOSHUA ZUBER SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS NOW 2-51 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR, UNLEADED . THAT’S UP EIGHT CENTS FROM LAST WEEK. WE ASKED ZUBER WHAT THE CURRENT SITUATION LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO DIESEL FUEL IN…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A WOMAN … IDENTIFIED AS ROSIE BOWERS … WAS KILLED WEDNESDAY MORNING, APPARENTLY WHILE CROSSING THE STREET NEAR INEZ ELEMENTARY AT INDIAN SCHOOL AND PENNSYLVANIA. APD’S GILBERT GALLEGOS TELLS CHANNEL 7 NEWS THEY HAD TO LOOK FOR THE WHITE PICKUP AND ITS DRIVER THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. GALLEGOS…… MORE
IT WAS SELF DEFENSE. THAT’S WHAT ALLEGED COP KILLER DAVON LYMON SAYS ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF APD OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER BACK IN 2015. LYMON’S ACCUSED OF PULLING THE TRIGGER ON WEBSTER, AND LYMON ISN’T DENYING THAT HE’S THE PERSON WHO DID KILL WEBSTER OUTSIDE A WALGREENS STORE AT CENTRAL AND EUBANK. BUT THE DEFENSE AND…… MORE
THE SITUATION ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER HAS REACHED THE BREAKING POINT. THAT’S FROM CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION COMMISSIONER KEVEN MCALEENAN. HE SPOKE IN EL PASO, TEXAS, ON WEDNESDAY, SAYING THAT MORE THAN 55-THOUSAND FAMILY UNITS ALONE WOULD COME TO THE BORDER THIS MONTH. MCALEENAN SAYS THEY’RE BRINGING IN PERSONNEL FROM ALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER…… MORE
AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN GETS TWO CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES FOR A DOUBLE MURDER THAT HAPPENED IN JULY OF 2017. BRANDON VIGIL PLEADED GUILTY LAST YEAR TO TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATHS OF DANIEL MIRAMONTES AND CONSUELA RIOS, BOTH 19. PROSECUTORS SAY VIGIL WENT TO THE COUPLE’S HOME NEAR BRIDGE AND COORS WITH…… MORE
NEW MEXICO CONGRESSWOMAN XOCHITL TORRES SMALL SAYS LOCAL MILITARY PROJECTS ARE AT RISK DUE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DECLARATION OF A BORDER EMERGENCY. SHE SAYS PROJECTS THAT COULD BE DE-FUNDED INCLUDE TRAINING FACILITIES AT HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE AND AN INFORMATION SYSTEMS FACILITY PLANNED FOR WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE. TORRES SMALL WAS AMONG THOSE VOTING TUESDAY…… MORE
A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE FOR TWO HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN LAS CRUCES TUESDAY. POLICE SAY 56 YEAR OLD MATHEW RODGER SMITH OF HATCH WAS BEING TREATED AT A CLINIC THERE WHEN HE BECAME COMBATIVE AND DISPLAYED AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR TOWARD THE STAFF. WHEN AN OFFICER ARRIVED, SMITH REACHED INTO HIS POCKET AND PULLED OUT A FULLY LOADED…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE IS BEING HIT WITH SOME BIG JOB LOSSES. KOB TV REPORTS THAT SITEL IS CLOSING ITS CALL CENTER IN THE DUKE CITY. THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS MORE THAN 700 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES IN ALBUQUERQUE. THOSE EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD THE NEWS ON WEDNESDAY. SITEL GAVE NO REASON FOR THE CLOSURE.… MORE
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