NEW MEXICO IS GETTING ANOTHER BAD WEATHER DAY WITH SUPER HIGH WINDS THAT COULD DO MORE DAMAGE . ON TUESDAY, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO HAD TO DEAL WITH TORNADOES. ONE ROLLED THROUGH NORTH OF HAGERMAN ON TUESDAY NIGHT … AND DEXTER SAW A TORNADO DAMAGE SEVERAL HOMES. DEXTER IS ALSO WHERE FIVE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO…… MORE
NEW MEXICO’S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO FLOURISH. ROBERT MCENTYRE WITH THE NEW MEXICO OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION SAYS OIL PRODUCTION SOARED IN 2018 WITH A RECORD 250 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PRODUCED…AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF THAT PRODUCTION CAME FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN. MCENTYRE TELLS US NEW MEXICO REMAINS A MAJOR PLAYER IN…… MORE
THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO A BILL REMOVING CRIMINAL HISTORY QUESTIONS FROM INITIAL JOB APPLICATIONS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THE 45-TO-15 HOUSE VOTE SENDS THE MEASURE TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK. ALL REPUBLICANS WHO WERE PRESENT FOR THE VOTE OPPOSED THE BILL. A SIMILAR MEASURE WAS VETOED BY FORMER GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ IN…… MORE
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE DELIVERED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE PETITIONS TO OVERTURN THE BILL THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED TO EXPAND BACKGROUND CHECKS ON GUN PURCHASES. SECRETARY OF STATE MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER NOW HAS 10 DAYS TO APPROVE THE PETITIONS BEFORE THEY CAN BE CIRCULATED TO THE PUBLIC. IF THE PROCESS GOES FORWARD, MORE THAN…… MORE
NEW MEXICO’S SPENDING BILL HAS GONE THROUGH SOME CHANGES. IT’S NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE FULL SENATE FOR A VOTE. BUT BEFORE IT WAS SENT, THE SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE ON MONDAY ENDORSED BOOSTING THE PROPOSAL BY 703 MILLION DOLLARS IN SPENDING FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR. KOB TV REPORTS THOSE CHANGES PLACE MORE RESOURCES…… MORE
THERE’S AN INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO NOW IN ALBUQUERQUE. CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS A CATHOLIC CHARITY IN EL PASO SO MANY MIGRANTS HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER SEEKING ASYLUM THAT THEY’VE RUN OUT OF HOUSING AND ARE BUSING THEM TO ALBUQUERQUE. ST. THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NORTH VALLEY SAYS THEY’RE MAKING FOOD…… MORE
A FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY JUDGE HAS SET A JUNE 17TH DEADLINE FOR VICTIMS OF CLERGY ABUSE TO SUBMIT A PROOF OF CLAIM IN THE ONGOING BANKRUPTCY CASE BY THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRES, THE JUDGE ALSO SPELLED OUT A COMPREHENSIVE CLAIMS PROCESS. THE CLAIMS WILL BE SEALED AND REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL UNLESS…… MORE
A BIG WINTER STORM WILL BE IMPACTING NEW MEXICO THROUGH MID-WEEK. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE SAYS THE HIGH PEAKS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO, JEMEZ, AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILL GET BLASTED WITH SNOW: SHOEMAKE SAYS BY WEDNESDAY, SOME OF THOSE AREAS COULD SEE THREE FEET OF SNOW, OR EVEN MORE. HE SAYS…… MORE
A LOT OF NEW MEXICANS ARE TALKING ABOUT RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA … AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS NEW MEXICO COULD BECOME THE FIRST STATE IN THE U-S TO ESTABLISH ITS ITS OWN GOVERNMENT-OPERATED POT STORES AND SUBSIDIZE MARIJUANA SALES FOR THE POOR. THAT’S INCLUDED IN A BILL FROM REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS. NEW MEXICO WOULD OVERSEE…… MORE
A BILL CHANGING THE WAY NEW MEXICO EVALUATES ITS TEACHERS WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON MONDAY AND NOW HEADS TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. THE BILL’S SPONSOR, ALBUQUERQUE DEMOCRAT MIMI STEWART, SAYS THE OLD SYSTEM PUNISHED TEACHERS…WHILE THE NEW ONE WILL FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE BILL CALLS ON THE PUBLIC EDUCATION…… MORE
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