A GOVERNMENT OVER-REACH: THAT’S HOW PAUL GESSING WITH THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION DESCRIBES THE MOVE BY THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL TO BAN PLASTIC BAGS, PLASTIC STRAWS, AND SINGLE USE STYROFOAM CONTAINERS. THE COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE MATTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GESSING SAYS HE WISHES ALBUQUERQUE VOTERS COULD HAVE WEIGHED IN ON THE SUBJECT.…… MORE
THE HUNT IS ON FOR TWO TEENS WHO WALKED AWAY FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE BOYS RE-INTEGRATION CENTER MONDAY NIGHT. THE CENTER IS LOCATED AT 4000 EDITH BOULEVARD. OFFICER RAY WILSON WITH STATE POLICE SAYS THE TEENS ARE RANDY TORREZ AND JOSE LOPEZ, BOTH 16 YEARS OF AGE AND BOTH FROM ROSWELL. TORREZ WAS IN THE FACILITY…… MORE
A MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE FACE IN WHAT ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY WAS A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 11:00 TUESDAY MORNING AT JEFFERSON AND CUTLER. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE SHOT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM AN OLDER MODEL SILVER BMW WHICH WAS LAST SEEN WESTBOUND…… MORE
THE LATEST WINTER STORM TO HIT NEW MEXICO HAS NOW MOVED OUT OF THE STATE. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE Albuquerque AREA RANGE FROM A TRACE TO TWO OR THREE INCHES. BUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE SAYS, TO FIND THE BIG SNOWFALL TOTALS, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. HE SAYS SOME…… MORE
THE ARRAIGNMENT FOR FORMER UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ATHLETICS DIRECTOR PAUL KREBS HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK TO FRIDAY. IT WAS TO HAVE BEEN HELD ON MONDAY BUT THE JUDGE QUESTIONED THE WAY THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE HAD INITIATED THE CASE, SINCE THERE WAS NO CRIMINAL INFORMATION OR INDICTMENT. KREBS IS CHARGED WITH FIVE FELONIES, INCLUDING…… MORE
SEVERAL SENATORS ARE ENGAGED IN A FOOD FIGHT AT THE LEGISLATURE. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS SENATORS THAT INCLUDE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JOHN ARTHUR SMITH HAVE FILED BILLS TO BRING BACK THE SALES TAX ON GROCERIES. THE FOOD TAX WAS REPEALED IN 2004 AND ANY LEGISLATION FILED TO BRING BACK THE FOOD TAX…… MORE
BILLS THAT WOULD INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION HAVE PASSED IN THE STATE HOUSE IN SANTA FE. THE TWO PRIORITY BILLS WOULD MODERNIZE NEW MEXICO’S ELECTION SYSTEMS AND SAVE MONEY. HOUSE BILL 84 WOULD CODIFY THE STATE’S CURRENT SYSTEM FOR REGISTRATION. IT WOULD MAKE IT AN “OPT OUT” SYSTEM IN WHICH VOTERS WOULD BE ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY…… MORE
THE NEW MEXICO SENATE HAS PASSED A BILL INTENDED TO IMPROVE FIRE SAFETY IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE MEASURE, SPONSORED BY MAJORITY WHIP MIMI STEWART, REQUIRES THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION TO UPDATE INSPECTION GUIDELINES FOR SMOKE AND FIRE DAMPERS. STEWART SAYS WITHOUT PROPER INSPECTION, DAMPERS CAN FAIL…CAUSING A MANAGEABLE FIRE TO ERUPT INTO…… MORE
JOHN D’ANTONIO IS NEW MEXICO’S STATE ENGINEER AGAIN. HE WAS STATE ENGINEER WHEN BILL RICHARDSON WAS GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, AND NOW GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM HAS APPOINTED HIM TO THE POSITION AGAIN, ANNOUNCING THE MOVE ON TUESDAY. LUJAN GRISHAM TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT D’ANTONIO HAS THE EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO TAKE ON THE STATE’S…… MORE
GARY NESS, THE MAN WHO WAS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FROM 1988 TO 1992 … HAS DIED. NO REASON IS GIVEN FOR HIS DEATH BUT NESS DIED LATE LAST WEEK. HE WAS 76 YEARS OLD. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING. KOB TV REPORTS THAT NESS INCREASED THE STAFF IN SPORTS AND OTHER…… MORE
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