NM Priest Arrested

A FORMER PRIEST IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR CRIMINAL SEXUAL PENETRATION OF A CHILD UNDER 13. ACCORDING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE HAS CHARGED 81 YEAR OLD SABINE GRIEGO WITH RAPING A YOUNG GIRL AT QUEEN OF HEAVEN CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN ALBUQUERQUE ABOUT 30 YEARS…MORE

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Don’t Fall for It

THE D-E-A OFFICE IN EL PASO IS OUT WITH A SCAM ALERT. IT SAYS CALLERS POSING AS D-E-A AGENTS ARE CONTACTING VICTIMS AND DEMANDING MONEY, TELLING THEM THEY’LL FACE ARREST IF THEY REFUSE. THE VICTIMS ARE ACCUSED OF VIOLATING DRUG LAWS. THE CALLERS CAN EVEN FALSELY ALTER THE NUMBER ON THE PHONE TO APPEAR TO…MORE

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Max Sentence for Drunk Driver

A CLOVIS MAN GETS 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOLLOWING HIS EIGHTH DRUNK DRIVING CONVICTION. LINDA ATKINSON WITH THE DWI RESOURCE CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS RANDALL PRUITT SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN TREATMENT FOR HIS ALCOHOLISM LONG AGO. SHE SAYS HE NEEDED TO PLACED IN A THREE YEAR PROGRAM. ATKINSON SAYS SENDING SOMEONE TO PRISON DOESN’T SOLVE THE…MORE

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More Ugly NM Weather for Wednesday

PARTS OF NEW MEXICO ARE EXPECTING DANGEROUSLY HIGH WINDS ON WEDNESDAY … WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RECORD BREAKING WIND GUSTS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE SAYS THE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE WITH US ALL DAY, EVEN IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. HE SAYS IF YOU GO EAST, THE WINDS BE MUCH HIGHER. SHOEMAKE SAYS…MORE

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Lawmakers Still Have Much Work to Do

THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN SANTA FE ENDS THIS SATURDAY AND A LOT STILL HAS TO BE DONE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS LAWMAKERS HAVE ESCALATED THEIR CONFLICT OVER A BILL THAT HIKES THE MINIMUM WAGE, BUT THEY’VE ALSO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON A COMPLEX ENERGY BILL. AT STAKE RIGHT NOW ARE AN AGREEMENT ON HOW…MORE

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Man Gets 26 Years for Bicyclist’s Death

A 19 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED A BICYCLIST WILL NOT SPEND 26 YEARS IN PRISON. CHRISTIAN DIX WAS SENTENCED ON TUESDAY. HE SHOT STEPHANIE MARTINEZ AT QUINCY AND PROSPECT NORTHEAST BEFORE HE ROBBED TWO GIANT GAS STATIONS LAST FALL… BUT PROSECUTORS STILL DON’T KNOW WHY THE 23 YEAR OLD MARTINEZ FROM…MORE

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Man Jailed After Robbing Place of Employment

TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD JUSTIN BREWER IS IN THE MDC AFTER ALLEGEDLY ROBBING THE LITTLE CAESAR’S PIZZA SHOP AT GUNPOINT WHERE HE WORKED LAST THURSDAY. HE WAS SHOT BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AS HE RAN FROM THE PIZZA PLACE IN SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS BREWER ROBBED THE STORE, THEN FLED WITH…MORE

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Tornadoes Sweep Parts of Southern NM

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

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Big Boost for NM’s Oil and Gas Industry

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

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