STATE POLICE SAY A SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD IS SAFE FOLLOWING AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING WEDNESDAY MORNING IN DONA ANA COUNTY. THE BORDER PATROL INITIATED A PURSUIT AFTER A VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AT A CHECK POINT ON I-25. WHEN THE CHASE ENDED, POLICE SAY THE MALE SUSPECT ARMED HIMSELF WITH A GUN AND BARRICADED…… MORE
Bill Would Require Seatbelts on School Buses
A HOUSE BILL IN SANTA FE WOULD REQUIRE SEAT BELTS TO BE INSTALLED IN SCHOOL BUSES. IF THE BILL PASSES BOTH HOUSES AND IS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, REPRESENTATIVE JACK CHATFIELD SAYS THE LEGISLATURE WOULD DECIDE HOW MUCH FUNDING WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THE NEW BUSES. HOUSE BILL 265 WOULD REQUIRE ANY BUSES MANUFACTURED OR…… MORE
Bill Bans Coyote Kills
THE NEW MEXICO SENATE HAS PASSED A BILL OUTLAWING COYOTE-KILLING CONTESTS. THE MEASURE NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT MOST RURAL SENATORS OPPOSED THE BILL, SAYING IT INFRINGES ON COUNTY GOVERNMENTS WHICH SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN WHETHER THE CONTESTS ARE BANNED. HALF-A-DOZEN AMENDMENTS WERE PROPOSED THAT WOULD HAVE…… MORE
Kassetas Case Reaches Settlement
THERE’S BEEN A SETTLEMENT IN THE LAWSUIT THAT CLAIMED FORMER STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS ENGAGED IN SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION WHEN HE HEADED THE DEPARTMENT. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE CASE WAS ACTUALLY SETTLED IN DECEMBER AFTER TWO DAYS OF NEGOTIATIONS. THE LAWYER FOR THE THREE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT THE SUIT SAYS A CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE PROHIBITS…… MORE
Another Road Rage Suspect Arrested
A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION UNFOLDS ALONG I-40 TUESDAY MORNING. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY FELICIA MAGGARD SAYS THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MOTORIST REPORTING THAT SOMEONE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE POINTED A GUN AT THEM. SHE SAYS IT HAPPENED ON EASTBOUND I-40 NEAR TIJERAS. DEPUTIES RESPONDED AND WERE ABLE TO STOP 19 YEAR OLD ROMOLO ARAGON…… MORE
Spaceport Considers Other Industry
THIS COULD BE THE YEAR A HUMAN WILL LAUNCH INTO SPACE FROM NEW MEXICO’S SPACEPORT AMERICA. SO SAYS SPACEPORT AMERICA CEO DAN HICKS. HE SAYS CHANCES FOR THAT FLIGHT THIS YEAR ARE VERY HIGH. HICKS TELLS KOB TV THE SPACEPORT WAS SOLD BY PUSHING TOURISM … BUT HE SAYS THE PRIVATIZED SPACE INDUSTRY THAT’S NOW…… MORE
Topgolf Breaks Ground
EXPECT TOPGOLF TO OPEN IN ALBUQUERQUE NEXT SUMMER. THE DALLAS-BASED COMPANY HAD ITS GROUNDBREAKING ON WEDNESDAY ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MONTGOMERY AND I-25. IT’LL BE AN INDOOR GOLF ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX WITH A RESTAURANT. TOPGOLF WILL HIRE A TOTAL OF 300 PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN 200 OF THE NEW HIRES BEING NEW MEXICANS. THE AGREEMENT…… MORE
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City to Address Balloon Fiesta Traffic
MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS IT’S TIME TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK…ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO TRAFFIC. THE MAYOR SAYS VISITORS SOMETIMES HAVE TO WAIT TWO TO THREE HOURS TO GET INTO THE FACILITY. KELLER SAYS NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO SIT IN TRAFFIC THAT LONG JUST TO GET TO THE BALLOON FIESTA. KELLER…… MORE
Topgolf Arrives in Albuquerque
TOPGOLF BROKE GROUND IN ALBUQUERQUE WEDNESDAY MORNING ON ITS NEW GOLF ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX AT I-25 AND MONTGOMERY, WHERE THE WATER PARK WAS ONCE LOCATED. TOPGOLF WILL INCLUDE A RESTAURANT INSIDE THE COMPLEX, WHICH IS COSTING 39 MILLIONS TO BUILD. CHANNEL 4 NEWS REPORTS TOPGOLF HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND BERNALILLO COUNTY TO GET…… MORE
