IN THEIR FIRST TELEVISED DEBATE, NEW MEXICO TWO GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES CRITICIZED EACH OTHER AND THEIR VISION FOR THE STATE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS DEMOCRAT MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM CALLED REPUBLICAN STEVE PEARCE AN ALLY OF A DIVISIVE PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHE ADDED THAT SHE’D STAND UP TO THE PRESIDENT WITH NO PROBLEM. PEARCE SAID THE POLICIES SHE’S…… MORE
Albuquerque Mayor Earns High Poll Rating
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER GETS HIGH MARKS FROM VOTERS . HIS APPROVAL RATING IS 61 PERCENT FOR HIS JOB PERFORMANCE SINCE TAKING OFFICE. ONLY 16 PERCENT DON’T LIKE WHAT’S HE’S DONE. RESEARCH AND POLLING INK DID THE POLL, AND PRESIDENT BRIAN SANDEROFF SAYS THE RATIO OF KELLER’S APPROVAL TO HIS DISAPPROVAL…… MORE
No ID on Albuquerque’s Latest Murder Victim
YET ANOTHER SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE OVERNIGHT. POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO A HOME IN THE 9-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WALTER SOUTHEAST SHORTLY AFTER 11:00 PM WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THEY DETAINED SEVERAL PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOME AFTER THEY FOUND A MAN DEAD THERE. THAT MAN HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED YET. THE PEOPLE DETAINED WERE LATER RELEASED BUT OFFICERS FOUND…… MORE
Sheriff’s Dept. Searching for Murder Suspect
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR A MURDER SUSPECT. THIS AFTER DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL ABOUT AN ABANDONED VEHICLE IN THE PAJARITO MESA. THERE THEY FOUND A 30 YEAR OLD MAN … IVAN BOCANEGRA … WHO WAS DEAD. THE BODY WAS FOUND IN AN ABANDONED CHEVY TRUCK. AN AUTOPSY HAS BEEN COMPLETED…… MORE
Suspect in Boy’s Death to Remain in Jail
A JUDGE IN SANTA FE HAS RULED THAT 20 YEAR OLD JORDAN NUNEZ WILL STAY IN JAIL PENDING HIS TRIAL IN THE DEATH OF A 13 YEAR OLD BOY. AUTHORITIES SAY JEREMIAH VALENCIA WAS TORTURED AND MURDERED AT A HOME IN NAMBE LAST YEAR. NUNEZ IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. HIS FATHER…… MORE
Feds Grant Funding for NM Opioid Epidemic
NEW MEXICO IS GETTING A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP WITH THE STATE’S OPIOID CRISIS. THE U-S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS GIVING THE STATE MORE THAN 11-MILLION DOLLARS TO BATTLE THE CRISIS. THE DEPARTMENT HAS SO FAR AWARDED MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS NATIONWIDE FOR THIS EFFORT. ABOUT 5-MILLION-300-THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL…… MORE
Sunport Rated by J-D Power
ALBUQUERQUE’S AIRPORT IS ABOVE AVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. THAT ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY FROM J-D POWER WHICH RANKS THE SUNPORT EIGHTH AMONG 21 MEDIUM SIZED AIRPORTS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. THE SUNPORT GETS A FOUR OUT OF FIVE POWER CIRCLE RATING. J-D POWER CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING CHECK-IN…BAGGAGE CLAIM…AND FOOD,…… MORE
Classes Resume at CNM Montoya Campus
CLASSES ARE BACK ON SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, BUT THEY WERE CANCELLED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WEDNESDAY AT THE CNM MONTOYA CAMPUS IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. THAT AFTER FLIERS WERE LEFT AT THE SCHOOL, THREATENING THAT A BOMB WAS GOING TO GO OFF. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS A FEMALE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AND WILL FACE A FELONY…… MORE
Kewa Pueblo Woman Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter
A KEWA PUEBLO WOMAN COULD SPEND 15 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE TO VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. AUTHORITIES SAY, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016, 44 YEAR OLD LENA QUINTANA DROVE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON PUEBLO LAND IN SANDOVAL COUNTY AND STRUCK AND KILLED A MAN AS HE WAS WALKING…… MORE
KOA Campground Deaths Were Murder-Suicide
EVEN THOUGH THE INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING, NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE TELL US THEY’VE DETERMINED A KEY ASPECT REGARDING THE DEATHS OF TWO MEN AT A CAMPGROUND IN BERNALILLO IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. STATE POLICE LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO TELLS US THE SITUATION INVOLVED AN BERNALILLO POLICE OFFICER WHO OPENED FIRE ON A SUSPECT WHO WAS ARMED. THE…… MORE
