IT SEEMS LIKE AN EARLY START TO THE FLU SEASON IN NEW MEXICO. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS LAB TESTS HAVE CONFIRMED THE FIRST CASES OF THE FLU IN THE STATE, ALL IN QUAY COUNTY. THE THREE PEOPLE AFFECTED WERE AGES 8, 11 AND 13. STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST MICHAEL LANDEN SAYS THE TIMING ISN’T REALLY…… MORE
Vandal Damages Vehicles in Rio Rancho
NEARLY A DOZEN VEHICLES HAD THEIR WINDOWS SMASHED OUT NEAR UNSER AND LADERA ON SUNDAY. ONE MAN FOUND BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK WINDOWS OF THIS CAR HAD BEEN BROKEN WITH A ROCK. AND THE ROCK WAS IN THE STREET NEAR THE VEHICLE. THE COST OF REPAIRS: ABOUT 400 DOLLARS FOR THAT PERSON. OTHER VEHICLES…… MORE
Sanchez and Stewart Back in Court
TERI SANCHEZ AND JAMES STEWART ARE DUE BACK IN AN ALBUQUERQUE COURTROOM ON TUESDAY. BOTH ARE ACCUSED OF PROSTITUTING THEIR SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY OR DRUGS. SANCHEZ IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE WHILE STEWART FACES CHILD ABUSE AND OTHER CHARGES. THE JUDGE WILL HEAR MOTIONS FILED BY THE STATE ON TUESDAY.…… MORE
More Jobs for Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE’S ECONOMY MAY BE SEEING SOME IMPROVEMENT. THE KELLER ADMINISTRATION IS TOUTING JOB GROWTH IN THE DUKE CITY. THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SAYS ALBUQUERQUE ADDED 86-HUNDRED JOBS FROM JULY OF 2017 THROUGH JULY OF THIS YEAR…AN INCREASE OF JUST OVER TWO PERCENT. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE…… MORE
Man Shot By Cops Pleads Guilty
A MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE LAST MONTH MADE A COURT APPEARANCE MONDAY. LAMBERT JOE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES THAT INCLUDE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER. AUTHORITIES SAY JOE WAS POINTING A GUN AT PEOPLE AND EVEN FIRED OFF A ROUND AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE 200 BLOCK…… MORE
Fatal Day for Accident Survivor
NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE SAY A MAN SURVIVED A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING…ONLY TO BE STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE WHILE STANDING IN THE ROAD. IT HAPPENED ON U.S. HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN ALAMOGORDO AND CLOUDCROFT. POLICE SAY 35 YEAR OLD JASON CLAPPER WAS TRAVELLING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN HE…… MORE
Southern Blvd. Construction Begins Next Week
A LONG-AWAITED ROAD PROJECT WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK IN RIO RANCHO. SOUTHERN BLVD WILL GET A MAKE-OVER BETWEEN GOLF COURSE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 528. THE 14 AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY WITH BIKE LANES, SIGNING AND STRIPING, A MULTI USE TRAIL AND SIDEWALK…PLUS LIGHTING, DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES. THE WORK BEGINS…… MORE
Unser Blvd Due for Repairs
IF YOU TRAVEL UNSER BLVD IN RIO RANCHO, YOU KNOW SOME AREAS ARE PRETTY ROUGH, WITH POT HOLES AND CRACKS. CITY SPOKESWOMAN ANNEMARIE GARCIA SAYS NEXT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, CREWS WILL BEGIN MAKING SOME TEMPORARY REPAIRS UNTIL A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT CAN BE UNDERTAKEN. SHE SAYS THE APPROXIMATE COST SHOULD BE ABOUT 50 MILLION…… MORE
Tiny Homes Rejected by Albuquerque Neighborhood
SIX DIFFERENT SITES ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR A TINY HOME VILLAGE FOR THE HOMELESS IN BERNALILLO COUNTY…AND FIVE OF THEM ARE IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTHEAST HEIGHTS. BUT, ACCORDING TO AN UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY CONDUCTED BY CITY COUNCILOR DON HARRIS, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA DON’T WANT IT. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS MORE THAN 80-PERCENT OF…… MORE
