NEW MEXICO’S MINIMUM WAGE LOSES 16 PERCENT OF ITS PURCHASING POWER. THAT’S WHAT A STUDY BY NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN HAS SHOWN. THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE IS 7-50 AN HOUR AND THE GROUP’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JAMES JIMENEZ, SAYS THAT AMOUNT NOW HAS THE PURCHASING POWER OF 6-DOLLARS-AND-30 CENTS. SOME CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE…… MORE
NM State Fair Starts Soon
IF YOU LIVE FOR THE NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR, YOUR TIME IS ALMOST HERE. IT GETS UNDERWAY NEXT WEEK AND EXPO NEW MEXICO GENERAL MANAGER DAN MOURNING SAYS THEY HAVE SOME NEW FEATURES THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE NEW FEATURES OF THE FAIR THIS YEAR IS WHAT MOURNING CALLS “GRAZE DAYS.” ON OPENING DAY AND…… MORE
Study Says NM Minimum Wage Is Not Enough
NEW MEXICO’S MINIMUM WAGE LOSES 16 PERCENT OF ITS PURCHASING POWER. THAT’S WHAT A STUDY BY NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN HAS SHOWN. THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE IS 7-50 AN HOUR AND THE GROUP’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JAMES JIMENEZ, SAYS THAT AMOUNT NOW HAS THE PURCHASING POWER OF 6-DOLLARS-AND-30 CENTS. SOME CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE…… MORE
Another Proposed Change for the Entrada
THE CITY OF SANTA FE SAYS THEY’LL NOW HOLD A CELEBRATION OF FAITH INSTEAD OF THE ENTRADA, WHICH IS TEMPORARILY ON HOLD. THAT DECISION WAS MADE THIS WEEK AFTER WHAT’S BEING CALLED A HISTORIC MEETING ON THE MATTER. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE MEETING WEDNESDAY WAS ATTENDED BY THE ALL PUEBLO COUNCIL OR…… MORE
Good News on NM Gas Prices
IT SEEMS, MOST OF THE TIME WE’RE HEADING INTO A LONG WEEKEND, GAS PRICES GO UP. SO THIS APPEARS TO BUCK THAT TREND. AAA NEW MEXICO SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 2-76, UNCHANGED FROM LAST WEEK. BUT IT’S STILL 47 CENTS HIGHER THAN WHERE IT WAS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IN ALBUQUERQUE, THE PRICE…… MORE
Deadly Crash on I-40
A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 40 THIS(THURS) AFTERNOON. STATE POLICE SAY THE CRASH INVOLVED A SEMI-TRUCK AND A GREYHOUND BUS. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. STATE POLICE SAY THERE WERE MULTIPLE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. WESTBOUND 40 AT MILEMARKER 53 IS CLOSED AND ALL TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED ON TO THE FRONTAGE…… MORE
Big Fire Wipes Out Compost Piles in the South Valley
SEVERAL FIRE CREWS REMAIN ON SCENE IN THE AREA OF I-25 AND BROADWAY THURSDAY MORNING. THAT’S WHERE A FIRE IS BURNING AT WESTERN ORGANIC MATTER ON BATES ROAD IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTERS GABE DE BALTZ SAYS IT’S ORGANIC MATTER THAT’S BEEN BURNING. HE SAYS THEY CUT A FIRE LINE BUT EXPECT TO BE…… MORE
Scant Information for APD on Southwest Shooting
TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER A SHOOTING IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. APD OFFICERS WERE INITIALLY SENT TO PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, WHERE THE TWO VICTIMS HAD BEEN TAKEN. BOTH ARE SAID TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION, BUT APD SAYS NEITHER PERSON IS COOPERATING WITH OFFICERS. POLICE HAD ALSO BEEN SENT TO THE 10-THOUSAND BLOCK OF CENTRAL…… MORE
Man Sentenced for Drive-By Shooting
ANOTHER 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A 23 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN. THAT WAS THE SENTENCE HANDED DOWN BY A JUDGE THIS WEEK TO PATRICK ZAMORA. THE 16 YEARS ARE FOR BEING CONVICTED AS THE LEADER OF A GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAY 2016 DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN THE SOUTH VALLEY THAT KILLED 18 YEAR OLD…… MORE
Judge Order Release of Compound Suspects
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE FIVE PEOPLE ARRESTED AT A COMPOUND IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO HAVE BEEN DROPPED. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, A JUDGE DISMISSED THE CHARGES AGAINST THREE OF THE SUSPECTS, SAYING THE STATE FAILED TO SCHEDULE A PRELIMINARY HEARING WITHIN THE 10 DAYS REQUIRED BY LAW. THEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE, SIRAJ WAHHAJ AND…… MORE
