NEW MEXICO LAWMAKERS ARE RESPONDING TO THE DEATH OF REPUBLICAN ARIZONA SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN ON SATURDAY. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE, WHO’S NOW RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, CALLS MCCAIN AN AMERICAN PATRIOT WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONORABLY. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TOM UDALL SAYS IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH MCCAIN IN THE SENATE, AND…… MORE
Sunport Back Open After Sunday Closure
A BAD DAY TO FLY OUT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT ON SUNDAY. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SHUT DOWN THE SUNPORT AND CAUSED DELAYS AND EVEN FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS FOR PASSENGERS. APD SPOKESMAN OFFICER SIMON DROBIK SAYS A MAN MANAGED TO GET THROUGH TSA LINES BEFORE HE INJURED HIMSELF IN THE TERMINAL TRYING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. HE REPORTEDLY BROKE…… MORE
MDC Reopens
THE METRO DETENTION CENTER IN BERNALILLO COUNTY WAS CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER LIGHTNING STRUCK THE BUILDING SATURDAY. IT KNOCKED OUT THE MDC’S I-T SYSTEM, FORCING JAIL OFFICIALS TO TEMPORARILY END VISITATIONS. VISITORS WERE TURNED AWAY ON SUNDAY BUT THE MDC BELIEVES THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED ON MONDAY. REGULAR VISITATIONS WILL RESUME WHEN THE…… MORE
City Needs to Hire Hundreds
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER WANTS YOU. LAST WEEK, HE APPOINTED ENRIQUE CARDIEL TO THE INDICATORS AND PROGRESS COMMISSION. IT COORDINATES THE REVIEW OF IMPORTANT COMMUNITY CONDITIONS. CARDIEL’S APPOINTMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, MAKING HIE THE 100TH BOAR AND COMMISSION APPOINTEE. HOWEVER, KELLER SAYS HE WALKED INTO CITY HALL WITH NEARLY 200 VACANCIES AND…… MORE
Neighborhood Group Pushing Keller to Act
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER’S PLAN TO WALK THE BEAT IN THE SILVER PLATINUM DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AREA WAS CANCELLED LAST WEEK. GILBERT GALLEGOS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH APD, SAYS THEY CALLED IT OFF SO KELLER COULD FOCUS ON THE A-R-T PROJECT. AND GALLEGOS SAYS THEY PLAN TO DO WALK-THROUGHS AROUND THE CITY. LEON GARCIA, PRESIDENT…… MORE
Da Vinci Energizes NM Museum Visits
ATTENDANCE AT THE STATE’S MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES WAS WAY UP LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND A BIG REASON FOR THAT WAS THE SUCCESS OF “DA VINCI–THE GENIUS” AT THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE IN ALBUQUERQUE. MUSEUM DIRECTOR MARGIE MARINO TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE MUSEUM HAS HAD MORE THAN 300-THOUSAND VISITS SINCE…… MORE
Los Alamos Upgrades Public Transportation
LOS ALAMOS CURRENTLY HAS A DIESEL FLEET OF BUSES, BUT NOW HAS FUNDS TO PURCHASE NEW ZERO-EMISSION BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES. AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING HAS BEEN SECURED BY NEW MEXICO SENATORS TOM UDALL, MARTIN HEINRICH AND CONGRESSMAN BEN RAY LUJAN, ALL DEMOCRATS. THE U-S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AWARDED LOS ALAMOS ATOMIC CITY TRANSIT NEARLY 1-AND-A-HALF MILLION…… MORE
Oversight Board Reviews APD Use-of-Force Policy
A PROPOSED DRAFT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S PROPOSED DRAFT FOR APD’S USE-OF-FORCE POLICY WILL BE THE TOPIC FRIDAY AT 5PM FOR THE POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD. IT’S A SPECIAL MEETING THAT THEY HOPE WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING RECENT CHANGES TO THE POLICY. OVERSIGHT BOARD MEMBER JOANNE FINE TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL AN EARLIER POLICY ALLOWS…… MORE
Pearce Says He’ll Overhaul CYFD
REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE STEVE PEARCE SAYS IF HE’S ELECTED IN NOVEMBER, HE’LL REFORM THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT. PEARCE IS CALLING FOR SYSTEMATIC REFORMS TO PROTECT CHILDREN. HE SAID IN A SPEECH THURSDAY THAT NEW MEXICO HAS FAILED TO PROTECT ITS KIDS FROM ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EVEN DEATH. HE SAYS A SOCIETY WITH NO…… MORE
No Extradition for Compound Suspect
NO EXTRADITION FOR ONE OF THE FIVE ADULTS ARRESTED AT A TAOS COUNTY COMPOUND FOR CHILD ABUSE AND LATER TRESPASSING. THE STATE OF GEORGIA SAYS IT WILL NOT EXTRADITE SIRAJ WAHHAJ, WHO WAS WANTED ON KIDNAPPING THERE AFTER ALLEGEDLY TAKING HIS SON FROM HIS MOTHER. THE BOY’S BODY WAS LATER FOUND BURIED ON THE COMPOUND…… MORE
