HAIL DAMAGE FROM SUNDAY’S STORMS IN NEW MEXICO WASN’T LIMITED TO THINGS ON THE GROUND, SUCH AS BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES. AMERICAN AIRLINES SAYS ONE OF IT’S PLANES WAS DAMAGED BY HAIL AS IT FLEW OVER THE STATE. THE PLANE, ON ROUTE FROM SAN ANTONIO TO PHOENIX, DIVERTED TO EL PASO, TEXAS WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY.…… MORE
Convicted Abuser Sentenced
AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN GETS 18 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE BRUTAL BEATING OF HIS 11-DAY OLD DAUGHTER LAST YEAR. LARRY SANCHEZ PLED GUILTY IN APRIL TO CHILD ABUSE WITH GREAT BODILY HARM. THE BABY SURVIVED, BUT SUFFERED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN FRACTURES TO HER BODY. HOSPITAL STAFF CONTACTED POLICE AFTER THE LITTLE GIRL WAS BROUGHT…… MORE
Dangerous Road for Bicyclists
IF YOU RIDE YOUR BICYCLE ALONG COORS BOULEVARD BETWEEN PASEO DEL NORTE AND CENTRAL IN ALBUQUERQUE…BE EXTRA CAREFUL. AN ANALYSIS FROM A CHICAGO MARKETING AGENCY…DIGITAL THIRD COAST…SAYS THAT STRETCH ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ROADWAY IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR BICYCLISTS. THE STUDY EXAMINED BIKE ACCIDENTS IN 34 CITIES IN THE U.S. WITH…… MORE
More Space for the A-G’s Office
NEW MEXICO IS GETTING MORE RESOURCES TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS SENDING TWO ASSISTANT U-S ATTORNEYS TO FOCUS ON VIOLENT CRIME AND ANOTHER TO WORK ON CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. IN EARLY MAY, THE U-S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IN NEW MEXICO WAS GIVEN SIX ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT U-S ATTORNEYS TO AID IN THE PROSECUTION OF…… MORE
Cimarron Residents Return Home
GOOD NEWS ON THE UTE PARK FIRE BURNING IN COLFAX COUNTY. THE FIRE, WHICH HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 36-THOUSAND ACRES, IS NOW 25 PERCENT CONTAINED. AND THE EVACUATION ORDER FOR THE VILLAGE OF CIMARRON HAS BEEN LIFTED. WENDY MASON WITH THE STATE FORESTRY DIVISION SAYS THE AREA DID GET SOME RAIN SUNDAY. IT WASN’T…… MORE
Election Day is Tuesday
NEW MEXICO REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND LIBERTARIANS WILL DECIDE THEIR PARTY’S NOMINEES TOMORROW AS THE STATE HOLDS ITS PRIMARY ELECTION. THE BATTLE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED RACES…BUT POLITICAL BLOGGER JOE MONAHAN SAYS THIS ONE DOESN’T APPEAR TO BE CLOSE WITH MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM WAY IN FRONT IN…… MORE
Shooting Victim Fighting for Life
A SHOOTING VICTIM IS FIGHTING TO STAY ALIVE IN AN ALBUQUERQUE HOSPITAL. THE PERSON WAS SHOT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE 400 BLOCK OF WISCONSIN NORTHEAST. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE SHORTLY BEFORE 8AM AND FOUND THE VICTIM WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. THE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE THEY’RE LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.…… MORE
Rain Not Enough for NM Drought
WE NEEDED SUNDAY’S RAIN STORM, BUT IT DIDN’T DO MUCH FOR NEW MEXICO EXTREME DROUGHT. THE STORM MOVED IN A BIT EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, IMPACTING BERNALILLO, VALENCIA, SOCORRO AND CIBOLA COUNTIES. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ONE METEOROLOGIST SAYS IT’LL TAKE MORE RAIN STORMS LIKE SUNDAY’S TO BRING THE STATE OUT OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS. AT THE…… MORE
Ute Park Fire Grows Beyond 36-Thousand Acres
FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN IN NEW MEXICO MONDAY MORNING. THE UTE PARK FIRE HAS GROWN TO JUST OVER 36-THOUSAND ACRES OVER THE WEEKEND AND IS 23 PERCENT CONTAINED IN COLFAX COUNTY. THE FIRE IS BURNING NEAR CIMARRON AND THE PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH, WHERE IT’S DESTROYED 14 OUTBUILDINGS. NEARLY 300 MORE STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED BY THE…… MORE
Victims Identified in Dixon Homicides
WE NOW KNOW THE NAMES OF THE THREE PEOPLE KILLED NEAR DIXON LAST WEEK. STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THEM AS ABRAHAM MARTINEZ, WHO WAS 36 .. 42 YEAR OLD APRIL BROWN … AND 27 YEAR OLD KIEREN GUILLEMIN. THE THREE HAD ALL BEEN SHOT IN THEIR HEAD. POLICE DID ARREST TWO SUSPECTS IN THE TRIPLE…… MORE
