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APD and City Hall Statement on Child Abuse Cases
QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SURROUNDING THE DEPARTMENT’S CONTACTS WITH A COUPLE AND THEIR CHILDREN CAUGHT-UP IN A DISTURBING CASE. WAS ANYTHING MISSED? THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HOPES TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN ITS DEALING WITH A COUPLE NOW ACCUSED OF SEX-TRAFFICKING THEIR SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THE DEPARTMENT IS CARRYING-OUT…… MORE
Navajo Woman Sentenced for Child Abuse
A DISTURBING CASE OF CHILD ABUSE ON THE NAVAJO NATION IN NEW MEXICO. 22 YEAR OLD ELMIRA CURLEY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON AFTER ADMITTING SHE PUT THE LEGS AND FEET OF A NINE MONTH OLD BABY INTO A SCALDING HOT BATHTUB, RESULTING IN SEVERE BURNS. THE U-S ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS THE…… MORE
Protests Over Detainee’s Death in Cibola County
A TRANSGENDER ICE DETAINEE DIES IN FEDERAL CUSTODY IN CIBOLA COUNTY. THAT LED TO PROTESTS AGAINST IMMIGRATION POLICIES OUTSIDE METRO COURT ON TUESDAY. THE INMATE WAS 33 YEAR OLD JEFFRY HERNANDEZ, WHO THE PROTESTERS IDENTIFIED AS ROXANNA HERNANDEZ. HERNANDEZ WAS A HONDURAN NATIONAL BEING HELD AT THE CIBOLA COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THE HONDURAN CONSULATE WILL…… MORE
No Decision on Santa Fe Schools
THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD STILL HASN’T MADE A DECISION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THREE AGING MIDTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THEY DELAYED THE DECISION AT TUESDAY NIGHT’S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THAT WAS ATTENDED BY BOTH STUDENTS AND PARENTS. BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS SAID THEY DIDN’T WANT ANYTHING DONE WITH THE SCHOOLS E.J. MARTINEZ, NAVA,…… MORE
Davis Bows Out of Congressional Race
ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS IS DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE…AND HE SAYS HE’S NOW SUPPORTING DEB HAALAND. POLITICAL BLOGGER JOE MONAHAN SAYS, WITH ONLY FIVE PERCENT SUPPORT IN A RECENT POLL, DAVIS’S ENDORSEMENT PROBABLY WON’T BE A BIG DEAL. BUT HE SAYS IN A…… MORE
Buzzard Fire Now Bigger
A WILDFIRE BURNING IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST HAS NOW GROWN TO MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND ACRES…AND IS STILL 34-PERCENT CONTAINED. THE BUZZARD FIRE BROKE OUT ON MAY 22ND. THE AREA AROUND THE FIRE REMAINS CLOSED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY…AND ROADBLOCKS HAVE BEEN SET UP BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. WELL OVER 400 FIRE PERSONNEL ARE BATTLING THE…… MORE
Looking To Monsoons for Relief
WITHOUT A GOOD MONSOON SEASON THIS SUMMER, NEW MEXICO COULD BE FACING SOME MAJOR WATER ISSUES. HYDROLOGIST DAVID GENSLER WITH THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT SAYS PARTS OF THE RIVER HAVE ALREADY DRIED UP COMPLETELY. HE SAYS SOME DRYING IS EXPECTED EVERY SUMMER. BUT GENSLER SAYS IF SUMMER RAINS ARE BELOW NORMAL, PARTS OF…… MORE
New Director Hired at Albuquerque Museum
THE ALBUQUERQUE ART MUSEUM HAS A NEW DIRECTOR. IT’S ANDREW CONNERS, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY CURATOR OF ART AND NOW TAKES OVER THE POST HELD BY CYNTHIA GARCIA AS ACTING DIRECTOR. CONNERS HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SOUTHWESTERN ART. HE’S ALSO SAID TO HAVE AN INNOVATIVE VISION. CONNERS STUDIED ART HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE AT YALE UNIVERSITY AND…… MORE
Netflix Shooting Series in NM
NETFLIX IS COMING TO NEW MEXICO TO FILM A TELEVISION SERIES CALLED “MESSIAH.” FILMING WILL BE IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ALBUQUERQUE, MOUNTAINAIR, ESTANCIA, BELEN AND SANTA FE. “MESSIAH” IS A TEN EPISODE SERIES THAT TELLS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO COMES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND IS BELIEVED BY HIS FOLLOWERS TO BE SENT…… MORE
