GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SAYS NEW MEXICO’S ENERGY PRODUCTION IS BECOMING MORE DIVERSE. THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY THAT FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR, RENEWABLE ENERGY ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN 30-PERCENT OF THE STATE’S ELECTRICITY GENERATION. MARTINEZ ALSO SAYS RENEWABLE ENERGY RANKED SECOND IN ENERGY GENERATION IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2018…SURPASSING NATURAL…… MORE
Heinrich Slammed Over White Sands Proposal
THE OTERO COUNTY COMMISSION HAS COME OUT AGAINST SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH’S PROPOSAL TO TURN WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT INTO A NATIONAL PARK. HEINRICH SAYS THE ELEVATED STATUS WOULD INCREASE VISITATION TO WHITE SANDS. BUT COMMISSIONERS SAY THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. THE ALAMOGORDO DAILY NEWS REPORTS THEY’VE ALSO TOLD HEINRICH IN A LETTER THAT HIS BILL…… MORE
Free Boat Inspections This Weekend
WITH BOATING SEASON HERE, IT’S TIME TO MAKE SURE YOUR CRAFT IS IN TOP SHAPE. TOBY VELASQUEZ, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR STATE PARKS, TELLS US BOAT OPERATORS SHOULD REMEMBER A FEW OF THE BASICS BEFORE HEADING OUT…SUCH AS MAKING SURE THE DRAIN PLUG IS IN PLACE. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR BOAT INSPECTED THIS SATURDAY FROM…… MORE
Albuquerque Parks Down-Graded
ARE ALBUQUERQUE’S CITY PARKS NOT AS GOOD AS THEY USED TO BE? LAST YEAR, THE PARK SYSTEM WAS RANKED 17TH BEST AMONG 100 CITIES NATIONWIDE. BUT THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND’S 2018 PARK SCORE INDEX PUT ABQ AT NUMBER 40…A DROP OF 23 POSITIONS. WHILE ALBUQUERQUE’S PARK SYSTEM DID WELL IN SOME AREAS, IT SCORED…… MORE
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APD Officers Getting Raises
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS WILL SOON BE GETTING RAISES. IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO GET TO THIS POINT, WITH THE CITY AND THE POLICE OFFICERS’ UNION AGREEING ON A NEW CONTRACT WORTH JUST OVER 12-MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AS FOR WHAT SOME OF THE RAISES BREAK DOWN TO: FIRST…… MORE
Recreational Pot Gets “Thumbs Up”
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN NEW MEXICO?? A NEW POLL SHOWS 63 PERCENT OF ADULTS SURVEYED LIKE THE IDEA, AND WOULD SUPPORT A PROPOSED BILL LEGALIZING, TAXING AND REGULATING CANNABIS. THAT’S UP TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM A SIMILAR POLL CONDUCTED IN 2016. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE LATEST SURVEY WAS DONE…… MORE
APD Releases Youngblood Arrest Video
STATE REPRESENTATIVE MONICA YOUNGBLOOD INSISTS SHE HAD NO ALCOHOL THE NIGHT ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARRESTED HER IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE LAST WEEKEND FOR DRUNK DRIVING. THE VIDEO OF YOUNGBLOOD’S ARREST SHOWS HER CRYING IN THE BACK OF THE SQUAD CAR, TELLING OFFICERS SHE’S A LEGISLATOR WHO HAS STOOD UP FOR POLICE OFFICERS. THE OFFICER RESPONDS THAT IT…… MORE
Clovis Library Shooter Has Behavioral Outbursts
NATHANIEL JOUETT, THE 17 YEAR OLD CHARGED IN A DEADLY LIBRARY SHOOTING IN CLOVIS LAST AUGUST, IS NOW RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS AND THERAPY. THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS REPORTS JOUETT HAS HAD SOME BEHAVIORAL OUTBURSTS WHILE IN CUSTODY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE OUTBURSTS WERE ANTICIPATED AND ARE BEING MANAGED. TWO PEOPLE DIED AND FOUR OTHERS…… MORE
Officer’s Funeral Set for Thursday
A FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY IN LAS CRUCES FOR STATE POLICE SERGEANT THOMAS VITALE. THE SERVICES WILL BE AT 10:00 AM AT THE CEDAR HILLS CHURCH OF THE CROSS. THE PROCESSION WILL THEN DEPART LAS CRUCES AND TRAVEL TO FORT BAYARD NATIONAL CEMETARY FOR INTERNMENT. SERGEANT VITALE DIED SATURDAY AFTER STATE POLICE SAY HE…… MORE
