AN ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN WITH A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY PLEADS GUILTY TO FIREARMS CHARGES AND ASSAULTING A FEDERAL OFFICER. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS 31 YEAR OLD MIRANDA GILBERT COULD GET LIFE IN PRISON IF SHE’S DEEMED TO BE AN ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL. YOU MAY REMEMBER GILBERT FROM AN INCIDENT LAST AUGUST IN WHICH SHE POINTED…… MORE
Feds Fund Improved Laguna School
LAGUNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CIBOLA COUNTY WILL GET 26 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE WEDNESDAY BY INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE. THE SCHOOL WILL SERVE 220 STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. IN 2016 THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS SELECTED TEN SCHOOLS FOR REPLACEMENT…AND LAGUNA IS…… MORE
Fire Danger Up for Albuquerque
THE BRUSH FIRE IN ALBUQUERQUE’S HIGH DESERT NEIGHBORHOOD TUESDAY IS A REMINDER THAT CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY DRY RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE METRO AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROLOGIST ROYCE FONTENOT TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB ALBUQUERQUE IS NOW IN THE EXTREME DROUGHT CATEGORY, THE SECOND WORST DESIGNATION. ALBUQUERQUE’S PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR 2018 IS MORE THAN AN INCH-AND-A-HALF BELOW…… MORE
Road Work on i-25/Rio Bravo
WORK ON THE I-25/RIO BRAVO INTERCHANGE WILL ENTER A NEW PHASE FRIDAY, WITH SOUTHBOUND INTERSTATE TRAFFIC BEING SHIFTED TO THE NEW PERMANENT LANES. AND THE SOUTHBOUND I-25 ON RAMP AND THE NORTHBOUND OFF RAMP AT RIO BRAVO WILL BOTH BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE STATE D-O-T SAYS MOTORISTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE BROADWAY…… MORE
Democratic Gubernatorial Debate
CANDIDATES JEFF APODACAA native New Mexican, Jeff Apodaca is running for Governor of New Mexico to turn around the state from years of mismanagement. Jeff will bring major changes to New Mexico. Jeff grew up in Santa Fe and Las Cruces and is the son of former New Mexico Governor Jerry Apodaca and former First…… MORE
Questions Raised About West Side Tax District
THERE’S TALK OF CREATING A NEW TAX DISTRICT ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE. BUT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ECONOMISTS FOR TWO STATE AGENCIES QUESTIONED CREATING THAT WEST SIDE TAX DISTRICT ON TUESDAY. THE ECONOMISTS WITH THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SAY IT WOULD MOVE SOME OF THE REVENUE FOR USE…… MORE
State PED Demands Commitment from APS
THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WANTS A STRONGER COMMITTMENT FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO A PLAN MEANT TO ADDRESS THREE FAILING SCHOOLS. P-E-D SECRETARY DESIGNATE CHRISTOPHER RUSZKOWSKI SAYS THE LATEST LETTER FROM APS SUGGESTS THE DISTRICT CAN OPT OUT OF ITS AGREEMENT FOR ANY REASON. HE SAYS THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE AND APS SUPERINTENDENT…… MORE
Albuquerque Marks 32nd Murder This Year
IN 2017 ALBUQUERQUE HAD 75 MURDERS…THE MOST IN RECENT MEMORY. AND 2018 IS RUNNING WELL AHEAD OF LAST YEAR’S PACE. APD SAYS A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AT A MOBILE HOME PARK NEAR EUBANK AND CENTRAL. THAT WOULD BE HOMICIDE NUMBER 32 THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, ALBUQUERQUE HAD…… MORE
Couple Will Remain Incarcerated
THE ALBUQUERQUE PARENTS ACCUSED OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFTER ALLEGEDLY PROSTITUTING THEIR SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FOR DRUGS WILL BE STAYING BEHIND BARS. THAT WAS THE RULING TUESDAY FROM JUDGE ALISA HART IN THE CASE OF JAMES STEWART AND TERI SANCHEZ. NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS THE JUDGE SIDED WITH SAFETY ON BEHALF OF…… MORE
Bike Plan Meetings Scheduled for Residents
THE NEW MEXICO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU ON THE FIRST DRAFT OF A STATE BICYCLE PLAN. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PLAN CONSIDERS HOW BEST TO PROVIDE NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH A SAFE AND CONNECTED BICYCLE NETWORK ON STATE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD IN SANTA…… MORE
