FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, YOU’VE BEEN ABLE TO HOP ON A D-RIDE BUS TO GET AROUND DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE FOR FREE. BUT THAT SERVICE ENDED ON SATURDAY …ONE OF SEVERAL ROUTE AND SCHEDULE CHANGES NO IN EFFECT. A-B-Q RIDE SPOKESMAN RICK DE REYES SAYS, FOR ONE THING, THE D-RIDE WAS PUT IN PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE…… MORE
APD Looking for Murder Suspect
A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A 73 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR RICHARD ROBINSON, WHO’S ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS 58 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR THIS PAST TUESDAY AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR SAN PEDRO AND KATHRYN SOUTHEAST. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THAT ROBINSON GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH 58 YEAR OLD CHRIS…… MORE
Gas Prices on the Rise
GASOLINE PRICES IN NEW MEXICO ARE HIGHER THAN THEY’VE BEEN IN THREE AND-A-HALF YEARS. TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO’S DANIEL ARMBRUSTER SAYS THE RECENT PRICE HIKES ARE DUE IN LARGE PART TO INCREASED DEMAND. HE SAYS PRICES AT THE RETAIL LEVEL CONTINUE THEIR UPWARD TREND. ARMBRUSTER SAYS PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON AN UPWARD TREND THROUGH…… MORE
More Funding for Pre-K Program in NM
NEW MEXICO IS PUMPING MORE MONEY INTO PRE-K PROGRAMS…TO THE TUNE OF 10 MILLION DOLLARS. AND GOVERNOR MARTINEZ TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB SOME DISTRICTS GETTING THE FUNDING HAVE NEVER HAD PRE-K BEFORE. MARTINEZ SAYS THE ADDITIONAL MONEY WILL ALLOW 15-HUNDRED MORE STUDENTS ACCESS TO PRE-K PROGRAMS…BRINGING THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT IN PRE-K STATEWIDE TO 67-HUNDRED. THE GOVERNOR…… MORE
No Charges in Officer Involved Shooting
NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST A LAS CRUCES POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED A MAN IN FEBRUARY. THE DONA ANA COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE SAYS OFFICER JOSEPH CAMPA WAS JUSTIFIED WHEN HE SHOT 23 YEAR OLD MURDER SUSPECT NATHANIEL MONTOYA. CAMPA WAS PURSING MONTOYA WHO CRASHED AT A GAS STATION, THEN RAISED A GUN. CAMPA FIRED…… MORE
Drug Ring Leader Sentenced
THE LEADER OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING RING IN BERNALILLO COUNTY IS OFF TO PRISON FOR SIX YEARS. THE U-S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS 32 YEAR OLD ENRIQUE CAVAZOS OF TIJERAS RAN THE OPERATION BETWEEN 2008 AND 2015, BUYING HIGH GRADE MARIJUANA IN CALIFORNIA FOR DISTRIBUTION IN NEW MEXICO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HIS WIFE, LINDSEY, WAS…… MORE
Some Santa Fe Residents Oppose Cell Phone Fix
A LOT OF SANTA FE RESIDENTS ARE AGAINST THAT CITY’S PLAN TO BOOST CELL PHONE SERVICE, WHICH HAS BEEN SPOTTY FOR SOME TIME. FORMER MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES EVEN DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY LAST YEAR BECAUSE SERVICE WAS THAT BAD. NOW THE SANTA FE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AN ORDINANCE THAT’LL ALLOW PHONE AND INTERNET…… MORE
More Fire Restrictions for NM
THE CONTINUING DRY, HOT CONDITIONS MEAN MORE FIRE RESTRICTIONS BEING PUT IN PLACE. DANITA BURNS IS THE MANAGER FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. SHE SAYS FIRE RESTRICTIONS WILL NOW COVER 2-POINT-5 MILLION ACRES ACROSS 8 NEW MEXICO COUNTIES. THEY ARE BERNALILLO, CATRON, CIBOLA, MCKINLEY, SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, SOCORRO AND VALENCIA COUNTIES.…… MORE
Suspicious Death Investigated
STILL PLENTY OF UN-ANSWERED QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY THURSDAY MORNING NEAR WESTERN SKIES AND CENTRAL AVENUE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. OFFICER SIMON DROBIK SAYS THIS IS BEING CALLED A SUSPICIOUS DEATH. HE SAYS THEY FIRST GOT THE CALL JUST BEFORE 11AM. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE…… MORE
Man Denied Bar Entry Arrested
A MAN DENIED ENTRY TO A NOB HILL BAR IN ALBUQUERQUE ENDS UP FACING CHARGES. TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD ELIJAH DELOACH WAS SEEN BY WORKERS IN THE BAR DRINKING OUTSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT. THEY WOULDN’T LET HIM ENTER THE BAR AND DELOACH GOT ANGRY. POLICE SAY HE THREATENED TO GET A GUN … THEN CAME BACK TO…… MORE
