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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Two to Be Deported From Albuquerque

TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS, IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO OPERATING A COUNTERFEIT AUTOMOBILE AIRBAG BUSINESS OUT OF THEIR HOME IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS THE GUILTY PLEAS WILL RESULT IN THE DEPORTATION OF 24 YEAR OLD DINA GONZALEZ-MARQUEZ AND HER 22 YEAR OLD BROTHER EMILIO GONZALEZ-MARQUEZ. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY THE TWO…MORE

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NM, Southwestern U-S Buck the Trend

GOVERNMENT FORECASTERS SAY, FOR THE CONTIGUOUS 48 STATES, LAST MONTH WAS THE COLDEST APRIL IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. BUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS THAT WASN’T THE CASE IN THE SOUTHWEST, INCLUDING NEW MEXICO. IN FACT, LAST MONTH WAS THE EIGHTH WARMEST APRIL EVER IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND THE TREND IS CONTINUING INTO…MORE

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No Jail Time for APD Cop Who Admits to DWI

JOSHUA MALECKI IS NO LONGER AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER. HE PLEADED GUILTY ON WEDNESDAY IN METRO COURT TO DRIVING HIS PATROL CAR LAST AUGUST WHILE HE WAS DRUNK. HE CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A CURB NEAR WYOMING AND I-40 AFTER HE GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE AND DROVE OFF. POLICE SAY MALECKI CALLED…MORE

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