HE’D BEEN MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF LOS RANCHOS FOR YEARS. NOW, LARRY ABRAHAM HAS DIED. THE MAYOR PRO TEM OF LOS RANCHOS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT SUNDAY. DONALD LOPEZ SAID ABRAHAM DIED AT THE AGE OF 64 AT HIS SECOND HOME IN UTAH. ABRAHAM WAS FIRST VOTED IN AS MAYOR IN 2004 AND WAS IN…… MORE
Santa Fe Police Search for Shooting Suspect
SANTA FE POLICE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A 44 YEAR OLD MAN INVOLVED IN SATURDAY’S SHOOTING AT THE BLAKE’S LOTABURGER JUST WEST OF AIRPORT ROAD AND HIGHWAY 14. NO WORD FROM POLICE YET IF ANYONE WAS INJURED. BUT JAMES JOCHEM IS ON THE RUN AND IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. IF YOU SEE HIM,…… MORE
Cibola County Teen Charged With Murder
A 15 YEAR OLD CIBOLA COUNTY BOY IS ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND ON A MURDER CHARGE. STATE POLICE WERE SENT TO A HOME NEAR THE VILLAGE OF FENCE LAKE VERY EARLY SUNDAY AT 1:45 AM. THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND 59 YEAR OLD SHARON RANKIN’S BODY. OFFICERS LATER ARRESTED RANKIN’S GRANDSON, NICKOLAS SAYERS OF FENCE LAKE.…… MORE
Gas Company Rate Hike Public Hearings Begin
IT’S BEST TO GO IN PREPARED. THE PRC IS HOLDING A SERIES OF MEETINGS THIS WEEK, SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON A RATE INCREASE REQUESTED BY THE GAS COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO. PRC CHAIRMAN SANDY JONES SAYS THE BEST INFORMATION THEY CAN GET FROM THESE MEETINGS IS RELATED TO SPECIFIC POLICY ISSUES REGARDING THE RATE HIKE.…… MORE
Gas Prices Spike
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES. TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE FOR REGULAR UNLEADED GASOLINE IS NOW 2-78 A GALLON. THAT’S UP THREE CENTS FROM LAST WEEK…AND 45 CENTS HIGHER THAN THIS TIME A YEAR AGO. LAS CRUCES DRIVERS ARE PAYING THE MOST, AT 2-89 A GALLON…SANTA FE DRIVERS THE LEAST AT 2-71.…… MORE
NM Teachers Said to Consider Walkouts
TEACHERS IN NUMEROUS OTHER STATES ARE STARTING TO SEE RESULTS FROM THEIR RECENT WALKOUTS. MANY LEGISLATURES HAVE APPROVED DECENT RAISES FOR TEACHERS. ELLEN BERNSTEIN, PRESIDENT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, SAYS NEW MEXICO TEACHERS HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN JANUARY TO DO THE SAME. SHE SAYS THEY NEED STUDENT RESOURCES…… MORE
Senator Wants White Sands as a National Park
THERE’S AN EFFORT UNDERWAY TO BRING ANOTHER NATIONAL PARK TO NEW MEXICO. SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH IS PROPOSING LEGISLATION TO CREATE WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK. THE AREA IS CURRENTLY A NATIONAL MONUMENT. HE SAYS THE NATIONAL PARK STATUS WOULD BE PROPER FOR WHITE SANDS, WHICH HE SAYS IT TRULY UNIQUE IN THE WORLD. A RECENT ESTIMATE…… MORE
Downtown Traffic Lights Return
A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, SEVERAL DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE INTERSECTIONS BECAME FOUR WAY STOPS. THE THINKING WAS, IT WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW. BUT JOHNNY CHANDLER WITH THE CITY’S MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT EXPERIMENT ALONG 8TH STREET AT LEAD AND COAL AND ON ROMA AVENUE IS COMING TO AN END. THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN MOVED…… MORE
Crime of the Week – Commercial Burglary
ALBUQUERQUE CRIMESTOPPERS HAS ISSUED IT’S CRIME OF THE WEEK ADVISORY. THIS TIME FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WANTED FOR A COMMERCIAL BURGLARY. THIS PAST TUESDAY, THE MAN, SEEN IN SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, BROKE INTO THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S SOUTHEAST SUBSTATION AT LOUISIANA AND KATHRYN SOUTHEAST. HE WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE BUILDING LOBBY BUT WAS UNABLE TO…… MORE
Central Avenue Finally Reopens
JUST IN TIME FOR CINCO DE MAYO. CONSTRUCTION OF ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS IS COMPLETED AND CENTRAL AVENUE IS FINALLY BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS. IT’S HAD LIMITED LANES, ORANGE CONES AND SLOW TRAFFIC FOR MONTHS SINCE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT GOT STARTED, AND SO MANY BUSINESSES ALONG CENTRAL WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. BUT…… MORE
