TEN JAILS AND FIVE STATE PRISONS IN THE U-S CURRENTLY ALLOW BREASTFEEDING FOR INMATES WHO ARE LACTATING … AND THE BERNALILLO COUNTY MDC IS NOW AMONG THEM. THE NEW POLICY ALLOWS INMATES TO USE A BREAST PUMP OR BREASTFEED THEIR CHILD WHETHER THEY’RE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION OR IN SEGREGATION. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THEJAIL…… MORE
Stage 1 Fire Restirctions for Two NM National Forests
THE CIBOLA AND SANTA FE NATIONAL FORESTS HAVE ALREADY PUT STAGE ONE FIRE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE DUE TO THE DRY CONDITIONS…AND NOW THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST IS DOING THE SAME. THOSE RESTRICTIONS WILL GO INTO EFFECT NEXT MONDAY. UNDER STAGE ONE, CAMPFIRES, CHARCOAL GRILLS, AND COAL AND WOOD STOVES ARE ALLOWED ONLY IN DEVELOPED CAMP…… MORE
Car Vandals Strike in SW Albuquerque
VANDALS OVER THE WEEKEND SEVERELY DAMAGE VEHICLES PARKED IN AN ALBUQUERQUE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR 86TH STREET AND BRIDGE SOUTHWEST. RESIDENTS AWOKE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING TO FIND THAT THE WINDSHIELD OF THEIR VEHICLES HAD BEEN SMASHED. AND ONE RESIDENT’S SURVEILLANCE CAMERA CAUGHT THE VANDAL JUMPING ON HER CAR’S HOOD, THEN SMASHING IN THE WINDSHIELD WITH HIS…… MORE
Santa Fe D-A Responds to Ferguson Suicide
THE MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING 13 YEAR OLD JEREMIAH VALENCIA IN JANUARY IS DEAD AFTER WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SUICIDE IN JAIL. NEWS OF THE DEATH OF 42 YEAR OLD THOMAS FERGUSON HAS STUNNED THE FAMILIES. FERGUSON WAS IN THE SANTA FE COUNTY JAIl, BEING HELD ON A MURDER CHARGE IN VALENCIA’S DEATH. HE’S…… MORE
New Animal Welfare Leader for Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE’S ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS ANOTHER NEW LEADER. THAT’S AFTER JOHN SOLADAY, WHO ASSUMED THE JOB WHEN PAUL CASTER QUIT THE JOB AFTER ONLY THREE MONTHS THERE. SOLADAY WAS EXPECTED TO RESIGN BECAUSE HE WAS NAMED INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL WELFARE. NOW THE ACTING DIRECTOR IS DANNY NEVAREZ, WHO WILL BE IN THE POSITION UNTIL…… MORE
Public Meetings on Nuclear Waste Facility
FEDERAL REGULATORS ARE CONSIDERING A PLAN TO ALLOW THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF SPENT FUEL FROM COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR REACTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT A PROPOSED SITE BETWEEN HOBBS AND CARLSBAD. THE FIRST MEETING HOSTED BY THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION IS MONDAY, IN ROSWELL. OTHER MEETINGS ARE SET FOR TUESDAY IN HOBBS AND THURSDAY IN CARLSBAD. HOLTEC…… MORE
NM Has Most Hit-n-Runs in the U-S
WE’RE THE HIT-N-RUN CAPITAL OF THE U-S. NEW MEXICO … BUT DANIEL ARMBRUSTER WITH TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO SAYS THESE CRASHES ARE UP ALL ACROSS THE U-S. AND HE SAYS TWO GROUPS IN PARTICULAR ARE AFFECTED: PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. ARMBRUSTER SAYS THE MOTIVATION BEHIND HIT-N-RUN CRASHES IS OFTEN DRIVER PANIC AND TRYING TO HIDE SOME ILLEGAL…… MORE
NM Public Education Vs. Albuquerque Public Schools
THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS, FOR NOW, APPROVED ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL PLANS TO RESTRUCTURE TWO OF ITS WORST PERFORMING SCHOOLS…LOS PADILLAS AND WHITTIER ELEMENTARIES. BUT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE SCHOOLS COULD STILL BE SHUT DOWN IF THEY CONTINUE TO GET FAILING GRADES. MEANWHILE, THE P-E-D DENIED A RESTRUCTURING PLAN FOR ANOTHER FAILING…… MORE
Another Fake Art Warning
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BUYER BEWARE. A 51 YEAR OLD CALIFORNIA MAN WAS ARRAIGNED IN ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY ON CHARGES OF FRAUDULENTLY CREATING AND SELLING JEWELRY AS NATIVE-AMERICAN MADE. ROBERT HAACK ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA TO THE ALLEGATIONS. INVESTIGATORS SAY HAACK MADE AND SOLD THE JEWELRY IN 2013 AND 2014. ONE OF HIS CUSTOMERS WAS AN…… MORE
NM’s Biggest Medical Pot Company Acquires More Land
ULTRA HEALTH, THE BIGGEST CANNABIS COMPANY IN NEW MEXICO, HAS ACQUIRED 200 ACRES OF LAND IN OTERO COUNTY. THERE IT PLANS TO BUILD AN 8.7 MILLION SQUARE FOOT FACILITY THAT THE COMPANY SAYS WILL BE THE LARGEST IN NORTH AMERICA. THE SITE WILL INCLUDE 20 ACRES OF INDOOR CULTIVATION, 80 ACRES OF OUTDOOR MARIJUANA FIELDS,…… MORE
