A SERIAL ARSONIST GETS 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SETTING A NUMBER OF FIRES AT BUSINESSES ACROSS ALBUQUERQUE IN NOVEMBER OF 2016. A JUDGE THURSDAY HANDED 29 YEAR OLD DAVID HICKMAN THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE ALLOWED UNDER A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS. THE MOST DAMAGING FIRE VIRTUALLY DESTROYED A CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NOB…… MORE
More Security for Isotopes Park
ISOTOPES PARK NOW HAS BEEFED UP SECURITY. YOU’LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR NOW TO GET INTO THE PARK … PLACING YOUR KEYS, CELL PHONES AND CAMERAS IN THE SCREENING BOWL. THAT’S A LOT LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AT THE SUNPORT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH TSA SECURITY … WITH YOUR BAGS…… MORE
Second Suspect Named in Dog Deaths
ONE WOMAN IS IN JAIL AFTER FIVE DOGS WERE LEFT TO DIE IN AN SUV IN ABQ RECENTLY. NOW THE WOMAN WHO HIRED SARA MAUTER TO TRANSPORT THE DOGS FROM ARIZONA TO TEXAS IS FACING CHARGES. ANIMAL OWNER ANNETTE ROSENOW LIVES IN TEXAS, BUT IS EXPECTED IN ALBUQUERQUE METRO COURT ON MAY 11TH. APD OFFICERS…… MORE
Shootout at Highland High
GUNFIRE OUTSIDE AN ALBUQUERQUE HIGH SCHOOL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APD SAYS TWO MEN GOT INTO A FIST FIGHT NEAR HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL AROUND 2:30, A FIGHT THAT QUICKLY ESCALATED. POLICE SAY ONE MAN WAS ARMED WITH A BAT, THE OTHER WITH A METAL PIPE. THAT MAN THEN PRODUCED A GUN AND SHOT THE MAN WITH THE…… MORE
NM Supreme Court Rules Vetoes Invalid
TEN PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WERE VETOED BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ FOLLOWING LAST YEAR’S 60 DAY SESSION CAN NOW BECOME LAW. THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT HAS INVALIDATED THOSE VETOES, SAYING THE GOVERNOR DID NOT FOLLOW CONSTITUTIONAL LAW WHEN SHE ISSUED THEM. THE COURT SIDED WITH DEMOCRATIC LEADERS, WHO HAD ARGUED MARTINEZ DID NOT GIVE ANY…… MORE
NM Woman Succumbs to Hantavirus
A 27 YEAR OLD AZTEC WOMAN WHO’D BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH HANTAVIRUS IN EARLY FEBRUARY HAS DIED. THE FARMINGTON DAILY TIMES REPORTS KILEY LANE DIED LAST THURSDAY AT UNM HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE’D BEEN TRANSPORTED AFTER HER DIAGNOSIS. THE CDC TESTED LANE FOR HANTAVIRUS AFTER UNM HOSPITAL’S TESTING, BUT THE CDC TESTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE. LANE HAD…… MORE
New Job for Gilbert Montano
THE MAN WHO WAS FORMER ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR R-J BERRY’S CHIEF OF STAFF IS HEADED TO NEW ORLEANS. GILBERT MONTANO HAS BEEN HIRED THERE TO BE THE NEW CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. MONTANO WILL SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY UNDER THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED AS MAYOR FOR NEW ORLEANS. HE’LL ALSO BE THE FIRST LATIN TO HOLD HIS…… MORE
Lawsuit Against NM Oil and Gas Industry Tossed
A MAJOR WIN FOR THE NEW MEXICO OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN FEDERAL COURT. THIS WEEK, U-S DISTRICT COURT JUDGE JAMES BROWNING DISMISSED A LAWSUIT FILED BY ACTIVISTS IN 2015 CLAIMING THE B-L-M VIOLATED NUMEROUS RULES WHEN IT ISSUED PERMITS FOR DRILLING IN THE SAN JUAN BASIN IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION…… MORE
Identity Thief Suspect Pleads Guilty
AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN FACES UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO BANK FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. THIRTY-NINE YEAR OLD TODD MCDONALD AND TWO CO-DEFENDANTS WERE ACCUSED OF STEALING MAIL…THEN USING THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF OTHERS TO FRAUDULENTLY MAKE PURCHASES. APD ARRESTED MCDONALD LAST OCTOBER AFTER FINDING HIM ASLEEP IN HIS CAR…… MORE
NM Monsoons Should be Healthy
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER IS OUT WITH A NEW REPORT, SHOWING NEW MEXICO WILL LIKELY SEE ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL IN JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER…WHEN MONSOON SEASON HITS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CHUCK JONES SAYS THAT’S WELCOME NEWS, GIVEN THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WE’VE BEEN IN FOR MONTHS. JONES SAYS A GOOD MONSOON SEASON WILL ONLY HELP…… MORE
