TWO ALBUQUERQUE TEENS EACH FACE AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. TIM CHAVEZ, WHO’S 15, AND 17 YEAR OLD ANTHONY GALLEGOS ARE ACCUSED OF THREE SHOOTINGS FROM LAST MONTH. THE TWO HAVE BEEN JAILED SINCE ONE OF THOSE INCIDENTS ON MARCH 22ND. POLICE SAY SOMEONE USED A GLOCK HANDGUN TO FIRE SHOTS…… MORE
Railyard Fire Said to Be Intentional
A TWO-ALARM BUILDING FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON ON SECOND STREET AT THE RAILYARDS SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND, SO FAR, IT’S REPORTEDLY DETERMINED THE FIRE WAS INTENTIONALLY SET. BUT MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS THE FIRE WON’T AFFECT THE RAILYARDS MARKET WHICH IS OPEN ON SUNDAYS, MAY THROUGH OCTOBER. A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN…… MORE
Condo Fire Ruled Accidental
QUICK WORK BY ALBUQUERQUE FIREFIGHTERS MONDAY KEPT AN APARTMENT FIRE FROM SPREADING. LT. TOM RUIZ WITH A-F-D SAYS WHEN CREWS ARRIVED, SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING FROM ONE UNIT OF THE TWO STORY COMPLEX ON PENNSYLVANIA NEAR INDIAN SCHOOL. HE SAYS THE OCCUPANT OF THE AFFECTED APARTMENT WAS OUT IN TIME, GIVING FIREFIGHTERS THE ROOM…… MORE
Woman Shot Still Not Identified
THE WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT AND THEN DRIVEN TO LOVELACE HOSPITAL IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST SATURDAY MORNING STILL HASN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED. APD IS NOW ASKING FOR HELP FROM ANYONE WHO MIGHT KNOW HER. THEY SAY SHE APPEARS TO BE LATINA WITH DARK HAIR AND IN HER MID 20S. POLICE NEED HELP TO IDENTIFY HER AND ALSO…… MORE
More Young Voters Signing Up
ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR, 17 YEAR OLDS WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE IN THE STATE PRIMARY IF THEY HAVE THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY BY THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. SECRETARY OF STATE MAGGIE TOULOUSE-OLIVER SAYS THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME YOUNG VOTERS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. SHE SAYS THE FIRST CYCLE…… MORE
Motorcycle Crash Closes Albuquerque Street
A MOTORCYCLIST IS DEAD AFTER COLLIDING WITH A CAR MONDAY MORNING IN ALBUQUERQUE. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS IT HAPPENED AROUND 10 A-M AT THE INTERSECTION OF BROADWAY AND MENAUL. HE SAYS IT APPEARS THE CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE MOTORCYCLE, HEADED NORTH. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MENAUL WHEN IT HIT THE…… MORE
Santa Fe Mayor Using Too Much Water
SANTA FE’S NEW MAYOR, ALAN WEBBER, MADE WATER CONSERVATION ONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN’S ISSUES. NOW, THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS WEBBER’S HOUSEHOLD USES EIGHT TIMES AS MUCH WATER AS THE CITY’S AVERAGE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. THE NEW MEXICAN SAYS WEBBER IS WORKING TO GET A HANDLE ON HIS WATER…… MORE
More Money for Bernalillo County
A TAX HIKE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT LAST YEAR IS HAVING A BIG IMPACT ON BERNALILLO COUNTY COFFERS. THE COUNTY THIS MONTH WILL GET MORE THAN 15-MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE DISTRIBUTION CHECKS FROM THE STATE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT. THAT’S AN INCREASE OF 21 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO. THE COUNTY RAISED ITS GROSS RECEIPTS…… MORE
New City Manager Needed in Santa Fe
JENNIFER RIORDAN, THE ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN KILLED LAST WEEK WHILE ON A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT, IS REMEMBERED BY ALBUQUERQUE AT POPEJOY HALL SUNDAY. THE HALL WAS PACKED AS JENNIFER WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE CITY FOR HER VOLUNTEER WORK AND LEADERSHIP. HER HUSBAND, FORMER CITY CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER MICHAEL RIORDAN, KEPT THE TONE LIGHT AND HUMOROUS,…… MORE
Remembering Jennifer
JENNIFER RIORDAN, THE ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN KILLED LAST WEEK WHILE ON A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT, IS REMEMBERED BY ALBUQUERQUE AT POPEJOY HALL SUNDAY. THE HALL WAS PACKED AS JENNIFER WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE CITY FOR HER VOLUNTEER WORK AND LEADERSHIP. HER HUSBAND, FORMER CITY CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER MICHAEL RIORDAN, KEPT THE TONE LIGHT AND HUMOROUS,…… MORE
