IT’S A COLD WEEKEND FOR ALBUQUERQUE … MUCH COLDER THAN USUAL FOR LATE APRIL. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CLAY ANDERSON SAYS TEMPERATURES COULD DIP TO THE FREEZING MARK SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. HE SAYS MOST OF ALBUQUERQUE WILL DROP TO ABOUT 32 DEGREES AND IT’S EXPECTED TO COLDER IN THE VALLEY BY…… MORE
NM’s Economy Improving
GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS ON NEW MEXICO’S ECONOMY. JEFFREY MITCHELL, DIRECTOR OF UNM’S BUREAU OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH, SAYS THE STATE’S ECONOMY IS IMPROVING. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT STATEMENT IS UNDERSCORED BY THE NUMBER OF OIL RIGS OPERATING HERE NOW. THAT NUMBER FELL TO 13 ABOUT A YEAR AGO BUT…… MORE
Tax Reform on Special Session Agenda
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ WANTS TAX REFORM TO BE A PART OF AN UPCOMING SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SHE SAYS OVERHAULING THE STATE’S TAX SYSTEM COULD BE A KEY TO SOLVING NEW MEXICO’S BUDGET CRISIS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNOR MADE HER REMARKS THURSDAY AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NEW MEXICO TAX RESEARCH…… MORE
Councilors Propose Amendment for More APD Officers
ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS DON HARRIS AND KEN SANCHEZ ARE PROPOSING A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SWORN OFFICERS AT APD. THEY ANNOUNCED THE PROPOSAL THURSDAY, WITH SANCHEZ SAYING PUBLIC SAFETY IS A TOP CONCERN AT COMMUNITY MEETING’S HE’S ATTENDED. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 839 OFFICERS AT APD. IF THE…… MORE
NM Man Acquitted on Child Abuse Charges
AN ARTESIA MAN HAS BEEN ACQUITTED OF CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AFTER HIS THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS FROM A BACKYARD BONFIRE HE SET. THE CARLSBAD CURRENT ARGUS NEWSPAPER REPORTS THE DAUGHTER OF 39 YEAR OLD JIMMY OLGUIN SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS AFTER HER CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE. OLGUIN…… MORE
Udall Targets Trump’s Move on National Monuments
NEW MEXICO SENATOR TOM UDALL SAYS HE’LL FIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO NATIONAL MONUMENTS. TRUMP WANTS THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW AND POSSIBLY REVERSE SOME NATIONAL MONUMENT DESIGNATIONS. UDALL SAYS THAT COULD AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE AND ORGAN MOUNTAINS DESERT PEAKS NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN…… MORE
APS Scraps Middle School Sports Decision
CRITICISM FROM PARENTS , GOVERNOR MARTINEZ AND THE STATE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BACKTRACKING ON GETTING RID OF MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. THE DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD KEEP THOSE ATHLETICS PROGRAMS GOING AND FIND ANOTHER WAY TO SAVE 600-THOUSAND DOLLARS. BUT MID SCHOOL SPORTS AT ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC…… MORE
D-A Cuts Caseload
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS HE’S MADE A STRATEGIC DECISION ON FIGHTING CRIME…TAKE FEWER CASES TO COURT WHILE CONCENTRATING ON THE AREA’S MOST VIOLENT CRIMINALS. RAUL TORREZ TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THAT DOESN’T MEAN HIS OFFICE WON’T PROSECUTE DRUG OR PROPERTY CRIME CASES. TORREZ SAYS HIS OFFICE HAS TO BE VERY…… MORE
Veto Lawsuit Stalls NM Special Session
NEW MEXICO’S SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON A REVISED BUDGET PLAN IS BEING STALLED BY THE COURT CASE AGAINST GOVERNOR MARTINEZ’S VETOES. TALKS TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL SESSION HAVE SLOWED … AND IN A STATEMENT ISSUED BY MARTINEZ’S OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY, THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS SHE IMPLIES THE DEMOCRATIC-LED LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT…… MORE
Balderas Investigates Corporate Farming in NM
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS FEWER AND FEWER NEW MEXICO FARMERS AND RANCHERS CAN MAKE A GO OF IT THESE DAYS. AND HE THINKS ONE OF THE REASONS IS ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES ON THE PART OF LARGE CORPORATE FARMING INTERESTS. HE SAYS RECORD PROFITS HAVE GONE TO THE PACKAGING AND PACKING INDUSTRIES OUTSIDE…… MORE
