ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE SMITH’S GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT IN THE 100 BLOCK OF COORS MONDAY NIGHT. IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED AS A SUSPICIOUS PERSON WHO SEEMED TO BE INJURED. APD SPOKESMAN FRED DURAN SAYS WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE,…… MORE
GOP Ridicules Udall Supco Proposal
THE NEW MEXICO REPUBLICAN PARTY IS RIDICULING A SUPREME COURT PLAN FROM DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TOM UDALL. UDALL SUGGESTS PRESIDENT TRUMP ASK A LIBERAL MEMBER OF THE COURT TO RESIGN SO HE COULD NOMINATE JUDGE MERRICK GARLAND…AN OBAMA PICK…AND TRUMP’S OWN NOMINEE NEIL GORSUCH AT THE SAME TIME. THE STATE G-O-P CALLS…… MORE
New Names on NM Most Wanted List
THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE “MOST WANTED” LIST IN NEW MEXICO HAS ADDED TWO NAMES WHILE REMOVING ANOTHER. JONATHAN SANCHEZ IS WANTED IN SANTA FE COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF FELONIES AND HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY. NATHANIEL WATCHMAN IS WANTED IN SAN JUAN COUNTY FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. …… MORE
Bill Would Take NM Solar
STATE BUILDINGS IN NEW MEXICO WOULD BE POWERED WITH SOLAR ENERGY UNDER A BILL WINNING OVERWHELMING APPROVAL IN THE SENATE ON MONDAY. THE MEASURE WILL NOW BE CONSIDERED BY THE HOUSE. ITS SPONSOR, DEMOCRAT JEFF STEINBORN OF LAS CRUCES, SAYS THE MOVE WOULD NOT ONLY SAVE THE STATE MILLIONS IN UTILITY…… MORE
More Snow Due in NM
A 440 ACRE FIRE CONTINUES BURNING IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER LORETTA BENAVIDEZ SAYS IT WAS REPORTED SUNDAY MORNING IN THE SMOKEY BEAR RANGER DISTRICT, IN AN AREA NORTH OF THE CAPITAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREA. SHE SAYS THE FIRE IS IN RUGGED TERRAIN, SO THE ISSUE WILL BE IF THEY…… MORE
Small Growth for Seven Cabins Fire
A 440 ACRE FIRE CONTINUES BURNING IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER LORETTA BENAVIDEZ SAYS IT WAS REPORTED SUNDAY MORNING IN THE SMOKEY BEAR RANGER DISTRICT, IN AN AREA NORTH OF THE CAPITAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREA. SHE SAYS THE FIRE IS IN RUGGED TERRAIN, SO THE ISSUE WILL BE IF THEY…… MORE
The Sky’s The Limit
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR R-J BERRY SAYS HE WANTS THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO COME TO THE TABLE WITH IDEAS ON BUILDING THE CITY’S TALLEST BUILDING. HE SAYS ALBUQUERQUE CAN HELP BY PROVIDING SOME INCENTIVES, IF NEEDED, INCLUDING TWO POSSIBLE LOCATIONS: THE PARKING LOT NORTH OF CIVIC PLAZA AND THE VACANT LOT ACROSS FROM THE NEW…… MORE
Good Year So Far for NM Home Sales
HOME SALES IN NEW MEXICO ARE OFF TO A GOOD START IN 2017. THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO SAYS 12 HUNDRED 60 HOMES WERE SOLD STATEWIDE IN JANUARY…A 10 PERCENT INCREASE FROM JANUARY OF LAST YEAR. AND THE TOTAL VOLUME WAS 325-MILLION DOLLARS…AN INCREASE OF 29 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO. …… MORE
Wildfire Burning in Lincoln National Forest
A WILDFIRE IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST HAS BURNED 430 ACRES AS THIS (MON) MORNING. THE SEVEN CABINS FIRE WAS REPORTED YESTERDAY (SUN) MORNING. FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON SCENE BY 10:30AM. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER LORETTA BENAVIDEZ SAYS THE FIRE IS EIGHT MILES NORTHWEST OF ARABELA, NORTH OF THE CAPITAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREA.…… MORE
More Wildfires Expected for NM This Year
THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN NORMAL TO BELOW NORMAL WHEN IT COMES TO WILDFIRE ACTIVITY IN NEW MEXICO. BUT FIRE WEATHER METEOROLOGIST BRENT WACHTER SAYS THIS SPRING COULD BE MORE OF A CHALLENGE FOR FIREFIGHTERS. HE SAYS THERE ARE A LOT OF GRASS FUELS OUT THERE AND WE’RE EXPECTING A…… MORE
