THE PROCESS TO GET NEW MEXICO’S WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT NEAR CARLSBAD BACK OPEN AND UP TO SPEED CONTINUES. THE NATION’S ONLY UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY CLOSED DOWN AFTER A RADIATION LEAK ON VALENTINE’S DAY 2014. IT STARTED ITS GRADUAL RETURN TO BECOMING FULLY OPERATIONAL LAST MONTH. THE CARLSBAD CURRENT ARGUS…… MORE
Lawmaker Proposes Hike on Distracted Driving Fine
THE FINE FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING COULD BE GOING UP. STATE SENATOR STEVE NEVILLE WANTS TO INCREASE THAT FINE FROM ABOUT 25 DOLLARS IN SOME COMMUNITIES TO 100 DOLLARS OR MORE FOR A FIRST OFFENSE. HE SAYS THE HIGHER FINE WILL GET THE ATTENTION OF MOTORISTS. NEVILLE SAYS DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A…… MORE
Legislation Proposed to Crack Down on Drugged Drivers
AN ALBUQUERQUE LAWMAKER HAS AGAIN FAILED TO GET A BILL PASSED CRACKING DOWN ON DRIVERS WHO ARE ON DRUGS. REPRESENTATIVE BILL REHM’S PROPOSAL HAS BEEN TABLED BY A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. IT WOULD HAVE SET LIMITS ON THE AMOUNT OF POT, METH, OR HEROIN A DRIVER COULD HAVE IN THEIR SYSTEM. REHM…… MORE
Raises for Mayor, Council to be Considered
NEXT WEEK, THE CITIZENS INDEPENDENT SALARY COMMISSION WILL MEET TO SET THE PAY FOR ALBUQUERQUE’S MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. COMMISSION CHAIRMAN JOHN CAREY SAYS ANY PAY RAISE WOULDN’T IMMEDIATELY GO INTO EFFECT: TWO YEARS AGO, THE COMMISSION RAISED THE MAYOR’S PAY FROM JUST UNDER 110-THOUSAND TO 125-THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND COUNCILORS GOT…… MORE
Free Filing With the IRS
THE IRS WILL LET YOU FILE YOUR TAX RETURN FOR FREE. BILL BRUNSON WITH THE IRS IN NEW MEXICO TELLS US IT’S BEEN THE CASE SINCE 2003. HE TELLS US THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO FILE: EITHER TRADITIONAL OR FILLABLE FORMS. THE TRADITIONAL METHOD, WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE EARNED 64-THOUSAND DOLLARS A…… MORE
New CYFD Program for NM Families
THERE’S A NEW RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM C-Y-F-D. SPOKESMAN HENRY VARELA SAYS THEY’VE LAUNCHED A NEW TOOL CALLED “AM I ELIGIBLE?” IT’S AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT LETS FAMILIES LEARN ABOUT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THEM. IT ASKS BASIC QUESTIONS SUCH AS HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE IN THE FAMILY AND WHAT’S THE…… MORE
Flu on the Rise in NM
NEW MEXICO IS STARTING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN BOTH INFLUENZA-LIKE ACTIVITY AND CONFIRMED CASES OF THE FLU. DAVID SELVAGE WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS IT’S NOT TO LATE TO GET A FLU SHOT…AND THIS YEAR’S VACCINE SEEMS TO BE EFFECTIVE. HE SAYS SURVEILLANCE OF WHERE THEY COLLECT THE VIRUS SHOWS THE VACCINE…… MORE
Groves’ Bond Remains the Same
BOND FOR ELEXUS GROVES WILL REMAIN AT 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS, CASH-ONLY. GROVES IS THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF DRIVING A STOLEN VAN, AND CRASHING IT INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE LAST WEEK IN ALBUQUERQUE, KILLING 14 YEAR OLD SANDIA HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN SHAYLEE BOLING. PROSECUTORS ON THURSDAY ASKED THAT THE 21 YEAR OLD GROVES BE HELD WITHOUT BOND, BUT…… MORE
NM Suspects Caught in Texas
AN ALBUQUERQUE DUO DESCRIBED BY APD AS REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN TEXAS. DANIEL WHITE AND APRIL KEPHART, BOTH 28, WERE NABBED OUTSIDE AMARILLO TUESDAY FOLLOWING AN ALLEGED SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT. POLICE SAY THE TRUCK THEY WERE DRIVING HAD BEEN CARJACKED IN ALBUQUERQUE. APD SAYS WHITE AND KEPHART WERE ARRESTED JANUARY 19TH FOR A…… MORE
NM Voters Could Decide on Govt. Ethics Commission
IN SANTA FE, THE HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE HAS ADVANCED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE MEASURE MUST PASS TWO OTHER COMMITTEES BEFORE MAKING IT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. IF APPROVED BY BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE, IT WOULD GO BEFORE VOTERS IN 2018. NEW MEXICO IS…… MORE
