EVERY 4TH OF JULY, ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE RESPONDS TO HUNDREDS OF REPORTS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. BUT LT. TOM RUIZ WITH A-F-R SAYS DON’T CALL 9-1-1 IF YOU SPOT SOMETHING. INSTEAD USE THE CITY’S ONE A-B-Q APP. RUIZ TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THAT WILL ALLOW FIREFIGHTERS TO RESPOND TO MORE PRESSING EMERGENCIES. TWO YEARS AGO, RUIZ SAYS…… MORE
Parents Charged with Cruelty
A BIZARRE STORY OF CHILD ABUSE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY COMING OUT OF NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. MARTHA AND TIMOTHY CROUCH OF AZTEC WERE ARRESTED MONDAY. MARTHA CROUCH IS ACCUSED OF BEATING AND TORTURING HER CHILDREN…AND FORCING THEM TO WATCH HER KILL THEIR PETS. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT ONE DAUGHTER TOLD AUTHORITIES…… MORE
Pine Lodge Fire Update
THE PINE LODGE FIRE IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN NINE THOUSAND ACRES…AND THERE NOW IS FIVE PERCENT CONTAINMENT. MORE THAN 500 PERSONNEL ARE NOW WORKING THE FIRE NEAR THE CAPITAN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS. NEW MEXICO STATE ROAD 246 FROM CAPITAN TO ROSWELL REMAINS CLOSED, EXCEPT FOR LOCAL ACCESS. FOREST OFFICIALS SAY…… MORE
First Hantavirus Death Reported
THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS REPORTING THE FIRST DEATH OF THE YEAR FROM HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME. A 42 YEAR OLD MCKINLEY COUNTY WOMAN DIED FROM THE VIRUS. THIS WAS THE SECOND CASE REPORTED SO FAR THIS YEAR WITIH THE FIRST ONE ALSO IN MCKINLEY COUNTY. STATE VETERINARIAN CAROL STEWART SAY IS URGING NEW…… MORE
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One Crash Victim I-D’d
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE SAYS ONE OF THE PEOPLE KILLED IN SUNDAY’S BUS CRASH IN SOUTHERN COLORADO WAS SEMINARIAN JASON PAUL MARSHALL. THE OTHER PERSON KILLED HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE BUS, CARRYING A YOUTH GROUP FROM UNM’S AQUINAS NEWMAN CENTER, WAS RETURNING TO ALBUQUERQUE FROM A CONFERENCE IN DENVER WHEN IT REPORTEDLY HIT…… MORE
Suspect In Double Homicide Arrested
DETECTIVES WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE HEADING TO EL PASO TO MEET WITH DETECTIVES THERE REGARDING THE ARREST OF 20 YEAR OLD JESUS CARTAGENA JUNIOR. HE IS THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE MURDERS OF LAURA HANISH AND HER DAUGHTER SHANTA HANISH. THE TWO WERE FOUND DEAD FRIDAY MORNING AT THEIR HOME ON MONTEREY AVENUE…… MORE
New Air Service To Mexico
A VOLARIS AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT TUESDAY WITH MAYOR TIM KELLER ON BOARD. IT’S AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR THE SUNPORT. THE TWICE WEEKLY FLIGHTS ACTUALLY BEGAN LAST WEEK. VOLARIS IS A LOW-COST MEXICAN AIRLINE THAT FIRST CAME TO ALBUQUERQUE OFFERING SERVICE…… MORE
Fire Burns in Southern New Mexico
NEW MEXICO STATE ROAD 246 REMAINS CLOSED BETWEEN CAPITAN AND ROSWELL DUE TO A WILDFIRE IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST. SPOKESMAN JOHN HELMICH TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE FIRE HAS BURNED JUST UNDER EIGHT THOUSAND ACRES:. HELMICH SAYS THE FIRE BEGAN LAST WEDNESDAY, BUT THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. HE SAYS PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN THE…… MORE
Getting Ready To Chill
ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATED EXHIBITS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO WILL OPEN IN ABOUT A MONTH. THE CITY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE PENGUIN CHILL EXHIBIT WILL BE ON TUESDAY, JULY 23RD AT 9:30 AM. THE EXHIBIT IS HOME TO 31 BIRDS, INCLUDING GENTOO, MACARONI AND…… MORE
