A GROWING PROBLEM WITH TINTED WINDSHIELDS HAS CHAVES COUNTY DEPUTIES RAMPING UP ENFORCEMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE ROSWELL AREA. SHERIFF’S SPOKESMAN LIEUTENANT MIKE HERRINGTON TELLS KOB-TV FULLY TINTED WINDSHIELDS ARE ILLEGAL IN NEW MEXICO, BUT TINTING IS ALLOWED FROM THE TOP TO THE A-S-I LINE. A MINIMUM 75-DOLLAR FINE GOES WITH A…… MORE
APS Superintendent Resigns
THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT AT ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS OUT. THE SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY MORNING VOTED TO ACCEPT LUIS VALENTINO’S VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION. VALENTINO HAD SAID HE BELIEVED THE BOARD WOULD RETAIN HIM. RAQUEL REEDY HAS BEEN NAMED ACTING SUPERINTENDENT UNTIL A REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN FOUND. HE CAME UNDER FIRE WHEN IT WAS LEARNED HIS HAND-PICKED DEPUTY…… MORE
Commissioners Consider Lawsuit
BERNALILLO COUNTY MAY GO TO COURT TO RECOVER MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST INVESTMENTS. THE COUNTY COMMISSION WILL MEET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THIS WEEK TO DECIDE WHETHER TO FILE A LAWSUIT. THE CLAIM WOULD BE AGAINST BROKERS HANDLING TRANSACTIONS FOR COUNTY TREASURER MANNY ORTIZ AND FORMER INVESTMENT OFFICER PATRICK PADILLA. THE COUNTY TOOK A 17…… MORE
Secretary of State Accused of Embezzling
NEW MEXICO SECRETARY OF STATE DIANA DURAN IS BEING ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT AND MONEY LAUNDERING. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ALLEGES DURAN TOOK MONEY INTENDED FOR HER CAMPAIGN AND PUT IT INTO HER PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT. THE COMPLAINT SAYS THE CRIMES OCCURRED BETWEEN MARCH OF 2010 AND DECEMBER OF 2014. THE A-G’S OFFICE ALLEGES 64 CRIMINAL…… MORE
Three Teens Indicted in Football Player’s Death
A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED THREE PEOPLE IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER IN LATE JUNE. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER CRUZ, 18 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MAEZ AND 16 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS GONZALES EACH FACE FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES. CHAVEZ-SILVER WAS WITH FRIENDS AT A HOME IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE…… MORE
More Charges Against Accused Cop Killer
THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICER GREGG BENNER IN LATE MAY NOW FACES A NEW FEDERAL INDICTMENT. THE U-S ATTORNEYS OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE IS CHARGING 28 YEAR OLD ANDREW ROMERO UNDER THE GOVERNMENT’S “WORST OF THE WORST” ANTI-VIOLENCE INITIATIVE, FOR TWO ARMED ROBBERIES THAT OCCURRED IN APRIL AND MAY. IF FOUND GUILTY,…… MORE
Deadline for Deadbeat NM Parents
TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR PARENTS WHO OWE CHILD SUPPORT IN NEW MEXICO TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT AND AVOID ARREST. THE STATE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT’S AMNESTY PERIOD ENDS MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST.. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE ARE OUTSTANDING BENCH WARRANTS FOR MORE THAN 700 PARENTS…WHO OWE A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 20-MILLION DOLLARS. ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE…… MORE
Mayor Mounts Task Force for Homeless Native Americans
MAYOR R-J BERRY’S NATIVE AMERICAN HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE COMES OUT WITH SEVEN HIGH PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY INCLUDE THE APPOINTMENT OF A TRIBAL LIAISON FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING FOR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO DEAL WITH HOMELESS NATIVE AMERICANS. THE TASK FORCE WAS CREATED BY THE MAYOR AFTER TWO HOMELESS NAVAJO MEN WERE…… MORE
Duke City Water Conservation Still Strong
DESPITE THE FACT THAT AUGUST HAS BEEN DRIER THAN JULY … ALBUQUERQUE WATER CUSTOMERS CONTINUE TO MAKE GAINS IN CONSERVATION. KATHERINE YUHAS WITH THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY TELLS US THAT, AS OF THE END OF JULY, ALBUQUERQUE HAD USED 1-POINT-3 BILLION GALLONS LESS OF WATER THAN LAST YEAR. THAT DROPPED TO 1-POINT-1 BILLION GALLONS LESS…… MORE
NM Doctor Tells Parents Not to Worry About Lice
WITH NEW MEXICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN HIGH GEAR, SOME PARENTS MAY BE SEEING SIGNS OF LICE IN THEIR CHILD’S HAIR. DOCTOR HEATHER PRATT-CHAVEZ WITH THE U-N-M SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SAYS PARENTS SHOULD NOT OVER-REACT TO THE APPEARANCE OF LICE. SHE SAYS HEAD LICE IS MORE OF A NUISANCE THAN A DANGER … AND IS VERY…… MORE
