THE SMOKY HAZE IN ABQ FROM WILDFIRES IN THE NORTHWESTERN U-S IS FINALLY GOING AWAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ANDY CHURCH SAYS THE WINDS BROUGHT THE SMOKE ALL THE WAY TO NEW MEXICO…BUT NOW THOSE WINDS HAVE SHIFTED. HE SAYS ALL THAT SMOKE WILL BE PUSHED NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF WHERE THE FIRES…… MORE
NM Lotto Sales Up
AFTER LOSING GROUND LAST YEAR, NEW MEXICO LOTTERY SALES ARE UP FOR 2015. STATE LOTTO OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE A LITTLE MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS COMPARED TO 2014. THEY ALSO SAY THEY PUT AN 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM LOTTERY REVENUE INTO COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. TOTAL LOTTERY SALES REACHED ABOUT 137-MILLION DOLLARS IN THE…… MORE
Green Light for Nob Hill, South Valley Projects
TWO PROJECTS WITH OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES GETS THE THE GO-AHEAD TUESDAY NIGHT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ONE IN NOB HILL WILL PROVIDE 888-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAX BREAKS OVER 20 YEARS FOR REVITALIZATION OF A VACANT BUILDING AT MONTE VISTA AND RICHMOND. …… MORE
Bolt beats Gatlin at World Athletics Championships
Usain Bolt won the 100m sprint at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing on Sunday.… MORE
Saving pups from ‘Dead Dog Beach’
The Sato Project rescues, rehabilitates and finds new homes for dogs that are abandoned at a beach in Puerto Rico known as “Dead Dog Beach.”… MORE
Safari guide mauled to death by lion
A guide working in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe was killed by a lion. Hwange is the same park where Cecil the lion lived.… MORE
Boy punches hole through million-dollar painting
A Taiwanese 12-year-old accidentally tripped and punched a hole into a 17th Century oil canvas artwork.… MORE
Speeding Suspect Killed in Santa Fe Officer-Involved Shooting
AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN SANTA FE COUNTY. STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS TELLS US IT STARTED ABOUT 1:30 TUESDAY MORNING WHEN A SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY NOTICED A RED PICKUP TRAVELING SPEEDING ON I-25 NORTHBOUND NEAR TRAMWAY. THE DRIVER REFUSED TO STOP FOR THE DEPUTY AND A CAR CHASE ENSUED AT OVER…… MORE
Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed Against APS
A WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT IS FILED AGAINST THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT LUIS VALENTINO, AND EDUCATION SECRETARY HANNA SKANDERA. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DON MOYA … ON PAID LEAVE … FILED THE LAWSUIT MONDAY. IT SAYS HE WAS SINGLED OUT FOR BLOWING ON THE WHISTLE ON FORMER DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JASON MARTINEZ IMPROPERLY HANDLING APS…… MORE
Albuquerque Man Cuffed in Father’s Death
A GRUESOME, BLOODY CRIME SCENE FOR ALBUQUERQUE POLICE AND PARAMEDICS MONDAY MORNING. APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER SAYS OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE 12-HUNDRED BLOCK OF GROVE NORTHEAST NEAR LOMAS SHORTLY AFTER 3AM AFTER GETTING A 911 CALL FROM A WOMAN SCREAMING FOR HELP. OFFICERS ARRESTED 24 YEAR OLD JAMES FINCH, WHO…… MORE
