ANOTHER STARBUCKS COMING TO ALBUQUERQUE … AND IT’S A BIG ONE. THERE WAS A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY ON TUESDAY FOR THE NEW STARBUCKS TO BE BUILT ON THE 12TH STREET DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER. IT’LL BE A 4-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT COFFEE SHOP THAT INCLUDES A ONE-THOUSAND…… MORE
NM Job Numbers Improve
THIS PAST JUNE WASN’T TOO BAD FOR NEW MEXICANS LOOKING FOR WORK. IT PROVED TO BE A GOOD MONTH WHEN IT CAME TO ADDING JOBS IN THE STATE. THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT SAYS OVER-THE-YEAR JOB GROWTH ROSE 1-POINT-6 PERCENT, ADDING 12-THOUSAND-700 JOBS OVER JUNE OF LAST YEAR. IT’S NOW 34 STRAIGHT…… MORE
NM Bottoms Out Again for Children
CHILD WELL-BEING IN NEW MEXICO REMAINS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP. THAT ACCORDING TO THE 2015 KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK RELEASED TUESDAY BY THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION. THE REPORT RANKS NEW MEXICO 49TH IN THE NATION FOR CHILD WELL-BEING … WITH ONLY MISSISSIPPI BEHIND US. THERE ARE 16 INDICATORS…… MORE
Man Accused in Homebuilders Death Out on Bond
A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A WELL-KNOWN ALBUQUERQUE HOMEBUILDER IN A DRUNK DRIVING CRASH SUNDAY IS ALREADY OUT OF JAIL. TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD COULTER COOK MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE ON MONDAY TO BE ARRAIGNED. A JUDGE SET HIS BOND AT 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS. COOK BONDED OUT OF JAIL. COOK WAS ALLEGEDLY DRUNK WHEN…… MORE
NM Monsoons Ramp Up Again
HEADS UP. THE WEATHER’S STILL AN ISSUE. AFTER A BIT OF A DOWN PERIOD, NEW MEXICO’S MONSOON SEASON IS GETTING VERY ACTIVE AGAIN. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ANNETTE MOKRY TELLS 770 KKOB THAT WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. MOKRY SAYS, WITH HEAVY RAINS, DRAINAGES THAT ARE NORMALLY DRY CAN BECOME RAGING…… MORE
Actor to Run for County Commission
“BREAKING BAD” ACTOR STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA NOW WANTS TO SERVE ON THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION. HE’S SET TO ANNOUNCE HIS CANDIDACY TUESDAY. HE’S COMPETING FOR THE SOUTH VALLEY-WEST SIDE COMMISSION SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY ART DE LA CRUZ AND QUEZADA FACES THREE OPPONENTS. QUEZADA HAS BEEN SERVING ON THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC…… MORE
Sinkhole Repairs Expected This Week
THE ALBUQUERQUE WATER MAIN BREAK ON INDIAN SCHOOL BETWEEN SAN PEDRO AND LOUISIANA IS FIXED. THAT FROM DAVID MORRIS WITH THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY. THE SIX INCH WATER LINE BROKE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, CAUSING A SINKHOLE IN THE ROAD AND WATER OUTAGES FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS. MORRIS TELLS US THOSE OUTAGES ARE OVER. …… MORE
Dangerous Attack on a Homeless Man
A HOMELESS MAN BECOMES THE TARGET OF SOMEONE WHO, POLICE SAY, THREW FIREWORKS AT HIM. IT HAPPENED IN ALBUQUERQUE AT QUINCY AND SILVER, NEAR SAN MATEO AND CENTRAL, IN THE EVENING OF JULY 11TH. . APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A VEHICLE PULL UP TO THE MAN AS HE WAS SLEEPING. A FEW…… MORE
Person-of-Interest Sought in Convenience Store Shootings
TWO PEOPLE ARE HOSPITALIZED AFTER BEING SHOT AT AN ALBUQUERQUE 7-11 NEAR SAN MATEO AND KATHRYN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY MORNING. ONE OF THE VICTIMS IS AN EMPLOYEE AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE WHO APD OFFICER FRED DURAN SAYS TRIED TO BREAK UP THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS. DURAN SAYS THE EMPLOYEE…… MORE
Duke City Businessman Killed in DWI Crash
A PROMINENT ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESSMAN IS KILLED IN A DWI CRASH INSIDE THE GATED COMMUNITY OF TANOAN ON SUNDAY. APD SAYS HOMEBUILDER REED RUTLEDGE WAS RIDING HIS BICYCLE IN TANOAN WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A CAR THEY SAY WAS DRIVEN BY 25 YEAR OLD COULTER COOK. COOK REFUSED A BREATHALYZER TEST…… MORE
