MORE AND MORE PETS HAVE BEEN WINDING UP AT ALBUQUERQUE ANIMAL SHELTERS IN RECENT WEEKS. ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR BARBARA BRUIN SAYS PETS … ESPECIALLY DOGS … ARE RUNNING AWAY AFTER GETTING SPOOKED BY LOUD THUNDER FROM SUMMER RAIN STORMS. SHE SAYS DOGS ARE OFTEN SO TERRIFIED BY THUNDER THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO…… MORE
Judge Releases Murder Suspect from Jail
A MURDER SUSPECT IS BACK ON THE STREETS. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE THINK 29 YEAR OLD SELMONIO DAVIS SHOT AND KILLED MICHAEL MOORE IN MOORE’S FRONT YARD NEAR SAN MATEO AND ZUNI IN JUNE OF 2013. BUT DAVIS IS NOW OUT OF JAIL. A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE RECENTLY RELEASED HIM ON HIS OWN…… MORE
NM Drivers Would Benefit from Nuke Deal
SOME LIKE THE DEAL, OTHERS DON’T, BUT THE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT THE U-S AND OTHER WESTERN POWERS HAVE WORKED OUT WITH IRAN COULD EVENTUALLY SAVE YOU AT THE PUMP. TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO’S DOUG SHUPE SAYS IRAN WILL BE ABLE TO SELL OIL TO THE U-S FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS, CREATING AN…… MORE
Swat Callout Captures Shooting Suspects
TWO PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED IN THE MURDER OF A MAN RIDING A MOTORCYCLE ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS 32 YEAR OLD MICHAEL KAUMANS AND 30 YEAR OLD MARIAH KENT HOTHAN WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOLLOWING A STANDOFF ON TUESDAY AT A SUPER EIGHT MOTEL NEAR YALE AND GIBSON: TIXIER…… MORE
Rio Rancho Student Athletes to be Drug Tested
IT’S RANDOM DRUG TESTING FOR STUDENTS ATHLETES AT RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THAT PROPOSAL. THE BOARD SAYS THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IS TO PREVENT STUDENT ATHLETES FROM USING PRESCRIPTION OR ILLEGAL DRUGS AS IT WOULD POSE A THREAT TO THE ATHLETE AND OTHER…… MORE
Albuquerque Housing Market Being “Re-set”
THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS THE LOCAL HOUSING MARKET IS GETTING HEALTHIER. THE AVERAGE SALES PRICE FOR HOMES IN 2007 … THE LAST BIG YEAR FOR ALBUQUERQUE REAL ESTATE … WAS 261-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SAYS IT WAS 226-THOUSAND JUST LAST MONTH … THE BEST MONTH SINCE 2007. …… MORE
New Tenant for Downtown Duke City
AN ECONOMIC SHOT IN THE ARM FOR DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. MOLINA HEALTHCARE HAS MOVED ITS NEW HEADQUARTERS TO 4TH AND TIJERAS … BRINGING WITH IT 750 NEW EMPLOYEES WHO’LL LIKELY PUMP DOLLARS INTO DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES FOR LUNCH AND SHOPPING. THE HEAD OF MOLINA HEALTHCARE’S NATIONAL OPERATIONS … DR. MARIO MOLINA … SAYS…… MORE
Road Project Funding at Risk
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IS SET TO END ON JULY 31ST, UNLESS CONGRESS EXTENDS THE PROGRAM. NOW, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY ANTHONY FOXX HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE NEW MEXICO D-O-T ADVISING THE DEPARTMENT OF WHAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN SHOULD THAT FUNDING GO AWAY. NEW MEXICO D-O-T SECRETARY TOM CHURCH SAYS IT WOULD MEAN THAT…… MORE
Biopark Tax Could Be on Ballot
ALBUQUERQUE VOTERS COULD WELL BE ASKED TO APPROVED AN EXTRA 8TH OF A PERCENT SALES TAX ON THIS OCTOBER’S BALLOT. MEMBERS OF THE BIOPARK TAX CAMPAIGN HAVE TURNED IN THE ROUGHLY 26-THOUSAND PETITION SIGNATURES TO PUT THE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT … AND THEIR SPOKESMAN, BARRY BITZER … SAYS THEY GATHERED NEARLY DOUBLE…… MORE
Two Teens in Mobbing Murder Arraigned
THE TWO YOUNGEST DEFENDANTS IN LAST MONTH’S MURDER OF STEPHEN GERECKE WERE IN COURT MONDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE. A JUDGE SET BOND FOR ENRIQUE PALOMINO AND MATTHEW BALDONADO, BOTH 14, AT 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE TWO WILL BE TRIED AS JUVENILES. THE OTHER FOUR ACCUSED RANGE IN AGE FROM 15 TO 17…… MORE
