THREE NEW MEXICO COMMUNITIES ARE AMONG THE LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO THE GROWTH IN EXPORTS. THE U-S COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAYS LAS CRUCES WAS FIRST WITH EXPORT GROWTH OF 210 PERCENT, VALUED AT 1-POINT-3 BILLION DOLLARS. FARMINGTON CAME IN SECOND. NEW MEXICO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY JON BARELA SAYS IT REFLECTS AN EXPANDING…… MORE
Community College Offers Job Market Training
THE SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS BEGINNING A PROGRAM TO HELP WOMEN 50 AND OLDER GET BACK IN TO THE JOB MARKET. PATTY ARMSTRONG IS THE SCHOOL’S CAREER SERVICES COORDINATOR. SHE SAYS OLDER WORKERS MAY NOT BE UP TO SPEED ON HOW THE CURRENT JOB MARKET FUNCTIONS. SHE SAYS THEY NEED MORE SELF-MARKETING SKILLS AS…… MORE
High Hopes for Metro Homebuilding
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SLOW SO FAR THIS YEAR FOR ALBUQUERQUE AREA HOMEBUILDERS. THROUGH MAY, BUILDING PERMITS WERE THE LOWEST THEY’VE BEEN SINCE 2011. JOHN GARCIA WITH THE HOMEBUILDERS GROUP H-B-A SAYS THE AREA’S ECONOMY IS STILL A BIT SLUGGISH. HE SAYS WE’RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE RECESSION WHILE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHWEST HAVE RECOVERED.…… MORE
Monsoons Will Have Slow Impact on NM Drought
SLOWLY BUT SURELY, NEW MEXICO’S DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE STARTING TO WANE. THAT’S, OF COURSE, DUE TO ALL THE RAINFALL WE’VE GOTTEN SINCE THE SPRING ON INTO THE MONSOON SEASON. BUT METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE TELLS US WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. HE SAYS IT’LL TAKE TIME TO…… MORE
NM River Flows in Good Shape
IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD YEAR FOR FARMERS WHO IRRIGATE ALONG THE RIVER VALLEY. TOM THORPE WITH THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT SAYS THERE’S MORE THAN 90-THOUSAND ACRE FEET OF WATER STORED AT EL VADO LAKE IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO…AND THEY HAVEN’T HAD TO RELEASE A DROP, DUE TO SPRING RUNOFF AND THE ROBUST…… MORE
Settlement in Boyd Case
THE FAMILY OF JAMES BOYD HAS REACHED A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. BOYD, WHO HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ABQ POLICE FOLLOWING A STANDOFF IN THE FOOTHILLS IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR. OFFICER DOMINIQUE PEREZ AND FORMER OFFICER KEITH SANDY FACE SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES…… MORE
Plea Deal in Golson Shooting
THE MAN WHO SHOT APD OFFICER LOU GOLSON IN JANUARY HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. THE AGREEMENT WILL HAVE CHRISTOPHER COOK SERVE 20 YEARS IN PRISON. GOLSON WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES DURING A TRAFFIC STOP, AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. COOK FACES EVEN MORE PRISON TIME ON FEDERAL CHARGES.… MORE
More Arrests Possible in Gerecke Killing
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE A CONFESSION FROM ONE OF THE SIX TEENS ARRESTED IN THE MURDER OF AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN LAST MONTH. POLICE CHIEF GORDEN EDEN, IN A NEWS CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY, SAID THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE IS ACTIVE AND ON-GOING. THE TEENS ARE ACCUSED OF KILLING STEPHEN GERECKE WHILE THEY WERE OUT ROBBING HOMES…… MORE
Pets of the Week | July 11
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Although there have been A LOT of owner surrenders this week we also are celebrating that there were MANY adoptions so we just have to highlight a few that were featured on this radio spot. Lucy & Chico featured last weekend went home Tuesday together.…… MORE
Teens Arrested in Albuquerque “Mobbing” Murder
HALF A DOZEN ALBUQUERQUE TEENS ARE IN CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A POPULAR LOCAL BARTENDER. APD SAYS THE SIX WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 60 YEAR OLD STEPHEN GERECKE. GERECKE WAS KILLED WHEN HE CONFRONTED THE TEENS AS THEY “MOBBED” HIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 67-HUNDRED…… MORE
