CREWS WORKING THE COMMISSARY FIRE IN THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST EAST OF PECOS ARE WRAPPING UP. THE 17-HUNDRED ACRE FIRE WAS SPARKED BY LIGHTNING ON JUNE 5TH AND, SINCE THEN, WAS MANAGED WITH THE INTENT TO IMPROVE FOREST HEALTH. INFORMATION ASSISTANT DOROTEA MARTINEZ SAYS AN INTERIOR FUEL FIRE IS STILL BURNING, SO YOU COULD…… MORE
New I-D Coming for NM’s Tallest Building
NEW MEXICO’S TALLEST BUILDING IS ABOUT TO GET A NEW NAME. NAMING RIGHTS FOR THE 22 STORY ALBUQUERQUE PLAZA ARE UP FOR SALE. THAT AFTER THE BANK OF ALBUQUERQUE DECIDED TO MOVE ITS DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS ELSEWHERE. THE BANK OF ALBUQUERQUE SIGN ATOP THE BUILDING HAS BEEN THERE FOR MORE THAN 16 YEARS. THE BUILDING AND…… MORE
PNM Warns of Scam
PNM SAYS SOMEONE IS CALLING CUSTOMERS AND TELLING THEM THEY’VE WON A 100 DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE BUT NEED TO PROVIDE A CREDIT CARD TO COVER THE 5 DOLLAR PROCESSING FEE. RYAN BACA WITH PNM SAYS THE CALLER SAYS THEY’RE WITH THE UTILITY’S HOME ENERGY CHECKUP PROGRAM. BACA SAYS THE UTILITY NEVER CONTACTS CUSTOMERS UNLESS THEY’VE…… MORE
Carjacking Foiled by Detective
A POTENTIALLY DEADLY CARJACKING ENDS WITH THE ARREST OF THE SUSPECT, JEREMY KLINE. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS KLINE FLED FROM A STOLEN VEHICLE ON I-40 ON JULY FIRST, BUT THEN TRIED TO CARJACK AN ELDERLY COUPLE IN THE AREA OF SAN MATEO AND INDIAN SCHOOL. AN APD DETECTIVE WAS ABLE TO BRING KLINE DOWN TO THE GROUND WHERE…… MORE
Record Setting Rainfall
ALBUQUERQUE JUST GOT 2.24 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD…AND THAT’S AN ALL TIME RECORD. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE LAST TIME THE DUKE CITY GOT MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE DAY WAS IN 1893. METEOROLOGIST DEIRDRE KANN TELLS 770 KKOB IT’S BEEN AN IMPRESSIVE START TO THE MONSOON SEASON, WITH…… MORE
Naming Rights Up for Grabs
NEW MEXICO’S TALLEST BUILDING IS ABOUT TO GET A NEW NAME. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT NAMING RIGHTS FOR THE 22 STORY ALBUQUERQUE PLAZA ARE FOR SALE. THAT AFTER THE BANK OF ALBUQUERQUE DECIDED TO MOVE ITS DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS ELSEWHERE. THE BANK OF ALBUQUERQUE SIGN ATOP THE BUILDING HAS BEEN THERE FOR MORE THAN 16…… MORE
Top Scores for Santa Fe/ Albuquerque
A COUPLE OF NEW MEXICO CITIES SHOW UP ON THE LATEST TRAVEL AND LEISURE BEST OF 2015 READERS SURVEY. SANTA FE PLACED 4TH ON THE LIST OF TOP CITIES IN THE U-S AND CANADA. LAST YEAR, THE CITY DIFFERENT RANKED 7TH. NUMBER ONE IS CHARLESTON , SOUTH CAROLINA. ALBUQUERQUE GETS SOME PRAISE AS WELL AS THE…… MORE
Sex Trafficking Case
A DETENTION HEARING WILL BE HELD FOR 25 YEAR OLD SHANE ROACH ON WEDNESDAY. ROACH MADE AN APPEARANCE IN FEDERAL COURT MONDAY ON SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES. A WOMAN TOLD POLICE SHE WAS FORCED TO HAVE SEX WITH MEN FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A DAY FOR A MONTH AND A HALF. SHE WOULD MAKE 400 TO…… MORE
Opposition to New SNAP Rules
OPPONENTS OF THE PROPOSAL TO INSTITUTE SOME WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR NUTRITION ASSISTANCE SAY THE IDEA ISN’T REALISTIC. VERONICA GARCIA WITH NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN SAYS THE JOBS SIMPLY DON’T EXIST AND IT WOULD HARM FAMILIES BY DENYING THEM THE FOOD ASSISTANCE THEY RELY ON DAILY. THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WANTS TO PUT THE WORK…… MORE
Looking for Two More Pounds
ALBUQUERQUE’S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS WE COULD DO A LITTLE BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO RECYCLING. THE CITY IS ASKING THAT RESIDENTS RECYCLE TWO ADDITIONAL POUNDS PER WEEK. WITH THOSE TWO EXTRA POUNDS, THE CITY SAYS IT WOULD REACH A SHORT TERM GOAL OF 32-HUNDRED TONS OF RECYCLED MATERIAL EVERY MONTH…OR ABOUT 38 THOUSAND…… MORE
