WE ARE FOLLOWING
NEWS--BREAKING
OVERNIGHT-- A VICTIM IS
RECOVERING IN
THE HOSPITAL THIS
MORNING AFTER A SHOOTING
NEAR ALAMEDA AND 4TH
STREET.
ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES--
ALAMEDA IS BACK OPEN
--BUT 4TH STREET--
JUST NORTH OF THE AREA
--REMAINS CLOSED IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs
around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear.
Lows around 60.
BILLIONAIRE JEFFREY
EPSTEIN SITS IN A
MANHATTAN JAIL THIS
MORNING.
YESTERDAY THE
66-YEAR-OLD PLEADED (NOT
GUILTY TO
MOLESTING YOUNG GIRLS AT
HIS HOMES IN NEW YORK
AND FLORIDA.
EPSTEIN OWNS A MASSIVE
RANCH IN STANLEY, NEW
MEXICO.
THAT PROPERTY ISN )T
NAMED IN THE LATEST
INDICTMENT.
HOWEVER.. OLDER COURT
RECORDS SAY... SOME
ALLEGED VICTIMS
SAY THEY WERE TAKEN
THERE.
PENTAGON OFFICIALS ARE
STILL DECIDING WHETHER
TO AUTHORIZE
ADDITIONAL TROOPS TO THE
BORDER.
HOMELAND SECURITY ASKED
FOR 1-THOUSAND
ADDITIONAL TEXAS
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO
ASSIST CUSTOMS AND
BORDER
PROTECTION.
IF APPROVED--ALMOST
3-THOUSAND NATIONAL
GUARD TROOPS WILL BE
STATIONED ALONG THE
BORDER. ROUGHLY
23-HUNDRED ACTIVE- DUTY
TROOPS ARE ALREADY
THERE.
THE CITY IS STILL TRYING
TO FIND THOSE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGING
A
PIECE OF ART ON CIVIC
PLAZA.
ARTIST THOMAS BOWERS
WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE
CITY TO CREATE A PIECE
OF ART
FROM A DONATED PIANO.
IT )S BEEN ON DISPLAY IN
CIVIC PLAZA FOR ABOUT A
MONTH... BUT JUST
YESTERDAY -- BOWERS GOT
A CALL IT HAD BEEN
DAMAGED.
THE KEYS HAD BEEN
STRIPPED OFF -- THE
SURFACE WAS GONE -- AND
A LOT OF THE
WIRES ALSO VANDALIZED.
THE FEDS are FINALLY
GIVING A NEW SCHOOL
GRADING SYSTEM THE OKAY.
THE JOURNAL REPORTS--
THE FEDS APPROVED
CHANGES MADE TO THE
STATE )S EDUCATION PLAN.
EARLIER THIS YEAR--
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN
GRISHAM SIGNED A
BILL TO REPLACE THE
CURRENT SYSTEM WITH AN
ONLINE SCHOOL
DASHBOARD.
IT WILL SHOW HOW EACH
PUBLIC SCHOOL IS
PERFORMING IN SEVERAL
AREAS.
A TEEN MURDER
SUSPECT--IS IN CUSTODY
THIS MORNING,
17-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY
MALEK WAS
ARRESTED--YESTERDAY IN
CONNECTION TO THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF
20-YEAR- OLD ISAIAH
VILLANUEVA.
DEPUTIES SAY MALEK AND
17- YEAR-OLD ANGEL
GRADO--OPENED
FIRE LAST MONTH AT A
HOME NEAR RIO BRAVO AND
SECOND AFTER A FIGHT
BROKE OUT.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY OFFICIALS WILL
TESTIFY IN
FRONT OF CONGRESS.
THEY WILL DISCUSS A
REPORT BY THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL. IT FOUND
SERIOUS OVERCROWDING AT
MIGRANT FACILITIES. THE
ACTING SECRETARY OF
HOMELAND SECURITY AND
THE NEW ACTING HEAD OF
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT --
HAVE BEEN ASKED TO
TESTIFY AT A
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING
FRIDAY.
THIS MORNING - A NEW
MEXICO DRIVER IS FACING
CHARGES -ACCUSED OF
DRIVING DRUNK ONTO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
TRACK. STATE POLICE SAY
THE MAN CRASHED THROUGH
A FENCE...THEN DROVE
ONTO THE TRACK IN SANTA
FE - WHILE THEY WERE
TEACHING
YESTERDAY.
NO ONE WAS HURT.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs
around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear.
Lows around 60.
TOSS TO CRYSTAL
HAPPENING TODAY -- THE
COMMUNITY OF ROSWELL
WILL COME TOGETHER FOR A
PRAYER VIGIL FOR THE
ROSWELL FIRE DEPARTMENT.
TWO FIREFIGHTERS WERE
HURT IN A FIREWORKS
EXPLOSION LAST
MONTH.
ONE IS BACK HOME --
ANOTHER IS STILL AT A
LUBBOCK HOSPITAL.
THE PRAYER VIGIL WILL BE
HELD AT THE WOOL BOWL IN
ROSWELL AT 6-PM.
THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH
LAB AND BERNALILLO
COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO
ANNOUNCE A NEW PROGRAM
TODAY.
OFFICIALS SAY THE
PROGRAM WILL HELP
CONNECT LOCAL SMALL
BUSINESSES
AND ENTREPRENEURS WITH
OPPORTUNITIES IN
THE AIR FORCE.
THE GOAL IS TO HELP
BOOST THE LOCAL ECONOMY
AND CREATE JOBS.
PARENTS -- THERE IS
STILL TIME TO SIGN YOUR
HIGH SCHOOLER UP FOR A
FIRST HAND LOOK AT THE
LIFE OF AN A-P-D
OFFICER. THE DEPARTMENT
IS HOSTING A "JUNIOR
POLICE ACADEMY" FROM
AUGUST 5-TH
THRU THE 9-TH.
TEENS WILL GO THROUGH
PHYSICAL TRAINING...
CLASSROOM
LECTURES... HANDS-ON
INSTRUCTION... AND EVEN
TAKE FIELD
TRIPS.
YOU CAN APPLY AT "ALWAYS
ON" KRQE DOT COM.
THE C-D-C SAYS MEASLES
CASES ARE SLOWING DOWN--
BUT SHOW NO SIGN
OF LETTING UP.
AS OF LAST WEEK - THE
NUMBER OF CASES
NATIONWIDE HIT AROUND
ONE-
THOUSAND-100.
THAT )S UP 14 CASES FROM
THE PREVIOUS WEEK--
AND THE HIGHEST NUMBER
REPORTED IN THE U-S
SINCE 19-92.
THE DUKE
CITY IS NOW FEATURED IN
A POPULAR COLORADO
MAGAZINE FOR ITS
"QUIRKIEST SPOTS."
DENVER
MAGAZINE -- "5280" -- IS
ENCOURAGING VISITORS TO
COME
HERE... HIGHLIGHTING ALL
OF THE THINGS PEOPLE CAN
DO IN
JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS --
LIKE THE INDIAN PUEBLO
CULTURAL CENTER... LA
CUMBRE BREWING...
FRONTIER
RESTAURANT... THE KIMO
THEATRE... AND
THE SANDIA PEAK TRAMWAY.
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
4TH STREET NEAR ALAMEDA
REMAINS CLOSED IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS FOR POLICE
ACTIVITY.
A TEXAS COUPLE GOT A BIG
SURPRISE FROM THEIR
FAVORITE
RESTAURANT.... AS THEY
CELEBRATED THEIR 62ND
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
B-J AND DANNY MORMAN
CELEBRATED THE SPECIAL
DAY AT
WHATABURGER.
THE RESTAURANT WENT THE
EXTRA MILE FOR THEIR
MOST LOYAL
CUSTOMERS WHO USUALLY
STOP BY TWICE A DAY!!
THEIR REASON-- THE FOOD
AND EACHOTHER )S COMPANY.
Lows around 60.
TIME NOW FOR THE FIVE
FACTS ---
AT NUMBER FIVE --
DENVER MAGAZINE --
"5280" -- IS NOW
PROMOTING ALBUQUERQUE
AND
ALL THE QUIRKIETS SPOTS
IT )S KNOWN FOR... AS
WELL AS ALL THE THINGS
PEOPLE CAN DO HERE.
SOME LOCAL SPOTS
FEATURED INCLUDE LA
CUMBRE BREWERY, THE
FRONTIER RESTAURANT, THE
KIMO THEATRE, AND THE
SANDIA PEAK TRAMWAY.
THE ARTICLE ALSO TOUTS
HOW CHEAP IT IS TO FLY
HERE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE
OR EVEN PLAN A QUIRKY
STAY-CATION IN
ALBUQUERQUE, WE HAVE A
LINK TO IT )ALWAYS ON )
KRQE
DOT COM.
AT NUMBER FOUR --
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE
IS STILL TRYING TO FIND
THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DAMAGING A PIECE OF ART
ON CIVIC PLAZA.
ARTIST THOMAS BOWERS WAS
COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY
TO CREATE
A PIECE OF ART OUT OF A
DONATED PIANO. THE CITY
INFORMED BOWERS
YESTERDAY THAT IT HAD
BEEN DAMAGED BEYOND
REPAIR.
THE KEYS HAD BEEN
STRIPPED OFF -- THE
SURFACE WAS GONE -- AND
A LOT OF THE
WIRES HAD BEEN DAMAGED.
THE CITY IS NOW COMBING
THROUGH SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO -- HOPING THE
VANDALS WERE CAUGHT ON
CAMERA.
AT NUMBER THREE--
AT NUMBER TWO --
BILLIONAIRE JEFFREY
EPSTEIN SITS IN A
MANHATTAN JAIL THIS
MORNING --
ACCUSED OF MOLESTING
DOZENS OF YOUNG GIRLS --
BUT NOW COURT
RECORDS SHOW A
CONNECTION BETWEEN HIS
ALLEGED VICTIMS AND A
RANCH HE OWNS IN NEW
MEXICO. C-B-S REPORTS
THAT SOME OF THE GIRLS
WERE TAKEN TO THE ZORRO
RANCH NEAR STANLEY, NEW
MEXICO... ALTHOUGH THAT
PROPERTY
(ISN )T NAMED IN THE
LATEST INDICTMENT.
YESTERDAY THE
66-YEAR-OLD PLEADED NOT
GUILTY TO CHARGES
THAT HE RECRUITED - (AND
MOLESTED DOZENS OF YOUNG
GIRLS AT HIS HOMES
IN NEW YORK AND FLORIDA
FROM 2002 THROUGH 2005.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE )S A
FLIGHT RISK.... AND HAS
A BAIL HEARING NEXT
WEEK.
AND AT NUMBER ONE --
BREAKING OVERNIGHT NEWS
-- A VICTIM IS
RECOVERING IN THE
HOSPITAL THIS MORNING
AFTER A SHOOTING NEAR
ALAMEDA AND 4TH
STREET. BERNALILLO
COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE
CONTINUING THEIR
INVESTIGATION THIS
MORNING.
ACCORDING TO B-C-S-O )S
TWITTER -- ALAMEDA HAS
BEEN REOPENED -- BUT
4TH STREET JUST NORTH OF
THE AREA -- REMAINS
CLOSED IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO
UPDATE YOU AS THE STORY
DEVELOPS.