HAPPENING TODAY--
FALLEN STATE POLICE
OFFICER DARIAN JARROTT
WILL BE BURIED IN
HIS HOMETOWN.
A PRIVATE FUNERAL
SERVICE WILL BE HELD
THIS AFTERNOON, THEN THE
FALLEN OFFICER WILL BE
ESCORTED TO SHAKESPEARE
CEMETERY IN LORDSBURG
FOR A PRIVATE BURIAL.
THE SERVICE WILL BE LIVE
STREAMED ON THE STATE
POLICE FACEBOOK
PAGE STARTING AT TWO.
THE GOVERNOR IS HEADING
TO THE NATION'S CAPITOL
THIS MORNING.
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN
GRISHAM SCHEDULED TO
MEET WITH PRESIDENT
BIDEN TODAY, TO DISCUSS
HIS PROPOSED COVID
RELIEF PACKAGE.
IN THE MEETING -- THE
GOVENOR SAYS SHE'LL PUSH
FOR THE PROPOSED
350-BILLION DOLLARS IN
STATE AND LOCAL AID, AS
WELL AS MORE VACCINES.
WINTER STORM WATCH IN
EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy.
Slight chance of rain
afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of
rain showers in the
evening, then partly
cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15
mph in the evening.
R..MOVIE
LEYS...REMAIN CLOSED
IS
RN DESPITE SOME
UNTI ING IN THE
EEN.
E GOVERR'S OFFICE
YS THEY SE
SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER RISK "DUE TO THE
TYPE OF INTERACTIONS
THEY FACILITATE."
OWNERS SAY THEY'RE
RUNNING OUT OF MONEY.
OFFICIALS SAY WHEN WE
GET TO A POSSIBLE "GREEN
PLUS" PHASE...THEY
OPEN.
A-P-S IS MOVING TO GET
STUDENTS BACK IN THE
CLASSROOM -- BUT THE
ALBUQUERQUE TEACHERS
UNION SAYS EXPECT A SLOW
TRANSITION.
YESTERDAY -- GOVERNOR
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM
SAID SHE'S
DISAPPOINTED ONLY HALF
STATE'S DISTRICTS ARE
GOING TO HYBRID LEARNING
RIGHT NOW. BUT A-P-S
TEACHERS FEDERATION
PRESIDENT ELLEN
BERNSTEIN SAYS IT'S NOT
SO EASY.
BERNSTEIN SAYS WHEN
A-P-S DOES GO BACK....
IT SHOULD START ON A
VOLUNTARY BASIS.
TODAY -- FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S
DEFENSE TEAM WILL START
THEIR ARGUMENTS.
THIS AFTER HOUSE
PROSECUTORS TOOK TWO
DAYS TO MAKE THEIR CASE.
PART OF THEIR EVIDENCE
-- COMMENTS MADE BY
OTERO COUNTY
COMMISSIONER COUY
GRIFFIN WHEN HE WAS IN
D-C DURING THE
JANUARY 6TH RIOTS.
FEDERAL CHARGES.
THE TRIAL COULD WRAP UP
TODAY - LEADING TO A
VOTE TOMORROW.
CRIME STOPPERS IS ASKING
FOR HELP THIS MORNING --
TRACKING DOWN THE OWNER
OF A DOG, LEFT IN A
TRASH BAG ON THE SIDE OF
THE ROAD. THE DOG WAS
FOUND NEAR 118TH STREET
AND AMOLE MESA -- THEN
BROUGHT TO THE WESTSIDE
SHELTER, BUT IT WAS IN
POOR HEALTH AND HAD TO
BE EUTHANIZED.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS
AT 8-4-3 -
STOP.
THERE IS A ONE-THOUSAND
DOLLAR REWARD FOR
INFORMATION.
A CONTROVERSIAL ABORTION
BILL IS MOVING TO THE
HOUSE FOR A VOTE. SENATE
BILL TEN REPEALS AN
ABORTION BAN FROM THE
1960'S.
BECAUSE OF ROE V
WADE...ITS NOT
SPONSORS WANT TO MAKE
SURE IF THE SUPREME
COURT RULING GETS
OVERTURNED, ABORTION
STAYS LEGAL IN NEW
MEXICO.
REPUBLICANS PUSHING HARD
AGAINST IT - INTRODUCING
ALTERNATIVE BILLS.
WINTER STORM WATCH IN
EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy.
Slight chance of rain
showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
with a slight chance of
rain showers in the
evening, then partly
cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15
mph in the evening.
E MOM AT THE CENTER OF
RECENT AMBER ALERT I
CING FELONY CHARGES OF
ILD ABUSE AND
GRAVATEASSAULT.
C-Y-F-D WORKER O
D CHILDREN TA
NTIST APPOINTMENT WITH
THEIR MOTHER, CLORISA
COVINGNTON, TOOK THEM.
OFFICERS UND COVINGTON
D THE BST HOTEL
WEDNESDAY.
BILTHAT WOULD ALLOW
CONCTED FELONS IN NEW
MEXICO TO VOTE IS MOVING
FORWARD.
HOUSE BILL 74 RESTORES
FELONS' VOTING RIGHTS AS
SOON AS THEY ARE
RELEASED FROM PRISON --
AND BEFORE THEY FINISH
PROBATION
OR PAROLE.
THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES GAVE IT
THE GREEN LIGHT
YESTERDAY...
SO IT NOW MOVES TO THE
SENATE.
POLICE ARE ASKING FOR
YOUR HELP FINDING THE
PERSON WHO STOLE
A FAMILY'S CAT.
OWNER JHETTE POSTED
VIDEO TO FACEBOOK...
AND WITHIN AN HOUR, A
BLACK VAN AND HIS CAT
WERE SPOTTED ON THE
INTERSTATE.
HE SAYS SOMEONE IN THE
VAN THREW THE CAT OUT A
WINDOW ONTO
INCOMING TRAFFIC.
REMARKABLY THE CAT
SIZE... IT TOOK ON
LESS IMPACT.
POLICE ARE ASKING FOR
WITNESSES TO COME
FORWARD.
RESEARCHERS AT U-N-M
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND
THEY PLAN TO MONITOR
BRAIN ACTIVITY WHILE
PLAYING EVERYDAY
SOUNDS.... AND WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE
DOING NOTHING AT ALL.
A RESEARCHER SAYS THEY
ARE CALLING OUT TO
SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED COMBAT
DATING BACK TO 2002.
FOR MORE INFORMATION --
GO TO ALWAYS ON KRQE
DOT-COM.
FAST FOOD CHAIN "EL
POLLO LOCO" MAY SOON BE
COMING TO
ALBUQUERQUE.
THE CALIFORNIA-BASED
RESTAURANT PLANS TO OPEN
UP 140 NEW LOCATIONS,
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
YEARS. THEY PLAN TO OPEN
SOME IN COLORADO, TEXAS
-- AND HERE IN
ALBUQUERQUE.
"EL POLLO LOCO"
SPECIALIZES IN
FIRE-GRILLED CHICKEN
THAT IS
SERVED IN TACOS,
BURRITOS, SALADS AND
MORE.
NOW LET'S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE... AS
YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR--
MAPS: no crashes or
major slow downs to
report
TRACKER: i-40 east near
rio grande
CITIES ACROSS CHINA ARE
BEING LIT UP BY LANTERNS
AND LIGHT SHOWS
THIS MORNING... BRINGING
IN THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE HOLIDAY BEGINS TODAY
-- AS PEOPLE SAY
FAREWELL TO THE
"YEAR OF THE RAT"... AND
WELCOME THE "YEAR OF THE
OX." PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
WORLD ARE PLANNING TO
HOLD SMALL... AND
VIRTUAL GATHERINGS FROM
AT NUMBER FIVE --
THIS SUNDAY -- AN
IN-PERSON MARKET IS
OFFERING THE GIFT OF
LOCAL.
"LITTLE MARKET" WILL
FEATURE MANY OF
THE VENDORS FROM THE
DOWNTOWN GROWERS AND
RAIL YARDS MARKETS...
SELLING VALENTINE'S DAY-
INSPIRED GIFTS.
THAT'S STARTING TOMORROW
FROM TEN TO ONE -- ON
PARK NEAR EIGHTH AND
CENTRAL.
AT NUMBER FOUR --
A-P-S IS MOVING TO GET
STUDENTS BACK IN THE
CLASSROOM -- BUT THE
ALBUQUERQUE TEACHERS
UNION SAYS EXPECT A SLOW
TRANSITION.
YESTERDAY -- GOVERNOR
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM
SAID SHE'S
DISAPPOINTED ONLY HALF
ARE GOING TO HYBRID
LEARNING.
BUT A-P-S TEACHERS
FEDERATION PRESIDENT
SAYS IT'S
NOT EASY FOR A DISTRICT
AS BIG AS A-P-S.
AT NUMBER THREE--
AT NUMBER TWO --
A CONTROVERSIAL ABORTION
IN SANTA FE.
SENATE BILL TEN REPEALS
AN ABORTION BAN FROM THE
1960'S. RIGHT NOW THE
BAN IS UNENFORCEABLE
BECAUSE OF ROE V.
WADE... BUT THE
BILL'S SPONSORS WANTED
TO MAKE SURE IF THE
SUPREME COURT
RULING GETS OVERTURNED,
ABORTION STAYS LEGAL IN
NEW
MEXICO.
REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING
BACK - INTRODUCING
ALTERNATIVE BILLS
THAT WOULD BAN
ABORTIONS.
THE BILL NOW HEADS TO
THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE.
AND AT NUMBER ONE --
CLORISA COVINGTON --
WHOSE SONS WERE AT THE
CENTER OF
AN AMBER ALERT -- IS
FACING FELONY CHARGES
FOR ALLEGEDLY
KIDNAPPING THEM.
A C-Y-F-D WORKER TOOK
THE THREE AND SIX YEAR
OLD CHILDREN TO A
DENTIST APPOINTMENT.
COVINGTON WAS ALLOWED TO
BE THERE... BUT POLICE
SAY SHE GRABBED THE
OFFICERS LATER FOUND THE
THREE AT A HOTEL ON
WEDNESDAY...
COVINGTON WAS ARRESTED.
IN THAT AMBER ALERT --
POLICE MENTIONED
COVINGTON HAD
BEEN DATING FABIAN
GONZALES... HE'S
AWAITING TRIAL FOR HIS
ALLEGED ROLE IN
HIS ATTORNEY'S WANT
THOSE CHARGES DROPPED --
CLAIMING THAT
CONNECTING HIM TO THE
AMBER ALERT COULD SWAY
PUBLIC OPINION AND TAINT