ANTHONY EDDIE

Dec. 11, 03:15 pm

Aggravated DWI (5th)

Gallup Police officer Dominic Molina made a traffic stop on a silver Pontiac Grand Prix.  The vehicle was parked in the middle of the road on south Second Street.  It then drove onto the roadway and traveled north, finally stopping at 1400 S. Second St.

Molina says the driver smelled of alcohol and was slurring his words. The driver was identified as Anthony Eddie, 55, of Vanderwagen. Eddie admitted to drinking a gallon of vodka.

He agreed to perform field sobriety tests, but after falling over, stated that he was drunk.  Molina placed him in his unit and conducted a breath test.  The results were 0.27 and 0.27, more...

Could mean dismissal of legal cases

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced her support for a measure to legalize recreational cannabis in N. M. for adults aged 21 and older Jan. 16. She considers it a vehicle to create thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for needed public services all across the state.

Legalization would generate an estimated 11,000 new jobs in agriculture, manufacturing, regulation and retail, where sales would reach $620 million by the fifth year, according to an independent analyst. A mature medical/adult-use cannabis industry would generate some $100 million in annual revenue for state and local governments.

“The...

2020 spotlight on POWs, MIAs

SANTA FE - Military & Veterans Day at the 2020 Legislature is Jan. 25 at the State Capitol in Santa Fe.

This is the day each year on which the N.M. Dept. of Veterans Services and the N. M. National Guard honor active-duty service members and veterans.

Every year, a particular segment of the military is highlighted at a noon ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda.  This year, the spotlight will be on former Prisoners of War and those still listed as Missing in Action.

The public is invited to join in this annual celebration of New Mexico’s service members and veterans, and to honor our nation’s former POWs and current MIAs.

Information tables will be open...

N.M. loses ground in some areas, moves from 48 to 49 in Child Poverty

ALBUQUERQUE, - It’s a case of good news/bad news for New Mexico’s children in the 2019 New Mexico Kids Count Data Book. The most notable change in the annual accounting of child well-being, which was released Jan. 15 by New Mexico Voices for Children shows an improvement in child poverty rates. The data book also shows that teen birth rates, child health insurance rates, and preschool attendance, among other indicators, have also improved over time.

But that’s countered by the bad news. While our child poverty rate has improved - from 27% in last year’s data book to 26% in this year’s report - New Mexico...