Albuquerque killers sentenced, Nuclear waste in New Mexico, Hot and dry, Semi crashes, Feature film set in New Mexico

Thursday’s Top Stories

  • Albuquerque teen who killed another teen over gun sale sentenced
  • City officials speak on efforts to reduce weeds throughout Albuquerque
  • New fire station opens at Kirtland Air Force Base
  • Albuquerque man convicted of raping and kidnapping woman
  • City of Albuquerque celebrates Pollinator Week
  • LIST: Open spaces in Albuquerque
  • Los Angeles Lakers sold to Dodgers owner

Thursday’s Five Facts

[1] Two men behind killing of child outside Isotopes Park sentenced to life in prison – Two men involved in the murder of an 11-year-old outside Isotopes Park will spend the rest of their lives behind bars. In September of 2023, Jose Romero and Nathen Garley shot at a white truck, mistaking it for rival gang members outside of Isotopes Park. As a result of those shots, 11-year-old Froylan Villegas died. Earlier this year, a jury found the two men guilty of first-degree murder and other counts for conspiring to murder and shooting out of a vehicle. Judge Emeterio Rodolfo agreed to give both a maximum sentence of life in prison, plus 46 years.

[2] Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and NM – The U.S. Supreme Court is granting a company permission to store nuclear waste at a facility near the Texas-New Mexico state line. The justices reversed an appeals court ruling that invalidated the license granted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to a private company in southwest Texas. That license lets them build a site to store roughly 100,000 tons of spend nuclear fuel.

[3] Hot and mostly dry weather to end the week – High pressure builds back over New Mexico this afternoon, bringing hotter temperatures back to the state. A few isolated showers and storms will be possible along the central mountain chain, but due to very dry air at the surface, most of the rain will evaporate before reaching the ground. Mostly dry conditions and very hot temperatures will remain in place heading into the weekend ahead of our first surge of monsoon moisture to start the upcoming week…

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