KRQE Newsfeed: BCSO shooting, Administrative leave, Cooler and calmer, Indigenous physicists, Sustaining the future
Wednesday’s Top Stories
WATCH: APD officer charged with shoplifting by switching price tags
City of Albuquerque to file new lawsuit against ‘problem’ Adam Food Market
Water managers share what local farmers can expect for Rio Grande irrigation season
Chaves County Detention Center officer accused of raping inmate
Here’s why thousands of junior doctors in South Korea walked off the job
Wednesday’s Five Facts
[1] Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputies involved in shooting, suspect hospitalized – BCSO says deputies were conducting an auto theft operation in the area of Menaul and University when they attempted to stop a vehicle in the parking lot of the Ramada Plaza hotel. While attempting to stop the vehicle, the suspect crashed in the parking lot and discharged a firearm at deputies, who returned fire at the suspect. The suspect was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound that BCSO says is non life threatening. No deputies were injured.
[2] APS officer on leave following incident at Rio Grande High School – An APS officer has been placed on administrative leave after allegedly spraying a student with mace. According to APS, on February 16, a student in the main courtyard of campus refused orders to stop screaming obscenities and calm down. When the student didn’t comply with officers, he was sprayed with mace and handcuffed. An investigation focused on the officer’s handling of the restraint is underway.
[3] Calmer and cooler weather, with another storm approaching – Today will stay cooler, with highs in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Winds will be light. The next storm will bring moisture into southern New Mexico, with clouds across the south during the day. Showers and storms will move into southwest NM by late-afternoon and this evening. The rain and snow will push into central and eastern NM overnight through Thursday morning.
[4] LANL expands program that engages Indigenous women in physics – The Engaging Indigenous Women in Nuclear Physics program currently includes four students from Fort Lewis College in Colorado and a new partnership is being introduced this fall with Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, New Mexico. Los Alamos physicist, Cesar Luis Da Silva, says the program first started as an effort to bring more indigenous women into physics. Da Sila leads the group of women in projects related to the study of subatomic particles.
[5] APS awarded national environmental program grant – The Sustaining the Future Program is a $12.8 million grant provided by the U.S. Department of Education to teach kids in all grades about climate and agricultural sciences. The money goes toward teacher training and specialized student curriculum. The money will be used at Rio Grande High School, Polk Middle School, Los Padillas Elementary School, and Mountain View Elementary School. Students from any APS school can participate at these locations.
