Morning Word: Stormy Weather Brings Rain and Snow

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tormy weather. New Mexico is going to get rain, snow and winds today. Bundle up and drive safe. Republican Aubrey Dunn is headed to the state land office after a recount, and two Albuquerque Police officers may be headed to court to face murder charges.

It's Wednesday, Dec. 17 2014.

A winter storm is headed into New Mexico. That means it’s going to be wet and morning roads could be slick. Steve Stucker says we can expect rain and 3 to 5 inches of snow in higher elevations. At 5 a.m. there were no school delays or closings. Check your school status online. Breaking news this morning.

Sheriff's deputies in Bernalillo County are investigating a late night shooting that sent one man to the hospital Tuesday night following a traffic stop on Central near 75th Street. It's still not clear if the deputy shot the man. Read more at the Albuquerque Journal. The unofficial vote recount tally shows Republican Aubrey Dunn has won race for public land commissioner. The final vote totals are 249,993 for Aubrey Dunn and 249,337 for Ray Bennett Powell, a difference of 656 votes.

The State Canvassing Board will certify the election on Thursday. Read more at the Santa Fe New Mexican. Bernalillo County commissioners have appointed Stephanie Maez to fill the New Mexico House seat vacated by Mimi Stewart after Stewart was appointed to fill State Auditor-elect Tim Keller's senate seat last week. Dan McKay has more here. State Rep. Phillip Archuleta, D-Las Cruces, has died after complications from pneumonia, in Las Cruces. State Rep. Jeff Steinborn remembered his friend and colleague on Facebook:

Archuleta, 65, lost his reelection bid to Hatch Mayor Andy Nuñez by 8 points in November. Read more at the Las Cruces Sun-News. On the same day, Archuleta passed away, Nuñez and Rep. Paul Pacheco, R-Albuquerque, reintroduced a measure to repeal New Mexico's immigrant driver's license laws.

Read more at the Albuquerque Journal. After reviewing thousands of pages of evidence, anonymous sources tell KRQE that embattled District Attorney Kari Brandenburg is considering charging two officers involved with killing illegal camper James Boyd on open counts of murder at a preliminary hearing sometime next spring.

See Matt Grubs and Jeff Proctor's report here.  Graphic new lapel camera video, obtained by KOB 4's Caleb James, shows the innocent bystander accidently shot by an APD officer on Sunday morning slumped over and bleeding. He was hit by bullet fragments after Officer Tamas Nadas' gun discharged after he fell through an apartment window. Doctors expect Ramiro Armendariz to recover. Officer Tamas Nadas remains on paid leave during the investigation. The video is posted on KOB 4. The victim shown in that brutal beating in downtown Albuquerque this weekend is speaking out after two bouncers were charged with felony aggravated assault. Action 7 News has the exclusive interview with Jose Macias. See it on KOAT 7. The mother who dodged New Mexico State Police bullets as she drove away from a traffic stop in Taos canyon last fall has been arraigned again. Oriana Ferrell says she's not guilty after being indicted on charges of child abuse, drug paraphernalia and aggravated fleeing of a law enforcement officer. That officer, Elias Montoya, was terminated after video showed him firing at Ferrell's van. Montoya sued the state and settled for an undisclosed amount. Ferrell was released on her own recognizance, but is not allowed to leave the state or discuss the case with her children. Details on KOB 4. Santa Fe city councilors are divided on the city's energy future. A new energy plan for the City of Santa Fe sponsored by at least two city councilors is creating tension with supporters of a different plan that calls for the city to study replacing Public Service Company of New Mexico with a municipal utility company. SFR's Justin Horwath reports on the 'Power Play". Investigative Reporter Joseph Sorrentino takes a hard look at New Mexico's giant dairy industry. Conventional farm practices, he writes, are hard to swallow.

More at SFR.  Journalist Laura Paskus has launched an ambitious radio series exploring New Mexico's natural gas drilling and burgeoning oil industry.

Listen to Paskus on KUNM. New Mexico Mercury's series on the plight of state education programs continues. Read Part III online. Albuquerque Public School Board Member Kathy Korte, an outspoken critic of the New Mexico Public Education Department, is suing the University of New Mexico after being forced out of her community relations job.

Read more at the Albuquerque Journal. 

Santa Fe Reporter