Harvest Wine and Music Festival is a 3-day happening
Happy people — 21 and over and perhaps getting happier — can choose from 200 wines made by 20 local wineries
HERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU TODAY. FIRST, A CHANCE FOR STORMS. HERE’S COREY WITH YOUR KOAT SEVEN WEATHER FORECAST. YEAH. AND SHOWING YOU AN AREA THAT THE STORMS MIGHT BE AFFECTING THE MOST. THIS IS GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT THESE COUNTIES RIGHT HERE. AND ALL THE AND ALL OF THESE RIGHT HERE PLACED UNDERNEATH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT’S GOING TO LAST TILL ABOUT US. NOT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. EXCUSE ME, A FLOOD WATCH THAT’S GOING TO LAST TILL ABOUT 6 P.M. NOW, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROJECTED RAIN TOTALS, YOU CAN SEE RUIDOSO EXPECTED TO RECEIVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH. ANY OF THOSE AREAS RIGHT THERE GOING TO RECEIVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AND THEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT LAS VEGAS. THEY’RE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. AND THEN HOBBS IS PROBABLY GOING TO RECEIVE THE MOST, WITH AN INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED FOR THEM. NOW, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT ALBUQUERQUE AND HOW THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS WILL PAN OUT. YOU CAN SEE 89 DEGREES. AND THEN WE DO HAVE THOSE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE OFF AND ON WITH US INTO THE 80S, BUT OFF AND ON WITH OUR RAIN CHANCES FROM 10% TO 20% THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. CRISTIANO, BACK TO YOU. AND THIS MORNING’S TOP STORIES ALBUQUERQUE POLICE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING OFF ZUNI ROAD SOUTHEAST NEAR WYOMING. OFFICERS SAY A MAN WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HIS CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED IN THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL UNDERWAY. WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING A STABBING ON COTTONWOOD PARK NEAR AIRPORT ROAD. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY JUST BEFORE NINE, A WOMAN WAS FOUND STABBED. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT. POLICE TELL US ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED. THE FALLOUT SURROUNDING MCKINLEY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY BERNADINE MARTIN CONTINUES. OUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYING HE IS TAKING OVER TWO OF HER DISMISSED CASES. ALIYAH CHAVEZ HAS DETAILS. SO THE FIRST STEP IS TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW BIG THIS UNIVERSE IS, AND THEN TO COME UP WITH AN ORGANIZED PLAN. NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL RAUL TORRES FRIDAY ANNOUNCING HE’S DIRECTED SPECIAL PROSECUTORS IN HIS OFFICE TO TAKE OVER TWO CASES THAT MCKINLEY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY BERNADINE MARTIN DISMISSED IN COURT. ONE IS A SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE. IT’S PRETTY VIOLENT, AND THE OTHER WAS AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER. WERE DISMISSED FOR CONFLICTS, BUT NEVER REASSIGNED. IN OCTOBER 2023, VALENTINO RODERICK JOHNSON WAS CHARGED WITH RAPE, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, MCKINLEY COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CAR CRASH FINDING JOHNSON VERY DRUNK AND ON TOP OF A WOMAN WHO WAS SCREAMING FOR HELP. JOHNSON WAS ARRESTED AND FACED SIX SEPARATE CRIMINAL CHARGES. THEN A WEEK LATER, TORRES SAYS MARTIN DISMISSED THE CASE BECAUSE JOHNSON WAS A FRIEND OF HER CHILDREN. WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO AN OUTSIDE, EITHER SPECIAL PROSECUTOR OR A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THE OTHER CASE INVOLVES TYSON LONG, GALLUP POLICE OFFICER, SAY LONG WAS SEEN CONFRONTING AND APPROACHING A MAN WHILE HOLDING A GUN. THAT MAN, LATER FOUND WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO HIS HEAD AND TORSO. IN DECEMBER 2022. POLICE SAY LONG WAS ALSO FLEEING THE SCENE, MARTIN DECLINING TO PROSECUTE LONG WITH A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE, CITING AN UNIDENTIFIED CONFLICT. I DON’T KNOW THE NATURE OF THE CONFLICT IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE. WE WANT TO RUN MCKINLEY COUNTY DA’S OFFICE IN MCKINLEY COUNTY. THAT’S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE’RE ABLE TO DO IT. THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT THE BEST. I ADMIT THAT. EARLIER THIS MONTH, MARTIN HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE DENYING MANY CRITICISMS AIMED AT HER. TORRES ALSO ASKING THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO HER CASE FILES TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER CASES SHE MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED. IT’S LEFT THE COMMUNITY AT RISK, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT’S LEFT THE VICTIMS OF THOSE CRIMES AND THEIR FAMILIES WAITING FOR JUSTICE, WAITING FOR THEIR DAY IN COURT. ALIYAH CHAVEZ KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS FACING LEGAL SETBACK A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULED HE OVERSTEPPED HIS AUTHORITY BY IMPOSING THEM WITHOUT CONGRESS. BUT THE TARIFFS REMAIN IN PLACE WHILE THE CASE HEADS TO THE SUPREME COURT. NOW, IF THE HIGH COURT RULES AGAINST HIM, IT WOULD LIMIT THE SPEED AND SCOPE OF HIS TRADE POWER. ALL RIGHT. WELL, NO PETS OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK. WHERE’S THE PETS? BUT I MISSED THE. IT’S OKAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING FOR ACTION SEVEN NEWS. WE’LL BE BACK HERE AT 5:00 WITH SASHA. AND REMEMBER YOU CAN GET OUR LATEST NEWSCAST ANYTIME ON THE FREE, VERY LOCAL
Harvest Wine and Music Festival is a 3-day happening
Happy people — 21 and over and perhaps getting happier — can choose from 200 wines made by 20 local wineries
It’s an all-out celebration this weekend at Balloon Fiesta Park, where throngs of happy people — 21 and over and perhaps getting happier as time passes — can choose from 200 wines made by 20 local wineries, good food, shop for almost anything, and listen to some of New Mexico’s best bands while roaming wide open spaces from noon to 6 p.m.Kristina Gordon, wine glass in hand, said that while some like their wine dry, she likes the sweet variety made by the Ponderosa Valley Winery.”It’s a blast, we are having so much fun,” Gordon said. “We love the live music and fun, beautiful people of New Mexico.”In fact, Gordon would make a pretty good promoter after this year’s Harvest Wine and Music Festival ends Sunday, and planning begins for one in 2026.”It’s a great time,” Gordon said. “If you didn’t make it this year, make sure you make it next year because it’s unforgettable, and you could get some good wine. Try different things, figure out what’s your taste, meet some new people.”
It’s an all-out celebration this weekend at Balloon Fiesta Park, where throngs of happy people — 21 and over and perhaps getting happier as time passes — can choose from 200 wines made by 20 local wineries, good food, shop for almost anything, and listen to some of New Mexico’s best bands while roaming wide open spaces from noon to 6 p.m.
Kristina Gordon, wine glass in hand, said that while some like their wine dry, she likes the sweet variety made by the Ponderosa Valley Winery.
“It’s a blast, we are having so much fun,” Gordon said. “We love the live music and fun, beautiful people of New Mexico.”
In fact, Gordon would make a pretty good promoter after this year’s Harvest Wine and Music Festival ends Sunday, and planning begins for one in 2026.
“It’s a great time,” Gordon said. “If you didn’t make it this year, make sure you make it next year because it’s unforgettable, and you could get some good wine. Try different things, figure out what’s your taste, meet some new people.”
