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• 26,000 missing mail items found; ex-postal worker charged

  22-10-2016 00:21
  
  STERLING, Colo. — Authorities say they recovered more than 26,000 pieces of undelivered mail in northeastern Colorado and arrested a former Postal Service worker. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday the recovered mail was addressed to people in Sterling and Fort Morgan. Authorities haven’t said where or how they found it. Twenty-two-year-old Tayson Adam Hidalgo […]
  
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• Airlines must pay you back for flight cancellations, major delays. How much will you get under new rule?

  24-04-2024 21:35 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Airlines will soon be required to pay you back if they cancel your flight, delay you, make major changes to the itinerary, or don't deliver your checked bags on time.
  The change was made official Wednesday when the Department of Transportation issued a final rule. "Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them — without headaches or haggling," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a written announcement of the new standards.
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• City of Albuquerque hosting annual Spring into Summer event

  24-04-2024 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city of Albuquerque is hosting its annual Spring into Summer event on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. - 2p.m. at Barelas Community Center and park. Former owner of Albuquerque ice cream shop reflects on sale after 19 years in businessThe free event will be feature things for the whole family to enjoy like food trucks, music, games, adoptable pets giveaways and plenty of information about upcoming summer youth events. Spring into Summer helps familie
  
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• Trial continues against former APD officer accused of dragging disabled man out of Target

  24-04-2024 20:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — The trial against a former APD officer accused of dragging a disabled man out of Target on Coors continued Thursday.New Mexico Corrections Department processes ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah GutierrezKenneth Skeens is being accused of using excessive force against Matthew McManus while he was at the self checkout trying to buy a bike. The state argues Skeens pulled McManus out of that Target without the lawful authority to do so, and that he made false cl
  
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• Luna County Sheriff's deputy charged with homicide by vehicle

  24-04-2024 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –Homicide by vehicle charges were filed against Luna County Sheriff's Deputy Paul Garcia for his role in an accident that killed a 14-month-old boy in Deming.
  Court documents say that in November 2023 Isabella Hernandez was driving on Highway 11 when she was struck by Garcia in his marked patrol unit, killing the 14-month-old boy. He said he was responding to a burglary in progress. The family's attorneys said New Mexico State Police say Garcia's vehicle slammed into
  
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• New Mexico Dept. of Workforce Solutions launches podcast

  24-04-2024 19:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The agency that focuses on helping New Mexicans connect with jobs has launched a podcast that focuses on career journeys of New Mexicans.The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS) is calling the podcast "Good Job New Mexico." The first episode will focus on Sade Smith's experience. She experienced DWS's youth-focused "pre-apprenticeship" program. ABQ BioPark getting electric train, gray wolf refuge, new event pavilion“By sharing the ca
  
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• Constructive Conversations series with Albuquerque city leaders

  24-04-2024 19:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The "Constructive Conversations" series is giving people the chance to meet with Albuquerque city leaders like Mayor Keller and city councilors and talk about how to make the community better.Former owner of Albuquerque ice cream shop reflects on sale after 19 years in businessThe city is holding the series to help bridge the gap between what the community wants and what the city can do. They will be focused on investments that can improve things like roads,
  
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• Flight delayed or canceled? Airlines have to give you an automatic refund now

  24-04-2024 18:48 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) — The Biden administration finalized rules on Wednesday requiring airlines to automatically refund passengers for canceled or significantly delayed flights and to share baggage, change, or cancellation fees upfront.“Passengers deserve to know upfront what costs they are facing and should get their money back when an airline owes them - without having to ask,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. “Today’s announcement
  
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• Watch: Man shoots at naked attacker who rammed him with a truck

  24-04-2024 18:35 via krqe.com
  
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO) - It started out as a normal Saturday night for Ronald May. He had just gone to the casino in Terre Haute, and was pulling into his driveway when he noticed a red truck behind him. He got out of his car and looked at the man, later identified as Dustin Roecker, 35, before Roecker began to speed right at him.“He just looked at me, then all of a sudden, he let out this battle cry yell and just floored the gas,” May said.  Wild video shows man sho
  
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• New Mexico Corrections Department processes 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez

  24-04-2024 18:34 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez was processed by the New Mexico Corrections Department Wednesday morning. The department released Gutierrez's latest mug shot, which showed that she is being incarcerated at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (WNMCF) in the City of Grants.Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sentenced Gutierrez to 18 months in prison on April 15, after she was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cin
  
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• Did you know this whole week is full of palindromes? Just look at the date!

  24-04-2024 17:23 via krqe.com
  
  (WPHL) - Did you know Wednesday's date is a palindrome? Just look at the numbers: 4-24-24. Now try reading backward. It is still 4-2-4-2-4.
  April 20 through April 29 is a week of palindrome dates, meaning the dates can be read forward and backward with the same result. Oxford Languages defines a palindrome as a "word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward."According to the Farmer's Almanac, palindromes are considered rare and even lucky for some. Since the U.S. us
  
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• Bernalillo County appoints behavioral health, community service deputy managers

  24-04-2024 16:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County appointed two people to their new roles as Bernalillo County Deputy Managers at Tuesday's county commission meeting.Albuquerque Uptown business robbed twice at knifepoint this monthThe county appointed Wayne W. Lindstrom as the new deputy county manager for Behavioral Health. Lindstrom previously served five years with the New Mexico Department of Human Services. "With his decades of experience and proven track record in the behavioral
  
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• Senate passes foreign aid bill

  24-04-2024 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan passed in the U.S. Senate on overnight.The bill also includes a provision that could lead to a ban on TikTok."It's not every day you can say you made the world truly a better place,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).For Ukraine and Israel, it will provide military aid, and replenish U.S. weapons systems while also sending humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza."Rest as
  
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• Taco Bell offering $5 Taco Discovery Box for 'Taco Tuesdays'

  24-04-2024 15:45 via krqe.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Taco Bell is celebrating Taco Tuesday with a new $5 Taco Discovery Box available exclusively on Tuesdays.The $5 meal is available nationwide on "Taco Tuesdays" from April 23 to June 4. The offer includes a new Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco, a crunchy taco, a Doritos Locos Taco and a medium fountain drink.
  It offer is also being promoted with a star-studded ad campaign featuring LeBron James and Jason Sudeikis.
  Available exclusively on Taco Tuesdays from April 23 through Ju
  
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• Amazon debuts grocery delivery program for Prime members, SNAP recipients

  24-04-2024 15:27 via krqe.com
  
  (KTLA) - Amazon on Tuesday unveiled its new grocery delivery program, which is open to Prime members and recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.For about $10 a month, Prime members will have access to unlimited grocery delivery for orders over $35 from Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh and various local grocery retailers on Amazon.com.Crime Stoppers identifies man wanted in connection to attacking 3 people in downtown AlbuquerqueThe program will be available to SNAP recipients for $
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: New details, Suspect search, Warm and cloudier, S-curve plans, Major updates

  24-04-2024 15:17 via krqe.com
  
  Wednesday's Top Stories
  Albuquerque Uptown business robbed twice at knifepoint this monthVIDEO: Valencia County Commissioner seen disrespecting courthouse security staffBernalillo County Commissioners discuss next steps in replacing county managerFormer Doña Ana County deputy pleads guilty to sexually assaulting arresteeBernalillo County Commissioners vote to fund next phase of the Alameda Drain TrailNew Mexico governor takes concerns about cannabis seizures to DHS SecretaryBird flu remna
  
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• Hot, quiet day before wind storm arrives

  24-04-2024 15:10 via krqe.com
  
  Wednesday morning is off to a mild start. Low clouds are sitting over the northeast highlands and east plains, and they will clear by around 11 a.m. High clouds are moving into southwest New Mexico, and they will spread northeast across the state throughout the day, leading to cloudier conditions than the rest of the week, so far. Temperatures will be warmer than normal again, staying the 70s, 80s and 90s. A light breeze of 15 to 30 mph is expected this afternoon. Much windier weather will arriv
  
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• Big Game Decade Trivia

  24-04-2024 14:00 via krqe.com
  The 2024 NFL Draft begins on Thursday, April 25. Take our quiz and test your knowledge.
  
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• Are you earning enough to be middle-class in New Mexico?

  24-04-2024 13:59 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — It can be hard to tell if you rank as middle class, especially when it feels like your paycheck doesn’t go as far as it once did – one government analysis suggests you need at least $10,000 more just to live like you did three years ago.A new report from personal finance site SmartAsset reviewed data from the U.S. Census Bureau as well as the Pew Research Center to determine what it does take – at least on paper – to be considered middle class in all 50
  
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• Lobo baseball bats get hot at Texas Tech

  24-04-2024 07:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tod Brown's Lobo baseball team put up 17 runs on 21 hits Tuesday to defeat Texas Tech in a midweek, non conference battle in Lubbock, Texas.Lobos outfielder Will Ashby put in a powerful performance at the plate. Ashby had a pair of home runs, one a grand slam. He drove in six of the Lobos 17 runs.
  The Lobos took a 9-3 lead into the 8th inning and only added to that total as Chase Weissenborn and Khalil Walker delivered back to back home runs. Ashby came up i
  
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• Bird flu remnants found in milk, FDA says

  24-04-2024 06:29 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Inactive fragments of the bird flu virus that has sickened dairy herds in eight states have been detected in pasteurized milk, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.The FDA and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a press release that the viral remnants don't pose a health risk to consumers."To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe," the FDA wrote, citing the pasteurization process and the "diversion
  
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• Senate passes bill forcing TikTok's parent company to sell or face ban

  24-04-2024 06:28 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers that’s expected to face legal challenges and disrupt the lives of content creators who rely on the short-form video app for income.The TikTok legislation was included as part of a larger $95 billion package that provides foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel and was passed 79-18
  
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• Windy weather returns later this week

  24-04-2024 06:27 via krqe.com
  
  Temperatures reached near-record levels across New Mexico Monday afternoon. More active weather returns later this week.
  Tuesday afternoon was one of the warmest days so far this year across New Mexico, with many areas climbing into the 80s and 90s. A weak backdoor front in northeast New Mexico is keeping temperatures a few degrees cooler there, and its trying to produce some isolated showers along the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Clouds will clear out tonight with another roun
  
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• Son of Dunkin' worker has perfect response after car crashes into coffee shop

  24-04-2024 06:26 via krqe.com
  
  CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — A car crashed into a Dunkin' in Rhode Island Tuesday morning, but it was the lighthearted reaction of a 15-year-old at the scene that has the internet talking.Crews responded to the Dunkin' location in Cranston around 6:30 a.m. and found the car entirely in the coffee shop.
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  Podcast: The Struggle Continues For New Mexico Wildfire VictimsTrending: NM preparing for Supreme Court ruling on homeless camping in public spacesNews: What is Albuquerque
  
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• Ex-police officer wanted in 2 killings shoots, kills self in Oregon: authorities

  24-04-2024 06:26 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A former Washington state police officer wanted after killing two people, including his ex-wife, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a chase in Oregon, authorities said Tuesday. The man's 1-year-old baby, who was with him, was taken safely into custody by Oregon State Police troopers.
  The multi-state manhunt started Monday afternoon when police say Elias Huizar, a former Yakima police officer, fled the scene of a shooting at William Wiley El
  
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• Bernalillo County Commissioners vote to fund next phase of the Alameda Drain Trail

  24-04-2024 06:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Commissioners voted to approve funding to complete a popular biking trail in northwest Albuquerque. The Alameda Drain Trail was first approved in 2016 and the latest phase will connect the trail from Alameda to Paseo Del Norte. Bernalillo County Commissioners discuss next steps in replacing county managerTuesday night, county commissions approved the $3 million to fund the next portion of the project. "This is a project that is a multi-juri
  
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• Former Doña Ana County deputy pleads guilty to sexually assaulting arrestee

  24-04-2024 05:51 via krqe.com
  
  DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A former Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office deputy pled guilty to sexually assaulting a female arrestee in his patrol car and then trying to destroy video evidence. According to the plea agreement, in April 2023, Deputy Michael Martinez arrested a woman for drunk driving. Crime Stoppers identifies man wanted in connection to attacking 3 people in downtown AlbuquerqueAfter she received medical clearance, he handcuffed her and sexually assaulte
  
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• Documents reveal when Albuquerque police investigated DWI unit tip

  24-04-2024 05:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New documents that KRQE News 13 has obtained from the Albuquerque Police Department show when APD first looked into a complaint about dirty DWI cops. The documents show that in December 2022, the department's Investigative Services Division started looking into a complaint of DWI officers taking money to get DWI cases dropped. The tip mentioned Honorio Alba, a DWI officer who is among six officers who were later implicated in the scheme.
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• New Mexico man who stole millions from investors will stay on probation

  24-04-2024 05:19 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico man convicted of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme will not get off probation early. In 2005, Doug Vaughan was convicted of bilking 600 real-estate investors out of $74 million over the span of five years. He pled guilty in 2011 and was sentenced to 12 years in an Arizona federal prison but in 2021 he was released. Albuquerque Uptown business robbed twice at knifepoint this monthA New Mexico judge denied the motion because they believed the se
  
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• Bernalillo County Commissioners discuss next steps in replacing county manager

  24-04-2024 05:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Commissioners talked about their next steps to replace the outgoing county manager in a meeting on Tuesday night. Commissioners Steven Michael Quezada and Walt Benson tried to get a reveal on a controversial resolution on the process of hiring a county manager.First 2024 primary election ballots sent to military, overseas votersTwo weeks ago, Commissioner Quezada stormed off from the meeting after claiming his viewers were ignored. Whi
  
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