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• Friday Night Football 2025 - Award show

  06-12-2025 07:05 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The 2025 high school football season has come to a close. The Friday Night Football team announced winners for coach and player of the year for every classification. 6A Coach of the Year - Robert Garza, Cleveland Player of the Year - Daniel Amaro, Las Cruces 5A Coach of the Year - [...]
  
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• Dry, warmer weather settling into New Mexico

  06-12-2025 06:27 via krqe.com
  
  A slow, gradual warming trend is starting Friday afternoon. This will continue through next week as dry weather also sticks around.It was a bitterly cold start to the day across New Mexico with the coldest air so far this season. Breezy winds developed across eastern New Mexico today, helping to bring in warmer temperatures. [...]
  
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• Lawsuit claims 10-year-old was sexually assaulted while in CYFD custody

  06-12-2025 06:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new lawsuit against the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department is shining a light on the alleged dangers of kids in state custody being housed in offices. The lawsuit against CYFD alleges that in December 2022, a 10-year-old boy, known to have been sexually abused, was placed in an Albuquerque CYFD [...]
  
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• 1 person injured after shooting in Portales

  06-12-2025 04:46 via krqe.com
  
  PORTALES, N.M. (KRQE) – Eastern New Mexico University said a shooting in Portales did not happen on the ENMU campus. According to the university, the shooting happened at Rotary Park, and the victim asked for help at a nearby dorm. The suspect fled. According to ENMU, neither person is affiliated with the university. The shooting is [...]
  
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• 'Pay What You Please' Christmas tree sale to be held in Corrales on Saturday

  06-12-2025 04:22 via krqe.com
  
  CORRALES, N.M. (KRQE) – The sixth annual Pay What You Please event is set for Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at Sandia Bar in Corrales. Buyers will be able to set their own prices for freshly cut pine trees, and proceeds will go to the Corrales Farmers Co-Op and Healing Harmonies of New Mexico. There [...]
  
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• Video: Teen arrested for stolen car days before being arrested for murder in Albuquerque

  06-12-2025 04:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – He was arrested in a stolen car, days before he was arrested for murder. Now, newly released police body camera video shows how that arrest almost didn't happen.  Video showed the moment Albuquerque police caught up with 18-year-old Austin Olimb downtown on September 3. Olimb was riding in the passenger seat of a [...]
  
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• Holiday themed gingerbread houses up for auction to support Albuquerque preschool

  06-12-2025 03:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Dozens of gingerbread houses are doing more than just spreading holiday cheer this year; some of the most impressive edible creations are being shown in Gingerbread Southwest's contest and auction, with this year's proceeds going to support A Child's Garden Preschool in Albuquerque. The theme this year is classic holiday movies, and local [...]
  
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• Temperatures start a gradual warming trend across New Mexico

  06-12-2025 02:01 via krqe.com
  
  A slow, gradual warming trend is starting Friday afternoon. This will continue through next week as dry weather also sticks around.Brr! It was a bitterly cold start to the day across New Mexico with the coldest air so far this season. Breezy winds have developed across eastern New Mexico today, helping to bring in [...]
  
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• Albuquerque Public Schools employee facing child pornography charges

  06-12-2025 01:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque Public Schools special needs bus attendant has been arrested, accused of possessing and distributing child porn. The investigation into Patrick Bilbo began in March after they received multiple cybertips of child pornography being distributed through the messaging platform Kik. According to the criminal complaint, investigators with the New Mexico Department of [...]
  
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• Albuquerque downtown vacant building ordinance helps fill empty buildings

  06-12-2025 01:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Newer city rules are aimed at boosting safety and filling empty buildings in downtown Albuquerque. Now months into starting those rules, the Albuquerque city councilor who championed the idea said it’s working. Boarded-up and empty buildings are a common sight downtown, but since the new rules went into play, the area's [...]
  
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• Albuquerque leaders look at getting rid of some zones meant for redevelopment

  06-12-2025 00:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque has nearly two dozen designated zones throughout Albuquerque aimed at helping bring in new development through tax breaks and special incentives, but they said some of those plans may have run their course. Those special zones are called Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas or "MRAs."   The city created MRAs [...]
  
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• Touro Dental College helping fill gap left in patient care in New Mexico

  06-12-2025 00:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The first dental school in New Mexico, Touro College of Dental Medicine, has been open for a few months now, and they've been seeing a big impact on the community from patients, but also students and future providers. Executive Assistant Dean Dr. Joseph Parkinson said this is helping treat more patients quicker, [...]
  
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• Albuquerque man convicted of impersonating law enforcement arrested again

  05-12-2025 23:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man previously prosecuted for impersonating a sheriff's deputy is back behind bars, this time for soliciting sex from an undercover cop. Rico Dukes, 29, landed in jail again, after police say he asked an undercover cop, posing as a prostitute, for oral sex. Dukes was arrested, and soon after, they found out [...]
  
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• Albuquerque Fire Rescue celebrates upgrades at Fire Station 12

  05-12-2025 23:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Fire Station 12 in east Albuquerque celebrated a massive upgrade on Friday. The department fired up the water cannons, raised the flag, and pushed in their new fire engine by hand. The old station has a long history in the neighborhood. "I talked to someone who said over 40 years ago, the crew [...]
  
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• City continues work to bring small box homes to Albuquerque

  05-12-2025 22:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque is getting closer to potentially seeing more small homes that can be built in less than a month. City leaders toured an example "boxable" home in Albuquerque on Friday. They're 300 square feet inside and cost $100,000 each. Built in a factory in Nevada and then shipped to a final spot, crews [...]
  
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• January Jones reveals struggle with misophonia: What is it?

  05-12-2025 22:32 via krqe.com
  
  People with misophonia can expertise “intense anger, anxiety or disgust” as a reaction to stimuli, Cleveland Clinic explains.
  
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• Trump's new national security strategy: 5 key takeaways

  05-12-2025 22:30 via krqe.com
  
  President Trump released his national security strategy late Thursday night with a focus on building up a larger military presence in the Western Hemisphere, balancing global trade, tightening up border security, and winning the culture war with Europe.  The sweeping strategy is typically released within the first year of a new administration, explaining the president’s [...]
  
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• What is Joe Rogan's net worth?

  05-12-2025 22:29 via krqe.com
  
  Now a popular podcaster, Rogan soared to fame through various ventures, including stand-up comedy, UFC commentating and reality TV.
  
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• Trader Joe's pulls popular holiday item over 'standards' issue

  05-12-2025 22:28 via krqe.com
  
  "We made the decision to remove them from our shelves,” a Trader Joe's representative revealed.
  
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• Albuquerque Isotopes, APS launch clothing drive for students

  05-12-2025 22:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Isotopes and Albuquerque Public Schools are partnering this holiday season to keep New Mexicans warm. Now through Dec. 19, the groups are collecting new or gently used clean clothing, especially winter clothes, to give to APS students. Drop off locations and information:
  
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• New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Dept. secretary resigns

  05-12-2025 22:01 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that Melanie A. Kenderdine, the secretary of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), will resign on Friday. The governor said Kenderdine's resignation was due to "personal reasons." “Melanie brought national energy expertise to New Mexico, and I'm grateful for her contributions at EMNRD. I wish [...]
  
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• Albuquerque jury convicts teen of attempted murder

  05-12-2025 21:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  A jury has convicted an Albuquerque teen for shooting a man 11 times. In May, a man was found in an arroyo with multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head. Officers learned the man was shot during a fight between two brothers. On Thursday, a jury found the teenager guilty of [...]
  
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• Trending warmer, breezier this weekend

  05-12-2025 21:04 via krqe.com
  
  A frigid morning settled in across the Land of Enchantment and southern Colorado! Overnight lows bottomed out in the lower double digits in Grants and Gallup, while Alamosa fell to -1 degrees. Albuquerque fell to 26 degrees, which marks some of the coldest air we have seen so far in the fall and winter season. [...]
  
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• Kirtland Air Force Base removes unexploded training ordnance from tribal land

  05-12-2025 20:36 via krqe.com
  
  ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. (KRQE) – More than 100 unexploded training ordnance dating back to World War II and the Cold War era were removed from Pueblo of Isleta land in October, Kirtland Air Force Base announced Thursday. Airmen from the 377th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight partnered with the Pueblo of Isleta to identify and neutralize 115 military [...]
  
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• Man sentenced for deadly 2022 Christmas stabbing in Peñasco

  05-12-2025 20:14 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A Peñasco man was sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for a deadly stabbing on Christmas in 2022. According to court documents, 49-year-old Byron Sanchez was involved in an altercation with the victim at his residence in Peñasco, within the boundaries of the Picuris Pueblo. Both individuals were under the [...]
  
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• City sets start date for Unser and Paseo del Norte widening project

  05-12-2025 19:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A date has been set for the start of a road construction project, which officials say is the largest road project in the City of Albuquerque's history. The $62 million Unser and Paseo del Norte widening project will begin construction around January 12 and aims to alleviate congestion for West Side drivers [...]
  
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• Harvard professor to self-deport after allegedly firing BB gun near synagogue

  05-12-2025 18:54 via krqe.com
  
  A Brazilian Harvard law professor has agreed to self-deport after he was arrested on allegations he fired a BB gun near a synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur.
  
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• FCC details robocall scam from fake ‘Walmart’ employees: What to know

  05-12-2025 18:53 via krqe.com
  
  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a cease-and-desist to a company that’s believed to be allowing the transmission of “illegal robocalls” targeting American shoppers.
  
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• HydroJug recalls thousands of children's tumblers over possible choking hazard

  05-12-2025 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  HydroJug initiated the recall of about 17,000 14-ounce Children's Sport Tumblers this week.
  
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• Who has the best coverage? New FCC data compares Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T in every state

  05-12-2025 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  New data from the Federal Communications Commission allows you to put providers head-to-head and see who has the best data coverage where you live.
  
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• ObamaCare anxiety rising among House GOP centrists: ‘To do this is buffoonery’

  05-12-2025 17:03 via krqe.com
  
  Frustration is mounting among moderate House Republicans as various competing health care plans appear to be going nowhere, with less than 10 working days left on the calendar before millions of Americans see their health insurance premiums spike. A small but animated group of GOP centrists is imploring party leaders to extend the ObamaCare tax [...]
  
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• Noem says Trump weighing expanding travel ban to more than 30 countries

  05-12-2025 17:02 via krqe.com
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Trump administration is planning to expand its travel ban to more than 30 countries in the wake of a deadly shooting against National Guardsmen.
  
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• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor who performed in 'Mortal Kombat,' dies at 75

  05-12-2025 17:01 via krqe.com
  
  The actor died from complications due to a stroke, his manager confirmed on Thursday.
  
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• EU hits Musk's X with $140M fine over blue checkmark, transparency concerns

  05-12-2025 16:59 via krqe.com
  
  The European Union (EU) hit billionaire Elon Musk’s social platform X with a $140 million fine Friday for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA), the first time a company has been sanctioned under the bloc's tech law. 
  
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• US military conducts another strike on alleged drug boat amid scrutiny over operations

  05-12-2025 16:58 via krqe.com
  
  The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, saying the operation killed four male “narco-terrorists"
  
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• Netflix to buy Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72B

  05-12-2025 16:57 via krqe.com
  
  Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant’s studio and streaming business for $72 billion.
  
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• Deputy avoids charges, Museum demolitions, Cold weather, Drunk driving arrest, BioPark polar bears

  05-12-2025 14:59 via krqe.com
  
  Friday's Top Stories Friday's Five Facts [1] BCSO deputy involved in fatal crash won’t face charges - The BCSO deputy who was involved in a fatal crash will not be facing any charges. In a letter, the Santa Fe DA’s office said they will not move forward with charges, blaming BCSO and APD. The DA’s [...]
  
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• What's happening in New Mexico December 5-11? Twinkle Light Parade and more

  05-12-2025 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Check out community events around New Mexico from December 5 to 11. Albuquerque New Mexico Albuquerque Notices 🔶AMAFCA tumbleweed snowman returns to Albuquerque for the holiday season — A friendly face has returned to Albuquerque on Wednesday. The Arroyo Flood Control Authority has set up its iconic tumbleweed snowman this morning along I-40. [...]
  
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• Coldest start so far this season then mild & dry

  05-12-2025 12:51 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) - Coldest morning temperatures so far this season are developing with mostly clear skies, mostly light winds, and drier air, but very spotty patchy freezing mist is possible around some of the mountainous communities. Few areas to the north are starting off around the 0° mark with single-digit temperatures to temperatures in the [...]
  
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• Pro Football Week 14 Previews: Inside Sports Scoop

  05-12-2025 06:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – This week marks the 14th of the regular season in pro football. The KRQE team discussed four matchups, Indianapolis vs Jacksonville, Denver vs Las Vegas, Chicago vs Green Bay and Houston vs Kansas City. Pro Football is the number one sport in the country, navigating the ins and outs can be difficult. [...]
  
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• Most of New Mexico will fall below freezing Friday morning

  05-12-2025 06:27 via krqe.com
  
  A powerful winter storm has moved out of New Mexico, but it is leaving behind much colder air. A gradual warming trend starts Friday afternoon and will continue into next week.Snow wrapped up across New Mexico early Thursday morning. Up to 12" of snow fell in parts of the East Mountains with this storm [...]
  
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• VIDEO: Farmington man leads police on chase after hitting two cars

  05-12-2025 06:19 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – He was a danger on the road. Police said he was so drunk that he didn't realize the crashes and the police chase he was causing. What started as a calm evening in the middle of July quickly changed when a man driving a grey truck began hitting other drivers. Farmington [...]
  
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• BCSO deputy involved in fatal crash won't face charges

  05-12-2025 06:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In a letter obtained by KRQE News 13, the Santa Fe District Attorney explained why Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office Deputy Brian Lassley won't face any charges for the deadly crash he was involved in last year. In August of last year, police say Lassley was pursuing the driver, Alexandra Gerard, when she [...]
  
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• Diego Pavia has the CFP, Heisman and family on his mind

  05-12-2025 05:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia wants his team to have a chance to play in the College Football Playoff. The former New Mexico State University, New Mexico Military Institute, and Volcano Vista Hawks standout wants President Donald Trump to sign an executive order to expand the playoffs to 16 teams. Pavia made his [...]
  
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• Man accused of arson that killed 14 dogs arrested again in Albuquerque

  05-12-2025 05:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of an arson that killed more than a dozen dogs last April is back in custody. Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office deputies said Maximiliano Martinez intentionally sparked a fire at a South Valley barn with 16 dogs inside. Fourteen of them died. Deputies said Martinez had been fighting with his [...]
  
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• Board votes to demolish $4M New Mexico museum after years of abandonment

  05-12-2025 05:29 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The state has made its choice on the fate of a $4 million tourist attraction now considered a waste of taxpayer dollars. A Larry Barker investigation from last month revealed where lawmakers went wrong when choosing the site miles away from Socorro. The El Camino Real Heritage Center had been sitting vacant for [...]
  
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• Crews battle fire near Roswell airport

  05-12-2025 05:16 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 is working to learn more about a large fire that broke out near the Roswell International Air Center Thursday evening. According to the City of Roswell's Emergency Management Facebook page, multiple fire crews were dispatched to the blaze at the Aersale facility. Streets around the building are closed as [...]
  
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• Building a total loss after fire at Roswell Air Center

  05-12-2025 05:16 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Roswell said a fire at a building at the Roswell Air Center left the building and its contents a total loss. A passerby reported the fire just before 8 p.m. on Thursday. It spread from the roof to the whole building, which was leased by AerSale. There were no [...]
  
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• Building a complete loss after fire at Roswell Air Center

  05-12-2025 05:16 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Roswell said a fire at a building at the Roswell Air Center left the building and its contents a complete loss. A passerby reported the fire just before 8 p.m. on Thursday It spread from the roof to the whole building, which was leased by AerSale. There were no [...]
  
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