Albuquerque news

• NextCare opens Rio Bravo clinic

  06-07-2016 23:56
  
  NextCare Urgent Care is again expanding its footprint in Albuquerque. The company opened a new clinic on July 5 at 200 Rio Bravo Blvd. SE, giving NextCare five locations in the metro area. The newly renovated facility was formerly owned and operated by ABQ Health Partners and is part of an acquisition announced in the […]
  
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• Bill to boost airport security, ease lines gets green light

  06-07-2016 23:40 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate lawmakers announced an agreement Tuesday on an aviation bill to boost airport security, reduce screening lines and require airlines to refund fees to passengers whose bags are lost or delayed.
  The bill would also extend the Federal Aviation Administration’s programs and policies through Sept. 30, 2017. The FAA’s current operating authority is set to expire July 15.
  The bipartisan agreement was announced by senior members of the House and Senat
  
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• Updated: Imprisoned transgender soldier Chelsea Manning hospitalized

  06-07-2016 23:34
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The soldier imprisoned for sending classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks was briefly hospitalized this week, the U.S. Army confirmed Wednesday without providing details. Chelsea Manning was taken to a hospital near Fort Leavenworth early Tuesday and returned to the Kansas military base’s prison later in the day, Army spokesman […]
  
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• 2 states join suit against Obama transgender bathroom plan

  06-07-2016 23:34
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Two states have joined the 11-state coalition Texas is leading in a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Obama administration’s recent directive about transgender students in public schools. In a court pleading filed Wednesday in Wichita Falls, Texas, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also seeks a preliminary injunction to halt implementation of […]
  
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• Updated: UNM football: Lenzmeier leaving

  06-07-2016 23:21
  
    Jason Lenzmeier has resigned as offensive line coach for the New Mexico Lobo football team, head coach Bob Davie announced Wednesday. “Jason Lenzmeier informed me yesterday that he has decided to resign and go into private business to hopefully have more time with his family,” Davie’s statement read. “We appreciate all that he has […]
  
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• Updated: Girl allegedly groped on flight seeks $10M from airline

  06-07-2016 23:17
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — The lawyer for a 13-year-old girl who told police she was groped on a flight to Portland, Oregon, seeks $10 million in a federal lawsuit against American Airlines and the passenger accused of the crime. Attorney Brent Goodfellow filed the suit Tuesday in Portland, alleging the June incident caused his client extreme […]
  
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• Three NM medical practices picked for cancer care project

  06-07-2016 23:06
  
  Three New Mexico medical practices are among the 200 nationwide selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to participate in a care delivery model that encourages higher quality, more coordinated cancer care. Indeed, one Albuquerque medical group’s treatment methods — New Mexico Hematology Consultants — will be incorporated in the initiative. Seventeen health […]
  
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• Oil producers want U.S. to restrict imports

  06-07-2016 22:56
  
  New Mexico and West Texas oil producers are gearing up for a national effort to draw all major U.S. oil basins into a grassroots movement to restrict crude imports from overseas. Leaders of the Panhandle Import Reduction Initiative, which launched in April in the Permian Basin, are seeking public meetings and rallies in other oil-producing […]
  
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• Albuquerque woman dead after July 4 rollover near Santa Fe

  06-07-2016 22:39
  
  SANTA FE — State Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left an Albuquerque woman dead on Interstate 25 north of Santa Fe on July 4. Charlene Chavez, 25, of Albuquerque, was traveling northbound on I-25 when her car left the road and rolled around 11 p.m. Chavez, the sole occupant in the vehicle, was […]
  
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• Vote tallies unchanged after recounts in two NM House races

  06-07-2016 22:37
  
  Recounts triggered by close vote margins in two New Mexico legislative primary election contests showed no change — not even a single vote — from Election Day tallies. As a result, Democrat Mary Hotvedt of Pinos Altos was declared the winner today of a House District 38 primary race, while Republican Vicki Chavez of Deming […]
  
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• Toking up while working out: Pair plan gym allowing pot use

  06-07-2016 22:31
  
  NOVATO, Calif. — A former pro football star and an advocate for athlete marijuana use have teamed up to open a gym in San Francisco that they say will be one of the first in the world to allow members to smoke pot while working out. Former running back Ricky Williams, who played for the […]
  
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• ABQ mayor withdraws plan for retractable-seat arena

  06-07-2016 22:00
  
  Mayor Richard Berry has scrapped a $5 million plan to add retractable seating to a Convention Center exhibit hall and plans instead to plow most of the money into Civic Plaza. The goal of the original idea, announced in November, was to provide a cost-effective way to achieve a longtime city goal — creation of […]
  
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• Police: Smoker sprays gas on another woman in fuel pump spat

  06-07-2016 21:57 via krqe.com
  
  MEHOOPANY, Pa. (AP) — Police say a woman sprayed gasoline on a driver who criticized her for smoking a cigarette while pumping fuel at a Pennsylvania convenience store.
  Fifty-one-year-old Kimberly Brinton, of Meshoppen, faces a preliminary hearing July 12 on aggravated assault and other charges stemming from the encounter Thursday at the Mehoopany Dandy Mart, about 30 miles northwest of Scranton.
  Police say the driver told Brinton to extinguish her cigarette, then threw windshield cleaner
  
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• Wal-Mart now lets you pay with phone at all 4,600 US stores

  06-07-2016 21:51
  
  ATLANTA — Wal-Mart will now let you pay with your phone at all 4,600 stores nationwide. With Walmart Pay, the cashier scans a QR code on the phone screen to complete the payment. It differs from Apple, Samsung and Android Pay, which that involves taping your phone next to a payment machine with a wireless […]
  
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• Police: 30-person melee at Walmart leads to 4 arrests

  06-07-2016 21:29 via krqe.com
  
  Warning: Video contains some explicit language
  GATES, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities are continuing to investigate a 30-person brawl at a western New York Walmart that led to four arrests.
  Gates Police Chief Jim VanBrederode says the fight started around 7 p.m. Sunday after two 17-year-olds made fun of a dress worn by a 24-year-old woman. He says the altercation quickly escalated into a melee.
  The chief says people went into the sporting goods section of the store and got baseball bats to use in
  
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• Judge: HSD investigation of falsified food stamps applications should be public

  06-07-2016 21:23
  
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• Fed minutes show worries about job slowdown, Brexit

  06-07-2016 21:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers last month were unsure about the outlook for the U.S economy because of a sharp slowdown in job growth and the potential threat posed by a vote in Britain over leaving the European Union. Minutes of the June 14-15 discussions released Wednesday show a general consensus to hold off on […]
  
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• Snapchat ‘Memories’ is a huge change for users

  06-07-2016 21:13
  
  (c) 2016, The Washington Post. Ever wish you could hang on to some of your snaps a little bit longer? Well, now Snapchat is introducing a new feature, Memories, that will let you do just that. Snapchat was originally touted as a social network that let your messages disappear, but its fast growth and popularity […]
  
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• Woman in fatal drunken driving crash has prior DWI convictions

  06-07-2016 21:05
  
  Yvonne Martinez has been convicted of DWI three times and was last arrested in October. Then last week, she was arrested again on charges of DWI. 
  
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• Today in History: July 6

  06-07-2016 20:49 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, July 6, the 188th day of 2016. There are 178 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On July 6, 1944, an estimated 168 people died in a fire that broke out during a performance in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Connecticut. (One of the survivors of the blaze was future actor Charles Nelson Reilly, then age 13.)
  On this date:
  In 1535, Sir Thomas More was executed in England for high treason.
  In 1777, during th
  
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• Carlsbad police arrest man, teen in fatal drive-by shooting

  06-07-2016 20:16 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Carlsbad police say two people been arrested in a fatal drive-by shooting that stemmed from an earlier fight.
  Police say 33-year-old Robert Vargas was arrested on suspicion of murder, conspiracy, tampering with evidence and other crimes related to the fatal shooting early Tuesday of 41-year-old Eric A. Florez.
  It could not be immediately determined whether Florez has an attorney who could comment on the allegations.
  Police also arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion
  
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• More than 500,000 hoverboards recalled after fires

  06-07-2016 20:03 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — More than 500,000 hoverboards are being recalled after dozens of reports of fires and spewing smoke.
  There have been 99 reports to the Consumer Product Safety Commission of battery packs that have overheated, exploded or caught fire, the U.S. regulator said Wednesday.
  There have been at least 18 reports of injuries, such as burns to the neck, legs or arms, according to the CPSC. Property damage has also been reported.
  hoverboards were a hot item during the holiday
  
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• Firefighters rescue horse from Corrales ditch

  06-07-2016 19:50
  
  The Corrales Fire Department rescued a horse from an acequia on the southern edge of the town Wednesday morning. Firefighters used a horse rescue harness to pull a 15-year-old horse named “Lieutenant” out of a ditch north of Alameda and Corrales Road. Lieutenant’s owner Gary Chavez said the horse spooked while on the ditch bank […]
  
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• Lane, ramp closures planned near Albuquerque interchange

  06-07-2016 19:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP/KRQE) – New Mexico transportation officials say there will be lane and ramp closures near the Big I freeway interchange in Albuquerque during maintenance work planned for a two weekends in July. The interchange is the junction of Interstates 25 and 40.
  The state Department of Transportation says the work will take place between  9 p.m. Friday evening and 5:00 Monday morning.
  The first closure is scheduled for July 8 through July 11. The work zone a
  
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• Farmington officer selected as Navajo Nation police chief

  06-07-2016 19:35 via krqe.com
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) – A police officer in Farmington, New Mexico, has been chosen as the Navajo Nation’s police chief, following a lengthy hiring process that was broadened in January.
  The tribe Wednesday announced the selection of 40-year-old Phillip Francisco, now a Farmington Police Department patrol and training officer.
  The tribe’s last police chief, Jim Benally, stepped down in 2008 amid political turmoil within the police department. Various officers have overseen th
  
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• US punishing North Korean leader for human rights abuses

  06-07-2016 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions Wednesday on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and 10 other top officials for human rights abuses in an escalation of Washington’s effort to isolate the authoritarian government.
  Although North Korea is already sanctioned to the hilt because of its nuclear weapons program, it is the first time that Kim and other top officials implicated in abuses, such as running the nation’s notorious gulag, have been personally blacklisted.
  “Un
  
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• Updated: Obama to slow pace of Afghanistan troop withdrawal

  06-07-2016 19:32
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. will slow its troop drawdown in Afghanistan, leaving a force of 8,400 when President Barack Obama completes his term, the president announced Wednesday in a blunt acknowledgment that America will remain entangled there despite his aspirations to end the war. Flanked by top military leaders at the White House, Obama said […]
  
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• Hiker, 53, at Texas park dies of apparent heat stroke

  06-07-2016 19:31
  
  CANYON, Texas — Authorities say a hiker has died after suffering apparent heat stroke during the Fourth of July holiday at a Texas park. Officials with Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Canyon say the 53-year-old victim was overcome by heat on Monday afternoon. Superintendent Shannon Blalock says the woman was airlifted to an Amarillo […]
  
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• Dogs search for 3rd body in wreckage from Texas train crash

  06-07-2016 19:31
  
  PANHANDLE, Texas — Authorities hope dogs searching the wreckage of two trains that collided last week in a fiery head-on crash in Texas will find the remains of a conductor whose body has yet to be located. BNSF Railway spokesman Joe Faust said Wednesday that funerals have been held for another conductor and an engineer […]
  
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• Updated: Coal groups worry CEOs at risk of liability for violations

  06-07-2016 19:08
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal industry groups from three states are arguing that the conviction of former coal executive Don Blankenship could unfairly expose other industry leaders to criminal conspiracy charges. The Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia Coal Associations shared their concerns in a brief Tuesday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is […]
  
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• In overture to Sanders, Clinton unveils college costs plan

  06-07-2016 19:08 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — In a gesture to her former Democratic primary rival Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton is announcing new steps aimed at tackling the rising cost of college tuition and the burden of student loan debt, including a three-month moratorium on loan payments for all federal borrowers.
  Clinton is also calling for a plan that ensures families with annual incomes up to $125,000 pay no tuition at in-state public colleges and universities.
  Wednesday’s policy rollout is a
  
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• Increase in bear sightings prompts Los Alamos National Labs to close trails

  06-07-2016 19:03 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – The Los Alamos National Laboratory says they have closed all lab trails due to bear activity.
  The trails are closed until further notice due to a “significant increase in bear sightings and encounters,” according to the lab’s website.
  LANL is also encouraging employees to be especially cautious around the Wellness Center, around dumpsters and refuse areas.
  Employees are asked to call 667-6211 to report any bear sightings on lab property. LANL als
  
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• Updated: Police: Smoker sprays gas on another woman in fuel pump spat

  06-07-2016 18:50
  
  MEHOOPANY, Pa. — Police say a woman sprayed gasoline on a driver who criticized her for smoking a cigarette while pumping fuel at a Pennsylvania convenience store. Fifty-one-year-old Kimberly Brinton, of Meshoppen, faces a preliminary hearing July 12 on aggravated assault and other charges stemming from the encounter Thursday at the Mehoopany Dandy Mart, about […]
  
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• 11 New Mexico airports get US grants for work, facilities

  06-07-2016 18:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Numerous New Mexico airports are getting a total of $6.5 million of federal grants for maintenance and construction projects.
  The grants announced Wednesday by Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich will pay to rehabilitate runways, construct buildings and fences and make safety improvements at 11 airports across the state.
  Gallup Municipal Airport is getting the largest grant — nearly $3.4 million for runway work.
  Smaller grants are going to the Aztec Municipal
  
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• Feds open investigation into deadly police shooting

  06-07-2016 18:38 via krqe.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department opened a federal civil rights investigation Wednesday into the videotaped police killing of a black man who was shot as officers wrestled with him on the pavement outside a convenience store.
  The announcement came a day after the killing of 37-year-old Alton Sterling, who authorities say was confronted by police after an anonymous caller said he had threatened someone with a gun outside the store where he was selling homemade CDs.
  In a ce
  
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• Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder

  06-07-2016 18:11 via krqe.com
  
  PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian described by a judge as a “fallen hero,” was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in a South African prison for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in a ruling viewed by some as too lenient.
  However, Judge Thokozile Masipa appeared to anticipate criticism of a jail term that fell far short of the normally mandated 15 years for murder under South African law, declaring: “Our courts are courts o
  
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• McDonald’s adding McGriddles to all-day breakfast menu

  06-07-2016 17:46 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — You can have McGriddles with that. McDonald’s plans to offer the sandwiches around the clock after testing the addition of the sandwich to its all-day breakfast menu in select markets.
  When McDonald’s launched a limited all-day breakfast menu in the fall, stores offered sandwiches made with either English muffins or biscuits depending on local preferences. The idea was to keep operations simple.
  Now, the company says U.S. stores will offer both, and McGriddles,
  
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• Messi given 21 months for tax fraud, won’t go to prison

  06-07-2016 17:16 via krqe.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — A Barcelona court on Wednesday gave Lionel Messi and his father suspended sentences of 21 months in prison for tax fraud.
  The court found both the Barcelona star and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, guilty of three counts of defrauding the tax department to the tune of 4.1 million euros ($4.6 million).
  In Spain, sentences of less than two years for first offences are suspended, meaning neither man will go to jail.
  The court also fined Messi 2 million euros and his father, 1.5
  
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• Rock slide shuts down portion of scenic railroad

  06-07-2016 16:50 via krqe.com
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) – Officials say riders on a scenic railroad in southern Colorado had their Fourth of July trips cut short after boulders tumbled down across the tracks.
  No one was injured by the Monday morning rock slide, which occurred on the west of side of Rock Tunnel, about 35 miles southwest of Antonito. Officials with the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad had ordered trains to head back to their starting points in Antonito and Chama, New Mexico after the incident.
  Crews had worke
  
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• Obama expected to leave about 8,400 troops in Afghanistan

  06-07-2016 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday the U.S. will leave 8,400 troops in Afghanistan when he completes his term, down slightly from the current number but well up from the 5,500 he announced previously, arguing America’s interests depend on helping Afghanistan’s struggling government fight continuing threats from the Taliban and others.
  In a statement at the White House, Obama said he was acting after receiving recommendations from top military leaders who ur
  
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• Trump: Saddam killed terrorists ‘so good’

  06-07-2016 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — Donald Trump, who frequently criticizes U.S. foreign policy under President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is praising Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s ruthlessness.
  “Saddam Hussein was a bad guy, right? … But you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good,” Trump told supporters at a campaign rally Tuesday night in Raleigh, North Carolina. “They didn’t read ’em the
  
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• Kirtland Air Force Base reopens Eubank gate after security incident

  06-07-2016 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Kirtland Air Force Base gate was temporarily closed Wednesday morning due a security incident, according to a tweet from the base.
  Kirtland’s official Twitter account reported that the Eubank gate was closed.
  An alarm was triggered during an inspection of a routine delivery at the gate, Sandia National Labs spokesperson Stephanie Holinka says.
  Holinka says an evacuation order was issued for several dozen buildings withing a 640 radius of the gat
  
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• Kirtland Air Force Base closes Eubank gate due to security incident

  06-07-2016 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Kirtland Air Force Base gate is temporarily closed due a security incident, according to a tweet from the base.
  Kirtland’s official Twitter account reports the Eubank gate is currently closed, and people are asked to seek an alternate route.
  No further information is available.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
   The Eubank Gate is temporarily closed due to a security incident. Please seek an alternate route. We apologiz
  
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• Writer highlights historical Route 66 safe havens for black travelers

  06-07-2016 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – It was called the “Mother Road,” a vital highway bridging Chicago and Los Angeles through the Southwest that represented unlimited possibilities in 20th Century United States.
  Black travelers for decades, however, needed a guide known as the Green Book to help locate the few motels and restaurants that would serve.
  Now a writer is hoping to bring attention to the businesses along the historic Route 66 that once provided safe havens for black travelers w
  
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• Fire restrictions persist on Mountainair, Sandia districts

  06-07-2016 15:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Recent rains have helped to reduce the potential for wildfires in central New Mexico, but officials on the Cibola National Forest say things are still dry enough to burn.
  Officials say fire restrictions are still in place on the Mountainair and Sandia ranger districts given that it will take a significant amount of saturating rain before restrictions can be lifted.
  Campfires and wood stoves are prohibited under the stage one restrictions. Explosives, fireworks and
  
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• Four day art event brings artists from across the nation

  06-07-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One local exhibit will have art lovers coming from all over.
  Art Santa Fe is a four day event filled with demonstrations, top galleries and artists, and much more.
  Artist Andrea Broyles, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the event. Watch above.
  For the art enthusiast, art talks, labs, live demonstrations and event meet and greet opportunities will be available.
  Opening night is Thursday, July 7 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. This will be for the VIP tick
  
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• New study shows great results for telephone counseling

  06-07-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new study shows a certain type of genetic counseling may be just as good as in-person.
  The study, recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, followed two groups of women who were at increased hereditary risk for breast or ovarian cancer. One group traveled to meet in-person with a genetic counselor and the other group received counseling over the telephone. One year later, the study shows that both groups benefited similarly from the genetic counse
  
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• ABQ 365 details early July events

  06-07-2016 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Whether you’re a visitor, lived here your entire life, or are somewhere in the middle, you are bound to be looking for something to do.
  With Albuquerque’s feel of a small town in a big city, repetitiveness seems to become the norm. So those who are looking to get out of the same-old, same-old, look to ABQ 365 to help you venture from your comfort zone.
  ABQ 365 is Albuquerque’s online source for community happenings, by the community.&n
  
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• New evidence search to be conducted in death of Dylan Redwine

  06-07-2016 14:21 via krqe.com
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (KRQE) – Crews are expected to be out Wednesday conducting a new search in the death of Dylan Redwine.The 13-year-old went missing in November 2012 while visiting his father in Vallecito.
  According to the Durango Herald, authorities are searching for new evidence near Middle Mountain.
  They’re expcted to check areas they haven’t been to before.
  Redwine’s remains were found seven months later, his death declared a homicide. Mark Redwine remains a person
  
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• Investigators to search for new evidence in Dylan Redwine’s death

  06-07-2016 14:21 via krqe.com
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (KRQE) – Investigators are expected to search for more clues in the cold case of a 13-year-old boy gone missing and later found dead.
  Investigators say they’re headed back to Middle Mountain Wednesday in hopes of finding more evidence. This, as Redwine’s mother hopes the search will drum up new clues in her son’s death.
  Dylan Redwine, 13, went missing from his father’s home in Vallecito about 40 minutes east of Durango back in November 2012.
  
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