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• Cuba High School students say goodbye to teacher that was fighting cancer

  07-04-2017 23:44
  
  Recently some New Mexico students rallied to help their teacher’s cancer treatment. They are now forced to say goodbye to him.
  
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• Man arrested after stealing pens, candy from Albuquerque bank

  07-04-2017 23:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man was arrested for breaking into an Albuquerque bank but police say he didn’t want cash.
  Police say 57-year-old Blaine Broke into the Compass Bank near Candelaria and Carlisle Thursday night.
  Blaine BrokeWhen officers went to search him, they found Compass Bank pens, candy and filing cabinet keys inside his pockets.
  Bobchak admitted to it all, saying he wanted pens and candy. He also said he had been drinking earlier in the night.
  He’s charged wit
  
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• Solid Waste workers recognized for making little boy’s dreams come true

  07-04-2017 23:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A group of Solid Waste workers were recognized by the mayor for making a little boy’s dreams come true.
  Audric Loehle loves to watch Solid Waste trucks perform their duties. Every week, drivers Noe Chavez and Greg Montano stop by his house and Audric runs outside to give them hugs.
  After building a bond, the Solid Waste Management Department gave Audric a tour of the waste collection trucks.
  “I just can’t say enough good about the guys there. Th
  
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• New Mexico doctor, firefighter headed to Mosul

  07-04-2017 23:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico doctor and firefighter are about to embark on a very dangerous lifesaving mission.
  Doctor Chris Hammond, who works at Los Alamos Medical Center, and Tylerr Jones, who is a firefighter, EMT and registered ER-nurse in Los Alamos, are going to Mosul, Iraq.
  They will be treating casualties in the war zone.
  Both volunteered as part of the Group Global Outreach Doctors.
  They’ve been told to prepare to treat blast and gunshot injuries in the fiel
  
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• Gathering of Nations organizers prepare for event at Expo New Mexico

  07-04-2017 22:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Gathering of Nations kicks off in less than two weeks and guests can expect big changes.
  The biggest change of all is the location. The event will be held April 27 through April 29 at “The Pow Wow Grounds” at Expo New Mexico in Tingley Coliseum.
  For most of its 34 years, the Gathering of Nations was held at The Pit, but after last year’s show, the University of New Mexico wanted more rent, leading to the school cutting ties.
  Organizers
  
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• Rio Rancho police ID man found dead after fight

  07-04-2017 21:31 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Police have released new details after a fatal fight in Rio Rancho.
  It happened on Friday, March 31. Police say officers were dispatched to Eventide SE near Unser and Idalia.
  When they arrived they found two males that had been stabbed. One of the men, 23-year-old Kenneth Torres was pronounced dead at the scene. The other man was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
  Rio Rancho Police say the investigation into this case is ongoing. They have recovered
  
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• Rio Rancho police arrest man after fatal stabbing

  07-04-2017 21:31 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Rio Rancho police have made an arrest in a weekend murder.
  Joseph VargasIt happened Friday night in a neighborhood near Unser and Idalia. Two men were stabbed after a fight.
  Kenneth Torres, 23, died, and Julian Torres, no relation to Kenneth, remains in critical condition.
  Now police say they have arrested Joseph Vargas who they say confessed to the stabbings.
  Police say there was already a warrant out for him for violating his probation.
  They also say there are s
  
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• Police: Carlsbad man killed in shooting

  07-04-2017 21:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Carlsbad Police Department was dispatched Thursday night to investigate a victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
  It happened Thursday night on the 2400 block of Idaho.
  The suspect was identified as Jason Cirios, age 33. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.
  A person of interest has been identified, but no arrests have been made at this time.
  A motive has not been released.
   
   
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• Penn Station train tracks fixed but not for morning commute

  07-04-2017 20:59 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Rail commuters who endured days of aggravation after a train derailment at Penn Station woke up Friday morning with assurances that track repairs would be completed and service restored, but soon discovered that wasn’t entirely accurate.
  Amtrak, which owns and maintains tracks used by New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Rail Road, said at 7:30 a.m. that testing and inspections were completed. But NJ Transit said work was still being done and warned that delays were
  
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• BLM to pay $70 million for oil and gas lease to by June

  07-04-2017 20:12 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – A federal agency says it will give New Mexico its payment for an oil and gas lease sale now that it has responded to environmental concerns.
  The Roswell Daily News reports a U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesperson said Thursday that the state can expects its nearly $70 million payment by June 1, as scheduled, or earlier.
  BLM spokesperson Donna Hummel says the agency has finishing reviewing two extensive written protests by environmental groups based in Santa Fe and
  
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• Health Dept.: New Mexico records 1st hantavirus death in ’17

  07-04-2017 20:10 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico has recorded its first death this year from hantavirus.
  The state Department of Health says the 54-year-old man who died was from San Juan County in northwestern New Mexico and that he was the second case of hantavirus confirmed in the state this year.
  Hantavirus is a severe and sometimes fatal, respiratory disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings or saliva.
  Public health officials say people can contract hantavirus when they breathe
  
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• New Mexico delegation members want plan, debate on Syria

  07-04-2017 20:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Several Democratic members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are calling for President Donald Trump’s administration and Congress to plan and debate a U.S. strategy on Syria.
  The comments follow U.S. military strikes on a Syrian air base after a chemical weapons attack against civilians in Syria.
  Sen. Martin Heinrich said the U.S. response demonstrated the United States won’t just stand by when chemical weapons kill dozens of innocent peopl
  
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• Former police chief accused of sexually assaulting woman takes plea deal

  07-04-2017 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The former police chief who sexually assaulted a young woman in his custody has pleaded no contest.
  State Police say Shane Harger pulled over an 18-year-old woman in 2014, attacked her then threatened her telling her not to tell anyone.
  In court Tuesday, Harger pleaded no contest to false imprisonment, battery and tampering with evidence. Harger faces up to nine years.
  The plea agreement prohibits Harger from every being allowed to work as a law enforcement offic
  
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• Police investigate suspicious death in the East Mountains

  07-04-2017 18:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- Law enforcement are investing a suspicious death in the East Mountains.
  Police are investigating near NM Highway 217 and Gonzales Road.
  Police tell KRQE News 13 they are investigating the death as suspicious but further details have not been released.
  Investigators have not yet released the identity of the victim and have not said if they are searching for a suspect or have anybody in custody.
  KRQE News 13 will provide more information as it becomes available.
  
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• Traffic stop ends in officer-involved shooting near Gallup

  07-04-2017 17:32 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – The State Police Chief says an officer jumped into a car when a suspect took off during a traffic stop. That scary situation resulted in the officer shooting the driver.
  Traffic was tied up for hours on I-40 after while State Police investigated the shooting on the interstate that left a suspect seriously wounded.
  The shooting took place during a traffic stop along eastbound I-40 near Gallup around 7:30 a.m. The chief says the officer pulled over Stephe
  
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• MTV dumps gender-specific categories for Movie & TV Awards

  07-04-2017 16:13 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — MTV has scrapped gender specific categories for its upcoming Movie & TV Awards.
  In place of the Best Actress and Best Actor categories, this year’s awards will honor a non-gendered Best Actor in a Movie and Best Actor in a Show.
  The move follows the Grammy Awards’ decision in 2011 to dump gender distinctions between male and female singers, collaborations and groups.
  MTV’s May ceremony will also include a nod to social activism by renaming its Best Fig
  
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• High court orders review of New Mexico’s guardianship system

  07-04-2017 15:56 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Supreme Court has created a 16-member commission to study the state’s guardianship system and recommend improvements.
  The order announced Thursday follows a series of investigative articles published by the Albuquerque Journal that raised questions about the lack of oversight and transparency within the system.
  The Supreme Court directed the commission to hold hearings to gather public input and recommend any necessary changes in court rules, stat
  
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• BCSO animal task force out to help educate pet owners

  07-04-2017 15:56
  
  Stray dogs and dogs that aren’t properly being cared for is a problem all over Albuquerque, but Thursday several agencies got together to tackle the problem in a target area.
  
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• New Mexico governor draws line against tax-and-spend bills

  07-04-2017 15:54 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is drawing a line in the sand against tax increases and state government spending with hours left to sign or veto provisions of a budget plan from the Legislature.
  Martinez has until noon on Friday to consider a $6.1 billion spending bill that shores up funding for public schools and courts in the coming fiscal year.
  The Republican governor on Thursday renewed criticism of companion legislation to bring in $350 million by increasing tax
  
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• Downtown stop signs could cost city up to $20K

  07-04-2017 15:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –The City of Albuquerque will soon pay nearly $20,000 to a consultant to see if the new stops signs downtown are working.
  Six months ago the city turned eight intersections, into four-way stops, hoping to make them more pedestrian friendly, slow traffic, and reduce wait times.
  Some businesses say the changes have been nothing but a headache.
  The Albuquerque Police Department said at one of the intersections, Second and Silver, it has responded to 10 crashes.
  The ci
  
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• Stolen truck kills 4 in Stockholm; Sweden calls it terror

  07-04-2017 15:35 via krqe.com
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — A hijacked beer truck plowed into pedestrians at a central Stockholm department store on Friday, killing four people, wounding 15 others and sending screaming shoppers fleeing in panic in what Sweden’s prime minister called a terrorist attack.
  A nationwide manhunt was launched and one person was arrested following the latest use of a vehicle as a weapon in Europe.
  Nearby buildings were locked down for hours in the heart of the capital — including the country&rs
  
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• Trio of suspects all have murder charges involving drug debt

  07-04-2017 15:30
  
  Twenty-four-year-old Eder Ortiz-Parra was first wanted by New Mexico authorities back in October of 2014 when a large marijuana grow operation was discovered in the Santa Fe National Forest.
  
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• Trump kicks off Florida meetings with Chinese president

  07-04-2017 15:27 via krqe.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their high-stakes summit at Trump’s Florida beach resort Thursday, with the urgent threat of North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and tensions over trade on the agenda.
  Xi’s visit was overshadowed, though, by a U.S. missile barrage on an air base in Syria in response to this week’s chemical weapons attack against civilians, which the U.S. blamed on President Bashar Assad. The U.S. anno
  
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• Funding concern factored in public radio firing

  07-04-2017 15:27 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — University officials who fired a Chattanooga public radio reporter for not identifying herself in sessions with Tennessee lawmakers were worried about losing state funding if they didn’t take action, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press.
  The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga terminated Jacqui Helbert last month following her report about a high school gay rights club’s visit to the state Capitol. The club went to speak out against a bil
  
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• Man who murdered Clovis mother starts life sentence

  07-04-2017 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) –A man who murdered a Clovis mother is starting his life sentence after pleading guilty.
  Matthew Jennings, 28 years old, stabbed Ariel Ulibarri to death in November 2014 at Goodwin trails park.
  Her 6 year old son was with her, but was able to escape unharmed.
  Jennings was arrested after DNA evidence found on the knife connected him to the crime.
  Police never released a motive.
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• Trump, Xi showdown fails to materialize at Mar-a-Lago

  07-04-2017 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — What was billed as a showdown between the leaders of the United States and China over trade and North Korea ended with little sign of confrontation Friday — or of concrete progress in resolving their differences.
  President Donald Trump had predicted a “very difficult” meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. After their first face-to-face at the Mar-a-Lago resort, he trumpeted they had developed an “outstanding” relationship.
  U.S. off
  
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• Hiring slows, but US unemployment falls to 10-year low

  07-04-2017 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers cut back sharply on hiring in March, yet Friday’s jobs report still had much to be encouraged about, including a drop in the unemployment rate to 4.5 percent, the lowest in a decade.
  Employers added just 98,000 jobs, the Labor Department said. It was barely half the previous month’s gain.
  Yet unemployment dropped from 4.7 percent, reaching its lowest point since May 2007. While the rate has fallen in the past because of unemployed workers who ha
  
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• City of Albuquerque and elementary school fall victim of same scam

  07-04-2017 15:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERUQE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque is out of hundreds of thousands of dollars after it fell for a fraud scheme.
  The state auditor’s office says thieves posed as vendors and tricked a city employee into sending them at least $400,000.
  The worker thought the city owed the vendor that money.
  The state auditor said San Antonio elementary, near Socorro lost $200,000 because of the same scam.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Crime, Home, News Tagged: Post Redirect
  
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• Beach volleyball: Lobos looking to gain momentum in home matches

  07-04-2017 08:05
  
  Nothing like getting a little hometown sand between your toes. After 17 consecutive ro ...
  
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• Isotopes open the season hosting Salt Lake

  07-04-2017 07:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Isotopes opened their 15th season of baseball under some of the best weather seen on opening day since 2003. The only thing that could top the weather was a win against visiting Salt Lake.
  The Isotopes defeated Salt Lake 7-4. Jordan Patterson started the scoring with a two run homer in the bottom of the first inning. Game two between the clubs is Friday at 7:05pm.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News, Sports
  
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• Isotopes win 15th season opener

  07-04-2017 06:46
  
  Isotopes open their 15th season with 7-4 win of Salt Lake Bees.
  
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• Albuquerque scammed by fake construction contractor

  07-04-2017 06:24
  
  The entire city of Albuquerque is now a scam victim.
  
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• Police: 1 arrested after ammo found in car at Clovis High

  07-04-2017 05:34 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Police say a juvenile has been arrested at Clovis High for unlawful possession of a weapon on school grounds.
  They say another juvenile was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on an unrelated burglary.
  The names of the two arrested weren’t immediately released.
  Police say they were called out to the high school after someone reported seeing two pistol magazines in a student’s vehicle on campus.
  The school was placed on lockdown until the two juveniles who
  
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• Downtown could lose lights in favor of four-way stops

  07-04-2017 02:41
  
  Four-way stop signs replaced traffic signals at eight downtown intersections more than six months ago.
  
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• Bloomfield park has suffered thousands in vandalism

  07-04-2017 02:15
  
  A popular park in the Four Corners has been the target of vandals, and the problem is ongoing.
  
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• Ride in a piece of history, ride in a Ford Tri-Motor

  07-04-2017 02:14
  
  Back in the 20's and 30's Ford Motor Company was in the business of building both cars and planes.
  
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• Santa Fe students film sex acts, police say

  07-04-2017 01:16
  
  At least two male Santa Fe High School students have admitted to secretly filming a female classmate in sex acts with other male students, according to a search warrant that was recently unsealed.
  
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• Phoenix police arrest man in disappearance of his girlfriend

  07-04-2017 00:19
  
  PHOENIX — Police say three people have been arrested in the disappearance and possible death of a Phoenix woman. They say 21-year-old Taylorlynn Nelson went missing March 15 after she left her home. Family members say they were concerned for her safety since she hadn’t called anyone after arguing with her 27-year-old boyfriend, Kodi Bowe. […]
  
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• State Auditor: City of Albuquerque scammed out of thousands

  07-04-2017 00:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 is learning that the city of Albuquerque lost a lot of money in a scheme.
  KRQE News 13 told you Tuesday how thieves were stealing taxpayer money by posing as vendors and asking government agencies to change the payment paperwork.
  The State Auditor’s Office says San Antonio Elementary School near Socorro lost $200,000 in the scheme. That money was intended for construction projects.
  Thursday, they announced the city of Albuquerque also fell vict
  
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