Albuquerque news

• 1 dead after crash at Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus station

  31-01-2018 23:56
  
  They found a car up on its side against a bus station platform with the driver dead inside the vehicle.
  
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• Every New York inmate is getting a free tablet

  31-01-2018 23:38
  
  A new program in New York State prisons has lots of people talking online.
  
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• 20 amazing photos of the Super Blue Blood Moon in case you missed it

  31-01-2018 23:22
  
  In the wee hours of the morning, viewers captured something extra special.
  
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• Bon-Ton announces round of closures spanning several states

  31-01-2018 22:56
  
  Closure locations include those in states such as Indiana, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to name a few.
  
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• High school hires adorable puppy as 'Director of Love and Hospitality'

  31-01-2018 22:42
  
  Shouldn't every high school should have a Director of Love and Hospitality? 🐶💕
  
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• Vote: Big Game Best Ads

  31-01-2018 22:26 via krqe.com
  While the teams hammer it out on the field, you get to select the winners in the more important matchup – the Big Game Ads. Click on each ad to score it and help us determine the real winners!
  Vote Big Games Ads here »
  
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• Third annual 'Whiskermania' returns to raise money for charity

  31-01-2018 22:21
  
  "We all acknowledge that it's kind of weird, but the main thing is having fun with it..."
  
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• Gordon Ramsay says he dropped over 50 pounds to save his marriage

  31-01-2018 22:21
  
  He says his wife was "not impressed" by his weight gain.
  
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• Albuquerque zoo acquires female snow leopard from Chicago

  31-01-2018 22:12
  
  Sarani arrived in New Mexico in December from the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.
  
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• Killer whale learns how to mimic human speech

  31-01-2018 21:56
  
  Now researchers are wondering, "can all killer whales do it?"
  
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• Chihuahua firefighters to train with Albuquerque Fire Department

  31-01-2018 20:54 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)—  Three firefighters from Chihuahua, Mexico will be part of Albuquerque Fire Department’s 90th cadet class.
  For the past six months, the cadets have prepared for their American training by learning English.
  They will participate in the 20-week cadet program and paramilitary training before taking their new knowledge back to their department in Mexico.
  “The fire service has really been evolving over the last several years with some of the new techni
  
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• Train carrying GOP lawmakers hits truck, 1 on truck killed

  31-01-2018 20:48
  
  The train was taking the members of Congress and family members to a Republican retreat in West Virginia.
  
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• Starstruck woman in viral Beyoncé photo speaks out

  31-01-2018 20:47
  
  The woman with the face that went viral is sharing the moment she stood side-by-side with Queen Bey.
  
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• 7 Best Spots for Nachos in the Duke City

  31-01-2018 20:27
  
  Our Facebook viewers weigh in on the best spots for nachos in Albuquerque. And now we're suddenly starving.
  
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• Get an early look at 9 ads from this year's Super Bowl

  31-01-2018 20:26
  
  It's the one day of the year that people can't wait to watch some commercials.
  
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• COCINA: Beer Queso

  31-01-2018 20:23
  
  Beer meets cheese and together they make beer queso.
  
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• Authorities issue new search warrant in Nambe murder investigation

  31-01-2018 19:59 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE)— Wednesday, investigators were back at the Nambe home where a 13-year-old boy was murdered.
  It’s the location, where investigators say Jeremiah Valencia was kept in a dog kennel for days without food and water, and where he was ultimately killed sometime last November.
  Authorities were issued a new search warrant Wednesday, however, it is still unclear what they are looking for.
  This comes after horrific details emerged Tuesday in the torture and event
  
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• Abuse and torture suspects await hearing

  31-01-2018 19:59 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE)— The three suspects in the abuse and murder of a 13-year-old boy remain behind bars pending a hearing.
  Their first appearance is set for Wednesday afternoon.
  The District Attorneys office hopes to keep all three suspects in custody until trial.
  Horrific details emerged Tuesday in the torture and eventual death of Jeremiah Valencia.
  The boy’s mother, Tracy Pena is the one who led investigators to her son’s body buried in a shallow grave near Nambe.
  Pena, al
  
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• Al Michaels prepares to call his 10th Super Bowl

  31-01-2018 19:50 via krqe.com
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Nexstar) – He’s served as one of the most prominent voices of NFL football for nearly four decades. Sunday, Al Michaels will step into the broadcast booth to call a 10th career Super Bowl.
  “We treat each game like it’s a mini-Super Bowl,” Michaels said of his NBC broadcast team.
  While the players serve as the stars Sunday night, Michaels has earned his own stardom for calling some of the biggest sporting events in the world. He says his greatest
  
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• Partnership to employ UNM grads at Sandia Laboratory

  31-01-2018 19:23 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — A partnership between the University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories hopes to seamlessly transfer local students to lab jobs after graduation.
  The agreement supports UNM’s new degrees in project control and project management.
  Sandia Labs says the partnership allows the growing need for students with the right academic foundation and real-world experience.
  “That way as we build that pipeline of individuals we are able to contr
  
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• Partnership to employ University of New Mexico grads at Sandia Laboratory

  31-01-2018 19:23 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)— A partnership between the University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories hopes to seamlessly transfer local students to lab jobs after graduation.
  The agreement supports UNM’s new degrees in project control and project management.
  Sandia says the partnership allows the growing need for students with the right academic foundation and real-world experience.
  “That way as we build that pipeline of individuals we are able to contribute immed
  
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• Many Vikings fans rooting for the Patriots to win the Super Bowl

  31-01-2018 18:50 via krqe.com
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Nexstar) – The last time the Minnesota Vikings played for a Super Bowl was in 1977. This year, they came close to not only getting the opportunity to play in another Super Bowl, but also make NFL history by being the first team to play for a championship in their home stadium. However, the Philadelphia Eagles ruined their hopes on Jan. 21, 2018, defeating the Vikings 38-7.
  The Vikings are no stranger to NFC Championship heartbreak, losing their last six appearances.
  How
  
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• Snow leopard makes first appearance at ABQ BioPark

  31-01-2018 18:45 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– A new snow leopard makes her debut at the ABQ BioPark catwalk.
  The new 7-year-old female named Sarani arrived back in November from the Brooklyn Zoo.
  She was visually introduced to her future mate Azeo in December after a brief isolation period.
  “Sarani is settling into her new home and doing well,” said Erin Flynn, ABQ BioPark mammal curator in a news release.
  “We’re happy to have her here and so very excited to continu
  
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• Deputies: New Mexico woman gave pot candy to daughter

  31-01-2018 18:42 via krqe.com
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – A southern New Mexico woman is facing charges after authorities say she gave her 13-year-old daughter marijuana candy.
  The Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that Sylvia Rubio was arrested following an investigation that began in November.
  According to a criminal complaint, Rubio’s daughter took chocolates containing marijuana to school but was confronted by the school principal.
  Rubio told detectives a homeopathic doctor suggested she give he
  
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• 'Best Chance' offers hope to inmates after lockup

  31-01-2018 18:34
  
  'Best Chance' offers hope for a future after prison
  
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• 30 unbearably cute behind-the-scenes photos from the Puppy Bowl

  31-01-2018 18:33
  
  Can you handle the cuteness?
  
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• Truck passenger killed in crash carrying GOP members of Congress, lawmakers say

  31-01-2018 18:31
  
  The train was taking the congressmen and family members to a Republican retreat in West Virginia.
  
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• SC Rep. Trey Gowdy announces he won't run for re-election

  31-01-2018 18:29
  
  Gowdy has served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district since 2011.
  
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• Train carrying GOP lawmakers hits truck, one fatality

  31-01-2018 18:00 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican policy retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck in a rural Virginia town on Wednesday. No lawmakers or aides were reported injured, but the White House said one person was killed and another was seriously injured.
  Lawmakers said the fatality appeared to be someone who was in the truck. One lawmaker who was aboard the train, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., said the vehicle had been ripped in half and said he
  
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• Mother loses two sons to opioid overdoses in 6 months

  31-01-2018 17:59
  
  The woman's older son used heroin for years, while her younger son started experimenting just days before he died.
  
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• These are the worst movies and actors of last year, according to the Razzie Awards

  31-01-2018 17:46
  
  Uh, congrats?
  
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• Rare 'lunar trifecta" puts on spectacular show

  31-01-2018 17:33
  
  The phenomenon is the first in 35 years, and the first viewable from North America in 150 years.
  
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• Super Bowl experiences its first Polar Plunge

  31-01-2018 16:41 via krqe.com
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Nexstar) – Ready. Set. Plunge. The Super Bowl is getting its first taste of one of the coldest charity events in the country. It’s known as a Polar Plunge. People jump into a pool of water or lake that is close to freezing. They do it to help raise money for the Special Olympics, one of the many charities the NFL supports.
  Tuesday at Super Bowl Live they had the first ever Super Bowl Polar Plunge and it did not disappoint.
  700 people registered for the charity eve
  
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• Q&A: How the drought impacts NM wildlife

  31-01-2018 16:03
  
  We break down out New Mexico's ongoing drought is impacting our wildlife population.
  
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• APD officer honored during State of the Union

  31-01-2018 16:00
  
  During the State of Union address President Trump honored APD Offier Ryan Holets for their act of compassion and kindness.
  
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• Police: Driver dies after running red light on Central and Yucca

  31-01-2018 15:56 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police are investigating a deadly crash involving an Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus station.
  It happened Wednesday during the morning commute and had Central blocked at Yucca Drive NW all morning until around noon.
  Police say they were called around 7:15 a.m. A silver car ended up on its side against an ART station. Police say the man in that car died.
  “Obviously this is very tragic what happened but based on what the witnesses are tell
  
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• Central closed at Yucca due to fatal crash

  31-01-2018 15:56 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police have closed down eastbound and westbound Central Avenue in both directions at Yucca Drive NW due to a fatal crash.
  Police say they were called around 7:15 a.m. to reports that one of the occupants involved in the crash was pinned inside their vehicle. Officers say one the occupants died on scene.
  This has been deemed an all motors call out. Police are advising people to seek an alternative route. Central at Yucca will remain closed for the
  
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• Wednesday forecast closing as warmest day of January

  31-01-2018 15:54
  
  Mostly sunny and dry skies are expected today, and we will see afternoon highs climbing into the lower 60s, making this last day of January the warmest day of the month!
  
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• Fatal crash closes roads in SW ABQ

  31-01-2018 15:50
  
  Albuquerque police are responding to a crash that has killed at least one near Central Avenue and Yucca.
  
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• Rapist gets probation for attack on 13-year-old girl at church camp

  31-01-2018 15:47
  
  The man is "legally blind" and prosecutors said that was a major factor in the decision not to insist on prison time.
  
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• Japan’s Museum of Rocks With Faces

  31-01-2018 15:47
  
  If you’re ever in Japan, consider a trip to Chineskikan, located two hours outside Tokyo in the city of Chichibu. The peculiar museum is the only one of its kind, dedicated entirely to rocks that look like human faces.
  
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• Survey: US companies added healthy 234,000 jobs in January

  31-01-2018 14:52 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses continued to hire at a healthy pace in January, a sign the economy is off to a solid start for the year.
  Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that companies added 234,000 jobs, led by big gains in services firms, such as hotels, restaurants, retail, education and health.
  Job gains at that pace are easily enough to drive down the already-low unemployment rate over time. The rate has remained at 4.1 percent for the past three months. Businesses are optimisti
  
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• H&M shares fall amid trouble adapting to online shopping

  31-01-2018 14:52 via krqe.com
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Shares in low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB plunged on Wednesday after the Swedish company said it was having trouble adapting to a rapid and global shift to online shopping among consumers.
  The company said its profits fell 33 percent in the fourth quarter, to 3.99 billion kronor ($506 million), with sales dropping 2 percent to 50.4 million kronor ($6.4 million). It said “the industry changes are challenging everyone and this will continue in 2018.&rdqu
  
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• Albuquerque mayor to honor Memphis sanitation workers strike

  31-01-2018 14:47 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller is scheduled to honor the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike that drew the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., to the cause.
  Keller is slated Thursday to join elected officials and community leaders in the Edith Yards in Albuquerque for a moment of silence to honor the significance and legacy of the strike.
  Two Memphis sanitation workers lost their lives during the turmoil and King was later assassinated in Memphis.
  King traveled to Memph
  
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• January 31st Morning Rush: Trump calls for unity in SOTU address

  31-01-2018 14:35 via krqe.com
  1. A lot of people are talking about the President Trump’s State of the Union address where he called for unity and laid out his plan for the coming years. The President touched on job creation stock market gains and what he calls historic tax cuts. He also spoke about a policy that could force another government shutdown next week, immigration. As expected, Trump also called to build his controversial border wall, and an end to visa lottery method and family-based immigration. In exchange
  
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• New Mexico looks toward Medicaid buy-in coverage

  31-01-2018 13:54 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Democrat-led push to expand health care coverage by allowing almost anyone to buy into Medicaid is gaining ground in New Mexico.
  The state Legislature is considering initial studies and steps toward opening up access to Medicaid services through a fee to individuals and possibly businesses, amid GOP efforts in Washington to dismantle Obamacare.
  The concept has the backing of a coalition of local public health advocacy groups.
  Legislative efforts are being
  
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• New Mexico lawmakers seek to protect net neutrality

  31-01-2018 13:54 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Two Democratic state lawmakers in New Mexico have proposed consumer protection legislation in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net-neutrality rules.
  The FCC last month repealed Obama-era rules and gave internet services providers a free hand to slow or block websites and apps as they see fit or charge more for faster speeds.
  Sen. Howie Morales of Silver City and Rep. Bill McCamley of Mesilla Park said Tuesday that their bill would pr
  
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• Families flocking to northern New Mexico; real estate booming

  31-01-2018 13:47 via krqe.com
  ANGEL FIRE, N.M. (KRQE)- New numbers show that more families are starting to flock to northern New Mexico and buying vacation homes.
  After record-breaking home sales over the past two years in Moreno Valley, real estate agents say 2018 is on track to be one of the best.
  “I think the affordability, plus the fact of the sheer beauty of our area and kind of the undiscovered part of it, is a big plus. We’re probably going to ruin it by talking about it. But it’s just a great p
  
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• Families flocking to northern New Mexico for vacation homes; real estate booming

  31-01-2018 13:47 via krqe.com
  ANGEL FIRE, N.M. (KRQE)- New numbers show that more families are starting to flock to northern New Mexico and buying vacation homes.
  After record-breaking home sales over the past two years in Moreno Valley, real estate agents say 2018 is on track to be one of the best.
  “I think the affordability, plus the fact of the sheer beauty of our area and kind of the undiscovered part of it, is a big plus. We’re probably going to ruin it by talking about it. But it’s just a great p
  
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• Families flocking to northern New Mexico for vacation homes

  31-01-2018 13:47 via krqe.com
  ANGEL FIRE, N.M. (KRQE) – New numbers show that more families are starting to flock to northern New Mexico and buying vacation homes.
  After record-breaking home sales over the past two years in Moreno Valley, real estate agents say 2018 is on track to be one of the best.
  “I think the affordability, plus the fact of the sheer beauty of our area and kind of the undiscovered part of it, is a big plus. We’re probably going to ruin it by talking about it. But it’s just a
  
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