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• New Mexico's unemployment rate hovers above most

  19-08-2022 23:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico's July unemployment rate higher was revealed in a report released by the Economic Research and Analysis Bureau. The rate, 4.5%, is considered higher than the rest of the nation, however, the percentage has dropped significantly from 7% in July 2021.Nationally, the unemployment rate from July sat at 3.5%, which was a small drop from 3.6% in June. In New Mexico, June's unemployment rate was 4.9%. This means the rate dropped .4% from June to July.Bef
  
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• Why is the state sending stimulus checks to New Mexicans who have died?

  19-08-2022 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 has discovered the state is sending stimulus checks to people who've died. Some of their families are asking why. KRQE News 13 spoke with a woman who says she received two stimulus checks this month for her father who passed away nearly a year ago. Not only was she perplexed she received it but is now having a hard time cashing it.  Peggy Gunnink told KRQE, “I received a check from the state of New Mexico for the amount of $500. But what was
  
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• NASA encouraging everyone to grow chile plants after space experiment

  19-08-2022 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Months after growing green and red chile on the International Space Station (ISS), the project's organizers said they are still seeing success. Engineer and Plant Scientist Jacob Torres explained how the experiment is working out.
  Torres said they found the crop very adaptable but growing plants in space takes longer, which can be a setback. He also explained that instead of growing straight up, the plants grew into a sphere, making the physiology of the plant uniq
  
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• Officials break ground on kitchen training facility in Barelas

  19-08-2022 23:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Barelas Neighborhood will soon have a unique space for local chefs and food businesses. Officials broke ground on the Barelas Central Kitchen on the corner of 4th and Bell. It will be the new home of the Street Food Institute which is a commissary kitchen and training facility. The 11,000-square-foot facility will have a commercial kitchen, culinary classroom, and community event space. Phase one complete in Bridge Blvd. reconstruction project"What it br
  
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• Police investigating murder-suicide in the South Valley

  19-08-2022 23:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating a homicide on Romana Street SE west of Broadway and Gibson. Police believe it was a murder-suicide. "This residence has a previous history of domestic violence and preliminarily in the investigation, it's indicating it's a murder-suicide. The door was locked and there's still a firearm on scene," said Lt. Ray Del Greco, Albuquerque Police Department.Story continues belowTrending: Is chile a dying industry in
  
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• Cibola County deputies seize large amount of fentanyl, meth

  19-08-2022 23:11 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – On Friday, the Cibola County Sheriff's Office reported that, along with the Milan Police Department, announced on Friday that they had seized a substantial amount of fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and a .45 caliber handgun. APD seize nearly $30k and thousands of fentanyl pills over two arrestsRyan Tietjen, 49, of Grants was arrested and charged with two counts of trafficking a controlled substance and being a felon in possession of a firearm. A warrant was served
  
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• State Police arrest man tied to a string of shootings in Taos County

  19-08-2022 22:25 via krqe.com
  
  TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police have arrested William Guinn, who they say is tied to a string of recent shootings in Taos County. Police say on August 8, Guinn pulled up to a driver in Peñasco and flashed a gun. The driver feared for his life and fired his gun, Guinn shot back and followed the man back to his home where the shooting continued. Man accused in bizarre attack in Albuquerque pleads not guiltyA neighbor intervened chased Guinn off then followed him in hi
  
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• Belen and MRGCD come up with flood control plan

  19-08-2022 22:19 via krqe.com
  
  BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – The city of Belen and the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District are moving forward with a flood control plan. The city was left underwater in 2021 when heavy rain caused the Highline Canal to break. There was a similar breach back in 2018. Phase one complete in Bridge Blvd. reconstruction projectIt's a long-term problem that the city has been battling for years and the cost to fix it is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, they have reached a memorandum o
  
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• Roswell man found shot to death in trailer

  19-08-2022 21:46 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – The Roswell Police Department is investigating an early Friday morning homicide. Police say the shooting happened around 4a.m. Friday in the 600 block of South Missouri Ave. New Mexico woman killed after neighbor hits her with trailerOfficials identified the victim as 36-year-old Robert Smiley. They say emergency responders found him dead inside a travel trailer and he had suffered at least one gunshot wound. Roswell Police is asking anyone with information
  
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• Portales woman killed after neighbor hits her with trailer

  19-08-2022 21:34 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Virginia Poe, 82, was hit by her neighbor's flatbed trailer and killed on August 18. New Mexico State Police investigated the incident, which happened on the 1400 block of Roosevelt Rd. 5, just outside Portales.Story continues belowTrending: Is chile a dying industry in New Mexico?Community: What’s happening around New Mexico August 19 – August 25Entertainment: Multi-level go-kart track could come to lot of old water park in AlbuquerqueKRQE En Espa&ntil
  
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• New Mexico woman killed after neighbor hits her with trailer

  19-08-2022 21:34 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Virginia Poe, 82, was hit by her neighbors flatbed trailer and killed on August 18. New Mexico State Police investigated the incident, which happened on the 1400 block of Roosevelt Rd. 5, just outside Portales.Story continues belowTrending: Is chile a dying industry in New Mexico?Community: What’s happening around New Mexico August 19 – August 25Entertainment: Multi-level go-kart track could come to lot of old water park in AlbuquerqueKRQE En Espa&ntild
  
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• Long-lasting rain and state-wide flooding Saturday

  19-08-2022 21:19 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Scattered showers and thunderstorms are moving north across southern and western New Mexico, and southwest Colorado this afternoon. A flood advisory is in effect north of Roswell until 1 PM, with minor flood potential, especially around streams and rivers. Most rain will stay along and west of the central mountain chain through tonight, and the Metro will stay mostly dry. Heavy, widespread rain will move into southwest NM tonight, arriving in the middle Rio Grande
  
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• Albertsons hosting in-person event hiring across all New Mexico stores

  19-08-2022 20:51 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Albertsons is hosting in-person hiring event across all New Mexico locations. The events will be at any Albertsons Market and Market Street on August 19 and 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Story continues belowTrending: Is chile a dying industry in New Mexico?Community: What’s happening around New Mexico August 19 – August 25Entertainment: Multi-level go-kart track could come to lot of old water park in AlbuquerqueKRQE En Español: Jueves 18 de Agosto 20
  
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• Before and after school programs for Albuquerque kids

  19-08-2022 20:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –With school back, teachers and parents are both adjusting their routines. The city of Albuquerque's Family and Community Services department has out-of-school-time programs for kids of all ages. The city offers, community centers, pools, and open spaces there is something for everyone to enjoy.Watermelon season is back at the Rail Yards MarketThe program offers before and after school programs at all 22 community centers around the city. For elementary school
  
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• Bear Fest is returning to Los Alamos

  19-08-2022 20:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city of Los Alamos is inviting everyone to come out and celebrate the life, habits, and diet of the New Mexico black bear at the Los Alamos Bear Festival. The festival runs from August 26-27 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. KRQE Newsfeed: Concerned neighbors, Murdered at work, Heavy weekend rain, Teacher pay, Grand openingThe fan favorite, “Bears, Beers, and Bites” kicks off on August 26. Participants can experience eating like a be
  
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• Phase one complete in Bridge Blvd. reconstruction project

  19-08-2022 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County officials are celebrated the completion of phase one of the Bridge Boulevard reconstruction project with a ribbon cutting for the $21 million project Friday morning. Phase one runs from Coors and Tower to Bridge, just west of Goff.Story continues belowTrending: Is chile a dying industry in New Mexico?Community: What’s happening around New Mexico August 19 – August 25Entertainment: Multi-level go-kart track could come to lot of o
  
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• 'A space we can thrive in': New Mexico Asian Film Festival kicks off

  19-08-2022 20:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Beginning Friday evening, Albuquerque will host the first-ever New Mexico Asian Film Festival. The Asian Business Collaborative is hosting the event which will feature Asian short films produced by Asian and Pacific Islander directors, an inaugural awards ceremony, and a feature film celebrating Asians in film.Local award-winning producer and actor Lava Khonsuwon was asked to direct the festival. "It was really important to me to be involved to help bri
  
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• Man accused in bizarre attack in Albuquerque pleads not guilty

  19-08-2022 20:14 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Concepcion Guilez, the man accused in an attack on another man who was out on a morning walk, pleaded not guilty Friday. Guilez is accused of being the driver of a white truck that drove onto the sidewalk and hit a man.Story continues belowTrending: Is chile a dying industry in New Mexico?Community: What’s happening around New Mexico August 19 – August 25Entertainment: Multi-level go-kart track could come to lot of old water park in AlbuquerqueKRQE En E
  
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• Jicarilla man charged with domestic assault

  19-08-2022 19:44 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Patrick Maestas, 33, has been charged with domestic assault for allegedly strangling the mother of his child. Court records show Maestas, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation was in a dispute with the woman, a member of the Navajo Nation, when the alleged assault happened.
  Story continues belowTrending: Is chile a dying industry in New Mexico?Community: What’s happening around New Mexico August 19 – August 25Entertainment: Multi-level go-kart track c
  
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• CDC confirms Nebraska child died of brain-eating amoeba

  19-08-2022 19:23 via krqe.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river near Omaha.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the presence of the naegleria fowleri amoeba in the child, according to the Douglas County Department of Health in Omaha.Health officials believe the child became infected while swimming Sunday in the Elkhorn River, a few miles west of Omaha. Authorities hav
  
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• McDonald's testing Chicken Big Mac: What we know so far

  19-08-2022 19:05 via krqe.com
  
  (WXIN) - McDonald's is taking its beloved Big Mac into new territory by switching out the two all-beef patties for chicken.The Chicken Big Mac, made with "crispy tempura chicken patties" instead of beef, will be test launched in Miami for a limited time, McDonald's confirmed.The sandwich already made its debut February in the United Kingdom and Ireland to much fanfare — and significant sales. McDonald's U.K. announced the limited-edition offering had "sold out almost everywhere" after a li
  
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• Authorities look for man accused of stabbing, lighting fire

  19-08-2022 18:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Authorities are searching for a suspect accused in a southwest Albuquerque stabbing Friday morning. Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies responded to a stabbing in the open space area near Woodward Rd. and 2nd St. According to the Albuquerque Police Department the stabbing victim was taken to the hospital and their condition is unknown.BCSO says a short time after the stabbing a fire was started in the area. Witnesses told them the suspect who lit the f
  
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• Authorities detain man accused of Bosque stabbing

  19-08-2022 18:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The manhunt for the man accused in a southwest Albuquerque stabbing Friday morning has ended. According to a social media post, Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office detectives have detained the man. They say once official charges have been released more information will be released.Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies responded to a stabbing in the open space area near Woodward Rd. and 2nd St. According to BCSO, the victim was a woman who was walking or j
  
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• APD: One person hospitalized in southwest Albuquerque stabbing

  19-08-2022 18:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating a stabbing in southwest Albuquerque Friday. Police say the stabbing happened near Woodward Rd. and 2nd St.According to APD wen officers arrived they found one person with a stab wound. That person was taken to the hospital, their condition is unknown. APD says officers are still working to find the suspect. No other details are available at this time. KRQE News 13 will update when more information is av
  
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• Fire engulfs part of hotel that inspired 'Dirty Dancing'

  19-08-2022 17:58 via krqe.com
  
  LIBERTY, N.Y. (WTEN) – A fire Tuesday evening engulfed a building at the site of the long-abandoned Grossinger's Hotel, once among the most glamorous resorts in the Catskills region of New York.
  In its heyday, the property drew hundreds of thousands of vacationers a year, catering mostly to Jewish clientele. It has also been cited as an inspiration for the film "Dirty Dancing." 10 films turning 10 in 2022The blaze broke out in a three-and-a-half story building on the old hotel property. Fi
  
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• Pop-up pantry for wildfire and flash flood victims

  19-08-2022 17:04 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Food Depot is holding a pop-up pantry Friday in Mora at St. Gertrudes Church. The event is scheduled for 9 to 11 a.m. Residents living in the area who have been affected by wildfires and flash floods are encouraged to attend. Flooding causing major damage at burn scar in RociadaItems available at the pop-up pantry include, groceries, household items and prepared meals. There is no cost to get items and no documentation is required. Anyone affected by wildfires
  
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• Las Cruces offering free sandbags with floods possible

  19-08-2022 16:47 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – With heavy rain and flash flooding possible throughout New Mexico Friday and Saturday, the Las Cruces Fire Department is offering free sandbags to residents. Residents can use the sandbags to help prevent floodwaters from entering homes. LCFD says the best place to put the sandbags is around doorways where water can easily enter the home.Story continues belowTrending: Is chile a dying industry in New Mexico?Community: What’s happening around New Mexico
  
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• Judge: DOJ has 1 week to provide redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit

  19-08-2022 16:32 via krqe.com
  
  PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (NewsNation) — The federal judge overseeing the search warrant on former President Donald Trump's Florida home declined on Thursday to unseal the affidavit.Instead, Judge Bruce Reinhart will allow the Justice Department until Aug. 25 to provide a redacted version to the court. The judge said there are portions of the affidavit that could be unsealed.The affidavit prosecutors used to get the search warrant for Trump's Mar-a-Lago home could provide more intimate detai
  
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• Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' reportedly wreaked havoc on old laptops

  19-08-2022 16:32 via krqe.com
  
  (WJBF) — As anyone born before the year 2000 can attest, Janet Jackson's 1989 hit 'Rhythm Nation' absolutely jams. But it also had a way of jamming hard drives more than a decade after the 'Rhythm Nation 1814' album was released.Raymond Chen, a Microsoft Software Engineer, wrote in a blog this week that "a major computer manufacturer" found that playing the music video for the song would "crash certain models of laptops." It didn't just crash their laptops, but their competitors' laptops a
  
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• US warns travelers of kidnapping risk in areas of Mexico

  19-08-2022 15:29 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Americans are being warned not to travel to several states in Mexico because of the increased risk of crime and kidnapping.The U.S. State Department reissued a travel advisory on Wednesday, recommending that U.S. citizens do not travel to six Mexican states: Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. The last state was added this year in the annual advisory.The State Department advised travelers to reconsider plans to go to seven other states, in
  
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• Kushner knew Trump felt better after COVID-19 when he asked for McDonald's

  19-08-2022 14:47 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner in his new memoir offers few details about former President Trump’s battle with COVID-19 in 2020, but he did pinpoint a moment when he knew his father-in-law was on the mend.“I knew he was feeling better when he requested one of his favorite meals: a McDonald’s Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish, fries and a vanilla shake,” Kushner wrote in “Breaking History,” due out Tuesday.In the book, an advanced copy of whic
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Concerned neighbors, Murdered at work, Heavy weekend rain, Teacher pay, Grand opening

  19-08-2022 14:40 via krqe.com
  
  Friday's Top StoriesMartineztown residents push back against planned homeless campIs chile a dying industry in New Mexico?What’s happening around New Mexico August 19 – August 25High school football Thursday night highlights – week 1Crime Stoppers seek info in woman’s shootingKRQE En Español: Jueves 18 de Agosto 2022FEMA says information may be missing in disaster relief applicationsNew Mexico prosecutors point out flaws in pretrial services systemBiden keeps stude
  
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• Wendy's announces 'sleek' new design standard for restaurants

  19-08-2022 14:36 via krqe.com
  
  (KRON) – New locations of one fast food giant will look a little different next fall. Wendy's announced this week "sleek and modern" design standard for upcoming locations, according to a press release.These "Global Next Gen" restaurants, as Wendy's is calling them, will utilize "modernized technology" to help facilitate an increase in digital orders, the company said. The planned improvements will also allow delivery drivers to pick up mobile orders at a dedicated delivery-only walk-up wi
  
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• Missing former couple found dead after music and car show

  19-08-2022 14:36 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) —Two people who were reported missing after not coming home from a Nevada music and car show have been found dead, authorities said.
  Juan Almanza Zavala, 36, and Janette Pantoja, 29 were coming home from a music and car show in Reno, Nevada, on Aug. 6, a local TV station reported. The two, who dated for years and still maintained a good relationship according to their families, were last seen driving a blue Ford Explorer.
  Nevada County Sheriff's Office confirmed a man and a wo
  
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• Widespread rain and flood watch over the weekend

  19-08-2022 14:35 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Gallup area, southwest New Mexico and Roswell areas are waking up to showers and thunderstorms this morning. The rest of the state is dry and partly cloudy. These morning showers and storms may last through the midday, before more showers and storms will develop during the afternoon in the high terrain. Most rain will be along and west of the central mountain chain, and the Metro will stay mostly dry due to dry air near the surface. Heavy, widespread rain will
  
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• Tech companies weigh work-from-home options

  19-08-2022 14:32 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) — As COVID-19 heath guidance eases, Apple’s three-day-a-week return to the office plan illustrates the growing number of tech giants calling for an end to work-from-home policies.Tesla CEO Elon Musk told his staff they can “pretend to work somewhere else” following leaked emails ending that company's remote work policy.Similarly, Amazon updated its sick leave policies in a leaked memo, ending COVID-specific contact tracing measures in most warehouses.But does
  
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• What's happening around New Mexico August 19 - August 25

  19-08-2022 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Check out community events happening from Aug. 19 - Aug. 25 around New Mexico.Albuquerque
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  Aug. 1 - 26 - Wilson Middle School supply drive - Help HHC Supply and Wilson Middle School as we are collecting school supplies for the students. It is crucial that students in our community have the tools they need to be successful in the classroom. Donation locations: HHC Supply 3511 Gibson Blvd. SE and other participating locations. Businesses can donate $300 of
  
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• Part of a foot, in a shoe, spotted floating in Yellowstone hot spring

  19-08-2022 12:13 via krqe.com
  
  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating after a park employee spotted part of a foot, in a shoe, floating in a hot spring in the southern part of the park, officials said Thursday.Tuesday's discovery at Abyss Pool led to the temporary closure of the West Thumb Geyser Basin and its parking lot. The area has since reopened.The park did not have any other information about the investigation to make public on Thursday, park spokesperson Morg
  
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• Biden keeps student loan borrowers in suspense over payment pause

  19-08-2022 11:56 via krqe.com
  
  (The HIll) - President Biden is keeping student loan borrowers in suspense over whether he'll decide to again extend a freeze on repayments with less than two weeks to go until the Aug. 31 cutoff date.It’s the smallest window of time borrowers have had so far since the pause in federal loan repayments began at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with lawmakers and advocates pressuring the administration to make a decision that revolves around crucial financial planning. NM school districts
  
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• Judge orders Starbucks to reinstate fired workers who led unionization effort

  19-08-2022 11:52 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven employees at a Memphis store after finding the company illegally retaliated against them for helping organize a union.U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Judge Sheryl Lipman told Starbucks it had five days to reinstate the employees, known as the “Memphis Seven,” whom the coffee chain said it fired on Feb. 8 for previously violating its safety policies, sparking a complaint from the Na
  
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• High school football Thursday night highlights - week 1

  19-08-2022 06:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The 2022 high school football season officially kicked off in New Mexico on Thursday night, and plenty of metro teams were in on the action.
  In a class 6A matchup, Santa Fe made the trip down Albuquerque to battle West Mesa at Nusenda Community Stadium. It was the first game as head coach of the Mustangs for former Lobo running back Landrick Brody, and his squad started off with a bang, scoring on each of their first three possessions. Mustangs went on to wi
  
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• Bare knuckle flyweight champion ready to defend title

  19-08-2022 06:21 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A bare knuckle fight card is coming to New Mexico for the first time later this month. BKFC 28 is coming to the Rio Rancho Event Center on Saturday, August 27.
  Story continues belowCrime: Serial robbery suspect arrested, accused in fatal Española Blake's Lotaburger shootingEntertainment: Multi-level go-kart track could come to lot of old water park in AlbuquerqueKRQE En Español: Miercoles 17 de Agosto 2022Sports: Vote in Week 1 of the Spirit Sti
  
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• Martineztown residents push back against planned homeless camp

  19-08-2022 06:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – While the Albuquerque city council voted this week to place a moratorium on sanctioned homeless camps, one neighborhood is still fighting to keep a camp out of their area. The city approved plans to put a sanctioned homeless camp here. But, with the new moratorium, it's unclear what will happen next. 
  The Martineztown - Santa Barbara neighborhood says it will keep moving forward with its appeal. They say it was like a rug pulled out from right under the
  
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• PED launches math tutoring training

  19-08-2022 06:06 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new year-long initiative is being rolled out to stress the importance of math in our everyday lives, and show students they are "math capable." The first steps include creating a 150-member math tutoring corps to tutor 500 algebra one students across the state and rolling out new training for math teachers as well as providing them a New Mexico-specific math curriculum.
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• Labor agreement for Albuquerque Public School teachers hits snag

  19-08-2022 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Teacher raises that New Mexico lawmakers gave teachers have hit a snag at Albuquerque Public Schools. The APS School Board voted 4-3 to table the labor agreement that includes those raises.
  Board members already approved the raises in a previous vote. They objected, however, to language in the contract that allows teachers more latitude when it comes to teaching Common Core standards. In response, the teacher's union declared an impasse. If the issue ca
  
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• NM school districts say increased teacher salaries helping shortages

  19-08-2022 05:55 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) –"It has been one of the best things that's happened to the school district in the last couple of years." The Rio Rancho Public Schools District says they're grateful for a bump in pay for their teachers after it was approved in the legislature earlier this year. Their base pay went up $10,000, and from there, depending on what tier or seniority, even extra pay increases. The Public Education Department pushed for this to address the teacher shortage that has p
  
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• Sports Desk: Lobos loaded at running back

  19-08-2022 05:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a big day at the plate for Houston Astros third baseman and former Albuquerque Academy standout Alex Bregman. In the Astros Thursday matinee game against the White Sox, Bregman tallied two home runs, two doubles, six RBI and four runs scored during Houston's 21-5 win.Story continues belowCrime: Serial robbery suspect arrested, accused in fatal Española Blake's Lotaburger shootingEntertainment: Multi-level go-kart track could come to lot of old
  
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• Funding announced to fix crumbling bridges in McKinley County

  19-08-2022 04:18 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The state announced help is finally on the way to repair crumbling bridges in McKinley County. Larry Barker exposed the problem, earlier this year, of dilapidated bridges in rural areas all across the state and especially in McKinley County.Story continues belowCrime: Serial robbery suspect arrested, accused in fatal Española Blake's Lotaburger shootingEntertainment: Multi-level go-kart track could come to lot of old water park in AlbuquerqueKRQE En Espa&nti
  
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• Traffic deaths are up because of risky driver behaviors and safety advocates want to address it

  19-08-2022 03:56 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Deadly traffic crashes are up in the U.S. and safety advocates are looking for solutions.More people are dying on the road, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Administration Steven Cliff says their new data shows things are headed in the wrong direction.  Officials: At least 2 die after planes collide in California"9,560 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the first quarter of this year," Cliff said. That's a 7% jum
  
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• Scanning app promotes environmentally safe purchases

  19-08-2022 03:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It's Asian Elephant Awareness month and the ABQ Biopark is promoting an app to help save them. The Biopark says the number one threat to the Asian Elephant population is habitat loss from farmed palm oil. Two Albuquerque city councilors want more money to help preserve public artPalm oil is found in many items from make-up to food products and sometimes it's hard to keep up with knowing if products have palm oil in them. The app can tell whoever downloa
  
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