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• Muggy start, storms push south Saturday

  27-08-2022 15:58 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Good Saturday morning everyone! We're waking up to rather humid conditions thanks to some local heavy rainfall yesterday afternoon and evening. Bernalillo, Rio Rancho, and the northeast heights all saw heavy rain, upwards of one inch, just in time for rush hour. This produced some localized flash flooding on the roads. For the weekend, expect drier air to push from west to east reducing rain coverage. The highest rain will fall over the southern highlands Satu
  
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• Over-the-counter hearing aids have been greenlighted by the FDA – your local pharmacist will soon be able to sell you the device you need

  27-08-2022 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  (THE CONVERSATION) -- After a long delay, the Food and Drug Administration issued final regulations Aug. 16, 2022, for over-the-counter hearing aids. The final rule is effective 60 days from its publication, meaning that consumers could see OTC hearing aids hitting the shelves of community pharmacies nationwide by October 2022.We are a pharmacist and audiologist who study the potential ways Americans with hearing loss can obtain OTC hearing aids. In a mark
  
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• If you thought this summer's heat waves were bad, a new study has some disturbing news about dangerous heat in the future

  27-08-2022 13:00 via krqe.com
  
  (THE CONVERSATION) As global temperatures rise, people in the tropics, including places like India and Africa’s Sahel region, will likely face dangerously hot conditions almost daily by the end of the century – even as the world reduces its greenhouse gas emissions, a new study shows.The mid-latitudes, including the U.S., will also face increasing risks. There, the number of dangerously hot days, marked by temperatures and humidity high enough to cause heat exhaustion, is projec
  
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• Why do animals have tails?

  27-08-2022 12:00 via krqe.com
  
  Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] do animals have tails? – Kristin M., age 11, Kansas City, Missouri(THE CONVERSATION) -- Scientists have found fossils of animals with tails dating back hundreds of millions of years. Back then, early fish used their fanlike tails as fins to swim through oceans and escape predators.As the
  
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• Friday Night Football - Week 2

  27-08-2022 07:37 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The top quarterback from last season made his 2022 debut on Friday. Cibola quarterback Aden Chavez left Albuquerque to go to school in Florida, however decided to come back and finish his senior season with the Cougars. He started his season off with a bang, throwing a 43 yard touchdown on the opening drive, and kept it rolling from then on. Cibola went on to beat Valley 68-14.Friday's game of the week featured Cleveland visiting La Cueva at Wilson stadium. Followi
  
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• Drier and warmer this weekend

  27-08-2022 06:27 via krqe.com
  
  Heavy rain with scattered storms will continue through late Friday night. Drier air begins to return this weekend and bring in much drier weather into early next week.Monsoon moisture and an upper level trough brought numerous storms and heavy rain across parts of west-central and northern New Mexico Friday. These storms may even continue overnight into early Saturday morning for parts of eastern New Mexico. However, by the afternoon, drier air will begin to move into the state and that will lim
  
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• SWAT situation in Los Chavez ends after several hours

  27-08-2022 06:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Valencia County neighborhood was evacuated for hours as police searched for two fugitives who barricaded themselves in a home. Police swarmed the Los Chavez neighborhood near Juan P. Sanchez Road and Highway 314 while trying to get two men out. It appears that they are in custody. Former Lobo football player accused of robbing mail carrier at gunpointIt started around 1:30 Friday afternoon. A woman told KRQE News 13 that she was home cleaning when she
  
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• Mobile home communities in New Mexico hit hard by eviction notices

  27-08-2022 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – After New Mexico lifted the eviction moratorium this year, eviction notices started going up and it is impacting people living in mobile homes especially hard. According to New Mexico Legal Aid, they've been contacted by 83 clients facing evictions in just two months. In 2019, they had close to 100 clients the entire year.
  "We encountered tenants all the time who get evicted from their mobile home park without a reason to violation and if they get evicted, if they'
  
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• Albuquerque-owned gunshot detection system showing up in more schools across the U.S.

  27-08-2022 05:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Warning sirens are what you hear when a gunshot has been detected inside a school building. It's all coming from a special security system created by an Albuquerque company called Eagl Technology to protect people from an active shooter. This unique indoor and outdoor gunshot detection system is in almost 80 schools across the country. It doesn't track just the sound of a gunshot, but instead the energy. "What we're able to identify is the energy signat
  
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• I-40 reconstruction project moves west to stretch between Coors & Unser

  27-08-2022 05:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Starting Monday, August 29 the road construction project on I-40 through Albuquerque is moving on to its next phase. As crews wrap up the stretch east of Coors, they are moving west to the part of the freeway between Coors and Unser.Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Albuquerque residents fed up with city’s litter problemKRQE En Español: Jueves 25 de Agosto 2022Crime: Albuquerque man with troubled past pleads guilty to 2021 crimeNew Mexico:
  
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• 16 arrested by Albuquerque police in plan to target shoplifters

  27-08-2022 04:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) has made more than a dozen arrests. They announced the criminal activity in a press release, saying all arrests were related to shoplifting.Police said 16 repeat offenders have been arrested after they conducted a shoplifting tact plan with two retailers on August 24 and 25. APD worked alongside the Organized Crime Unit and Attorney General's Office.Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Albuquerque residents fed up with ci
  
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• Sports Desk: Bare Knuckle Fight Championship ready to entertain New Mexico

  27-08-2022 04:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship will hold its first-ever card in New Mexico Saturday as BKFC 28 takes center stage at the Rio Rancho Events Center. Friday fighters on the card made weight. The card is sprinkled with local talent, some with national experience in boxing and MMA. Former UFC veteran John Dodson, a two time UFC title challenger, is in the co-main event, fighting Ryan Benoit in the 125 pound division. Dodson is making his BKFC debut.
  
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• Former Lobo football player accused of robbing mail carrier at gunpoint

  27-08-2022 03:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Former University of New Mexico Lobo football player Marquae Kirkendoll is facing federal charges for the robbery of a postal worker. Federal investigators say Kirkendoll was part of a duo who held up a mail carrier at gunpoint, near Central and Louisiana in January and stole the key to mail bags and lock boxes. Man caught on video beating gas station attendant pleads guiltyThe 21-year-old transferred from UNM to Eastern Kentucky that same month. After
  
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• KRQE En Español: Viernes 26 de Agosto 2022

  27-08-2022 02:42 via krqe.com
  
  Muhammad Syed se declara no culpable en su audiencia hoyMuhammad Syed fue acusado hoy por las muertes de Muhammed Afzaal, Aftab Hussain y Naheem Hussain en tres incidentes diferentes a principios de este año. Syed es también el principal sospechoso en el asesinato de Mohammad Ahmadi en Noviembre de 2021. Syed permanecerá en custodia hasta el juicio. Lo que no se ha revelado en este caso es un motivo.Padre de familia pregunta porque APS no le contó sobre la amenaza de
  
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• Albuquerque city leaders address concerns over growing homelessness

  27-08-2022 02:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It appears the City of Albuquerque is having a hard time tackling homeless camps, even more so after the closure of Coronado park. In a virtual city town hall meeting, Director of Solid Waste Management Matthew Whelan said the department is experiencing a shortage of workers.
  “There have been more encampments throughout the city, and we have noticed that there is more litter. We need community support, as well. We are short staff right now, and that is
  
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• Albuquerque city councilor competes in reality bladesmith show

  27-08-2022 02:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — An Albuquerque city councilor is getting national attention after taking up a hobby that turned into a thriving business.City Councilor Dan Lewis will be featured on the show 'Forged in Fire' on the History Channel. The councilor said forging knives and axes came about unexpectedly, "We've made hundreds of knives. I mean it started with one knife. I actually found a chisel after my father-in-law passed away, an old chisel in his old tool chest, and I forged that
  
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• Albuquerque city councilor competes in bladesmith reality show

  27-08-2022 02:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — An Albuquerque city councilor is getting national attention after taking up a hobby that turned into a thriving business.City Councilor Dan Lewis will be featured on the show 'Forged in Fire' on the History Channel. The councilor said forging knives and axes came about unexpectedly, "We've made hundreds of knives. I mean it started with one knife. I actually found a chisel after my father-in-law passed away, an old chisel in his old tool chest, and I forged that
  
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• Alamogordo Public Schools giving students ID cards to improve security

  27-08-2022 01:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – The Alamogordo Public Schools District is taking steps to improve security. Parents can now keep track of their kids through an ID card. “So, I'm hoping it gives parents and students and all of our staff a real sense of security, knowing that we know where these, where our, kids are,” said Superintendent Ken Moore. Students in elementary through high school will now have personal ID cards that will be used as bus passes. When studen
  
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• Colfax County Sheriff's Office investigating murder-suicide

  27-08-2022 01:43 via krqe.com
  
  RATON, N.M. (KRQE) – The Colfax County Sheriff's Office says two people died in a murder-suicide on August 18. Deputies along with New Mexico State Police were sent to a home in Raton because of a domestic disturbance.Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Albuquerque residents fed up with city’s litter problemKRQE En Español: Jueves 25 de Agosto 2022Crime: Albuquerque man with troubled past pleads guilty to 2021 crimeNew Mexico: New Mexico’s summer rain brings more
  
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• New artwork celebrates the burning of Zozobra

  27-08-2022 01:19 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New artwork is celebrating Old Man Gloom. Students from the Santa Fe Waldorf School created the unique painting. It shows Zozobra going up in flames with a nod to Santa Fe's minor league baseball team, Santa Fe Fuego. Zozobra: How it’s helped the community start fresh throughout the yearsThe Kiwanis Club and the city of Santa Fe donated the materials. It can be seen at Fort Marcy Park beginning on Tuesday when it's installed. For more information on
  
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• Man charged with beating 4-year-old James Dunklee to death wants to back out of plea deal

  27-08-2022 01:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man charged with beating four-year-old James Dunklee to death admitted to the crime when he pled guilty. Now he wants to change his mind and back out of the plea deal. Zerrick Marquez pleaded guilty to intentional child abuse resulting in death at the end of March in the murder of James Dunklee. The four-year-old was found beaten to death at Marquez' apartment near Louisiana and Central in December of 2019.It was alleged that James and his mom were stayi
  
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• Stormy Friday, but drier weather returns this weekend

  27-08-2022 00:59 via krqe.com
  
  Heavy rain with scattered storms will continue through late Friday night. Drier air begins to return this weekend and bring in much drier weather into early next week.Monsoon moisture and an upper level trough are bringing numerous storms and heavy rain across parts of west-central and northern New Mexico Friday. These storms may even continue overnight into early Saturday morning for parts of eastern New Mexico. However, by the afternoon, drier air will begin to move into the state and that wil
  
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• Santa Fe Public Schools nationally recognized for their pandemic response

  27-08-2022 00:57 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe Public Schools is being recognized nationally for how they used federal funding during the pandemic in their elementary and secondary schools. Hilario Chavez was one of two superintendents in the country who was on a call Thursday with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. She recognized them for how they used the funding to support students' health and safety.
  Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Albuquerque residents fed up with city’s litter problemKRQE En
  
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• Blue-green mouth fish found in New Mexico lake

  27-08-2022 00:45 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – It's a tale from the internet that's making a lot of outdoorsmen and women do a double take. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish says it's so peculiar, they're looking for more cases.In a recent weekly fishing report published by the state department, New Mexico Game and Fish says an angler caught two "mysterious pike" fish with blue-green coloration on their mouths. In a Facebook post, Game and Fish said the catch was reported by a man named Jim McDona
  
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• Check out Old Man Gloom ahead of this year's Zozobra burning

  27-08-2022 00:42 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – While there is still a week away from the burning of Zozobra but Zozofest is now underway. At Zozofest people can get a first look at Old Man Gloom before he travels to Fort Marcy Park. It's all happening on the western end of Santa Fe Place Mall. Zozobra: How it’s helped the community start fresh throughout the yearsThis year, the Zozobra Decade Project takes the 50-foot tall marionette in the 1990s. That all leads up to the 100th Anniversary of the
  
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• Albuquerque man indicted for helping terrorist organization

  27-08-2022 00:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man is in federal custody for trying to set up an ISIS training center in the city, and recruiting others to help plan and carry out terrorist attacks in the United States and overseas. Herman Wilson is accused of trying to open a mosque here in Albuquerque, that would act as a training center and a 'safe haven' for ISIS, those planning to fight for the terrorist organization.
  Wilson, 45, has been trying to help militant Islamist group ISIS si
  
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• The state says the hospitality industry has bounced back from the pandemic

  27-08-2022 00:31 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The governor's office says the leisure and hospitality industry has bounced back. They say data compiled from the state Environment Department, the City of Albuquerque, and Bernalillo County shows about 9,700 restaurants were permitted by the end of June 2022. They say more that's 350 more than before the pandemic. In Nob Hill, there are several new restaurants that have popped up in the last year alone.New Mexico restaurants still struggling post-COVIDAs for jobs,
  
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