Albuquerque news

• ENMU's new chancellor named

  30-11-2022 23:57 via krqe.com
  
  PORTALES, N.M. (KRQE) – Eastern New Mexico University has named a new chancellor. James Johnston comes from Midwestern University in Witchita Falls, where he serves as the provost for academic affairs. Eastern New Mexico University receives $700k grant for researchHe will take over at Eastern on January 3. Chancellor Patrice Caldwell is retiring after more than four decades at Eastern.
  
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• Woman facing child pornography charges no-show in court

  30-11-2022 23:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A woman accused of taking videos of a teen being sexually abused has vanished just days before her trial. "We're on almost the eve of the trial and I cannot get ahold of her," said defense attorney Raul Lopez. "So, I don't know what to say, judge." Rules on where New Mexico sex offenders can register addresses raise eyebrowsYarelis Cespedes was a no-show at her court hearing Wednesday. Cespedes is facing child pornography charges after investigators say she
  
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• APS employee on leave after sex crime charges

  30-11-2022 23:33 via krqe.com
  
  BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) -- Authorities have charged a junior ROTC instructor at Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) for sex crimes. He is facing child rape charges for the second time.Matthew Garcia is charged with two counts of rape of a minor in Bernalillo County. Old motel sign gets second chance at Route 66 Visitor CenterInvestigators won't reveal more about the relationship between Garcia and the victim, but they said he did not have access to the victim through the school system.The al
  
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• When do New Mexicans put up their Christmas lights?

  30-11-2022 23:27 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A common dilemma: you've been itching to celebrate Christmas all year. It finally comes time, and you get out the decorations, put up the tree, and your tried and true Christmas lights for the house. But when is the right time to do it? A new survey from the homeowner website House Method breaks down by state when people prefer to put up their Christmas lights. River of Lights: What you need to knowCourtesy: House Method TeamAccording to the survey, which asked nea
  
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• Old motel sign gets second chance at Route 66 Visitor Center

  30-11-2022 23:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The new Route 66 Visitor Center on West Central is still a work in progress as finishing touches are being applied to the center. A piece of history from a 1940s-era motel will be added to the site. New Mexico restaurants featured in Yelp’s Top 100 Tacos Spots in AmericaThe old "Mountain Lodge" in Carnuel was destroyed in a fire in 2014, but the sign survived.Its owner, Owen St. Germain, donated the sign to the visitor center. It was installed Wednesda
  
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• State asks for public input about Fenton Lake

  30-11-2022 22:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexicans interested in the parks can now give feedback. Specifically, the state wants to hear how park-goers think they can fix up Fenton Lake.New Mexico State Parks Division is conducting a survey and asking people to rate their experiences at the site in the Jemez Mountains. New tradition for Albuquerque Old Town tree lightingThe survey also asks what kinds of upgrades people would like to see from campgrounds, picnic areas to other parts of the park.
  
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• New exhibit at Santa Fe City Hall

  30-11-2022 21:32 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new exhibit is now on display at Santa Fe City Hall. The exhibit, "Proudly She Served," honors female veterans.Story continues below:
  New Mexico: Retired SFPD detective accused of losing rape kit speaks outBusiness: Restaurant industry looks to New Mexico lawmakers for revitalization fundCrime: Albuquerque double murder suspect arrestedCommunity: Tumbleweed Snowman makes its 2022 debutThe exhibit features a series of portraits on women actively serving and wo
  
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• Contractor: Golden Gate Bridge suicide net will cost $400M

  30-11-2022 21:17 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A suicide prevention net on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge that is already years behind schedule will cost about $400 million, more than double its original price, because of problems sparked by the government agency that manages the span, the lead contractors allege.
  The allegations filed Monday in state court by Shimmick Construction Co. and Danny’s Construction Co. say that changes to and flaws in the government's net design and the lack of transpare
  
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• Decision expected on Santa Fe Midtown Campus

  30-11-2022 21:04 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe's governing body is expected to vote on plans to renovate Santa Fe's Midtown Campus Wednesday night. They are expected to vote on the issue at 5 p.m. New Mexico restaurants featured in Yelp’s Top 100 Tacos Spots in AmericaThe plans are designed to help the city develop the campus into more than 1,000 units of market-rate and affordable housing. It will also serve as a new hub for the city, with everything from performance spaces to film
  
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• Former Pres. Bill Clinton tests positive for COVID-19

  30-11-2022 21:03 via krqe.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told the public Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.“I’ve had mild symptoms, but I’m doing fine overall and keeping myself busy at home,” Clinton tweeted.The 76-year-old former Arkansas governor also said he had received his vaccination and booster shots, which he says has helped keep his case mild.Story continues below:
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• Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac dies at 79, band confirms

  30-11-2022 20:56 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — British musician Christine McVie, co-lead vocalist and keyboardist for rock band Fleetwood Mac, has died at the age of 79.
  McVie's death was confirmed by the band Wednesday.In a statement, Fleetwood Mac wrote:
  "There are no words to describe our sadness at the passing of Christine McVie. She was truly one-of-a-kind, special and talented beyond measure. She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life. We were so lucky
  
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• Albuquerque man involved in fatal crash avoids jail

  30-11-2022 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Marco Melo-Fernandez, an Albuquerque man involved in a deadly crash nearly five years ago, will not face jail time. In 2017, Melo Fernandez crashed into a car on I-25 near San Antonio and took off. Annamaria Garcia was killed in the crash. New Mexico restaurants featured in Yelp’s Top 100 Tacos Spots in AmericaEarlier this year, Melo-Fernandez pleaded no contest to knowingly leaving the scene where there was great bodily harm or death. Under the p
  
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• Santa Fe pair arrested after leading police on chase

  30-11-2022 20:16 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police arrested Kathryn Tohm and Mario Muniz in Santa Fe after they led police on a pursuit and found fentanyl inside the vehicle. NMSP says the pair fled after an officer attempted a traffic stop November 23 around 10:30 p.m.Story continues below:
  New Mexico: Retired SFPD detective accused of losing rape kit speaks outBusiness: Restaurant industry looks to New Mexico lawmakers for revitalization fundCrime: Albuquerque double murder suspect arr
  
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• Local non-profit helps asylum seekers, refugees

  30-11-2022 20:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is home to a good amount of asylum seekers and refugees. Several groups are working in Albuquerque are working to make the transition for them smooth. Alzheimer’s Association hosts annual NM Caregiver ConferenceAnn Setterlun is a Family Liaison through Albuquerque FaithWorks, an non-profit organization of local faith congregations working in the community to help with short and long-term needs of asylum seekers, refugees and people experienc
  
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• 'One Distillery' helping Mental health in the community

  30-11-2022 19:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One Distillery is an Albuquerque based distillery. The distillery aims to provide mental health support for veterans and first responders.Mental health service expansion coming to University of New MexicoMartin Salazar and his niece own One Distillery. Born and raise in New Mexico they see the struggle people face regarding mental health. All proceeds from One Distillery to help support access to mental health for veterans and first responders.Currently, 'On
  
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• Florida home to world's 'most dangerous' tree

  30-11-2022 19:48 via krqe.com
  
  FLORIDA (WFLA) – When you think of all the dangerous things that reside in Florida, trees probably don't come to mind, but the state is actually home to the "most dangerous" tree in the world.The manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella), according to the Guinness World Records, is the world's most dangerous tree.New tradition for Albuquerque Old Town tree lightingLocated on the Caribbean coast and the Gulf of Mexico, including Florida, the tree should be avoided since it produces a dangerous
  
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• New lawsuit claims federal agency harming New Mexico's silvery minnows

  30-11-2022 19:24 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Small fish continue to face big threats according to claims laid out in a new lawsuit filed today in New Mexico federal court. Non-profit WildEarth Guardians allege that despite following guidance by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is threatening the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow.Despite being only a few inches in length, the silvery minnow has long been the center of attention in discussions surrounding New Mexico's environment.
  
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• Spotify Wrapped is here: How do you see your top artists and albums?

  30-11-2022 18:33 via krqe.com
  
  (WJW) — Nov. 30 isn't an official holiday, but it marks a day many people look forward to: It's Spotify Wrapped day.
  Spotify launched the year-end "Wrapped" campaign Wednesday, which allows users to see their top-streamed artists, albums, genres and more. Anyone who has a Spotify account will get one. To see yours, head over to the Spotify app and log in.On Wednesday, your Spotify Wrapped should pop up once you log on. But if you miss it, it will also stay on the homepage of your app. (Spo
  
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• New Mexico restaurants featured in Yelp's Top 100 Tacos Spots in America

  30-11-2022 18:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – If you love tacos, you might want to check out two taco restaurants in New Mexico named in Yelp's Top 100 Tacos Spots in America. Yelp reviewers have spoken, ranking these two New Mexico restaurants in the top 100.
  El Paisa in Albuqueruqe was ranked No. 97 on the list. The restaurant, located in the South Valley, offers a variety of of meats, from carne asada, el pastor, and barbacoa. They also provideburritos, gorditas, tortas, quesadillas, menudo and maris
  
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• Venezuelans sleep on sidewalks after Juarez razes tent camp

  30-11-2022 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – His daughter turns 3 years old next week and Jeilfred can’t hold back the tears. It took the native of Venezuela more than two months to make the 3,000-mile trek to Juarez only to find the U.S. border closed to asylum-seekers from that South American country who cross between ports of entry.“I feel a knot in my throat. I haven’t seen my daughters in nearly three months, or my wife. My little girl’s birthday is on December 6 and I&rsq
  
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• Missouri man converts hot water tanks into smokers

  30-11-2022 18:12 via krqe.com
  
  Plumber, Steve Baird converted this old hot water tank into a fully-functioning meat smoker.JOPLIN, Mo. — What can you do with your old hot water tank? You could sell it for the scrap metal, or you can do what one Joplin plumber decided to do: Turn it into a meat smoker. The idea came to plumber, Steve Baird, after he amassed a large collection of old hot water heaters over the years."For a long time I've removed water heaters as a plumber. I usually just scrap pile them and once I get a w
  
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• Sports Desk: Diego Pavia leading NMSU to success

  30-11-2022 18:00 via krqe.com
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque native and former Volcano Vista standout Diego Pavia is wrapping up his first season as quarterback for NMSU. During the Aggies win over Liberty, Pavia accounted for over 300 yards of total offense as well as six touchdowns. His stellar performance made him a weekly honoree for the Manning Award.NMSU currently has a 5-6 record and the Aggies hopes of a bowl game remain at the hands of their waiver. Pavia joined the Sports Desk gave his thoughts on
  
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• Tensions run high as Mexico moves migrants out of Rio Grande camp in Juarez

  30-11-2022 17:47 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Tensions are running high as migrants camped along the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez were moved out by law enforcement the past two days.One police officer reportedly was hit by a rock. Migrants told KTSM that feltthey were being treated like "animals.""Where did you guys graduate from to be pushing people like that?" yelled a man as they were pushed out of the camp. "There's no animals here, brother. There's no animals here. What are we, all delinquents?"An officer in rio
  
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• Marine veteran chugs beer from prosthetic leg at Lakers game

  30-11-2022 17:43 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Annika Nadine Hutsler may have been attending her first basketball game in Los Angeles on Monday, but she made sure to get off on the right foot.Hutsler, a United States Marine Corps veteran who lost her leg in a battle with cancer, was watching the L.A. Lakers take on the Indiana Pacers at the Crypto.com Arena when she found herself on the Jumbotron — and made the most of the opportunity.Hutsler downed a beer from her prosthetic leg to raucous cheers from the cr
  
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• Study shows COVID-related stress reduces sexual desire in romantic relationships

  30-11-2022 17:39 via krqe.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) -- Well, if you didn't think the COVID-19 pandemic was bad enough, you can add this to the list of misfortunes. A new study from an international research team -- led by a Texas State University researcher, Rhonda Balzarini -- found that stressors from the pandemic adversely affected people's sex lives.
  The researchers found a link between specific stressors brought out by the pandemic, such as financial concerns, loneliness and worry, and lower levels of sexual desire.
  
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• Bank of America chief predicts ‘mild recession’ in 2023

  30-11-2022 17:25 via krqe.com
  
  Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said Tuesday he’s expecting a “mild recession” in 2023, sounding a more positive note about the state of the economy than many in the financial world have been broadcasting amid 40-year-high inflation.Doomspeak about the possibility of a recession has been coming out of the financial sector since the summer when JP Morgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon said he saw a “hurricane” gathering on the economic horizon as the Federal Rese
  
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• Medal of Honor recipient from New Mexico dies at 97

  30-11-2022 16:43 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The second-to-last living Korean War Medal of Honor recipient has died at the age of 97. Hiroshi Miyamura was born in Gallup in 1925 and received the Medal of Honor for single-handedly covering the retreat of his troops when they were overrun.New tradition for Albuquerque Old Town tree lightingMiyamura killed 50 enemy troops before being captured. He spent more than two years in a prison camp. He joined the army in 1945 and later enlisted in the army reserve before
  
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• New tradition for Albuquerque Old Town tree lighting

  30-11-2022 16:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new tradition begins Friday at the old town Christmas tree lighting. Last year, the Aceves family bid farewell to "Henry's Tree," a tradition that started in 1994. This year, a 30-foot sequoia will be decorated and lit. Fans highlight their favorite displays at the River of LightsThings were going to change with a new owner of the plaza and many shop owners were left concerned. "The ones that have been down here for you know, ten years. It was an event we
  
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• Texas-born drug lord 'La Barbie' no longer in U.S. custody, his whereabouts unknown

  30-11-2022 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Drug trafficker Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as 'La Barbie,' is no longer listed as being held by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons.Valdez was extradited to Georgia from Mexico seven years ago and had received a 49-year prison term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and launder money.He was also ordered to pay $192 million in restitution to the U.S. Government.According to his sentencing documents, Valdez's release date was set for July 27,
  
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• These 25 deals were the most shopped among BestReviews readers

  30-11-2022 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details.What BestReviews readers shopped for most this yearOver the past several days, it was open season on sales. You could get deals on everything from Cricut machines to robotic vacuums at incredibly deep discounts. These sales started on Black Friday and ran through Cyber Monday.If you missed the deals over the extended weekend, however, don’t worry. You didn’t miss out on your chance to save. W
  
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• Look who made People mag's 'People of the Year'

  30-11-2022 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew McConaughey, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Hudson and “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson have been named People magazine’s 2022 “People of the Year.”The magazine unveiled its annual list Wednesday, with Editor-in-Chief Wendy Naugle explaining this year’s honorees were selected because of their efforts to help others.McConaughey was chosen for his advocacy efforts after the Uvalde school shooting rocked hi
  
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• Armed men break into Juarez shelter, try to abduct migrants

  30-11-2022 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Juarez shelters remain on alert after a group of armed men broke down the door of a church early Thursday and tried to abduct asylum-seekers sheltered there.The assailants – believed to be members of a gang or a migrant smuggling organization – entered the Tierra de Oro church and shelter in the Mexico 68 neighborhood in Central Juarez and began lining up the women and children to load them onto vehicles before a passing police car scared them o
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Uninsured patients, NMSU coach speaks, Teacher incentive package, New tradition

  30-11-2022 14:43 via krqe.com
  
  Wednesday's Top StoriesGroup worries conditions of New Mexico-run prisons will worsenRio Rancho teen receives unique seizure treatmentJudge denies child killer’s plea deal requestAlbuquerque man arrested for shooting at policeSanta Fe Indian School hopes to bring new life to Paolo Soleri AmphitheaterSights and Sounds: World Cup Watch Party at Civic PlazaRetired SFPD detective accused of losing rape kit speaks outSan Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that killAlzheimer’s dr
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Uninsured patients, NMSU coach speaks, Colder day, Teacher incentive package, New tradition

  30-11-2022 14:43 via krqe.com
  
  Wednesday's Top StoriesGroup worries conditions of New Mexico-run prisons will worsenRio Rancho teen receives unique seizure treatmentJudge denies child killer’s plea deal requestAlbuquerque man arrested for shooting at policeSanta Fe Indian School hopes to bring new life to Paolo Soleri AmphitheaterSights and Sounds: World Cup Watch Party at Civic PlazaRetired SFPD detective accused of losing rape kit speaks outSan Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that killAlzheimer’s dr
  
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• Team Jacob or Edward? 'Twilight' films coming back to theaters

  30-11-2022 14:41 via krqe.com
  
  CLEVELAND (WJW) — It's been 14 years since the first "Twilight" movie hit theaters, but starting this Friday you can catch the entire series on the big screen once more.
  Cinemark is bringing back the beloved (and also hated-on) films for an event they're calling the "‘Twas the Twilight Before Christmas" marathon."Whether you’re Team Edward, Team Jacob, or team nostalgia, prepare to sink your teeth into this immortal saga once again," the company said in a statement.
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• Cooler day but warmer weather to end the week

  30-11-2022 14:41 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – This morning is much colder than yesterday, with temperatures starting in the single digits, teens and twenties for most of the state. Today will be cooler in central and southern New Mexico, with highs staying twenty degrees colder than yesterday in Roswell. Skies will start mostly sunny, but clouds will move in from the south throughout the day. Skies will be partly cloudy and dry. Winds will be lighter than yesterday, but there will still be a breeze up to
  
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• Holocaust survivors offered DNA tests to help find lost family members

  30-11-2022 14:19 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Jackie Young had been searching.Orphaned as an infant, he spent the first few years of his life in a Nazi internment camp in what is now the Czech Republic. After World War II he was taken to England, adopted and given a new name.As an adult, he struggled to learn of his origins and his family. He had some scant information about his birth mother, who died in a concentration camp. But about his father? Nothing. Just a blank space on a birth certificate. Local s
  
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• Alzheimer's drug works, but is it enough?

  30-11-2022 14:07 via krqe.com
  
  An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday -- but it remains unclear how much difference that might make in people’s lives.Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall that the drug lecanemab appeared to work, a badly needed bright spot after repeated disappointments in the quest for better Alzheimer’s treatments.Now the companies are providing fu
  
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• Tiger Woods on competing: 'I don't have much left in this leg'

  30-11-2022 13:36 via krqe.com
  
  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods painted an uncertain picture about how much golf he can play, saying Tuesday that “I don't have much left in this leg.”He also doesn't have much hope the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded rival league can get along unless Greg Norman is out as LIV Golf's leader.“Not right now. Not with their leadership. Not with Greg there and his animosity toward the tour itself,” Woods said. “I don't see that happening.” New Mexico high s
  
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• San Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that kill

  30-11-2022 12:07 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Supervisors in San Francisco voted Tuesday to give city police the ability to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations -- following an emotionally charged debate that reflected divisions on the politically liberal board over support for law enforcement.The vote was 8-3, with the majority agreeing to grant police the option despite strong objections from civil liberties and other police oversight groups. Opponents said the authority would
  
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• Warmer weather returns late this week

  30-11-2022 06:30 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – After an extremely windy day across New Mexico, winds quickly died down tonight. Warmer weather will return by Friday.A strong jet stream that scraped across New Mexico Tuesday was responsible for 60+ mph wind gusts this afternoon across the state. The highest wind gust recorded was 75 mph along the Highline Ridge at the Taos Ski Valley at an elevation of around 12,000'. Albuquerque's highest wind gust today at the Sunport clocked in at 39 mph. Winds are quickly dy
  
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• Group worries over conditions of New Mexico-run prisons

  30-11-2022 06:08 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is switching from relying on private corporations to run prisons to having the state take them over. However, one group believes the switch is concerning.
  The New Mexico Prison and Jail Project (NMPJP) supports getting rid of privately run prisons. However, the group warns as the state takes over, conditions inside state prisons might not improve. New Mexico prisons facing low staff, increased inmate drug use"It doesn't necessarily change the way pe
  
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• Group worries conditions of New Mexico-run prisons will worsen

  30-11-2022 06:08 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is switching from relying on private corporations to run prisons to having the state take them over. However, one group believes the switch is concerning.
  The New Mexico Prison and Jail Project (NMPJP) supports getting rid of privately run prisons. However, the group warns as the state takes over, conditions inside state prisons might not improve. New Mexico prisons facing low staff, increased inmate drug use"It doesn't necessarily change the way pe
  
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• Study shows uninsured New Mexicans are charged more for medical treatment

  30-11-2022 05:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –A new study shows uninsured patients in New Mexico are often charged up to ten times more for medical treatments than insured patients for the same services. The study was presented to the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee Tuesday."Over 200,000 New Mexicans are uninsured which of course, makes it more likely that they will incur medical debt when they do need to access medical care," says Nicolas Cordova, healthcare director for the New Mexico C
  
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• NMSU basketball coach addresses UNM shooting

  30-11-2022 05:28 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State University basketball Coach Greg Heiar is speaking out for the first time since the deadly shooting on UNM's campus involving one of his players. Aggie player Mike Peake was shot in the leg after police say UNM student Brandon Travis and others lured him to the campus in a revenge plot after a fight at the Lobo-Aggie football game in October. UNM students use ribbons to show unity with NMSU after Saturday shootingTravis was killed in a shooto
  
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• Sports Desk: Road test for Lobo men's basketball

  30-11-2022 05:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The UNM men's basketball team is currently 6-0 and coming off a win at the Lobo classic. Now the team faces one of their toughest tests of the season with a road trip to Saint Mary's."That's a potential quad 1 win opportunity on the road," said coach Pitino. "They're a terrific team. They've had unbelievable sustained success. They're the class of that conference obviously, Gonzaga and them. So, I know it's going to be a huge challenge."Story continues below
  
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• New Mexico certifies 2022 election results

  30-11-2022 04:32 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The state's canvassing board has unanimously certified this year's election results. Each of the state's counties individually checked its own results, which were then checked by the secretary of state. 2022 Election ResultsThe results were audited by a Santa Fe firm and no issues were found. The board also ordered automatic recounts in State House District 32 between Jenifer Jones and Candie Sweetser, as well as State House District 68 between Robert Moss and
  
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• Albuquerque man arrested for shooting at police

  30-11-2022 04:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police have arrested a man they say shot a man and shot at police. Thirty-nine-year-old Johnathan Martinez is accused of shooting a man in the chest just before midnight on November 23 in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Montgomery Blvd.Story continues below:
  New Mexico: Two Northern New Mexico destinations on list of 50 best places to travel in 2023Top Story: New Mexico may be headed toward a social work “crisis”Crime: Albu
  
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• Rio Rancho teen receives unique seizure treatment

  30-11-2022 04:16 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – There is hope for a Rio Rancho teen and her family after undergoing a first-of-its-kind medical procedure here in New Mexico. "It gives me hope. I just know it's going to be a process for her and for us," says Nizhoni Begay. "Honestly, I thought we'd have to leave NM to go get it. So I'm very glad that Dr. Cardon is really doing this."Begay has spent her life trying to control her epileptic seizures with medication, some of which have had unpleasant side effe
  
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• Sights and Sounds: World Cup Watch Party at Civic Plaza

  30-11-2022 03:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) -- The city of Albuquerque holds watch parties for every World Cup game of the U.S. soccer team. A few people gathered at Civic Plaza to watch the U.S. team beat Iran 1-0 this afternoon and advance to the round of 16 for the first time since 2014.Story continues below:
  New Mexico: Two Northern New Mexico destinations on list of 50 best places to travel in 2023Top Story: New Mexico may be headed toward a social work “crisis”Crime: Albuquerque teen who shot at
  
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