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• Roasted green chile's aroma may join New Mexico's cast of state symbols & songs

  31-01-2023 23:23 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – "The aroma of green chile roasting in the fall." Most people would qualify that scent as a New Mexico staple, but now state lawmakers are considering making it the state's official smell.Sponsored by Democratic Senator Bill Soules of Las Cruces, Senate Bill 188 seeks to adopt "the aroma of green chile roasting in the fall" as "the official aroma of New Mexico." If approved, the aroma would join a list of more than 20 other state symbols, not to mention a handfu
  
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• New Mexico highway reopens following rock slide

  31-01-2023 23:23 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Traffic is flowing along a southern New Mexico highway after a rock slide. On Friday, large boulders fell near the tunnel on U.S. 82, which connects Alamogordo to Cloudcroft, forcing the road to close for several days.Story continues below:Crime: Previous owner of malnourished horses facing chargesAlbuquerque: Corrales brewery’s second location to transform downtown Albuquerque buildingEducation: St. Pius X High School now allowing 8th grade enrollmentNew Mex
  
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• 4 suspects charged in shooting of college student

  31-01-2023 23:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Four young adults are facing charges after a college student was shot in the face while driving on Central, and investigators say, she was not the intended target. According to a criminal complaint, the young woman was driving near Central and Juan Tabo last week when she was shot in the eye.At the hospital, she told investigators she remembered seeing her broken windshield and two homeless men coming to help her, but never saw anyone shooting or driving err
  
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• National Museum of Nuclear Science & History hosts STEAM Day

  31-01-2023 21:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History will be hosting Discover STEAM Day, Saturday, February 18.Where does New Mexico rank among best, worst states to drive in?Engineers and scientists from across the city will engage families and scouts through hands-on activities designed to peaks people's interest in the scientific fields of STEAM. There will be activities that allow children to engage and interact in the most exciting and meaningful ways.
  
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• City of Albuquerque hosts annual Youth Job & Volunteer Fair

  31-01-2023 21:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Saturday, February 4, the City of Albuquerque is bringing back the annual youth job and volunteer fair with hundreds of job and volunteer opportunities, breakout sessions, and resume workshops. A summer job is a staple of our teenage and young adult years. These early experiences can help young people find their passions or simply provide valuable experience. Roadrunner Food Bank brings back ‘Souper Bowl’The City of Albuquerque will have seasonal
  
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• Albuquerque BioPark Zoo hosting adults only happy hour

  31-01-2023 21:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque BioPark Zoo will be hosting an adults-only happy hour. The event will be on February 25, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.Story continues below:Crime: Previous owner of malnourished horses facing chargesAlbuquerque: Corrales brewery’s second location to transform downtown Albuquerque buildingEducation: St. Pius X High School now allowing 8th grade enrollmentNew Mexico: New Mexico Holocaust Museum running low on space
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• Alec Baldwin & film staff formally charged in 'Rust' shooting

  31-01-2023 21:04 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe District Attorney has filed formal charges against actor Alec Baldwin and film armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed for the fatal shooting on the set of the film "Rust." The filing comes nearly two weeks after District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altweis announced her plan to move forward with prosecuting the case surrounding the on-set death of film cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.According to charging documents filed Tuesday, both Baldwin and Gutierrez-R
  
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• Active weather is on the way for parts of New Mexico

  31-01-2023 20:52 via krqe.com
  
  This morning, eastern New Mexico once again woke up with a thick layer of low level cloud coverage and fog as a cold front stalls out. This fog is still apparent further east along I-40 and closer to the Texas border, and with temperatures below freezing still, freezing fog remains a slight concern. Fog is already starting to clear north into this afternoon, but temperatures are forecast to remain quite chilly east, just a few degrees cooler west.
  While isolated snow flurries are possible over t
  
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• Part of I-25 near Santa Fe closed while crews repair potholes

  31-01-2023 20:50 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Transportation has closed the right lane on southbound I-25 near Santa Fe to repair potholes on the road.Corrales brewery’s second location to transform downtown Albuquerque buildingThe closure will be on I-25 from mile marker 280 to Cerrillos Rd. Officials say work is scheduled to be completed by 5 p.m. Tuesday evening.
  
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• Three New Mexico representatives assigned to congressional committee assignments

  31-01-2023 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Three of New Mexico's representatives are now receiving congressional committee assignments. Feds investigate larger potential exotic animal smuggling ring in AlbuquerqueRepresentative Melanie Stansbury was assigned to the House Committee on oversight and accountability, which is considered to be one of the most influential committees in the house. Stansbury and Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez were both nominated again to the House Committee on Natural R
  
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• Proposed New Mexico gun control bill raises minimum age

  31-01-2023 20:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new bill is working its way through New Mexico committees that would raise the minimum age to buy and own certain firearms. Senate Bill 116 passed it's first committee hearing.What concerts are coming to New Mexico in 2023?The bill would only allow the purchase of an automatic, semi-automatic or large-capacity guns to people over the age of 21. The minimum age was previously 18. It would also make it illegal for people under 21 to even possess these g
  
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• Second teen dies days after double shooting in southwest Albuquerque

  31-01-2023 20:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office is now investigating a double homicide in southwest Albuquerque. According to the BCSO, deputies were called to the 200 block of Atrisco Vista SW around 10:50 p.m. on Jan. 27. When they arrived two teens were suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.Sheriff’s Office: 15-year-old dies in Bernalillo County shootingOne victim, who was 15, was pronounced dead on the scene. The other victim, 14, was transported to the Un
  
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• Will Smith, Martin Lawrence to star in 4th 'Bad Boys' film in post-slap team-up

  31-01-2023 19:16 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are reteaming for a fourth “Bad Boys” movie, in one of Smith's most high-profile new projects since the slap.Sony Pictures announced Tuesday that the untitled “Bad Boys” sequel is in early pre-production. In a video posted on Instagram, Smith filmed himself driving to Lawrence's house. Embracing at the door, Smith exclaims, “It's about that time!” New Mexico Film Office announces filming of “
  
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• Virtual auction benefitting Espanola Humane

  31-01-2023 19:14 via krqe.com
  
  ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – The Puppy Love Virtual Auction goes live Saturday February 4 at 8 a.m., and bidding runs until February 11 at 8 p.m. Proceeds from the Valentine's Day-themed auction will help support Espanola Humane.Story continues below:Crime: Previous owner of malnourished horses facing chargesAlbuquerque: Corrales brewery’s second location to transform downtown Albuquerque buildingEducation: St. Pius X High School now allowing 8th grade enrollmentNew Mexic
  
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• Banana Boat expands sunscreen recall due to cancer risk

  31-01-2023 19:05 via krqe.com
  
  (WXIN) — The company behind Banana Boat is recalling more of its sunscreen products due to the presence of a cancer-causing chemical.On Jan. 27, Edgewell Personal Care Company announced that it is expanding its nationwide recall of hair and scalp sunscreen sprays that was initially issued in July 2022. The recall was initiated because a review found unexpected levels of benzene came from the propellant even though it is not an ingredient in any Banana Boat product. 3 batches of Banana Boat
  
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• Much of New Mexico is wetter than last year, so what does that mean for fires?

  31-01-2023 18:56 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Unless you experienced the recent snow in the mountains or the eastern portion of the state, you might think New Mexico has had a dry winter. But data reveals that the state is actually much wetter than this time last year.To be clear, much of the state is still "abnormally dry" or in drought. However, as of Jan. 18, only a few counties have "extreme drought" conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, indicating 2023, so far, is wetter than last year f
  
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• Los Alamos Police warn of new scam affecting community

  31-01-2023 18:47 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Los Alamos Police Department is warning the public of a new scam attempting to get personal information from victims. Police say there have been reports of people getting calls from people pretending to be with Express Scripts and asking for information like social security numbers and birth dates. Texas man living his dream conducting the Cumbres and Toltec RailroadOfficials say many Los Alamos National Lab retirees were informed Smith's/Kroger pharmacies woul
  
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• Almost 70K 'questionable' Social Security numbers used for $5.4B in pandemic-related loans: watchdog

  31-01-2023 18:35 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- A pandemic watchdog group identified nearly 70,000 "questionable" Social Security numbers that were used to obtain $5.4 billion in pandemic-related federal loans.
  The group, The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, issued the report on Monday that analyzed information from more than 33 million applications from the COVID-19 Emergency Injury Disaster Loans and the Paycheck Protection Program. The committee found that more than 221,000 Social Security numbers used on applicati
  
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• Massive humpback whale washes ashore in New York amid 'unusual' spate of deaths: 'Happening a little too often'

  31-01-2023 18:00 via krqe.com
  
  LIDO BEACH, N.Y. (WPIX) – A dead whale was found on a beach in New York on Monday morning, marking the 10th such incident, in the general area, in recent months.The large humpback washed ashore on Lido Beach, on Long Island, around 6 a.m., officials said.NOAA Fisheries measured the massive mammal at 41 feet. The humpback whale has no visible signs of injury, but investigators are hoping a necropsy will lead them to a cause of death. Feds investigate larger potential exotic animal smuggling
  
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• State considers bill urging companies to switch to 4-day workweek

  31-01-2023 17:53 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – A bill working its way through the Maryland Legislature would incentivize companies to switch to a four-day workweek, allowing employees to work 32 hours instead of 40 without seeing any pay cut or loss of benefits.
  The bill would entice public and private employers to switch over to a four-day week by offering a state tax credit when they participate in a pilot program.Authorities arrest man and find juvenile who went missing in 2021The proposed legislation comes after a recen
  
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• 100,000 chickens killed in fire at one of country's top egg-producers

  31-01-2023 17:17 via krqe.com
  
  BOZRAH, Conn. (WTNH) — Authorities in Connecticut are still investigating the cause of a massive fire at a chicken farm that killed approximately 100,000 egg-laying hens over the weekend.The fire started in a large chicken coop at Hillandale Farms in Bozrah around 1 p.m. Saturday, prompting a response from dozens of firefighting agencies from the area. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture confirmed that approximately 100,000 egg-laying hens died in the blaze before it was extinguished
  
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• Tyre Nichols' family to address additional police discipline

  31-01-2023 16:46 via krqe.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — On the eve of Tyre Nichols ' funeral, his family plans to gather Tuesday with the Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Ben Crump at the historic Mason Temple in Memphis, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech the night before he was assassinated, to speak about the latest developments in the case.Two more Memphis police officers were disciplined and three emergency responders fired in connection with Nichols' death, officials said Monday. Officer Preston
  
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• Bill Gates: 'I shouldn’t have had dinners with' Jeffrey Epstein

  31-01-2023 16:33 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) – Billionaire Bill Gates said that he regretted having dinners with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a new interview with Australia's ABC 7.30.
  "I will say for the over a hundredth time, I shouldn't have had dinners with him," Gates said in the interview.
  According to The New York Times, Gates began meeting with Epstein in 2011, after Epstein was convicted of sex crimes in Florida. Gates had told The Wall Street Journal in 2019 that he did not have a business relationsh
  
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• Santos steps down from committee assignments

  31-01-2023 16:24 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) – Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is stepping down from his committee assignments, he informed House GOP colleagues on Tuesday in a conference meeting.The representative had faced a whirlwind of criticism over numerous fabrications and misrepresentations of his resume and personal history, as well as questions about his personal and campaign finances.Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said that that Santos informed the Conference he would recuse himself from committees “temporarily&
  
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• Texas man living his dream conducting the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad

  31-01-2023 15:51 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –A Texas man is living his childhood dream every summer in New Mexico, working as a conductor for the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad. It all started when David Weston was four-years-old, the first time his dad Charles made the trip from San Antonio, Texas to Chama.Feds investigate larger potential exotic animal smuggling ringNearly 20 years later the duo have barely missed a year, traveling hundreds of miles to see the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. "I think
  
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• Biden administration blocks controversial mine to protect major salmon fishery

  31-01-2023 15:33 via krqe.com
  
  The Biden administration has blocked a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska in order to protect the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) blocked construction for the Pebble Mine, citing its potential impact on Bristol Bay — a southwestern Alaska watershed that’s home to numerous animal species including the salmon. The decision, announced on Tuesday, is not a surprise, as the administration had propose
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Lobbying bill, Warrant backlog, Foggy and chilly, Open to 8th graders, New brewery

  31-01-2023 14:42 via krqe.com
  
  Tuesday's Top Stories
  UNM, NMSU request capital outlay funds for athletic facility upgradesAre Albuquerque’s violence & mental health intervention efforts working?Roundhouse Roundup: Smell of green chile, license plates, and litterVillage of Los Lunas is asking lawmakers for $75 million for I-25 interchange projectFeds investigate larger potential exotic animal smuggling ringAlamogordo officer-involved-shooting suspect identifiedAmazon Fresh grocery deliveries are about to get more exp
  
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• Lawsuit accuses Marilyn Manson of sexually assaulting underage girl multiple times

  31-01-2023 14:40 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - Musician Marilyn Manson is facing more allegations of sexual misconduct, accused in a lawsuit filed on Monday of sexually assaulting an underage girl multiple times in the 1990s.
  The woman in the lawsuit, who is filing under the name Jane Doe, says in her complaint that Manson started to "target" her in 1995 when she was 16, using his "role, status, and power as an adult and performer in the music industry to gain access to, groom, manipulate and exploit" her. This targeting ultimat
  
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• Another foggy morning and chilly day in eastern New Mexico

  31-01-2023 14:33 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – It is another foggy morning in eastern New Mexico, with freezing fog just east of the central mountain chain. A freezing fog advisory remains in effect until 10 a.m., and roads, sidewalks and other surfaces may become icy as fog settles.Forecast Continues Below
  Albuquerque: Steven West is the Gatorade New Mexico Boys Cross Country Player of the YearCrime: Key suspect in shootings at elected officials’ homes, Solomon Peña indictedLegislature: Proposed S
  
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• Powerball jackpot climbs to $653M after no winner

  31-01-2023 14:17 via krqe.com
  
  CLEVELAND (WJW) — No one has won a Powerball jackpot in the new year, and it just keeps on getting larger.The jackpot has now reached $653 million with a $350.5 million cash option after Monday night’s drawing led to no jackpot winners. The winning numbers for Monday night were 1, 4, 12, 36, 49 and the Powerball 5. The Power Play was 2X.The Powerball jackpot was last won on Nov. 19, 2022, when a ticket in Kansas matched all five white balls and the red Powerball to win a $92.9 m
  
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• Suspect dead in Rio Rancho officer-involved shooting

  31-01-2023 14:13 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Rio Rancho Police were involved in a shooting that left one suspect dead Tuesday morning. According to a Facebook post by RRPD, officers responded around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to the Arrowhead Apartments to investigate what they say was criminal activity.Alamogordo officer-involved-shooting suspect identifiedPolice say when officers arrived on scene, things escalated leading to an officer fatally shooting the suspect. Officials say no officers were injured in th
  
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• Roundhouse Roundup: Smell of green chile, license plates, and litter

  31-01-2023 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tuesday, January 31, a wide range of bills will be heard in committees at the Roundhouse. In addition to bills tackling crime and focusing on big economic questions, Tuesday brings bills that would give New Mexico an official aroma, create a new special license plate, and help reduce litter statewide.State aromaClose your eyes and imagine the smell of New Mexico. What did you come up with?Sen. William P. Soules (D-Las Cruces) probably got the smell of chil
  
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• Are Albuquerque's violence & mental health intervention efforts working?

  31-01-2023 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – They're a newer part of Albuquerque's frontline responders in behavioral and mental health situations, and cases of violent crime. Between 2019 and 2020, the city launched two initiatives: the Violence Intervention Program (VIP) and the Albuquerque Community Safety Department, or ACS. Discussions about controversial ‘Arnold Tool’ continue in the RoundhouseFor over a year now, ACS has had social workers responding to mental health crises and othe
  
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• Assistant basketball coach, 22, accused of posing as 13-year-old player during game

  31-01-2023 12:48 via krqe.com
  
  PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) -- School officials in Portsmouth, Virginia, say they're investigating after a 22-year-old assistant coach allegedly posed as a 13-year-old girl and played in a junior varsity basketball game earlier this month.
  Parents of the girl the coach impersonated tell Nexstar's WAVY their daughter was out of town for a club basketball tournament during Churchland High School's Jan. 21 game in Suffolk.
  In video from the game obtained by WAVY, the assistant coach, identified as Arlis
  
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• Chicago prosecutor dropping R. Kelly sex-abuse charges

  31-01-2023 12:03 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago prosecutor said Monday that she's dropping sex-abuse charges against singer R. Kelly following federal convictions in two courts that should guarantee the disgraced R&B star will be locked up for decades.Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced the decision a day ahead of a hearing related to state charges accusing him of sexually abusing four people, three of whom were minors. She said she would ask a judge to dismiss the indictments Tuesday.
  
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• Here are 3 things the end of the COVID public health emergency could undo

  31-01-2023 11:54 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - The Biden administration announced on Monday that it plans to end on May 11 a pair of emergency designations implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.Under both the national emergency and the public health emergency, both the Trump and Biden administrations implemented and extended programs that aimed to provide relief when it came to paying for health care, COVID-19 tests and treatments and making monthly student loan payments.It also included a controversial border program that ma
  
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• Freezing fog, winter weather returns to New Mexico

  31-01-2023 06:26 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A cold front will keep bitterly cold air across eastern New Mexico through Tuesday. A midweek storm could bring freezing drizzle to southeast parts of the state.
  A strong, but shallow backdoor cold front pushed into eastern New Mexico this weekend, leaving a sharp boundary between Artic air behind the front and warmer air to the west. Because this front is shallow, it is staying in the eastern half of New Mexico. However, low clouds and freezing fog has developed b
  
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• KRQE Weather Academy heads to Wherry Elementary

  31-01-2023 06:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Chief Meteorologist Grant Tosterud and Meteorologist Zoe Mintz were back out Monday at Wherry elementary for KRQE's Weather Academy. They spoke to students about how the seasons affect the weather in New Mexico. St. Pius X High School now allowing 8th grade enrollmentStudents were given a Weather Academy certificate, compass, and thermometer. If teachers would like KRQE meteorologists to visit their school, they can do so online.
  
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• Santa Fe Presbyterian doctor leaving over staffing, billing change

  31-01-2023 06:14 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Santa Fe doctor is spending his last days on the job protesting his hospital's new partnership with an out-of-state company. The Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center is shifting management of its staffing and billing to a private company called Sound Physicians.The hospital says it will help them focus on recruiting more specialists, and they do not expect it to increase costs for customers. But emergency room Dr. Clayton Dalton says he chose to work for the
  
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• Alamogordo officer-involved-shooting suspect identified

  31-01-2023 06:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police have identified the suspect shot by police in Alamogordo. They say just before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Alamogordo police were called to an area near Ridgecrest Drive after reports of a man walking around with a gun. Officials looking into Alamogordo officer-involved shooting that injured 1Officers say it was 26-year-old Dominic Cruz De La O and that he had outstanding felony warrants. They say De La O tried to flee and after a pursuit, officers t
  
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• Corrales brewery's second location to transform downtown Albuquerque building

  31-01-2023 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The old Firestone building at the corner of 7th and Central in Downtown Albuquerque will soon see new life. "Nothing has had a presence there, a public-facing presence there, for quite a long time at that corner," says the owner of Ex Novo Brewery, Joel Gregory. Two lawmakers spend night on streets in Downtown AlbuquerqueA place once known as a hot spot for classic cars during cruise nights along Route 66 will transform into a large taproom, restaurant, and
  
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• St. Pius X High School now allowing 8th grade enrollment

  31-01-2023 05:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A prestigious college preparatory school in Albuquerque now wants to let younger students learn from them. St. Pius X High School is opening to middle schoolers.
  "We want to provide choice to families. For some families, they are going to stay right where they are right now because they're happy right where they are. But for those that are looking for that additional choice, that's what we want to offer," said President of St. Pius X High School, Fr. John Tr
  
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• Steven West is the Gatorade New Mexico Boys Cross Country Player of the Year

  31-01-2023 05:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Sandia high's Steven West is the Gatorade Boys Cross Country Player of the Year. West won the Class 5A state champion this year and last.Story continues below:Crime: Teens face murder charges in Albuquerque party killingAlbuquerque: Albuquerque man, dog helps community tackle winter weatherCommunity: Oldest llama celebrates birthday in New MexicoNew Mexico: New Mexico Holocaust Museum running low on space
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• Magdalena's D'Shaun Vinyard recognized for his work on the basketball court

  31-01-2023 05:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – D'Shaun Vinyard is pretty handy with a basketball. The Magdalena Steers senior is averaging over 18 points and nearly six rebounds per game and it has not gone unnoticed.
  Scoreboard Live is asking basketball fans to vote for the best player in small school high school basketball and Vinyard has been nominated. "When I first heard about it, I was really surprised and shocked and I really didn't think it was real," said Vinyard. "I just feel like it's a great
  
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• Sports Desk: UNM men's basketball out of Top 25, preparing for the road

  31-01-2023 04:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the second time this season, the UNM men's basketball team has slipped out of the AP Top 25 basketball poll after a week that saw them win a game and lose one. The Lobos were the 25th-ranked team in the country when they lost by three points to Nevada in double overtime last week.
  With other metrics being used these days to boost a team's profile for the NCAA Tournament, the Lobos don't make a big deal of being in or out of the AP Poll. "The bottom line
  
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• Santa Fe charter school students win NASA contest

  31-01-2023 04:00 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Santa Fe student team from Monte Del Sol Charter School has won a national NASA contest. Sixty winning teams were selected for the second Nasa Techrise Student Challenge.Story continues below:Crime: Teens face murder charges in Albuquerque party killingAlbuquerque: Albuquerque man, dog helps community tackle winter weatherCommunity: Oldest llama celebrates birthday in New MexicoNew Mexico: New Mexico Holocaust Museum running low on space
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• State senator targets lawmakers to lobbyists 'revolving door' with new bill

  31-01-2023 03:52 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – One lawmaker is trying to put a stop to what he calls the 'revolving door' between lawmakers and lobbyists. "I just think it's inappropriate that you're here one day serving your constituents and then the next day, you're able to go work as a lobbyist and use those same connections to change public policy or enact laws," says Senator Harold Pope, Jr. (D-Albuquerque), sponsor of Senate Bill 34. UNM, NMSU request capital outlay funds for athletic facility upgrade
  
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• Previous owner of malnourished horses facing charges

  31-01-2023 03:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The previous owner of three horses suspected of being abused is facing animal cruelty charges. Adrian Ferran is charged with five counts of animal cruelty.Police were able to check on the three horses purchased by Nieka Diaz and Hannah Matins, as well as two racehorses that were sent to a farm in Española. All of the horses were malnourished and in dire need of medical assistance. Organization under investigation after 31 horses surrendered to New Mex
  
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• Florida mass shooting leaves 10 injured

  31-01-2023 01:55 via krqe.com
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida police are investigating a shooting that left 10 people injured Monday afternoon.Investigators said the shooting happened around 3:43 p.m. in the city of Lakeland, which lies about 35 miles east of Tampa.Police said there are 10 victims, two with critical injuries and eight with non-life-threatening injuries. One man was shot in the abdomen and another was shot in the face.Police Chief Sam Taylor said the victims are all men between 20 and 35 years old.As of
  
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• UNM, NMSU request capital outlay funds for athletic facility upgrades

  31-01-2023 01:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University are asking for millions of dollars from state lawmakers for upgrades to their athletic facilities. In this legislative session, UNM is asking for a total of about $13.4 million to help with about nine different projects. City asks for capital outlay for Isotopes Park improvementsThe requests include everything from tennis court improvements to upgrading the golf training facility. The biggest reque
  
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