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• State Police make 91 arrests in Albuquerque operation

  12-10-2023 23:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police say their crime-fighting operation has now led to 91 arrests including 53 repeat or violent criminals. They have also seized eight guns including two that were stolen, 11 stolen vehicles, and a lot of drugs.Man who set fire to APS vehicles enters mental health program as part of pleaNMSP began the operation on September 19 shortly after Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued her public health order. State police patrols are expec
  
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• Bernalillo County looks to educate community during Fentanyl Awareness Week

  12-10-2023 23:21 via krqe.com
  
  BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County will be hosting several educational events as part of its Fentanyl Awareness Week in October.Bernalillo County teamed up with the City of Albuquerque, Sandoval County, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the New Mexico Department of Health, Albuquerque Public Schools, local law enforcement, and numerous health and addiction treatment organizations to provide 10 public workshops and other outreach to educate the community about the dangers of
  
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• Balloon Fiesta preparing special events for eclipse

  12-10-2023 23:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Balloon Fiesta is getting ready for Saturday when they will be sharing the stage with a lunar eclipse. It will be a packed morning before the eclipse starts. Audiences can watch a drone show in the early hours, a traditional morning glow, followed by a mass ascension of 545 balloons. PHOTOS: Static display for first day of Special Shape RodeoThen, the eclipse fun starts, with a very special balloon glow, when the moon moves in front of the sun. "We're g
  
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• Albuquerque teen admits to deadly shooting, armed robbery

  12-10-2023 22:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Izaiah Ruiz admitted to second-degree murder and armed robbery Thursday morning. Ruiz admitted to shooting and killing 21-year-old Eddie Ortiz back in September 2022 when he was 14-years-old. He also admitted to armed robbery for a carjacking that happened the day before. Man who set fire to APS vehicles enters mental health program as part of pleaRuiz was caught after stealing someone's AirPods while at school at West Mesa High School the same day as t
  
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• Social Security to get 3.2% boost next year

  12-10-2023 22:42 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Soon, bigger paychecks will be going to millions of people who receive Social Security benefits.
  The Social Security Administration announced that 2024's cost of living adjustment will be 3.2%. Next year's 3.2% COLA is much smaller than the 8.7% bump in 2023, but experts say it's still higher than average. Bankrate Analyst Mark Hamrick explains the annual adjustment is tied to inflation. "A 3.2% increase is above the 20 year average of 2.6," Hamrick sa
  
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• Man who set fire to APS vehicles enters mental health program as part of plea

  12-10-2023 22:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man who admitted setting fire to Albuquerque Public School vehicles will be entering into a mental health program. Ruben Davis was in front of Judge David Murphy for a plea hearing Thursday morning. He told police he set three cars on fire to "get help and draw attention to himself." Two students accused of bringing guns to Albuquerque school will remain in custody until trialHe pled guilty to one count of arson instead of the three he was facing. Dav
  
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• Phyllis Coates, the first actress to portray Lois Lane on TV, dies at 96

  12-10-2023 22:29 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Phyllis Coates, the actress who first portrayed Lois Lane opposite George Reeves’ Superman in the original “Adventures of Superman” television series, died Wednesday at the age of 96, her daughter confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter and People.Coates starred in the first season of the show, but was replaced by Noel Neill for the remainder of the series. ‘Hee Haw’ cast member Buck Trent, who performed on Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene,’ di
  
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• New Mexico Department of Health warns of eye damage risks during annular solar eclipse

  12-10-2023 22:06 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Health officials in New Mexico continue to stress the importance of protecting your eyes during Saturday's annual solar eclipse.The New Mexico Department of Health is among several organizations urging people to use expert-approved solar eclipse glasses that are labeled with the ISO 12312-2 standard to view the eclipse. People can also use certified eclipse viewers or make a pinhole projector.Solar Eclipse:The do’s and don’ts of watching the annula
  
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• Limited-edition annular solar eclipse sticker decals will be handed out at Balloon Fiesta

  12-10-2023 21:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – To celebrate the annular solar eclipse happening on Saturday, theNew Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) will be giving away limited-edition sticker decals that depict the fortuitous overlap of the annular solar eclipse and the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.The sticker decals will be available at the New Mexico True booth at Balloon Fiesta Park beginning the morning of Friday, Oct. 13. NMTD staff and volunteers will be distributing the sticker decals
  
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• Yelp users weigh in on the best taco spots in the U.S.

  12-10-2023 21:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Has there ever been a better food crafted by humans than the taco? The versatile delicacy is a nationwide phenomenon and a recent Yelp list ranked some of the top 100 taco spots in the U.S. and also compiled a list of Top 15 Taco Towns.La Reforma Brewery in Albuquerque came in at number 81. With a 4.6-star rating based on 395 reviews, people highlighted their mixed cocktails and of course, their tacos. "My favorites are the fish tacos and the avocado tempura
  
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• WATCH: NASA launch sets sights on metal-rich asteroid, possible core of small planet

  12-10-2023 20:54 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — NASA's Psyche mission is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Friday morning to start a nearly six-year mission to a "metal-rich" asteroid.The mission namesake is also the target: Asteroid 16 Psyche. While NASA has conducted a number of asteroid-related missions, including the recent return of its first asteroid samples, this will be the agency's first mission to an asteroid which they believe has more metal than rock or ice.While there won't be a return trip
  
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• WATCH LIVE: NASA launch sets sights on metal-rich asteroid, possible core of small planet

  12-10-2023 20:54 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — NASA's Psyche mission is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket this morning to start a nearly six-year mission to a "metal-rich" asteroid.The mission namesake is also the target: Asteroid 16 Psyche. While NASA has conducted a number of asteroid-related missions, including the recent return of its first asteroid samples, this will be the agency's first mission to an asteroid which they believe has more metal than rock or ice.While there won't be a return trip f
  
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• Chipotle preparing to raise prices, company confirms

  12-10-2023 20:34 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (WPIX) -- Inflation is coming for Chipotle’s burritos, tacos and bowls.“For the first time in over a year, we will be taking a modest price increase to offset inflation,” Laurie Schalow, Chipotle’s chief corporate affairs officer, said in a statement shared with Nexstar.It's the fourth time the fast-casual chain has raised prices over the past two years, CBS News reports. Chipotle cited ongoing inflation for the change, but did not disclose which menu items
  
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• Albuquerque man sentenced for fatal stabbing

  12-10-2023 20:27 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Zekiel Ibarra, who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in August, was sentenced to six year behind bars Thursday.One killed, one injured in Artesia officer-involved shootingIbarra claims he came across a man who was riding a bike that had been stolen him from him. Ibarra stabbed the man in the leg, the victim would later die from the wounds. Ibarra turned himself in to police at the scene. Judge Emeterio Rudolfo sentenced Ibarra to six years for voluntary mans
  
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• In many Indigenous cultures, a solar eclipse is more than a spectacle. It’s for honoring tradition

  12-10-2023 20:26 via krqe.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — For a few hours, Krystal Curley and her Indigenous women's work group took over a college auditorium to share traditional Navajo practices regarding this weekend's highly anticipated solar eclipse. More than 50 people — young and old — showed up for the chance to either connect with or remember cultural protocol going back hundreds of years.
  They laid out books on Navajo astronomy and corn pollen used for blessings. A medicine man fielded questions from the major
  
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• Industry experts say New Mexico's cannabis industry is underregulated

  12-10-2023 20:12 via krqe.com
  
  TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – Tens of millions of dollars have passed through licensed cannabis retailers in New Mexico. By the numbers, the industry is booming. But industry experts are telling lawmakers there are too many retailers and not enough regulation.In an Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee meeting, Tony Martinez, the CEO of Lava Leaf Organics, told lawmakers that because cannabis businesses haven't seen much enforcement until recently, there's a feeling that they
  
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• Annual Before I Die New Mexico Festival coming next week

  12-10-2023 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The 6th Annual Before I Die New Mexico Festival is taking place at different location around Albuquerque between October 16 - 21. The festival educates people about end-of-life issues in a unique, entertaining and interesting way. Potato chip bag prompts grenade investigation in Santa FeEach day of the festival features a different theme relating to end-of-life. The event will include behind the scenes tours, activities, games, speakers, meet-ups and more to
  
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• Sitting Bull Falls reopens in Lincoln National Forest after temporary closure

  12-10-2023 19:35 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) –Sitting Bull Falls Recreation Area in the Lincoln National Forest will reopen under modified hours starting Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.The site was temporarily closed on Sept. 27, 2023, due to ongoing staffing shortages. The site will be open Wednesday to Sunday from 9:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m, until full-time personnel are hired.Story continues below:Crime: Potato chip bag prompts grenade investigation in Santa FeBalloon Fiesta: Balloon Fiesta visitors excited for li
  
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• Santa Fe County's Romero Park phase II improvements nearly done

  12-10-2023 19:28 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – An effort to expand recreation opportunities in Santa Fe County is approaching a milestone. Later this month, the county says they'll be complete with phase II of improvements to Romero Park."As one of the most popular recreational spaces in the Santa Fe area, Romero Park now offers Santa Fe residents a distinct recreational space that can continue to evolve with future design elements," Dan Anderson, the project manager, said in a press release.Story Cont
  
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• FEMA offering $1 billion to local governments to boost climate resilience

  12-10-2023 19:25 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Data shows that New Mexico is being impacted by climate change. To help states prepare for potential impacts, the federal government is offering $1 billion in funding.The money comes from the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program administered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Last fiscal year, FEMA took applications for New Mexico projects such as upgrading the Pueblo of Laguna's hazard mitigation plan. Th
  
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• Bernalillo County Court program helping young adults

  12-10-2023 19:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Young Adult Court is a diversion program in the Second Judicial District Court for people 18 - 25 years-old facing felony charges in Bernalillo County. Since the program began in 2017 there have been plenty of success stories.
  Story continues below:Crime: Potato chip bag prompts grenade investigation in Santa FeBalloon Fiesta: Balloon Fiesta visitors excited for limited edition itemsNew Mexico: Federal judge won’t block suspension of right to carry gun
  
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• One killed, one injured in Artesia officer-involved shooting

  12-10-2023 18:53 via krqe.com
  
  ARTESIA, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Artesia. According to NMSP, the shooting took place at the Artesia Public Safety Complex and involved the Artesia Police Department.One individual has died from the shooting, and a second individual has been airlifted to a nearby hospital. The second individual's condition is currently unknown. NMSP says no officers were injured in the shooting. Bernalillo County District Attorn
  
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• Albuquerque researcher wins grant to study influenza

  12-10-2023 18:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Dr. Steven Baker from Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute has been awarded funding to study how genes within influenza split and give rise to new variants. The research could help experts understand – and perhaps prevent– epidemics.The research is being supported by the American Lung Association Research Institute. They have awarded over $13 million to 129 projects across the U.S. Presbyterian-UnityPoint Health partnership call
  
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• Sports Desk: 113th meeting between Artesia and Roswell

  12-10-2023 18:00 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – In one of the most highly anticipated high school football games of the year, the Artesia Bulldogs will visit the Roswell Coyotes on Friday. It will be the 113th matchup between the two schools, and this one comes with both teams at 7-0.
  Coyotes head coach Jeff Lynn joined the sports desk to preview the matchup and speak about the importance of the game to the communities in southeastern New Mexico. Lynn also gave his thoughts on this year's Coyotes squad and wh
  
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• SAG-AFTRA slams 'bullying tactics' as Hollywood studios break off strike talks

  12-10-2023 17:55 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon.The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make continuing worth it, despite an offer as good as the one that recently ended the writers strike. The actors union decried their opponents' “bullying tacti
  
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• Josh Duggar to stay in prison until 2032 after appeal rejected

  12-10-2023 17:54 via krqe.com
  
  (WJW) - Josh Duggar will remain behind bars until 2032 after the appeal of his child pornography case was officially denied, according to reports.
  As reported by People and other news outlets, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit stated in court documents last week that the former reality TV star will continue serving more than 12 and a half years in prison.Duggar, who appeared with his family on TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” was convicted of receiving and
  
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• PHOTOS: Static display for first day of Special Shape Rodeo

  12-10-2023 17:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Although the skies were mostly clear, predicted winds prevented balloons from flying on Day 6 of Balloon Fiesta. A static display was still available for visitors.
  Dawn Patrol shapes up for Day 6 | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
  Flames go up at the end of the Anthem | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
  Three Bees | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
  Two pups and a dino | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
  Airabelle is being inflated | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
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• PHOTOS: Day 6 brings static display to Balloon Fiesta

  12-10-2023 17:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Although the skies were mostly clear, predicted winds prevented balloons from flying on Day 6 of Balloon Fiesta. A static display was still available for visitors.
  Dawn Patrol shapes up for Day 6 | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
  Flames go up at the end of the Anthem | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
  Three Bees | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
  Two pups and a dino | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
  Airabelle is being inflated | Digital Producer Laila Freeman
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• Bernalillo County District Attorney sides with city on homeless encampment removal

  12-10-2023 17:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office is officially supporting the City of Albuquerque in its efforts to prevent homeless encampments from assembling in public spaces. District Attorney Sam Bregman has filed an amicus brief, which formally states that the office is taking the city's side and calls for the New Mexico Supreme Court to take action.In September, the City of Albuquerque was barred from conducting encampment sweeps when a judge ruled in
  
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• Brain-eating amoeba a danger at hot springs, Lake Mead officials warn

  12-10-2023 17:09 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Lake Mead officials are warning hikers planning to head to popular hot springs below Hoover Dam: Avoid any activity that involves splashing or submerging your head.An organism widely referred to as a "brain-eating amoeba" — Naegleria fowleri — can be present if conditions are right, the officials said."Naegleria fowleri has been found in hot springs," according to a statement released by Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Wednesday. "This amoeba enters thr
  
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• USPS provides shipping deadlines ahead of busy holiday season

  12-10-2023 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  (KTLA) - With the holiday season quickly approaching, many people will be sending holiday gifts and packages all across the world.
  To help customers plan their shipping timelines during the busy holiday season, the United States Postal Service has released its holiday shipping and mailing deadlines. To allow ample time for packages to arrive at their destination by Dec. 25, USPS advises shoppers to adhere to the shipping deadlines below: 
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• An Oklahoma man used pandemic relief funds to have his name cleared of murder

  12-10-2023 15:34 via krqe.com
  
  GREENWOOD, Ark. (AP) — Ricky Dority spends most of his days playing with his grandchildren, feeding chickens and working in the yard where he lives with his son's family.It's a jarring change from where he was just several months ago, locked in a cell serving a life prison sentence at Oklahoma's Joseph Harp Correctional Center in a killing he said he didn't commit. After more than two decades behind bars, Dority had no chance at being released — until he used his pandemic relief fund
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Gun ban ruling, Rio Rancho bond, Windy day, Rail Runner upgrades, Rare merchandise

  12-10-2023 15:22 via krqe.com
  
  Thursday's Top Stories
  One person dead after overnight shooting in northwest AlbuquerqueGordon Bennett balloon race pilot says he was avoiding gunfire before crashStretch of road in the South Valley will get a major redesignNew multi-household building to replace vacant home that burnt down in AlbuquerqueVoters set to decide on nearly $35 million in GO bonds to Albuquerque parks departmentStore worker shot and killed in western Otero County, suspect in custody$1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goe
  
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• Blinken in Israel: At least 25 Americans killed in 'heinous' Hamas attacks

  12-10-2023 15:22 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Thursday that at least 25 Americans were confirmed to be killed in the attacks on Israel by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group.“Tragically, the number of innocent lives claimed by Hamas's heinous attacks continues to rise," Blinken said during a press conference in Israel, standing alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "Among those, we now know that at least 25 American citizens were killed.""We joined families in Israel in
  
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• Windy Thursday around New Mexico

  12-10-2023 15:17 via krqe.com
  
  Thursday morning is milder for much of the state, with strong winds in the mountains and lighter winds in the low elevations. Winds will start to pick up more as the sun rises. Wind advisories and high wind warnings will be in effect from 9 AM until 7 PM tonight across central and eastern New Mexico. Wind advisories will be in effect for the Metro, and gusts of 40 mph are expected by midday. Even more wind advisories will be in effect across eastern NM, for wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph. High wind
  
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• Social Security Administration announces COLA increase for 2024

  12-10-2023 15:14 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Social Security recipients are getting a 3.2% increase to their monthly benefits come next year.On Thursday morning, the Social Security Administration officially announced its annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for beneficiaries starting in 2024. The bump, at 3.2%, is among some of the largest increases over the past few decades, but a significantly smaller bump than the 8.7% adjustment recipients got in 2023.“Social Security and SSI benefits will increase in 2024,
  
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• Tickets for Travis Scott's Utopia-Circus Maximus Tour selling for as low as $7

  12-10-2023 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  (KTLA) - Travis Scott's tour kicks off on Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it may not be going the way promoters had planned.
  Ticket sales for his Utopia-Circus Maximus Tour have plummeted to as low as $7 on some resale sites, according to Complex.The outlet found a pair of tickets for the tour's opening night going for that extremely low price on StubHub, while a similar pair was going for close to $110 on Ticketmaster.
  Nexstar's KTLA looked at the site and found tickets going for as
  
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• For Indigenous people, solar eclipse often about reverence and tradition, not revelry

  12-10-2023 14:59 via krqe.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — For a few hours, Krystal Curley and her Indigenous women's work group took over a college auditorium to share traditional Navajo practices regarding this weekend's highly anticipated solar eclipse. More than 50 people — young and old — showed up for the chance to either connect with or remember cultural protocol going back hundreds of years.They laid out books on Navajo astronomy and corn pollen used for blessings. A medicine man fielded questions from the majori
  
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• Rio Rancho Public schools asking voters to approve $80 million bond measure

  12-10-2023 14:57 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Election day is less than a month away, and the Rio Rancho School District is asking voters to approve a bond measure. If passed, the bond will give the district more than $80 million for major upgrades. Voters set to decide on nearly $35 million in GO bonds to Albuquerque parks departmentThe Rio Rancho School District is hoping to put more than $13 million towards safety and security upgrades on their campuses. Earlier this year, the district began using a n
  
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• Balloon Fiesta visitors excited for limited edition items

  12-10-2023 14:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Visitors at this year's Balloon Fiesta are flocking to different booths hoping to get their hands on some limited editions merchandise. The theme is "Area 51" in honor of Balloon Fiesta's 51st year. Balloon Fiesta Schedule of Events 2023Aliens and the solar eclipse are popular themes for Balloon Fiesta Merchandise this year. Fiesta is partnering up with Warner Brothers, with Marvin the Martian making his debut on a shirt and matching pin. The solar eclipse i
  
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• Woman dead after overnight shooting in northwest Albuquerque

  12-10-2023 14:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating a shooting in northwest Albuquerque that left a woman dead Wednesday night. Store worker shot and killed in western Otero County, suspect in custodyAPD says around 9:50 p.m. officers responded to the 6000 block of Canis Ave. NW to reports of a shooting. Officers arrived on scene and found a woman who had suffered from a gunshot wound, the victim died from her injuries on scene. Police say homicide detectives
  
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• One person dead after overnight shooting in northwest Albuquerque

  12-10-2023 14:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating a shooting in northwest Albuquerque that left one person dead Wednesday night. Store worker shot and killed in western Otero County, suspect in custodyAPD says around 9:50 p.m. officers responded to the 6000 block of Canis Ave. NW to reports of a shooting. Officers arrived on scene and found a person who had suffered from a gunshot wound, the victim died from their injuries on scene. Police say homicide dete
  
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• Static Display at Balloon Fiesta day 6

  12-10-2023 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Thursday is day six of the 2023 Balloon Fiesta. Officials have decided the balloons will not launch Thursday morning, but there will be static display of the special shapes. Officials say there will be no competition Thursday morning.Green flag for static display! Balloons to begin inflating shortly. No competition on the field this morning.— Balloon Fiesta (@balloonfiesta) October 12, 2023
  Schedule of events at Balloon Fiesta October 12, 2023
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• 25 years after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ+ activists say equal-rights progress is at risk

  12-10-2023 13:56 via krqe.com
  
  It's been 25 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days after he was savagely beaten by two young men and tied to a remote fence to meet his fate. His death has been memorialized as an egregious hate crime that helped fuel the LGBTQ+ rights movement over the ensuing years.From the perspective of the movement’s activists — some of them on the front lines since the 1960s — progress was often agonizingly slow, but it was steady.Verm
  
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• $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California

  12-10-2023 13:44 via krqe.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A player in California won a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, ending a long stretch without a winner of the top prize.The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10. The winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, according to the California Lottery.Phone calls Wednesday night to Midway Market & Liquor went unanswered.“The phone’s been ringing off the hook, people saying congratulations. Pretty
  
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• New multi-household building to replace vacant home that burnt down in Albuquerque

  12-10-2023 06:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It's been months since a fire burnt down a vacant home in the Huning Highland historic Albuquerque neighborhood. Now, the nonprofit that owns it, is hoping to turn the empty lot into affordable townhomes while still preserving the feel of the neighborhood. “In April of 2023, there was a fire inside the structure that destroyed the structure. There was a little bit of it remaining after the fire was put out, but we had to demolish what was left,&rd
  
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• Voters set to decide on nearly $35 million in GO bonds to Albuquerque parks department

  12-10-2023 06:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Election day is inching closer and voters will soon decide on how the city of Albuquerque should spend tens of millions of dollars in general obligation bond money. On the ballot, Albuquerque voters will decide whether to approve nearly $35 million for the city's parks department.KRQE's Election Coverage"We have a lot of needs to stay on top of, and the GO bond package is the single most, critical, reliable source of funding for us to take care of parks, rec
  
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• Winds may impact Balloon Fiesta Thursday

  12-10-2023 06:26 via krqe.com
  
  Windy weather will stick around through Thursday afternoon. A cold front sweeps across New Mexico Thursday bringing much colder temperatures, especially Friday morning.Strong winds developed Wednesday across New Mexico, with gusts over 40 mph in areas. Temperatures are also much warmer today thanks to the westerly wind. Winds are tapering off tonight, but it will still be breezy at times into Thursday morning as a cold front sweeps across the state. This cold front will move through Albuquerque
  
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• Who witnessed Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing in Las Vegas? Here's what we know

  12-10-2023 06:17 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the last living suspect in one of hip-hop's most enduring mysteries — the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.Davis, 60, is accused of orchestrating the drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip that also wounded rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight. Davis was arrested and indicted Sept. 29 — more than two months after police raided his home outside Las Vegas. He remains jailed on a murder charge
  
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• Gordon Bennett balloon race pilot says he was avoiding gunfire before crash

  12-10-2023 06:14 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – One of the pilots in the gas balloon crash in Texas Monday night said someone was shooting at them before they hit powerlines. According to Fox 4 in Dallas, Zapart and Pitor Hala were competing in the Gordon Bennett gas balloon race which launched from Balloon Fiesta Park on Saturday. Zapart Hala said while flying over the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, they heard gunfire which prompted them to make an emergency landing.Story continues below:Crime: Potato chip bag pro
  
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