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• Chief Judge named for New Mexico Court of Appeals

  16-04-2025 22:39 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Court of Appeals has a new chief judge. Judge Jacqueline Medina will be serving a two-year term. Judge Medina will manage the court's budget, personnel, and general operations, all while still hearing cases.New Mexico PED debuts re-envisioned high school math pathwaysShe is the first native of Taos to serve on the Court of Appeals. She was elected to the court in 2018, but before that, she served more than 16 years as an assistant attorney general.
  
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• Windy weather continues

  18-05-2025 06:28 via krqe.com
  
  Winds have picked up once again across the state again this afternoon. A storm system scrapes across New Mexico Sunday and Monday, bringing high winds back in the afternoon hours, especially for areas along and south of I-40. This is where wind gusts up to 55 mph will be possible both afternoons. Areas of blowing dust are likely in southern New Mexico. A high fire danger will also develop with these high winds and dry conditions. Meanwhile, isolated showers and storms will move through northwest
  
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• Multi-agency rescue mission leads to Blackhawk helicopter landing on UNM campus

  18-05-2025 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a multi-agency rescue mission that started in northern New Mexico and ended with the National Guard landing a helicopter on UNM's campus. "We were wheels up immediately," said Hank Minitrez, spokesperson for the New Mexico National Guard.According to the National Guard, they received a call Friday evening about the incident along the Canadian River in Colfax County, saying one person was unconscious, and another had a broken leg. Local authorities att
  
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• Both embankment slides now open at Albuquerque’s Juan Tabo Hills Park

  18-05-2025 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After two years and multiple delays, both embankment slides at Juan Tabo Hills Park are finally open to the public. The city celebrated the opening of the second slide Saturday, thanks in part to a determined local 10-year-old named Benny Metzger.
  Benny, who recently celebrated his birthday, was the first to ride down the long-awaited yellow tube slide. "I have literally never been the guest of honor at a place, ever, in my whole entire life," Bennie sa
  
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• 2025 high school baseball champions crowned

  18-05-2025 05:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The 2024-2025 high school sports season officially came to a close on Saturday with the state baseball championships. Title games were held in classes 2A-5A. 2025 Baseball and Softball state tournament brackets5AThe class 5A title game featured district rivals Eldorado and Sandia. The Matadors jumped out to an early lead thanks to a four-run first inning. After that, Sandia kept its foot on the gas and eventually won 13-4. It is the first baseball championsh
  
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• State track and field meet: 2025 4A-5A results

  18-05-2025 05:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The 2025 track and field state championships concluded on Saturday. Team standings are listed below while individual results can be found here.5ABoys
  Cleveland - 73Organ Mountain - 64La Cueva - 60
  Girls
  Rio Rancho - 56Eldorado - 52La Cueva - 46
  4ABoys
  Albuquerque Academy - 74.5Artesia - 71St. Pius X - 65
  Girls
  Los Alamos - 111Albuquerque Academy - 102Moriarty - 53
  
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• International District Community Garden reopens

  18-05-2025 05:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The International District is looking a little greener with the reopening of their Old Community Garden. It's a space where young people are learning some lessons that can be tough to teach in the middle of the city.Story continues below
  Food: Albuquerque shop makes ‘Top 50 Donuts’ list on YelpTrending: New Mexico’s largest electricity provider is raising its rate in 2025, 2026Events: What’s happening around New Mexico May 16-22: Boot
  
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• Centennial, Silver claim 2025 softball championships

  18-05-2025 04:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The 2024-2025 New Mexico high school softball season wrapped up on Saturday at UNM. Championship games were played in classes 4A and 5A.5A
  In a matchup of No. 1 vs No. 2, Centennial and La Cueva played for the second time in the tournament. After winning the first match, the Hawks only needed one victory to claim the blue trophy. Centennial took care of business with a 10-1 win. With the win, Centennial ended the season 30-0. It is the second consecutive cha
  
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• Winrock hosts event teaching community to live alongside wildlife

  18-05-2025 04:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – City officials were down at Winrock Saturday morning, teaching humans the best way to live alongside some of our smaller and wilder neighbors. "Urban wildlife are the critters that you would often encounter, for example, in your backyard. Like squirrels and bunnies and raccoons and maybe even coyotes. We know there are ways to peacefully coexist with those animals," says Stacy Sutton-Kerby, chief government affairs officer with Animal Protection Voters. APD
  
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• ACLU sues Nevada school district over graduation regalia policy

  18-05-2025 02:50 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Although Nevada has a law that allows students to wear certain regalia on their caps and gowns at school graduation ceremonies, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a student, stating that the Las Vegas-area Clark County School District isn't following the law.“For the fourth year in a row, we are again hearing stories about CCSD schools enforcing unconstitutional restrictions on students’ decorating their caps and gowns at their
  
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• Student who was called racial slur on North Carolina school bus speaks out

  18-05-2025 02:46 via krqe.com
  
  CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) — The North Carolina girl who was on the receiving end of profanities and a racial slur, while on a Currituck County school bus Thursday said she was shocked by what the woman said to her.The incident, captured on a video obtained by Nexstar's WAVY, shows a woman, later identified by police as Samantha Spoor, 35, yelling at the girl, eighth-grade Moyock Middle School student Savannah Bailey. VIDEO: Woman boards Currituck school bus, yells at studentsSavan
  
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• Rio Rancho neighborhood hold giant yard sale

  18-05-2025 01:57 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – The city of Rio Rancho had residents do some spring cleaning. They cleared out their closets, attics, and sheds for their biggest yard sale.Community members gathered at Cabezon Park to sell their goodies as well as sift through other people's items to see if they could find their own treasure to walk away with. One seller at Saturday's event was a self-proclaimed claw machine master but ran out of room for his prizes, so he was giving them away. Rio Rancho C
  
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• First day of second annual Boots in the Park kicks off

  18-05-2025 01:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The music is bumping and the boots are scootin' down at Balloon Fiesta Park this weekend as the second annual Boots in the Park festival kicked off Saturday. Organizers say this year's event is bigger than last year, both in the size of the crowds and the length of the celebration. Renewable energy focus of Balloon Fiesta Park Earth Day festival"The reason we went to two days versus the one day last year is being in our first year in the market, and seeing 1
  
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• APD reports 933 total arrests in 2025 so far

  18-05-2025 01:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police released the latest numbers from their efforts to clean up Central Avenue. "Our data shows that Central Avenue is the place that we should be devoting resources," says Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina.APD says they began a year ago focusing on the east side of Central, but recently, they have slowly been moving these special operations west. So far this year, they have made 933 arrests, 597 of those arrests were charged with felonies
  
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• South Valley Youth Initiative brings resources to 'underserved' area

  18-05-2025 01:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It's a part of the city that community members say lacks youth resources. In response, those members have organized a series of events designed to help fill the gap. Local schools and businesses are investing in the South Valley one event at a time. The South Valley Youth Initiative is designed to provide a space for youth in the area.The first event took place in April, but organizers have hopes it will continue for years to come.“The genesis of
  
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• APD: 1 dead, 2 injured in Coors and Bluewater crash

  17-05-2025 21:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) is investigating a fatal crash in the area of Coors and Bluewater boulevards. Police responded to the scene around 12:30 p.m. Saturday. APD is relaunching community safety meetings in Nob HillAPD has confirmed that one person died in the crash and two others have been transported to the hospital with injuries. News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
  
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• Severe weather leaves several dead in parts of U.S.

  17-05-2025 20:46 via krqe.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Storm systems sweeping across parts of the U.S. Midwest and South have left at least 23 people dead, many of them in Kentucky, where what appeared to be a devastating tornado crumbled buildings and flipped over a car on an interstate.In Kentucky, some 14 people were killed by severe weather, and the death toll is likely to rise, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. Local authorities in Laurel County, in the state's southeast, said nine people were killed after a tornado touched
  
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• Making money on your social media posts: How does it work?

  17-05-2025 20:43 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Social media has made it easier than ever for content creators to show off their favorite products, and some claim they’re making thousands in “passive” income doing so. It’s called “affiliate marketing,” — an arrangement that allows creators, or “affiliates,” to earn a commission for generating sales, often by convincing viewers to click the “link in the bio.”“Back in the day, TV shows could run ad
  
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• No, there's no such thing as heat lightning

  17-05-2025 19:09 via krqe.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (KTVI) - We've likely all heard of the term "heat lightning" on a summer evening when those strong bolts of electricity can be seen, but there's never any thunder to follow. What many don't know is that there's actually no such thing.Usually, the idea sparks from the thought that heat can trigger lightning, as it's most commonly seen in the hot summer months.A lightning bolt strikes One World Trade Center during a thunderstorm in New York City on June 22, 2024, as seen from Jersey City
  
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• Reality show will be 'Hunger Games' for immigration: Producer

  17-05-2025 19:07 via krqe.com
  
  A reality show producer says he’s pitched a show to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) based on immigrants competing for expedited legal status. Producer Rob Worsoff told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas that the show will be a “celebration of America in the most positive possible way.” He emphasized that it is not meant to be “'Hunger Games' for migrants.” Worsoff said contestants will already be in the immigration system but would onl
  
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• Reality show will be 'Biggest Loser' for immigration: Producer

  17-05-2025 19:07 via krqe.com
  
  A reality show producer says he’s pitched a show to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) based on immigrants competing for expedited legal status. Producer Rob Worsoff told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas that the show will be a “celebration of America in the most positive possible way.” He emphasized that it is not meant to be “'Hunger Games' for migrants.” Worsoff said contestants will already be in the immigration system but would onl
  
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• Photos: What visiting the national parks used to look like

  17-05-2025 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — There are currently more than 400 National Park sites throughout the country, with at least one in every state, meaning there's a good chance you've been to at least one.Even if you haven't visited some of the larger parks, like Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, you're probably familiar with some of their more iconic features — El Capitan, Old Faithful, and the literal, expansive canyon, to name a few.While these have been in the parks since before they were par
  
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• Donations pour in to Tennessee food pantry after TikTok star's call to action

  17-05-2025 18:57 via krqe.com
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Local Knoxville, Tennessee, nonprofit Knox Pride posted on social media Wednesday that their Community and Resource Center's food pantry was practically empty. With no access to funding and funding being cut, the organization was at a loss for what to do."We have always been very transparent here with the community and we were out of just about everything. We needed help real bad," said James Owens, a manager of Knox Pride’s Community Closet. City of Albuque
  
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• Trump’s firing of FEMA director unsettles GOP senators

  17-05-2025 18:54 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Senate Republicans are unsettled by the Trump administration’s decision to fire Cameron Hamilton, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for speaking out against Trump’s plan to shutter the agency.Hamilton testified to lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee earlier this month that closing FEMA would not be in the best interest of the American people. The next day, he was escorted out of FEMA’s headquarters after losing his
  
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• This 'highly toxic' plant is spreading around US: Here's how to get rid of it

  17-05-2025 18:53 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A highly toxic plant, that can be deadly if ingested, is spreading fast around the U.S.
  Poison hemlock (or Conium maculatum) is about to flower in Tennessee, according to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, and can already be seen spreading along roadsides, fields and fence lines. Poison hemlock grows nationwide and can be spotted throughout the seasons, but its most rapid growth typically occurs between March and May.While it was "relatively rare" 30 years a
  
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• Looking for a home under $300K? Try these 10 major US metros

  17-05-2025 18:52 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Despite home prices continuing to outpace the budgets of many Americans, there are still major U.S. cities where the average price is under $300,000, according to a Redfin analysis.With mortgage rates persistently flirting with 7%, the dream of homeownership has slipped further away from potential buyers who have watched prices rocket higher over the past decade.A homebuyer now needs to earn at least $114,000 a year to afford a $431,250 home – the national median listing
  
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• 'I'm just waiting': Texas immigrant among millions in years-long legal, administrative backlog

  17-05-2025 18:47 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- There are a few, small touches of Venezuela around Diego’s family’s house in the Houston suburbs. Family photographs capture memories from weddings and events in their home country. A mounted key ring near the door spells out the country’s name and is painted yellow, blue, and red – the colors of the flag.However, when Diego thinks of Venezuela, he said he thinks of two different places. First, he thinks of the country where he was born, raised, attended
  
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• How South Texas border communities have changed after Trump immigration policies enacted

  17-05-2025 18:38 via krqe.com
  
  SAN JUAN, Texas (KXAN) -- The sweeping immigration changes President Donald Trump has made early in his second term are causing uncertainty for many residents on the South Texas border.A majority of voters in the four counties of the Rio Grande Valley voted for Trump. Now, many who live there said they worry about mixed-status and undocumented families who could be deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who have stepped up efforts. 
  La Unión del Pueblo Entero (
  
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• APD investigating fatal northwest apartment stabbing

  17-05-2025 18:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) says they're investigating a fatal stabbing that happened late Friday night. Police say they responded to the stabbing just after 11:00 p.m. at Sandia Village Apartments in northwest Albuquerque, off Prospector Way near McMahon Blvd. Albuquerque police relaunching community safety meetings in Nob HillOne woman was taken to the hospital, where she later died. APD says they're investigating this as a homicide.
  
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• APD charge woman in Friday night stabbing

  17-05-2025 18:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) says they're investigating a fatal stabbing that happened late Friday night. Police say they responded to the stabbing around 11:15 p.m. at Sandia Village Apartments in northwest Albuquerque, off Prospector Way near McMahon Blvd. Albuquerque police relaunching community safety meetings in Nob HillWhen police arrived, they learned the victim, 18-year-old Reina Aragon, had been taken to a nearby hospital. Aragon died fro
  
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