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• Weeklong operation in Roswell ends in 17 arrests

  17-04-2024 19:26 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – Roswell Police and New Mexico State Police arrested 17 individuals in a weeklong operation from April 8 through April 12. The focus was on narcotics and felony crimes, State Police say.“This operation sends a clear message that those who seek to harm our communities, we will find you, we will stop you, and we will bring you to justice. The arrests and seizures from this operation are a testament to the unwavering dedication of our law enforcement partnersh
  
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• JT Toppin enters the transfer portal

  30-04-2024 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the most accomplished freshman in the history of the Lobo men's basketball team is one-and-done at UNM. After just one season with the Lobos, forward JT Toppin entered the NCAA transfer portal on Tuesday morning.Toppin burst on to the college basketball scene as one of the most talented true freshman in the country. The 6-8 Dallas, TX. native became a starter for the Lobos and made his presence felt with a program-record 12 double-doubles. He led the
  
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• Wally the emotional support alligator missing after trip to Georgia

  30-04-2024 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  Above: A previous interview with Wally and his owner.PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WPHL) – Philadelphia's favorite emotional support alligator, Wally, has gone missing. Wally, who became a viral sensation last year, was last seen on April 21, according to statements posted to his official Facebook account. Wally's owner Joie Henney was vacationing in Brunswick, Georgia, with his emotional support pet when the alligator was reportedly stolen from his enclosure."I want to thank everyone for their suppo
  
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• Judge fines Trump for violating gag order: What happens if he does it again?

  30-04-2024 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (NEXSTAR) — The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money case has ruled that the former president violated the gag order nine times with posts made to his social media and campaign website.
  Trump was held in contempt Tuesday morning and fined $9,000 — $1,000 for each violation — by Judge Juan Merchan. It was a stinging rebuke for Trump, who has insisted he was exercising his free speech rights.Trump now has until the close of business on Friday to pay the fi
  
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• Clean getaway: Toiletry thief in California makes off with over $1K in deodorant

  30-04-2024 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  (KTLA) - Authorities in Southern California are asking the public for help in locating a toiletry thief who targeted a very specific aisle in a local drug store. The theft occurred at around 8:40 p.m. on March 17 at a CVS in Agoura Hills, according to a bulletin from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Departzment.  Surveillance cameras captured the man walking into the store, filling a reusable Target store bag with various deodorant products and walking out without paying for the merch
  
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• States struggle to keep property insurers from fleeing as wildfire risk grows

  30-04-2024 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news — their property insurance won't be renewed because their insurance company has deemed the risk too high.It's a problem that has played out in states across the U.S. as climate change and increasing development has raised the risks of wildfires and other natural disasters damaging communities. Insurance providers, st
  
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• 37 Annual Run for the Zoo is happening on Cinco de Mayo

  30-04-2024 19:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico BioPark Society's37th Annual Run for the Zoo is is coming this weekend, happening on Cinco de Mayo. New Mexico gives UPS over $473,000 to upgrade to cleaner trucksThere will be options for everyone to enjoy at the event, participants can choose from a half marathon, 10K timed run, 5K timed run, 5K fitness run or a 1 mile fun run/walk. The run takes people through neighborhoods around the zoo, along the Bosque and through the zoo. All participa
  
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• Five companies create a quarter of plastic pollution: Study

  30-04-2024 19:47 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - Five companies are responsible for a quarter of all plastic waste worldwide, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances.The study, conducted by the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, involved surveys of plastic waste collected from 2018 to 2022.
  Of more than 1.8 million pieces of waste collected, more than 900,000 had visible branding. The researchers identified just under 60 companies as the source of the majority of global plastic waste, and five c
  
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• New Mexico gives UPS over $473,000 to upgrade to cleaner trucks

  30-04-2024 19:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department is giving UPS (United Parcel Service) over $473,000 in grant money to replace 16 old delivery vehicles. UPS is also pitching in to cover the cost of the replacement vehicles, which run on compressed natural gas.“At UPS, we believe in contributing positively to the communities in which we live and work. With over 18,000 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles in our fleet, we are proud to collaborate
  
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• Multiple injured after SUV crashes into Savers in Las Cruces, police say

  30-04-2024 19:10 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Multiple people were injured after a vehicle crashed into a Savers store in Las Cruces on Tuesday morning, according to the Las Cruces Police Department. Protest breaks out at the University of New Mexico Student Union BuildingPreliminary information indicates a sport utility vehicle (SUV) crashed through a front glass wall and injured multiple employees and customers inside the store on north Main Street. Several people were taken to the hospital, police sai
  
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• New Mexico opening resource centers for minority-owned businesses

  30-04-2024 18:47 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – With two new business centers in the state, the New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency is gearing up to better support minority-owned businesses.The business centers received more than $380,000 in federal funding and more than $20,000 from the City of Albuquerque. With the funding, Las Cruces and Las Vegas, New Mexico each received a new minority-focused business center. Cookies dispensary accused of violating New Mexico Cannabis Regulation Act
  
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• New Mexico gets $2 million to help provide utilities to low-income homes

  30-04-2024 18:16 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico has received over $2 million in federal grant money to put towards utility assistance in lower-income households. The program helps more than 30,000 households in the state as well as tribal communities, the New Mexico Human Services Department says.“We are grateful to our LIHEAP [Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program] team in the Income Support Division for their work on behalf of customers and to our federal partners for providing ad
  
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• Former NSA worker sentenced to 20+ years in prison for selling secrets to undercover agent

  30-04-2024 16:24 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- A former National Security Agency worker was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after he was charged with selling classified information to a Russian official, the Department of Justice announced Monday.Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 32, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to share classified national defense information with an agent with the Russian Federation, federal prosecutors said.Dalke worke
  
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• Driver killed after metal rod pierces windshield

  30-04-2024 15:46 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) – The Carlsbad Police Crimestoppers is asking for information on the death of a vehicle driver last week.New Mexico State Police conducts PIT maneuver, crashes into stolen Taos County Sheriff’s Office unitThey say at around 12:10 p.m. on April 24, there was a incident at the 5000 block of National Parks Highway. A metal welding rod hit a windshield pierced the windshield of a vehicle and critically injured the driver. Despite medical intervention, the drive
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Student protest, Officer mistrial, Warmer day, Cattle regulations, BioPark funding

  30-04-2024 15:14 via krqe.com
  
  Tuesday's Top Stories
  How a Supreme Court case on homelessness could affect New MexicoVideo shows Albuquerque gathering just before fatal shootingNMSP conducts PIT maneuver, crashes into stolen Taos County Sheriff’s Office unitMan shot, killed in officer-involved shooting in ChaparralMan sentenced for two double murders in AlbuquerqueNMDOH detects Xylazine in fentanyl samplesDispensary accused of violating NM Cannabis Regulation Act at opening celebration4 law officers serving warrant are
  
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• Warm and quiet weather Tuesday

  30-04-2024 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  Tuesday morning is start off with warmer temperatures than Monday morning, but still cool enough to need jackets and layers, with lows in the 30s, 40s and 50s. It is going to be an even warmer day, with high temperatures climbing into the 70s, 80s and 90s. Skies will be clear all day, with light winds, coming in from the west at 10 to 25 mph.
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  News: ABQ man found with victim’s vehicle, 13 credit cards after February murderEntertainment: Splash pad at Civic Plaza reo
  
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• How a Supreme Court case on homelessness could affect New Mexico

  30-04-2024 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up a case that could impact how states and local agencies decide to deal with the issue of homeless encampments. UNM School of Law Professor Joshua Kastenberg joins Gabby on the New Mexico News Podcast to discuss Albuquerque's current policies on encampments, and the local implications of the case known as Grants Pass v. Johnson.
  Are there similarities between this case and New Mexico's homeless issues? What immediate impacts
  
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• WATCH: Zebras get loose near highway exit, gallop into Washington community

  30-04-2024 13:48 via krqe.com
  
  NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) — It was an unusual wildlife sighting Sunday when four zebras escaped from their trailer and galloped into a Washington neighborhood.Three of the four black-and-white striped animals were quickly captured, but the fate of the fourth wasn’t immediately known Monday, Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson said.The zebras were being transported from Washington to Montana when the driver took the Interstate 90 exit for North Bend, located about 30 miles (48 k
  
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• ABQ to have the highest UV index in the country on Tuesday

  30-04-2024 06:27 via krqe.com
  
  Warmer and dry weather continues this week. The UV index in parts of New Mexico will be higher than anywhere else in the United State on Tuesday.It was a quiet start to the week across New Mexico with sunny skies, around average high temperatures and light to calm winds. These conditions will continue through Tuesday, but high temperatures will be as much as 10° warmer than today. By Wednesday, southwesterly winds will pick up, with afternoon gusts as high as 25 to 45 mph. These winds will a
  
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• NM BioPark Society raises concerns over proposed budget for the ABQ BioPark

  30-04-2024 06:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –- The non-profit that supports the BioPark is sounding the alarm after saying the city's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025 leaves out key funding for the facility to feed animals and keep its new Asia exhibit open.
  "When it was published, we looked at it and said this seems a little light," said Julie Miller Rugg, Executive Director for the New Mexico BioPark Society. "We're hoping it was an oversight."Story continues below
  News: ABQ man found with victim&
  
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• Protest breaks out at the University of New Mexico Student Union Building

  30-04-2024 06:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Students and community members have marched into the University of New Mexico Student Union Building setting up tents on the second floor. This is the latest in a multi-day protest held on campus calling for UNM to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. New trial begins for man convicted of killing army veteranKRQE News 13's crew on site said protesters graffitied the inside of the building. New Mexico State Police say they are assisting the U
  
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• Braden Appelhans decides to stay at UNM

  30-04-2024 05:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – UNM shooting guard Braden Appelhans has had a change of heart. The six foot seven red shirt freshman shooting guard has decided to withdraw his name from the transfer portal and remain with the University of New Mexico Lobos.
  Appelhans announced on social media last week that he was entering the transfer portal. Monday he made his decision to return known by doing the same thing. Appelhans posted, "There is no place like it. Go Lobos."
  He played in 16 games
  
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• 7 people displaced after fire at Las Cruces apartment complex

  30-04-2024 04:52 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A fire at a Las Cruces apartment complex damaged two homes and displaced seven residents on Sunday afternoon, April 28, the Las Cruces Fire Department said.
  Shortly before 3 p.m., Las Cruces firefighters were called out on a report of a fire at Willow Brook Mars Townhomes at 2200 Mars Ave. Crews arrived to find flames coming from the roof of one section of the complex.Firefighters pinpointed the fire to an attic. Firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to
  
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• NMDOH detects Xylazine in fentanyl samples

  30-04-2024 04:03 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Health has confirmed the presence of Xlazyine in fentanyl samples tested through the New Mexico Adulterant Program. The drug, also known as "tranq" or the "zombie drug" is a central nervous system depressant often used in veterinary medicine and is not approved for human use. What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains how it increases overdose risk, and why Narcan can still save a lifeThe DOH says Xylazine has been commonly
  
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• Man shot, killed in officer-involved shooting in Chaparral

  30-04-2024 03:29 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A man was shot and killed in Chaparral, New Mexico, Monday afternoon, April 29 in what the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office is calling an officer-involved shooting.The incident happened at about 2:20 p.m. near Luna Azul and Prescott Anthony Dr.
  Deputies responded to call about a theft in progress and when they arrived, they made contact with a man.
  According to DASO, a struggle ensued, shots were fired and the man was killed.The incident is being investigated by DASO det
  
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• Cargo check in southern New Mexico turns up with hundreds of pounds of drugs

  30-04-2024 02:52 via krqe.com
  
  LORDSBURG, N.M. (KRQE) – Authorities said they encountered a large amount of drugs at the Lordsburg Port of Entry. They were found in a commercial motor vehicle.The New Mexico State Police said a transportation inspector asked for help during a cargo inspection on Sunday around 1:15 p.m. The trailer was locked, and the driver didn't have a key.Story continues below
  News: ABQ man found with victim’s vehicle, 13 credit cards after February murderEntertainment: Splash pad at C
  
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• Brantley Lake State Park's fishing dock has returned

  30-04-2024 02:16 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) – The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department's (EMNRD) New Mexico State Parks Division has announced the presence of a fishing dock. It's at Brantley Lake State Park.About five years ago, officials said they closed a fishing dock that was unsafe. Now, they've welcomed a new one at the park.
  “We are thrilled to once again offer anglers a safe and accessible platform to enjoy one of their favorite pastimes at Brantley Lake State Park. This project
  
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• Video shows Albuquerque gathering just before fatal shooting

  30-04-2024 01:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man is charged with shooting and killing a man at a dance, and police said the motive was a decade-old grudge.On Monday morning, Theodore Toney faced a judge on murder charges. Now, a new video shows the moments that led up to the shooting.In the video, people are dancing and mingling, and the victim has been there for about an hour. Investigators claimed Toney left the room for a minute, and then the video showed him returning to walk out of view whi
  
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• USDA to require electronic ear tags for most cattle, bison during transport

  30-04-2024 01:38 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – As bird flu reached New Mexico dairy cows, the feds are set to launch new safety rules for transporting some livestock. However, some local ranchers are now concerned about how much it might impact them.“This rapid of a change is going to be hard for people to comply with,” said New Mexico Cattle Growers Association President Bronson Corn.Ranchers and cattle farmers across New Mexico are bracing for a big change. Under a new rule, the United States Depa
  
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• Warm and dry weather sticks around this week

  30-04-2024 00:58 via krqe.com
  
  After rain and snow fell in parts of New Mexico this weekend, drier weather is here to stay this week. Winds pick up on Wednesday.
  It is a quiet start to the week across New Mexico with sunny skies, around average high temperatures and light to calm winds. These conditions will continue through Tuesday, but high temperatures will be as much as 10° warmer than today. By Wednesday, southwesterly winds will pick up, with afternoon gusts as high as 25 to 45 mph. These winds will also help to bri
  
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