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• Jury convicts woman of making false report, causing double fatal crash on I-25 near Santa Fe

  12-12-2024 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The woman who claimed she was being held hostage before causing a wrong-way crash that left two people dead on I-25 was found guilty in court on Thursday.A jury found Jeannine Jaramillo guilty of two counts of first-degree murder (felony murder), great bodily injury by vehicle (reckless driving), aggravated fleeing from a law enforcement officer, receiving or transferring stolen motor vehicles (2nd offense), making a false report of a violation of the criminal
  
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• New Mexico Game and Fish launches new site for stock and fishing reports

  12-12-2024 23:23 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Keeping up with fishing conditions around the state is getting a lot easier with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's new website interface called iFish. New Mexico DOT launches 2025 snow plow naming contestNot only can you keep up with the latest fish-stocking reports, but you can also submit your biggest and best catches and regale readers with your fishing stories. An iFish smartphone app is also in the works. For more information, click this link.
  
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• Albuquerque man sentenced for raping multiple women in the 90s

  12-12-2024 23:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  A man who stopped his trial to enter a plea in connection to rape charges from the 90s was sentenced to prison on Thursday.Edward Duran's DNA was matched to six rape kits from 1990 to 1997. The kits were not tested until years later but still linked Duran to the crimes, according to the District Attorney's Office.
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• 1 person in critical condition after fire at northeast Albuquerque home

  12-12-2024 22:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One person is in critical condition after a fire broke out at a home in northeast Albuquerque. Albuquerque Fire Rescue responded to the fire near Lomas Blvd. and Carlisle Blvd. at 5 a.m. on Thursday, where they found smoke coming from the roof.Albuquerque Fire Rescue urges residents to water real Christmas trees to reduce fire riskThat's when they searched the home and found the victim. They were transported to the hospital. Crews were able to bring the fire
  
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• New Mexico Ice Wolves auctioning off Christmas jerseys for charity

  12-12-2024 22:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –The New Mexico Ice Wolves have a festive weekend ahead of them and you can get in on the fun while supporting a good cause. The team has three games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday against the Colorado Grit. During all of the games, the players will be wearing special Christmas sweater jerseys.National Hispanic Cultural Center lighting its ‘luminito’The game-worn jerseys will be put up on an auction site. People can bid starting Friday and ending
  
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• Morgan Wallen is sentenced in chair-throwing case

  12-12-2024 22:22 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Country music star Morgan Wallen appeared in a Nashville courtroom Thursday to take a plea deal for throwing a chair from a Broadway rooftop bar earlier this year.Wallen pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges, rather than felony reckless endangerment.Country singer Morgan Wallen arrested in Nashville after throwing chair from bar rooftop
  A Nashville judge approved a suspended sentence of 11 months and 29 days, minus seven days' incarcerati
  
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• Loud boom heard across Albuquerque. Here's what happened

  12-12-2024 22:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Some Albuquerque residents reported hearing a loud boom Thursday afternoon.The cause of the noise is linked to Sandia National Laboratories. Lab officials confirmed that they conducted a controlled explosives test between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. New Mexico DOT launches 2025 snow plow naming contestThe lab said some residents might have heard an explosion associated with the experiment or have seen black smoke or dust above the Kirtland Air Force Base for a short
  
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• Brown snow falls over Maine town; officials warn against touching, eating it

  12-12-2024 22:08 via krqe.com
  
  RUMFORD, Maine (WJW) – Residents in the Maine town of Rumsford are being asked to avoid touching or ingesting any "brown" snow that fell over the area this week.The town was treated to the not-so-white snowfall on Tuesday. Local officials have since determined the cause to be a malfunction at a paper mill, explaining that the mill had released a paper-making byproduct called "black liquor" into the area, resulting in "precipitation of brown or tan colored snow," according to a Facebook pos
  
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• Google reveals the most searched foods of 2024

  12-12-2024 21:58 via krqe.com
  
  BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details.Google’s 2024 ‘Year in Search’ — everyone was Googling picklesMove over butter boards and air-fried everything. Food trends come and go (especially since the rise of TikTok). But Google just released its Year in Search for 2024, and there was one food that dominated the charts this year: pickles. Creative pickle recipes like dill pickle bread, daikon radish pickles and pickled cuc
  
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• Mariah Carey joins Netflix's NFL Christmas Gameday

  12-12-2024 21:56 via krqe.com
  
  (KTLA) - More gifts are in store for Netflix users on Christmas Day.The streamer announced Thursday that Mariah Carey will kick off its first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday live with a performance of her holiday classic."Fresh off of her largest and most spectacular Christmas tour to date, Carey is set to dazzle fans this year with a taped performance of her record-breaking single, 'All I Want for Christmas Is You,'" Netflix announced in a media release. All we want for Christmas is the Mariah Carey
  
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• New Mexico DOT launches 2025 snow plow naming contest

  12-12-2024 21:42 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Transportation is bringing back its "Name a Snowplow Contest" for a second year. National Hispanic Cultural Center lighting its ‘luminito’The rules for the contest are listed below:
  Each person can submit one name only.Names are limited to 20 characters (including letters and spaces).No vulgar, profane, or inappropriate language.Politically inspired names, including plays on politicians’ names or slogans, will not be c
  
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• Florida woman accused of threatening insurance company, saying, 'Delay, deny, depose'

  12-12-2024 21:15 via krqe.com
  
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  LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida woman who is accused of ending a call to an insurance company with the words "delay, deny, depose" was charged Tuesday.In an arrest affidavit, the Lakeland Police Department said officers were contacted by the FBI on Tuesday regarding an alleged threat made over the phone. Family of Luigi Mangione speaks out following arrest and arraignmentBriana Boston, 42, had reportedly placed a call to B
  
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• US Fish and Wildlife Service proposes federal protections for Monarch butterfly

  12-12-2024 21:12 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Texas' state insect, the black and orange-winged Monarch butterfly, could be granted federal protections after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed this week to list the animal as a threatened species.
  The Service deemed the Monarch could reach endangered status and said the biggest threats against the butterfly are loss of habitat, exposure to insecticides, and the effects of climate change, according to the rule filed in the Federal Register.Dr. Hayley Gillespie, the
  
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• DOJ: No undercover FBI agents were present for Jan. 6, countering conspiracy theories

  12-12-2024 21:11 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - There were no undercover FBI agents on the National Mall on Jan. 6, 2021, as then-President Trump encouraged his supporters to march to the Capitol, according to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General, rebutting a conspiracy theory surrounding the day's events.“We found no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol, on
  
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• Box truck loses control, hits fire truck on Michigan highway, video shows

  12-12-2024 21:07 via krqe.com
  
  COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) – Deputies in Michigan say multiple fire vehicles and a sheriff's office cruiser were hit Thursday morning as they were responding to a crash in Comstock Township.The original crash took place on eastbound I-94 near the 80.5 mile marker, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office. No one was hurt in that crash.First responders were assisting when a 24-foot box truck jackknifed on the interstate while driving toward the scene.A photo released by the K
  
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• 'I didn't come here to leave': Bill Belichick addresses media as UNC head coach

  12-12-2024 21:06 via krqe.com
  
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WGHP) — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill introduced Bill Belichick as head coach of the Tarheels football program at a press conference Thursday."Billy's first words were, 'Beat Duke!'" Belichick said recalling a story his father told.His father, Steve, was an assistant coach for the Tarheels in the 1950s.During the introduction, UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts presented Belichick with a UNC sweatshirt that had the sleeves cutoff, a trademark for Belichick's si
  
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• County of San Diego approves $2 million to help migrants move through San Diego during holiday season

  12-12-2024 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has agreed to provide $2 million to several local agencies that help migrants with airfare and transportation out of San Diego.Catholic Charities is getting $1 million, the other half of the money is going to Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties.Both say the money is especially needed during the holiday season, when air travel costs rise as more people travel during this time of the year.The funding was given to the co
  
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• County of San Diego approves $2 million to help migrants move through during holidays

  12-12-2024 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has agreed to provide $2 million to several local agencies that help migrants with airfare and transportation out of San Diego.Catholic Charities is getting $1 million, the other half of the money is going to Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties.Both say the money is especially needed during the holiday season, when air travel costs rise as more people travel during this time of the year.The funding was given to the co
  
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• National Hispanic Cultural Center lighting its 'luminito'

  12-12-2024 20:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The National Hispanic Cultural Center constructed a 20-foot structure, calling it a 'luminito' drawing inspiration from luminarias and farolitos.
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• Man accused of killing teen at an Albuquerque laundromat to stay in custody through trial

  12-12-2024 20:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man accused of killing a teen over an argument about a washing machine will remain behind bars through his trial. Oscar Orozco is accused in the shooting death of 15-year-old Michael Rowe on December 7, 2024. Family of victim in weekend Albuquerque laundromat shooting speaks outAccording to court records Orozco's girlfriend, Jamel Coriz, got into a fight with three teens over the use of a machine at a laundromat on San Mateo and Zuni. Coriz and two of the
  
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• Thick clouds but mostly dry & chilly

  12-12-2024 20:27 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Bitterly cold air, with below-freezing temperatures for most, was once again the big weather story this morning as despite the cloudier skies partially trapping yesterday afternoon's warmth from escaping into space, still mostly light winds and still dry air were mostly allowing for the radiational cooling process. Very cold air was once again present in the San Luis Valley as air temperatures were below zero degrees for a few areas, while most areas were experiencing a
  
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• READ: Here is Biden's full list of clemencies

  12-12-2024 19:56 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) – President Biden early Thursday announced that he is pardoning 39 people and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others, setting a new daily record for clemency with a focus on those who were under home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic.The sweeping act of clemency came as Biden has been under pressure to pardon more people after he granted one for his son, Hunter.
  The president said in a statement he would take more steps in the weeks ahead
  
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• Flu vaccines drop among kids despite record deaths last year: CDC

  12-12-2024 19:42 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - Fewer children in the U.S. have gotten a flu vaccine in 2024 compared to last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  As of Nov. 30, about 36 percent of the nation’s children aged six months to 17 received a flu vaccination, a drop from last year’s 43 percent. These numbers could change since roughly 10 percent of children had a parent report they intend to get their child vaccinated and about 14 percent had a par
  
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• Trump says he won't restrict abortion pill

  12-12-2024 19:20 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - President-elect Trump said it was very “unlikely” that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would revoke access to the abortion pill in his interview with Time as the Person of the Year. “Look, I’ve stated it very clearly and I just stated it again very clearly. I think it would be highly unlikely,” he said. “I can't imagine, but with, you know, we're looking at everything, but highly unlikely.”President-elect Donald Trump s
  
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• Albuquerque Police arrest man for deadly shooting at motel in November

  12-12-2024 19:07 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police arrested a man on Thursday at the same Central Avenue motel, where he is accused of murdering another man in November. Family of victim in weekend Albuquerque laundromat shooting speaks outHomicide detectives charged Jonathan Morales, 35, on Nov. 20, for the deadly shooting of Adan Valenzuela-Morales, 27, at the Loma Verde Motel, located at 7503 Central Ave., NE. The shooting took place on Nov. 15, at 9:17 a.m., according to a ShotSpotter
  
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• WarnerBros. Discovery announces major corporate restructure

  12-12-2024 18:57 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Media conglomerate WarnerBros. Discovery (WBD) announced a major restructuring of its business on Thursday, splitting its linear and streaming arms into two separate companies as it eyes potential mergers and acquisitions in the coming year.Under the new corporate structure, WBD will serve as the parent company for two distinct operating divisions: Global Linear Networks and Streaming and Studios.
  The company said it expects the new corporate structure will "enhance clarity and foc
  
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• Los Lunas partners with Rail Runner for Santa's Coming to Town event

  12-12-2024 18:55 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Village of Los Lunas and Rio Metro Transit District are hosting the Santa's Coming to Town event on December 13 at the Los Lunas Transportation Center.
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• Amazon launches vehicle sales in 48 cities for specific make, models

  12-12-2024 17:37 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTA (WSAV) — Amazon announced on Tuesday that shoppers in 48 cities can now purchase a new Hyundai vehicle directly from Amazon.Amazon's new program, Amazon Autos, will work much like the Amazon you're used to, showing customer and dealership reviews, allowing you to add the vehicle to your cart, and check out.Through Amazon Auto, you can look at available vehicles at a local dealership, get trade-in values on current vehicles, secure financing or payments in full, and schedule a
  
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• Used this parking app? You may qualify for part of $32.8 million settlement

  12-12-2024 17:36 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — If you’re one of the 21 million users of the ParkMobile mobile parking app who were involved in an alleged data breach, you may qualify for part of a $32.8 million proposed settlement.A 2021 lawsuit filed in Georgia accused ParkMobile of failing to protect customers from a data breach after “an unknown actor’s unauthorized access to the Personal Information of ParkMobile App users.”According to the lawsuit, the compromised information included license pl
  
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• 'You're an idiot': Man gets stuck in chimney while allegedly attempting to flee Massachusetts police

  12-12-2024 17:30 via krqe.com
  
  FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) – A man is facing charges after attempting to evade detectives in Massachusetts by hiding in a chimney — and becoming stuck there — on Tuesday night.Robert Langlais was removed from a chimney after police say he attempted to evade arrest. (Fall River Police Department)
  The detectives were executing a search warrant at a house in Fall River when two men reportedly fled in an attempt to evade arrest. The Fall River Police Department said one man managed t
  
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• YouTube TV notifies customers of another big price jump

  12-12-2024 17:25 via krqe.com
  
  (WXIN) -- YouTube TV customers will see a price increase within the next month.In an email to subscribers, the streaming service indicated the monthly price for the YouTube TV Base Plan would rise from $72.99 to $82.99 starting on Jan. 13, 2025.The email said the hike was due to the “rising cost of content and the investments we make in the quality of our service.”“We don’t make these decisions lightly, and we realize this has an impact on our members,” the email sa
  
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• Ontario premier says he will cut off energy to the US if Trump imposes tariffs

  12-12-2024 17:24 via krqe.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada's most populous province said Wednesday he will cut off energy to the United States if President-elect Donald Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products.Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico unless they stem the flow of migrants and drugs.“We're going to put our list together, and I'm sure the other provinces will as well. But we will go to the f
  
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• Stanley recalls 2.6 million mugs. Here's what's affected

  12-12-2024 17:22 via krqe.com
  
  (WHTM) - Stanley has issued a significant recall involving more than 2 million mugs.According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Stanley is recalling about 2.6 million Switchback and Trigger Action travel mugs due to a burn hazard.The CPSC says heat exposure and torque can cause the threads of the mug lid to shrink, causing it to detach while in use. The affected mugs were sold from June 2016 through December 2024 in stores and online by such retailers as Amazon, Walmart, D
  
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• 'Golden Bachelor' Gerry Turner reveals cancer diagnosis: 'No cure for it'

  12-12-2024 16:24 via krqe.com
  
  (WJW) – Gerry Turner, who starred in the first season of "The Golden Bachelor," has revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer just weeks before his divorce from Theresa Nist.Turner and Nist, who got married in a televised wedding ceremony in January, had previously announced on ABC News that they were splitting up just three months later. At the time, the couple said they "looked closely at our situation, our living situation" before making the decision.Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist got m
  
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• Proposed 'Trump' law seeks to allow felons to run for office in Missouri

  12-12-2024 16:22 via krqe.com
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KTVI) – A Missouri representative is proposing a repeal of a state law that currently prevents citizens with a felony history from running for a local and state office.Republican Rep. Michael Davis of Belton, a suburb of Kansas City, pre-filed House Bill 318 on Dec. 3.The bill, named the "Donald J. Trump Election Qualification Act," would make it possible for those who have been guilty of a felony charge to run in a Missouri office "if otherwise qualified."While Missou
  
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• Trump again named Time's Person of the Year

  12-12-2024 16:21 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — About six months ago, Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime.On Thursday, he will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange just blocks from that courthouse and as he was recognized by Time magazine as its person of the year.A cover of Time magazine's person of the year, shows President-elect Donald Trump, before a ceremony at the Ne
  
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• American who says he crossed into Syria by foot is free after 7 months

  12-12-2024 16:19 via krqe.com
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American who turned up in Syria on Thursday says he was detained after crossing into the country by foot on a Christian pilgrimage seven months ago.Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country's notorious prisons after rebels reached Damascus over the weekend, overthrowing President Bashar Assad and ending his family's 54-year rule.Travis Pete Timmerman, a U.S. citizen who went missing in Syria, spea
  
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• Bill Clinton says he’s open to talking to Biden about preemptive pardon for Hillary Clinton

  12-12-2024 16:16 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Former President Bill Clinton said he is open to having a conversation with President Joe Biden about a potential preemptive pardon for his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Bill Clinton joined “The View” on Wednesday, where he was discussing President-elect Donald Trump taking office early next year and the threat of him going after political enemies during his second term.“Do you think it would be wise of President Biden to preemptively pardon any
  
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• Coffee prices hit record high after challenging growing season

  12-12-2024 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Higher coffee prices could be brewing for consumers as the global coffee market smashed a 47-year record.Arabica coffee, a type of coffee bean largely grown in Central and South America, sold for $3.44 a pound earlier this week, beating the prior record high of $3.35 set in 1977.Brazil is the leading producer of arabica, the world's most popular variety, and extreme drought has led to smaller harvests, driving world prices up.Story continues below
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Trial continues, Killer sentenced, Cloudy and mild, New charges, Paws and police

  12-12-2024 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  Thursday's Top Stories
  Family of victim in weekend Albuquerque laundromat shooting speaks outTwo-thirds of New Mexico college students are food or housing insecureAFR urges residents to water real Christmas trees to reduce fire riskFamily asks why deadly stretch of road near MDC doesn’t have lightingNIHS grants UNM researcher $1.9 million to study impact of uranium on gut healthUnion says Meow Wolf will begin layoffs on ThursdayBiden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people i
  
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• Passing clouds, milder, & breezier

  12-12-2024 13:41 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Bitterly cold air, with below-freezing temperatures for most, is once again the big weather story this morning as despite the cloudier skies partially trapping yesterday afternoon's warmth from escaping into space, still mostly light winds and still dry air are mostly allowing for the radiational cooling process. Very cold air is once again present in the San Luis Valley as air temperatures are below zero degrees for a few areas, while most areas are experiencing air te
  
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• NIHS grants UNM researcher $1.9 million to study impact of uranium on gut health

  12-12-2024 06:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It's a question that impacts the entire country and our state. With a history of atomic bomb testing in New Mexico and leftover uranium mines near the Four Corners, how does uranium impact gut health? It's a question University of New Mexico associate professor and researcher at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center Dr. Julie In is trying to answer.Story continues below
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• VIDEO: Man throws rocks at Albuquerque police officer and begs to be arrested

  12-12-2024 06:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – He's no stranger to breaking the law. Earlier this year, KRQE News 13 reported on Curtis Vann after he stole a U-Haul and even thousands of dollars from a local Target. He later started a fight in the middle of a police substation, and now he's facing new charges.Story continues below
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• Albuquerque Fire Rescue urges residents to water real Christmas trees to reduce fire risk

  12-12-2024 05:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Fire Rescue is warning residents who are using real Christmas trees this year to water it every day. They said dry trees are dangerous and can cause a fire.Kirtland Air Force Base gains new childcare providerAFR said Christmas tree fires account for an estimated 160 structure fires every year in the United States. The fire chief said dry trees and hot Christmas lights are to blame for a majority of those fires.
  
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• Warming temperatures move in through the end of the week

  12-12-2024 05:30 via krqe.com
  
  We woke up across the state with everyone below freezing as the coldest temperatures of the season moved in. Warmer weather returns through the end of the workweek along with some breezy to gusty winds.A warming trend started this afternoon though with high temperatures climbing back up close to average for this time of year. Warmer weather continues to move in through the end of this week and into the weekend. The exception will be a slight cool down in northern New Mexico Friday as a weak cold
  
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• Union says Meow Wolf will begin layoffs on Thursday

  12-12-2024 04:49 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Meow Wolf, the company that created the popular immersive art exhibit in Santa Fe, is running into some financial trouble.The Meow Wolf Workers Collective announced the company will be laying off employees starting on Thursday.The last layoff was in April impacting over 100 people, including two dozen new Mexicans.Xcel Energy plans to install fire-detecting cameras in New MexicoThe union said the company asked employees to voluntarily leave. They are also
  
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• Congress passes bill aimed at cleaning up abandoned mines

  12-12-2024 04:00 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A bill helmed by Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich will be heading to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law. Congress passed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act which will make it easier for state agencies and nonprofits to conduct cleanups and improve water quality. Xcel Energy plans to install fire-detecting cameras in New MexicoThe Government Accountability Office said there are at least 30,000 abandoned hard rock mines in
  
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• Nic Trujillo seeks consistency from new team

  12-12-2024 03:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Among the plethora of Lobo football players that entered the transfer portal is wide receiver Nic Trujillo. The Rio Rancho native is in the portal with three years of eligibility remaining.Dating back to his high school days at Cleveland, Trujillo has had a different head coach in each of the past four seasons (Ridenour, Garza, Gonzales, Mendenhall). Trujillo initially intended to return to UNM, however Mendenhall's departure left him wondering if sticking i
  
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• Two-thirds of New Mexico college students are food or housing insecure

  12-12-2024 03:22 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Two-thirds of New Mexico college students say they're facing problems paying for food or housing. Now, the state wants to pour more money into trying to fix that problem. The finding comes after a survey of almost 10,000 students from over two dozen New Mexico colleges and universities. The state is looking at a $4 million infusion toward addressing food and housing insecurity.Story continues below
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• Devon Dampier commits to new school

  12-12-2024 02:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Devon Dampier's time in the transfer portal was short lived. Less than a week after announcing he would not be returning to UNM, the quarterback revealed that he is transferring to Utah.In his first and only season as a full-time starter, Dampier cemented himself as one of the top dual-threat players in the country. The first-team All-Mountain West quarterback finished the regular season sixth nationally with 3,934 yards of total offense (2,768 passing, 1,16
  
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