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• Las Cruces Police seeking missing woman

  30-06-2024 21:35 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Las Cruces Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 46-year-old Las Cruces woman who has been reported missing.Ramona Marie Gonzales was last seen about noon Saturday, June 29, on the 1200 block of El Paseo Road when she reportedly walked away from her caregiver. Her current location and destination are unknown.Police say she could be in danger if not located soon.
  Gonzales is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 195 pounds. She has brown hai
  
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• Rodney Reed petition for US Supreme Court review denied

  03-07-2024 06:40 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The U.S. Supreme Court denied on Tuesday a petition by death-row defendant Rodney Reed seeking a review of his case. Reed argued his constitutional rights were violated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ wrongfully high bar for his innocence claim, and, separately, a trial court’s “rubberstamping” of state findings that discounted numerous new and favorable witnesses for Reed who testified at a nine-day hearing in 2021.Story continues below
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• APD arrests man for June 2024 murder

  03-07-2024 06:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department arrested Deluvino Salazar on Tuesday for the murder of Samuel Chavez-Aquiar. Officers responded to a shooting around 9:30 p.m. on June 9 near a smoke shop on Central near Wyoming. Albuquerque police arrest man for May 2024 murderSurveillance video showed Chavez-Aquiar in a parking lot and exchanging words with someone in a silver Cadillac SUV. Both men pulled guns and Chavez-Aquiar moved toward the business. Video then showe
  
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• Drier, hotter weather returns for the Fourth of July

  03-07-2024 06:28 via krqe.com
  
  Storms will return to parts of New Mexico again on Wednesday. Drier air will move in for the Fourth of July.
  It was another active day of thunderstorms across New Mexico Tuesday. Most storms have tapered off this evening, but some spotty showers and thunderstorms will stick around through Wednesday morning for central, northern, and southeastern New Mexico. Another round of scattered storms will return again Wednesday afternoon, with drier air continuing to move into the northwest quarter of the
  
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• Ruidoso holds town hall meeting answering questions from residents on fires and flooding

  03-07-2024 06:21 via krqe.com
  
  RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – The Village of Ruidoso held a fire and flood recovery town hall meeting on Tuesday night answering questions from residents affected by the fire and floods. Multiple state and federal agencies also joined the meeting. Massive Joshua Tree in Rio Rancho destroyed in Saturday’s stormQuestions ranging from insurance claims, health hazards, and possible landslides were answered.The village said even more rain gauges and warning signs are being placed at th
  
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• Moving Arts Española looking for new location after lease won't be renewed

  03-07-2024 06:19 via krqe.com
  
  ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the most influential programs in northern New Mexico is looking for a new place to call home and they only have a few months left to do so.Story continues below
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• OSI: Some insurance companies aren't providing state-ordered wildfire coverage

  03-07-2024 06:02 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – In the aftermath of the devastating South Fork and Salt Fires, homeowners are trying to get back on their feet with help from their insurance companies. However, according to the state, some companies are making it harder for policyholders. “We still can't drink our water. Half the shops aren't open. We can't work. Our place of employments aren't open," said Ruidoso resident, Jeremy White.Story continues below
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• Albuquerque police arrest man for May 2024 murder

  03-07-2024 05:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department arrested 18-year-old Gabriel Guerrero for the murder of Nathaniel Besel in May. APD said Besel got into a confrontation with his neighbors when he thought he smelled fentanyl smoke. The two women denied smoking. APD said both groups made threats to each other before separating. Albuquerque man handed his second life sentence for the murder of Cayla CamposBesel later left to go grocery shopping and after returning home,
  
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• Bernalillo County offering free self-defense classes

  03-07-2024 04:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County is helping residents learn how to protect themselves with karate techniques from Japan's southern islands. The county is partnering with Shorin Ryu Karate for self-defense classes every Monday and Thursday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Vista Grande Community Center in Sandia Park. Albuquerque adds electric vans to ABQ RideThe classes are open to high school students and up. The county said participants will learn traditional Okinawan techniq
  
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• Woman who shot food truck worker in Albuquerque sentenced to probation

  03-07-2024 03:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque woman who shot a food truck worker in downtown Albuquerque will not spend any time behind bars. Back in May 2023, Ambrosia Mirabal shot toward her child's father telling police she was trying to scare him for talking to another woman. The bullet missed him instead striking a worker in a taco truck near Third and Central. Ruidoso police officer charged with making a false reportMirabal took a plea deal in March and pleaded guilty to one co
  
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• Woman who shot food truck worker in Albuquerque given probation

  03-07-2024 03:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque woman who shot a food truck worker in downtown Albuquerque will not spend any time behind bars. Back in May 2023, Ambrosia Mirabal shot toward her child's father telling police she was trying to scare him for talking to another woman. The bullet missed him instead striking a worker in a taco truck near Third and Central. Ruidoso police officer charged with making a false reportMirabal took a plea deal in March and pleaded guilty to one co
  
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• Ava Estes is the first-ever recipient of the Chris Eaton Memorial Scholarship

  03-07-2024 02:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Chris Eaton Foundation has officially announced the first recipient of the Chris Eaton Memorial Scholarship, Ava Estes of Cibola High School. Estes was a Cibola girl's soccer team captain, MVP, All-Star and All-State selection and one of two Cibola 2024 class valedictorians. The first ever recipient of the memorial scholarship, Estes will receive $10,000 towards her education.
  "You know, I am incredibly honored and grateful to be the first recipient of t
  
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• Albuquerque man handed his second life sentence for the murder of Cayla Campos

  03-07-2024 02:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –An Albuquerque man, who committed two high-profile murders before he was out of his teens, was handed his second life sentence on Tuesday.During the sentencing hearing for Izaiah Garcia, the judge heard from the family of Cayla Campos, who was out playing Pokémon Go in an Albuquerque park before a stranger shot and killed her.Story continues below
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• CYFD settles lawsuit over sexual abuse of developmentally delayed teen girl

  03-07-2024 02:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A civil lawsuit against the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department involving a developmentally and intellectually delayed teen girl getting raped by her foster parents has been settled. The lawsuit claimed they put the girl with a known sexual predator.Story continues below
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• Ruidoso police officer charged with making a false report

  03-07-2024 01:58 via krqe.com
  
  RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – The Ruidoso Police Department said a police officer has been charged with making a false police report. Officers responded to an apartment just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday on a report of breaking and entering. ‘They are the drivers of crime in our community’: BCSO speaks on teen crimeRPD said that a new training officer was living at the apartment. That officer, Matthew Amezquita, had been told to go home to shave. He told officers that he had gone home,
  
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• More storms Wednesday before drier air moves in for the Fourth of July

  03-07-2024 00:55 via krqe.com
  
  Storms will return to parts of New Mexico again on Wednesday. Drier air will move in for the Fourth of July.
  It's another active day of thunderstorms across New Mexico Tuesday afternoon. The exception is northwest New Mexico where drier air has started to move in. Some of the storms today are turning strong to even severe, with a few producing very heavy rainfall. Storms will continue to the move the east through the evening. Most will taper off overnight, but some spotty showers and thunderstor
  
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• New Mexico Philharmonic to perform live during 'The Princess Bride' film

  03-07-2024 00:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Philarmonic is offering a new to experience The Princess Bridge. The orchestra will perform the score from the popular 1980s adventure film as it plays on a 40-foot screen. Albuquerque adds electric vans to ABQ RideThe performance is set for October 26 at Popejoy Hall with tickets going on sale on July 12 at 10 a.m.
  
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• 'They are the drivers of crime in our community': BCSO speaks on teen crime

  03-07-2024 00:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Teens and kids are driving crime in the community: that's what Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office Sheriff John Allen had to say during a news conference on the work they've been doing to curb crime. The sheriff asid the increase in violent crime they're seeing from teenagers needs to be addressed.
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• Albuquerque Fire Rescue truck struck by vehicle while on scene of crash

  02-07-2024 23:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating two crashes in the Foothills with the second involving a fire truck that was responding to the first crash. Albuquerque Fire Rescue said they were assisting with a collision at Tramway and Montgomery when another vehicle struck a fire engine on the scene. Albuquerque woman killed in crash in the Texas PanhandleNo emergency crews were injured in the crash. A person from the initial collision was taken to
  
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• FDA approves another Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow disease

  02-07-2024 23:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla on Tuesday for mild or early cases of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s. It’s only the second drug that’s been convincingly shown to delay cognitive decline in patients, fo
  
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• Alligator spotted underneath Publix shopping carts in South Carolina

  02-07-2024 23:33 via krqe.com
  
  (WFLA) – Yellow caution tape surrounded the front of a supermarket in South Carolina last week after an alligator was caught hiding underneath a corral of shopping carts.
  Lisa Royal spotted the sneaky gator at the Publix in Summerville on June 26, quickly taking out her phone to capture a video."It was so unbelievably out of the ordinary, I had to stop and document the moment," she told Nexstar's WFLA.Video of the gator encounter shows shoppers and workers standing around the caution tape,
  
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• Massive Joshua Tree in Rio Rancho destroyed in Saturday's storm

  02-07-2024 23:30 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A Rio Rancho neighborhood is mourning the loss of a massive Joshua Tree after Saturday's storm destroyed it. "We moved into this house in the 1990s and we just referred to it as the big cactus," said homeowner Rusty Dils. "The house was built around 70 and we're the second owner, the previous owner I assume planted it in the very early seventies."Story continues below
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• Massive Joshua Tree in Rio Rancho destroyed in Saturday's intense storm

  02-07-2024 23:30 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A Rio Rancho neighborhood is mourning the loss of a massive Joshua Tree after Saturday's storm destroyed it. "We moved into this house in the 1990s and we just referred to it as the big cactus," said homeowner Rusty Dils. "The house was built around 70 and we're the second owner, the previous owner I assume planted it in the very early seventies."Story continues below
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• Tourism department awards over $500k to tourism event growth program

  02-07-2024 23:21 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – On Tuesday, the New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) announced an investment into the Tourism Event Growth & Sustainability Program. They say it will offer technical assistance to eligible New Mexico entities that host tourism-related events.For FY25, NMTD is awarding $533,238 in support of 38 events. This represents an increase of $77,536 over FY24. New Mexico natural resources department got record funding this year, so what did it spend it on?The program
  
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• Albuquerque woman killed in crash in the Texas Panhandle

  02-07-2024 22:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A group of people from Albuquerque was involved in a crash in the Texas panhandle killing one of them. According to Texas Highway Patrol, the group of four was on I-40 west of Amarillo toward New Mexico when the car veered off the road. BCSO: Couple faces abuse charges after 1-year-old suffers injuriesThey said the car rolled, ejecting 47-year-old Fabiola Ahumada-Castillo who was killed as a result. Authorities said she did not wear a seatbelt. The othe
  
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• Radioactive waste storage continues in New Mexico with 14,000th shipment

  02-07-2024 22:12 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) – The U.S. Department of Energy says the 14,000th shipment of transuranic nuclear waste has been placed into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico.“This marks an important milestone in our mission to clean up the country’s legacy waste dating back to World War II and Cold War eras. Achieving 14,000 shipments is the result of the hard work and dedication of the WIPP employees, as well as the staff at all the cleanup sites,&rd
  
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• Educators, consultants, and lawyers have outsized representation in New Mexico's legislature

  02-07-2024 21:42 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico's laws are created by a group of 112 legislators that are supposed to represent more than two million New Mexicans. But a close look at lawmakers' financial disclosures shows that a few industries play an outsized role in lining lawmakers' pockets.Candidates and incumbents for the New Mexico legislature are required by law to file financial disclosures. The goal is to prevent conflicts of interest. Confusion over New Mexico’s financial disclosu
  
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• Albuquerque adds electric vans to ABQ Ride

  02-07-2024 20:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city has taken another step towards its climate goals. By adding five new electric vans, ABQ Ride is trying to get to zero emissions by 2040.“We continue to move the needle forward to zero emissions by 2040,” Mayor Tim Keller said in a press release. “This program is taking transit to the next level of sustainability, and the electric vans will literally meet you at your doorstep to take you where you need to go.” New Mexico
  
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• Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal, transcript shows

  02-07-2024 20:40 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors knew the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted teenage girls two years before they cut a plea deal that has long been criticized as too lenient and a missed opportunity to imprison him a decade earlier, according to transcripts released Monday.The 2006 grand jury investigation was the first of many by law enforcement over the past two decades into Epstein's rape and sex trafficking of teenagers — a
  
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• LIST: These stores, restaurants are open on July 4 this year

  02-07-2024 20:39 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Whether you forgot an item for your cookout or looking for a quick road trip snack, it can be hard to know what is – and isn’t – open on July 4.Luckily, most major retailers, fast food chains, and grocery stores will be open for the holiday. Locally owned businesses may not, or they may have limited hours for Independence Day. It’s best to call ahead or check online to see if the business you’re looking for is open. Why some ice creams are sol
  
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