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Fake Officer On The Loose In Valencia County
Valencia County deputies say they are on the lookout for a man driving around pretending to be an officer."I looked up and realized there were lights flashing me down, blue and red lights, so I...


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Community Reaches Settlement With Cement Plant
After a hard fight, a North Valley community is now mixing with the American Cement Plant around the clock.Greater Gardner Neighborhood Association settled with the cement corporation, but that...
Bataan Death March Survivor Passes Away
Posted at: 03/10/2010 10:47 PM By: Taryn Bianchin, KOB.com One of the few dozen remaining survivors of the Bataan Death March has died. Leo Padilla, 88, died on Tuesday in his Albuquerque...
Copper Thefts Cause District To Reconsider Building Materials
Posted at: 03/10/2010 10:35 PM | Updated at: 03/10/2010 11:12 PM By: Jeff Maher, Eyewitness News 4; Taryn Bianchin, KOB.com Hoover Middle School finally has a new roof after it was nearly...
Man Linked To Homicide Found Dead
Police said a one-time homicide suspect is stabbed to death and then left in the middle of a southeast Albuquerque Street.A New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator report details exactly how...
Man Fears Brother Is On Deadly Dwi Path
SANTA FE, NM (KRQE) - A Santa Fe man who has fought hard to prevent to prevent drunk drivers from getting on the road said he fears his brother could be going down the same path as James Ruiz, the...
Mayor's Dream Team Hits The Streets
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - The Albuquerque Police Department NITe Squad, an acronym for what the team is doing, is now on the job, looking for property...
Lobo Women Go Home, Lobo Men Just Beginn
LAS VEGAS, N.V. (KRQE) - It is the end of the road for the University of New Mexico Lobo women's basketball team and the beginning for the 8th ranked Lobo...
Crimestoppers Tip Leads To Arrest Of Wan
Albuquerque, NM (KRQE) - Albuquerque Police arrested a man wanted for allegedly trying to run down a officer hours after they released his name and photo today. A Crimestoppers tip led to the arrest...
Man Charged In Father's Deadly Beating
RIO RANCHO (KRQE) - A Rio Rancho man’s aggravated battery charges are upgraded to murder after police said the victim, his 61-year-old father, died. In the early morning hours of March 2, police...
Man Accused Of Setting Ex-wife On Fire
Police say an Albuquerque man went to great lengths to hurt his ex-wife.Police said George Rodriguez of Albuquerque broke into her Oklahoma City house Tuesday afternoon, chased her into the backyard,...
Night Detectives Unit Makes Crime Dent
Albuquerque police officers are trying to help residents sleep better at night. The department's new night detectives unit is proving to be a big hit."Criminals work at night and now we are too,"...
Charges Dropped In Infant Death Case
Charges have been dropped against a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old son.In September 2007, Diana Willis was on a road trip with her son from California to Florida when she had what doctors...
More Warrants Served In Fatal Crash Case
Police served three more search warrants as they build the case against the man they believe is responsible for the deadly crash that killed two girls in Santa Fe Friday.Deshauna and Del Lynn...
Jury Acquits Man In Child-sex Case
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A District Court Jury Tuesday found an Albuquerque man not guilty in the alleged rape of his girlfriend's son. Robert Herrera had been charged with criminal sexual penetration,...
Vodka, Pills Found In Fatal Crash Truck
SANTA FE, N.M. - Santa Fe police backed a a search warrant have scoured through the smashed-up remains of the Ford F-250 pickup truck James Ruiz was driving the night of a fatal crash that killed two...
Couple Ok After Gas Blast Wrecks Home
RUIDOSO, N.M. (KBIM-KRQE) - A Ruidoso couple considers themselves lucky to be alive after their house exploded while they were still inside Saturday. The blast happened at about 9:15 a.m. on Bear...
Nm Job Seekers Don't Have To Disclose Record
New Mexico has become the second state in the nation to "ban the box" after Gov. Bill Richardson signed into law a measure prohibiting employment applications for government agencies from asking job...
Nm Law Oks Guns In Some Liquor-serving Restaurants
People licensed for concealed handguns can take their weapons into restaurants serving beer and wine under a new state law.Gov. Bill Richardson signed the measure on Wednesday. It takes effect in...
Abundant Snow Extends Sandia Ski Season
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The rough weather may be unkind to motorists but it's been good for skiers prompting Sandia Park Ski Area to extend it season through March 21. Officials of Sandia Peak Ski &...
Stimulus Revives Senior Housing Project
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The Sawmill Community near Albuquerque's Old Town has begun building affordable housing for seniors after federal stimulus money rescued a project that lost its lender when the...
Reporter Hits The Road With Lobo Fans
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - It's Vegas, baby, for KRQE News 13 reporter Jeff Todd as he talks about his upcoming adventure joining a busload of Lobo fans headed to the Mountain West Conference basketball...
Governor Signs Restaurant Gun Law
SANTA FE (AP) - People licensed for concealed handguns can take their weapons into restaurants serving beer and wine under a new state law. Gov. Bill Richardson signed the measure on Wednesday. It...
State Props Up Nuke-worker Aid
SANTA FE (AP) - New Mexico has found a way to prop up a program that helps former uranium miners, national laboratory employees and others suffering from illnesses related to radioactive exposure as...
New Mexico Headlines Fantastic Foursome In Mwc
LAS VEGAS—It was supposed to be a rebuilding year in the Mountain West Conference. Instead, the league sports four 20-win teams and went 5-1 against non-conference ranked opponents. The only...
State props up nuke-worker aid
SANTA FE (AP) - New Mexico has found a way to prop up a program that helps former uranium miners, national laboratory employees and others suffering from illnesses related to radioactive exposure as...
LANL awards $100M waste-disposal contract
TerranearPMC LLC to haul and dispose of waste produced by stimulus-funded cleanup work. LANL received federal money through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to demolish and remove Cold...
New law demands incentives’ transparency
in the Dec. 11, 2009 print edition. “It used to be that we would give and forget when it came to economic development incentive money,” Keller said. “Now we are moving to...
Home sales continue to rise in ABQ
Although February is the slowest month of the year for home sales, Albuquerque’s market is showing solid signs that a modest recovery is underway. Closed sales of existing homes (as opposed to...
New Mexico Hunting Land Auction Near Corona and Cibola National Forest Set
auction of hunting land and ranch land in New Mexico will feature 7,320 acres of Lincoln County land near Corona, N.M. The land sale will be held Tuesday, March 30, with Westchester Auctions managing...
NM Lab Recycles Metal From Torn-Down Buildings
Demolition projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory have recovered more than 136 tons of metal to recycle since work began last year.Lab spokesman Fred deSousa said the bulk of the metal -- 106...
Tribes Face Hurdles With Sex Offender Registration
Only two groups of Native American tribes and one state have implemented sex offender registration and notification systems that comply with a federal law passed nearly three years ago to coordinate...
New Mexico News Brief, Wednesday, March 10
More news from around the state:ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jurors voted to convict an Albuquerque man of felony murder and other counts in the death of a 26-year-old restaurant receptionist. The district...
UNM mourns murder victims
ALBUQUERQUE,NM (KRQE) - Tuesday, students and faculty dealt with the shock of the murders, after police and UNM officially named the victims. Hector Torres, 54, and Stefania Gray, 43, were found shot...
Abandonment charges dropped against mother of dead toddler
Posted at: 03/10/2010 12:12 PM | Updated at: 03/10/2010 12:35 PM By: Reed Upton, KOB.com Charges have been dropped against a woman who had been charged with abandoning her 15-month-old child in...
Report: NM unemployment up 2.6% in a year
New Mexico's unemployment rate rose from 5.9 percent to 8.5 percent between January 2009 and Jan. 2010, a 2.6 percent increase, according to a report released Wednesday by...
The All-Time Greatest NASCAR Feuds
John Harrelson/Getty Images Todd Pheifer, Contributing writer Anyone who has watched auto racing knows that things can get a little heated out on the track, and this does not apply just to the tires...
Charges against mother dropped
ALBUQUERUQE (KRQE) - Charges against a mother whose baby was found dead and naked in a field in September 2007 have been dismissed. Diana Willis, the mother of 15 month old Richy Willis Brown, left...
Four Corners becoming visitor friendly
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - Big changes are coming to the Four Corners Monument as crews turn it into a more tourist friendly place. Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation parks manager Martin Begaye said...
Pueblo returns to traditional name
what it was traditionally; the tribal seal now says Kewa (KEE-wah) Pueblo. Former pueblo Gov. Everett Chavez, who proposed the change, says Kewa is how the tribe's people refer to themselves. He says...
Northern I-25 snowy road conditions
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - State transportation officials say driving conditions are difficult on Interstate 25 near Las Vegas, N.M. A half-inch to 1 inches of snow is on the roadway from mile marker...
5 Star Burgers sets Duke City opening
5 Star Burgers will make its Duke City debut Friday, March 19, with a 2,800-square-foot restaurant in the North Towne Plaza in the Northeast Heights. Owner Bob Gontram has plans to open five...
I-40 reopens, conditions difficult on I-25
Posted at: 03/10/2010 7:28 AM | Updated at: 03/10/2010 8:33 AM By: The Associated Press and Reed Upton, KOB.com Interstate 40 has reopened after being closed early this morning in the Clines...
American Eagle Outfitters posts 4Q profit
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit rose year-over-year. For the quarter ended Jan. 30, the teen clothing...
Nearly $1B in Qwest notes tendered by early deadline
said Wednesday that $959.9 million in notes were tendered by Tuesday's early-participation deadline in a $1.2 billion tender offer announced Feb. 24. The early tenders included $338 million in...