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  • 2 women in NM speed chase indicted for murder

    A pair of homeless women accused of plotting to kill an Albuquerque man following a sexual escapade because they wanted his car have been indicted. Second Judicial District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that a Bernalillo County Grand Jury indicted 18-year-old Jennifer McKee and 20-year-old Ashlee Gurule on multiple charges, including murder and kidnapping. Authorities say the body of ...

  • Firefighters extinguish fire from rooftop

    Albuquerque Fire Department units fought flames from the roof and extinguished it "within minutes," according to an AFD news release. No injuries were reported, and employees have since returned to the ...

  • Trial in triple murder continues for 2nd day in Las Cruces

    LAS CRUCES - Jurors heard Tuesday morning detailed descriptions of the crime scene and neighbors' accounts of the 2010 evening when somebody gunned down three people in an upscale home near Mesilla as the murder trial of Eugene Ferri continued here in 3rd Judicial District Court.Picking up where he left off Monday evening, New Mexico State Police investigator Norman Rhoades talked about ...

  • Get golf ready with training at NMSU

    www.PlayGolfAmerica.com/GGR . Public sessions will be from 2 to 3 p.m. every Saturday in June at the NMSU Golf Course, 3000 Herb Wimberly Drive in Las Cruces. The total cost for all five days is $75. Contact NMSU Golf Course PGA Head Golf Professional Jason White ...

  • NMSU Aquatic Center plans short closure

    LAS CRUCES - The Aquatic Center will be closed Thursday through Monday for annual staff training, super-chlorination and observance of Memorial Day . Summer hours of operation will begin Tuesday, May ...


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Movie Review

La Femme Nikita

Luc Besson's "La Femme Nikita" is a clever, visually stunning French thriller about a secret government agency that transforms a nowhere-bound, murderous junkie into an efficient hitman, er, hitwoman. The Nikita of the title is a true femme fatal played with ferocious intensity and whetted sexuality by Anne Parillaud. When we first meet her, she is a strung-out druggie traveling with a band of str ... ...

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  • Body of veteran killed in Kabul returns

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The body of a U.S. Army veteran from New Mexico is coming home Tuesday following his death in Afghanistan. Robert Halsell of Hatch was among 15 people killed last week after a suicide bombing in Kabul. The 26-year-old veteran was working as a private contractor in Afghanistan when he died. His father is a former mayor of Hatch and was an Albuquerque Police Department ...

  • Parts of the Bosque to be shut down

    Given dangerous fire conditions, parts of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District will be closed beginning Wednesday and fire restrictions will be ...

  • Fire call empties part of City Hall

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Fire alarms went on and power went off in the older portion of Albuquerque City Hall Tuesday prompting an evacuation of the building. At 1:30 p.m. the Albuquerque Fire Department reported some type of object fell down a shaft and landed on an electrical conduit. That set off fire alarms and knocked out power to the building, an AFD spokesperson said. There are currently five ...

  • Albuquerque government hiring again

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The city of Albuquerque will soon be hiring more people after city councilors passed a budget plan for the next fiscal year Monday night. The budget will help hire an extra 40 people working everywhere from City Hall to the BioPark, animal shelters and elsewhere. These jobs haven't been posted yet but could be as soon as Mayor Richard J. Berry signs the budget. The city ...

  • Midday Webcast May 21 2013

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Elizabeth Alvarez with your afternoon headlines and John Smith with the ...

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