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  • Local Red Cross crews head to Oklahoma

    This morning Red Cross volunteers from New Mexico are preparing to head to Oklahoma City to assist with recovery efforts. They sprung into action Monday afternoon when the tornadoes first hit, readying volunteers and preparing Emergency Response ...

  • Okla. tornado death toll revised down to at least 24

    A massive, howling tornado pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, chewing up homes and businesses, and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary ...

  • NM Red Cross to send members to Oklahoma NM Red Cross to send members to Oklahoma

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - New Mexico Red Cross officials say 26 emergency response vehicles have been requested by the Red Cross organization in Oklahoma to help deal with efforts in the wake of Monday's tornado. Beverly Allen with the New Mexico Red Cross says as of Tuesday morning the organization did not have a definite number of how many volunteers would be going or exactly when they would ...

  • WHOA Wild horses at risk for slaughter

    PLACITAS, N.M. (KRQE) - Horse advocates fear New Mexico's wild horses could end up in New Mexico's new horse slaughterhouse. The Valley Meat Company near ...

  • City wants messy bus stop fixed

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Sitting on Bridge Boulevard just west of the river could be the worst bus stop in the metro area. There's no bench, no shade but that's far from the biggest problem. A metal pipe juts out over the sidewalk, sticking out from a scattered pile of building parts from the neighboring apartment complex. Take a wrong step near the sign and you risk sliding down a small ...


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Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda

When dealing with the worst atrocities in history, there is always the question of whether or not they are representable. That is, because an event such as the Holocaust is so enormous, so overpowering in its horror, no film can ever hope to capture it in its entirety. Thus, the event mus ... ...

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  • Former governor says recovery wont be quick

    Former Gov. Garrey Carruthers told New Mexico legislators that he doesnt see the state returning to its pre-recession employment levels before 2019. Former Gov. Garrey Carruthers told New Mexico legislators that he doesnt see the state returning to its pre-recession employment levels before 2019. Carruthers, who was recently selected as president of New Mexico State University, discussed the ...

  • Other states join New Mexico in granting drivers licenses to...

    SANTA FE - Gone are the days when New Mexico and Washington were the only states to issue driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally.Last week, the governors of Oregon and Maryland signed bills that will allow state residents without proof of immigration status to obtain driver's licenses. Illinois authorized a driver's license law for illegal immigrants earlier this ...

  • Okla. Medical examiner expecting more bodies

    The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...

  • Big jump in HIV among Navajo in New Mexico

    A Navajo reservation near Gallup, N.M., had a 20 percent increase in HIV diagnoses in 2012 from 2011, a doctor says. Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an HIV clinic in Gallup, said he compiled the report for the federal Indian Health Service because he used to treat a small number of Navajo men with human immunodeficiency virus each year. However, the 47 new cases ...

  • Crews could head to Okla. as early as Tuesday

    Posted at: 05/20/2013 11:39 PM | Updated at: 05/20/2013 11:41 PM By: Maria Guerrero, KOB Eyewitness News 4 Dozens of American Red Cross volunteers across New Mexico will find out as early as Tuesday morning if they will be heading to Oklahoma to help in the recovery efforts. Meanwhile, people with loved ones in the tornado-ravaged state are desperate to know if their loved ones are ...

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