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  • Tiny trucks do big work

    Albuquerque firefighters have a brand new weapon for fighting wildfires, a new kind of fire engine that’s at home in the boondocks or on city streets. Its name is Engine 317 and we’ll be seeing a lot of it in Albuquerque’s Bosque if and when things heat up and catch fire in that riverside forest. Fire management officer Jeremiah Hansen cranked up Engine 317 for a little ...

  • New tech innovation makes movies better for hearing impaired

    Until recently, for the hearing impaired, watching on the small screen with captions was the only way to understand dialogue. Now with the help of SONY Entertainment Access Glasses, the hearing impaired can get a fuller cinematic ...

  • Fire restrictions stiffen in response to drought

    Tougher fire restrictions will go into effect Wednesday morning in Albuquerque’s riverside forest and the Sandia foothills, and restrictions in the Bosque outside Bernalillo County are even tougher. Most of the Bosque north and south of Bernalillo County will be closed and off limits to everybody from Cochiti Dam to the Bosque del Apache wildlife refuge. Fire danger in the Bosque is ...

  • New Parole and Probation Office Still on track to move to downtown Albuquerque

    New Mexico's General Service Department is still in the process of purchasing the Plaza Maya building located on 615 1st Street in downtown ...

  • Tornado among strongest storms to hit US

    The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs this week ranks among the strongest storms ever to strike the United States, packing powerful winds that topped 200 ...


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Movie Review

The Transporter

The Transporter

The Transporter is an almost instantly forgettable European action vehicle with a few relatively good bang-em-up sequences, a straight-to-video storyline, and a good dose of name cachet for those familiar with the genre. The director, Corey Yuen, is well-known as a choreographer of Hong Kong martial-arts flicks (including 9 starring Jet Li) and has also directed more than 30 over the past ... ...

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  • Albuquerque police looking for man who exposed himself to women in park

    Albuquerque police are warning people in the northwest part of the city to be on the lookout for a person who has been exposing himself in Taylor Ranch ...

  • RVania Resident Taxed By New Mexico

    English: A Class A motorhome with the slide-out extended (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Full time RVers have not applied for statehood - yet. I have not been able to come up with a good estimate of what the population of RVania would be. I have seen estimates of anywhere from 200,000 to 1,000,000. The latter would put five states behind RVania in population. I saw one estimate, a bit implausible, ...

  • 2 New Mexico women in speed chase indicted for murder

    ALBUQUERQUE - 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 ...

  • New Mexico sees oil production jump 46 percent

    ALBUQUERQUE - Oil production in New Mexico has increased by nearly 50 percent over the last three years, making it one of five western states that have helped boost national production over the last three years.Statistics from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show onshore oil production increased nationally by more than 2 million barrels a day - or nearly two-thirds - between February ...

  • Wildfire evacuations near Silver City

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A wildfire that mushroomed to 60 acres in about two hours has forced evacuations near Silver City. The McKenny Fire was reported shortly before 5 p.m. along McKenny Road about five miles south of Silver City. Evacuations are in progress, according to New Mexico State Forestry, but it's not known how many people are affected. The residents of three homes threatened by the ...

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