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  • Tornadoes tear through Kansas Oklahoma Iowa

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

  • Powerball a win for NM students Powerball a win for NM students

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - While no New Mexicans hit the record Powerball jackpot, they still helped to send kids to in-state colleges. People hoping to strike it rich lined up in stores all across the state this weekend for Saturday night's drawing. Although no one scored the ultimate prize, it's still a win for New Mexico teens. Our revenues go back to the Legislative Lottery Scholarship ...

  • Navajo Nation PD still without chief Navajo Nation PD still without chief

    FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) - A police department in northern New Mexico has gone five years without a leader and it doesn't look like they will be getting a permanent police chief anytime soon. The Navajo Nation Police Department has gone without a permanent leader since 2008 when then Chief Jim Benally was put on paid leave without an explanation. The Farmington Daily Times reports district ...

  • Guns badge stolen from retired APD officer Guns badge stolen from retired APD officer

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A retired Albuquerque police lieutenant was the victim of a crime in her own home. Thousands of dollars worth of items were stolen and police say the thieves who did it did not do much to cover their tracks. It appears the burglary duo was pretty brazen. The retired lieutenant says not only did they steal guns, but they also took her police badge. Dennis Kay Karty, 20, and ...

  • Man in poker dispute stabbing faces judge Man in poker dispute stabbing faces judge

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The man accused of stabbing his cousin over a poker game found himself going back to jail Sunday morning. Lewis Maxwell was in court on an aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge, accused of stabbing his cousin Stephen Steward. According to a criminal complaint, the two got into an argument when Maxwells 14-year-old son won a poker game. When Maxwell was giving ...


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Movie Review

Nacho Libre [DVD]

Nacho Libre [DVD]

Much like Jared Hesss first feature, Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Nacho Libre is a film that I dont think you can (or should) get entirely on the first screening. With a similarly dry mix of lethargic pacing, deadpan-quirky humor, and retro styling, it seems calculated to annoy ... ...

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  • Police Man wields vacuum to attack caregiver

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Police say Tyrone Stephens used a vacuum to assault his caregiver Saturday, by striking him on the back and shoulder. According to a criminal complaint, Stephens and his caregiver got into an argument over a Stephens possibly being involved in a drug deal at a southwest Albuquerque park. When they returned home Stephens walked up behind his caregiver held a Dirt Devil vacuum ...

  • Key events in Las Cruces history

    LAS CRUCES - As Las Cruces' population reaches 100,000, a key milestone for the city, the Sun-News looks back on big events in the city's history. 1860, Las Cruces population is 768 (Mesilla, 2,420; El Paso, 428) 1870, Las Cruces population reaches 1,240 1881, Associate Judge William Bristol sentences Billy the Kid to death for killing Sheriff William Brady 1890, Las Cruces ...

  • 100 best things about Las Cruces

    LAS CRUCES - Today's Las Cruces is very different from the one Carol Winnebago encountered when her family moved from Maine to the Mesilla Valley in 1958. Back then, Solano Drive was dirt and El Paseo Road had fields on either side. Winnebago's Girl Scout troop took a field trip to Hatch on a passenger train, boarding at the station at the end of Las Cruces Avenue. Las Cruces High ...

  • Murder trial for boy accused of killing father expected to start Monday

    The murder trial for a boy accused of shooting and killing his father is expected to start Monday. Ben Hilburn was 10-years-old when investigators said he shot his father in the head at their Valencia county home in 2009. Investigators say Hilburn told them he killed his father because he was being ...

  • No one hurt in Kan. Okla. tornadoes

    A tornado touches down southwest of Wichita, Kan. near the town of Viola on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The tornado was part of a line of storms that past through the central plains on ...

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