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  • Rain strong winds batter recovering Okla. area

    Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ...

  • Governor State wasting thousands on pay stubs

    Even though the vast majority of New Mexico's 23,000 state workers get their paychecks deposited directly into their bank accounts, workers are still getting paper pay stubs every pay period. That means every two weeks, employees at the Department of Finance and Administration, or DFA, print off 23,000 pieces of paper, which then need to be delivered and distributed to every single state ...

  • Study finds germs in public pools

    Posted at: 05/23/2013 7:48 AM By: Erica Zucco, KOB Eyewitness News 4 A recent study shows a wealth of germs in more than half of public swimming pools are caused primarily by poor hygiene by swimmers. Researchers analyzed pool filters and found that 59 percent of pools had bacteria resulting from the environment and dirt on swimmers and swimming toys, and 58 percent of pools had E. Coli ...

  • North American Sports Group introduces the Sportsfest kickoff

    The first annual Albuquerque Sportsfest will be held June 8-9 at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There will be live music, fireworks and food trucks. All soccer athletes participating in Sportsfest will have the opportunity to qualify for the Kick It 3v3 Regional Championships and/or the Disney 3v3 Championships. This is the first annual Albuquerque Sportsfest, while Hoop It ...

  • City faces lawsuit after fatal crash involving officer

    The 22-page suit stems from a fatal crash involving Sgt. Adam Casaus, accusing him of violating APD policy the night he hit 21-year old Ashley Browder and her 19-year old sister Lindsey. This is a civil matter, but Casaus is also criminally charged with reckless vehicular homicide and great bodily injury. Her grandfather spoke with Action 7 News from Nevada, and broke the family's silence ...

  • Grease river remains mystery

    But the source of the grease in the bins remains a mystery. An attorney for one of the restaurants that backs up the alley, The Library Bar and Grill, said they have a private service that carries away their ...


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  • Safety concerns surround Anasazi construction

    The Anasazi building is getting a makeover. Residents have raised concerns, though, about how safe it is to walk by the construction site at the corner of Central and ...

  • Unser Northern intersection closed in Rio Rancho

    RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) - Officials have closed the intersection of Unser and Northern Boulevards in Rio Rancho is due to repairs of a water main break. Drivers are urged to seek an alternate route. No word on when the intersection will ...

  • Secret deal cheats taxpayers

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The former Bernalillo County assessor cheated taxpayers out of tens of thousands of dollars in December when she made a secret, back-room deal before resigning to join the Public Regulation Commission. "Everybody that pays their taxes, works hard, pays them in full, is getting cheated," said Bernalillo County Commissioner Wayne Johnson. "Either through ...

  • Atty Aragon may be paying too much

    steal millions from taxpayers and is serving time in a federal prison says he may be getting cheated. In 2009, Manny Aragon was sentenced to five years seven months in prison for helping inflate invoices for the construction of Albuquerque's Metropolitan Courthouse. Investigators believe Aragon personally pocketed $650,000 from a scheme which cost state taxpayers around $4.3 million. As ...

  • Indicted APD cop still collecting pay

    was killed by a cop who a ran red light is speaking out. "It would have been her 22nd birthday yesterday," said Vicki Serfoss. Birthday balloons fly at the memorial site for Ashley Browder, killed at this intersection of Paseo and Eagle Ranch in a brutal crash February 10. The crash left her sister in a wheelchair. While the Browder family mourns their loss, her grandmother wants to ...

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