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200-acre fire near Silver City forces evacuations
Water drops from the U.S. Forest Service have been effective in the rugged, inaccessible terrain, officials said. Temperatures and wind speeds have dropped, which have also helped efforts to suppress the flames. Several fire crews have been called to battle the blaze. Action 7 News is following this story and will update it as soon as more information is available. If you are in the area and can ...
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Mayor will spend $35000 in search for new police chief
Posted at: 05/21/2013 11:26 PM | Updated at: 05/22/2013 12:13 AM By: Chris Ramirez, KOB Eyewitness News 4 Albuquerque’s mayor plans on spending up to $35,000 on a national executive search firm to find the new police chief. Albuquerque Chief Administrative Officer, Rob Perry confirmed the information Tuesday adding the Berry Administration will not fill the position until after ...
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McKenny Fire grows to 200 acres
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A wildfire churning through grass and brush swelled to 200 acres Tuesday night and 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. The residents of three homes threatened by the fire have moved out, and by late evening no other evacuations had been requested, Dan Ware of New ...
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Man gives history back to famlies
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - An Albuquerque man is on a mission to try and locate 269 families. Art Sena has a piece of their family history he wants them to have back. With the help of the New Mexico Air National Guard, he found holiday greetings that family members recorded back in 1968. The 16mm film reels were then sent to Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam where soldiers got to see the greetings. Sena, ...
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Family celebrates Ashley Browders birthday
Posted at: 05/21/2013 11:00 PM | Updated at: 05/21/2013 11:04 PM By: Maria Guerrero, KOB Eyewitness News 4 The family of a young woman killed in a crash with an Albuquerque police officer is now suing APD, the city and others. Meanwhile, family and friends tearfully celebrated what would have been Ashley Browder’s ...
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Man looks to give family piece of history
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - An Albuquerque man is on a mission to try and locate 269 families. Art Sena has a piece of their family history he wants them to have back. With the help of the New Mexico Air National Guard, he found holiday greetings that family members recorded back in 1968. The 16mm film reels were then sent to Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam where soldiers got to see the greetings. Sena, ...
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New Mexicans split on gay marriage
Posted at: 05/21/2013 9:41 PM By: Chris Ramirez, KOB Eyewitness News 4 New Mexicans have never been asked to vote on gay marriage, but if they were asked today the results would be pretty close. KOB Eyewitness News asked voters across the state whether or not marriages between two people of the same sex should be legal. Most voters said legal marriage between gay and lesbian people ...
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Nms potential for twisters higher in eastern plains
Tornadoes are not as common in New Mexico as they are in Oklahoma, but they do happen here. A severe tornado ripped through Clovis about six years ago, but still remains one of the most destructive tornadoes the state has ever seen, killing two people. Jennifer Palucki with the National Weather Service said, a tornado like that can, and probably will, happen again somewhere in our ...
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Branson aims for Christmas space flight
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Sir Richard Branson now has a target date for the first manned flight to space from New Mexico's Spaceport America. The Virgin Galactic founder said he hopes to rocket into space late this year while most of the rest of us are gathering around the Christmas tree. For years the question has been when will it happen? Two weeks after watching the first powered flight of ...
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Trial in triple murder continues for second day in Las Cruces
The trial for triple murder suspect Eugene "Gino" Ferri continues Tuesday in 3rd Judicial District Court. 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Youth volunteer accused of luring teen
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) - A man with lots of access to kids is now accused of disturbing behavior with some including texting a teen and possibly showing other kids pornographic pictures. Ricardo Cambise, 33, was arrested Monday night when he thought he was meeting up with a teen girl. A criminal complaint alleges he took a box of condoms to the meeting. Instead agents and detectives were ...
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Gadi reports back to Albuquerque with sobering images of Okla. devastation
Gadi Schwartz is the only Albuquerque reporter in weather-torn Moore, Oklahoma. He’s returned some exclusive photos of the devastation there. For more information and to see Gadi’s report stay tuned to Eyewitness News ...
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New Mexico Red Cross volunteers on the ground in Oklahoma for tornado relief efforts
You can also reach the Salvation Army donation hotline at 1-800-SAL-ARMY, or text "STORM" to 80888 to make a $10 donation to Oklahoma May Tornado ...
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Former Lobo football player helping in Moore
The devastation is hitting close to home tonight. A former Lobo football player is now on the forefront of the efforts in Oklahoma. Kyle Coulter is a volunteer firefighter in Moore, Oklahoma. He has spent the past 24 hours going from home to home to check for ...
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Evening Webcast May 21 2013
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Jessica Garate and Mark Ronchetti with your evening headlines and ...
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Changes greet national forest visitors
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - New Mexico campers heading out for Memorial Day weekend will notice some major changes on U.S. Forest Service land since this time last year. Burn scars, federal funding cuts and new mandates are all factors in changes that could affect where campers plan to go and what they plan to ...
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Albuquerque leading the way in sustainable development
The Global Warming debate over whether humans or natural processes are to blame for rising temperatures, is far from settled. But for many environmentalists and conservation groups there is a concern that the debate may detract from the fact that something must still be done about the unsustainable way in which humans currently live.
Albuquerque is leading many cities in the United States, and even the world, in efforts to develop a sustainable development program by which future generations will not have to suffer for the industry and economic growth of the present. Read more
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