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Los Alamos County Library Board Update For July 2024
Mesa Public Library with it’s original siding color in 1994, left, in contrast with today’s condition at right. Courtesy/LAC. The Los Alamos County Library Board heard a presentation by Russell Naranjo and Sara Rhoton about a project to replace the siding and seal cracks at Mesa Public Library. This project is part of regular building maintenance and renewal.
Los Alamos Home Town Hero LCDR Britton A. Girard
Los Alamos native LCDR Britton A. Girard stands near his F/A-18 jet. Courtesy/Molly Girard. LCDR Britton A. Girard with his wife Molly and their daughters Maggie and Evie. Courtesy/Molly Girard. By CAROL A. CLARK. Los Alamos Daily Post. caclark@ladailypost.com. Los Alamos native LCDR Britton A. Girard returned last weekend from...
VIDEO: Valencia County DWI suspect blows four times legal limit
VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Valencia County Sheriff’s deputies pull over a suspected drunk driver. They say he failed the field sobriety test and later blew four times the legal limit. Deputies say on June 9, 52-year-old Javier Lopez was driving on El Cerro Mission Road when deputies say he drove off the road and was […]
More work needed to clean up illegal encampments near the Bosque in Valencia County
VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Crews are hard at work cleaning up illegal campsites and dumping along the Rio Grande but officials with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District said more work needs to be done. “The deeper we go into the Bosque, the more stuff we find,” said Eric Zamora, chief operating officer for MRGCD. The […]
Man sentenced for shooting Border Patrol agent in New Mexico
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – An El Paso man was sentenced to federal prison for attempting to murder a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a routine immigration stop in New Mexico. Roberto Esquivel, 25, was pulled over by a Border Patrol agent on a rural section of New Mexico Highway 146 on Jan. 5, 2023. According to court documents, the agent went up to the vehicle and saw individuals inside whom he suspected of being undocumented immigrants. The agent then asked Esquivel to exit the vehicle and that’s when he shot the agent.
BernCo DA, state public defender’s office talk about juvenile justice system
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The numbers are shocking. Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman said in his 18 months of office, he’s indicted 19 children for first-degree murder. He had bold words for a legislative committee Wednesday morning. “The juvenile criminal justice system in New Mexico is broken. I do not say that lightly, nor do […]
Albuquerque police chief will not be criminally charged for causing crash
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Justice will not criminally charge Albuquerque Police Department Chief Harold Medina for causing a crash that seriously injured another driver. The office looked at crash reports put together by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office that examined the February 17 traffic accident caused by Chief Medina. The chief […]
Local law enforcement officials join forces to fight youth crime in downtown Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police and prosecutors said they see an increase in the number of juveniles and young people committing crimes in Albuquerque, especially downtown. Thursday morning, city, county, state, and federal law enforcement officials announced they are joining forces to put more eyes to try and curb the youth crime trends. Albuquerque Mayor Tim […]
Cookies Hit With $350K Fine
An Albuquerque cannabis dispensary was hit with a $350,000 fine from the state’s Cannabis Control Division (CCD) Tuesday related to the store’s grand opening in Nov. 2023. According to a settlement agreement between Blue Whale Enterprises and the CCD, the company is now required to pay the state for violations at the grand opening of Cookies dispensary, which Blue Whale Enterprises owns.
Former Lobo coach Rocky Long now a football analyst at Ft. Lewis College
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Rocky Long will share his defensive expertise in football at Ft. Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. The former UNM head football coach and defensive coordinator is the school’s new defensive analyst for football. Ft. Lewis also announced the hiring of Scott Grinde as an assistant who will coach the defensive line. The […]
Lauro ready to make leap in sophomore season
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In her freshman season at UNM, Paris Lauro appeared in 22 games and averaged just under three points. She showed some of her skillset in her limited action and even earned a Mountain West freshman of the week award. Now that she is one of only four returners, she is expecting a […]
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