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New Mexico’s Safest Cities Are Close to El Paso
A new study on the safest cities in New Mexico ranked 24 cities (that met criteria) and found that, surprising, two of the towns in the top five were actually near the Sun City. The website Safewise just released their tenth annual safest cities report by using FBI crime statistics...
Rain chances decrease through the week
Drier air moves in from the north bringing wildfire smoke and decreasing the chance for rain. Isolated storm chances will continue through the week. Isolated rain chances have caused the NWS to issue a Flood Watch that includes the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Burn Scar Area and areas west of Las Vegas. This Flood Watch will be in place through the afternoon on Tuesday July 23rd. Burn Scar flash flooding will remain a concern as we move into the evening.
USDA investment includes supporting New Mexico forest projects
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The United States Department of Agriculture is investing nearly $17 million to support projects across nine forests in two states for Fiscal year 2024. Funding for the projects comes from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). The investments are made possible by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF). […]
‘SNL’ Alum Alex Moffat & Kennedy McMann Are Having A ‘Brewmance’
EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live alum Alex Moffat and Nancy Drew‘s Kennedy McMann are starring in the independent feature comedy Brewmance. Alex Moffat, Joel David Moore & Lizze Broadway Among Final Additions To Netflix's 'Kinda Pregnant' The movie is the directorial debut of New Mexico native Keagan Karnes off a screenplay by Mary Haarmeyer and Stafford Douglas. Brewmance follows Amber, a headstrong brewery owner and Samuel, a slick marketing strategist, who clash over how to save her failing business. But as they stir up a plan to reinvent the brewery, they unexpectedly ferment their own love story. Also starring in Brewmance are Steven...
FEMA opening new disaster recovery centers in New Mexico
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – FEMA said they are opening more disaster recovery centers to help those affected by flooding and the Ruidoso wildfires. A new disaster recovery center will open at the Angus Church of the Nazarene (103 Bonita Park Road) in Angus to help those affected by the South Fork and Salt Wildfires. A mobile […]
Juvenile facing charges for double murder in Otero County
OTERO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A juvenile is facing murder charges for the deaths of two others in Otero County. Deputies said they found a boy and girl dead just after midnight on Tuesday near the community of Boles Acres which is nearly eight miles south of Alamogordo. A third person was shot in the hand. The […]
Panhandle disaster relief team helping in Ruidoso after fires and flooding
RUIDOSO, N.M. (KFDA) - A disaster relief team from the Panhandle is helping out in New Mexico. Texans on Mission, formerly known as Texas Baptist Men, has deployed to Ruidoso to help after the wildfires and current flooding. After the wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes, the town has been seeing...
Pantex celebrates growth as Texas Panhandle's now largest employer
In an event held Tuesday at the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, Pantex announced that it is now the top employer in the Texas Panhandle, overtaking the Amarillo Independent School District. According to officials, at the height of its staffing in World War II in 1943, the Pantex Ordnance plant employed 5,254 full-time employees. When the war ended, Pantex closed its doors; in 1951, the federal government reclaimed the site, creating the cornerstone of the nuclear weapons complex....
Tribute bands for Taylor Swift, Linkin Park among events coming to Amarillo
Calling all Swifties: Tickets are still available for Friday's concert by Reputation: The Eras of Taylor Swift tribute band, performing at Starlight Ranch, located at 1415 Sunrise Dr. in Amarillo. Reputation "is a nationally available tribute band comprised of five hardcore Swifties that bring you two hours of non-stop Taylor, guaranteed to have you singing and dancing all night long," an event page states. "Come out and party with us at Starlight Ranch on Friday July...
Man charged with robbing Las Vegas gas station, shooting employees
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) – A man awaiting sentencing for violating his probation on burglary charges from 2017 is facing new charges in another case. Police said that 35-year-old Roy Clements attempted to rob the Love’s gas station in Las Vegas shooting two employees. One of the victims said Clements went into the store and demanded money […]
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