New show ‘Aventura’ takes viewers beyond the travel brochures to the real New Mexico
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – KRQE News 13’s Chad Brummett is bringing audiences a new docu-series. “Aventura” will take viewers beyond the travel brochures and the well-known destinations, to uncover the true heart of New Mexico Brummett describes this new series as immersive and takes the audience into a variety of different...
Albuquerque mother faces child abuse charges after 3-month-old dies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Jessica Brusuelas was in front of Judge Bruce Fox for a detention hearing Monday morning. Brusuelas is one of the parents facing child abuse charges after her three-month-old baby died. Court documents said the infant, identified as Mika Castillo, suffered a fractured skull, multiple brain...
New discovery center wants to be a hub for public lands exploration
Across the United States, more than one-third of the land is publicly owned – tallying in around 840 million acres. And, an overwhelming majority of that land in the Western U.S. Slated to open on Oct.1, the Public Lands Discovery Center in Albuquerque's Old Town area aims to spark...
The Volunteers Advocating For Kids In Court
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For kids in foster care, having someone to advocate for them, and truly know them, can make all the difference in a court case. In Bernalillo County alone, hundreds of children navigate the system, yet only about one in ten are matched with a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). This...
2 state police officers overdose on fentanyl during drug seizure
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two state police officers in Chihuahua, Mexico, are recovering in a hospital after becoming ill while conducting a drug seizure. The two unnamed officers entered a home late in Chihuahua City last week to arrest drug suspects and found a bag in a room with a substance they initially […]
New Mexico woman’s gun show protest triggers constitutional case after arrest
A 70-year-old woman filed a civil rights lawsuit Monday against the City of Moriarty and Torrance County after being arrested and detained for three days while peacefully protesting outside a gun show in February. Jill Gatwood, an Albuquerque resident represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico,...
Cleveland High School closed Monday due to power outage
V. Sue Cleveland High School is closed Monday after a car crash damaged a transformer and caused a power outage at the school.
Community meeting to address New Mexico State Fairgrounds redevelopment
Plans to redevelop the New Mexico State Fairgrounds are only just getting started and a meeting is set for Monday to get community input.
BCSO shooting, Gorge Bridge suicide, Start of fall, Albuquerque arrest video, School expansion
Monday’s Top Stories Monday’s Five Facts [1] BCSO deputy-involved shooting under investigation – BCSO says Saturday around 8:43 p.m., deputies responded to an alarm activation at a business on the 6000 block of 2nd Street NW, between Osuna and Griegos. While they investigated the alarm, they say they encountered a...
New Mexico Man Allegedly Killed Two Auto Parts Store Employees Over Wrong Oil Filter
A 27-year-old New Mexico man, Ismael Tena, is accused of fatally shooting two auto parts store employees after he was given the wrong oil filter. Allegedly, Tena stole the correct one, and when confronted, he killed the two men. According to a release issued by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office...
