Student Documentary on Unit 731 Gets National Recognition
9.5.25 – Earlier this summer, a group of students from the Albuquerque School of Excellence competed in a national documentary competition put on by National History Day. Those four students went through a rigorous research and production process to tell the story of Unit 731, a classified human experimentation...
APD investigates West Side infant death
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are investigating the death of a one-month-old baby in the northwest part of town. They say AFR responded to reports of an unresponsive infant at a home on the 7300 block of Briar Ridge Ave. NW Saturday around 8:30 a.m. AFR attempted life-saving measures, but the baby...
Technical issues plague Sandoval County’s dispatch center months after ribbon cutting
SANDOVAL COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Two months after opening its new 911 dispatch center, Sandoval County is still facing technical issues that have prevented the facility from becoming fully operational — forcing Rio Rancho’s dispatchers to handle emergency calls the center was supposed to take. “There’s no hiding. We...
Cougar attack on ram captured by wilderness camera in Baja
"This register is not only exciting, but it confirms an ancestral balance that remains a live, something that deserves to be protected," wrote a Baja official on the state's social media page.
Albuquerque man sentenced for fatal 2023 shooting
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man with an extensive criminal history went before a judge to be sentenced Friday morning. Raymond Davila, 52, had pleaded no contest for a fatal shooting of Eddie Diaz in 2023. On December 31, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from a witness who...
Albuquerque city councilor asks Congress to help city buy old Walmart building
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Walmart on San Mateo Blvd. and Central Ave. has been vacant for several years. The city made an attempt to buy it from Walmart, but the superstore would not come down on price. Now, a city councilor is trying to raise the money to meet the price tag. The city acquired $2 […]
In-N-Out officially expands into yet another state
In-N-Out's 400-plus locations are now scattered across a total of nine states.
Overdose medication and gun locks offered in vending machine in Sandoval County
SANDOVAL COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – It looks like a typical vending machine, but you probably haven’t seen one like this. Sandoval County is partnering with a local nonprofit with the goal of improving public safety. It’s a vending machine, but instead of the typical snacks inside, there are...
VIDEO: Police speak with Albuquerque foster mother later charged in infant’s death
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Video shows the moments police checked in on a foster mother who has since been charged for the death of an infant in her care in Albuquerque. Denise Vazquez-Browley, 39, turned herself in to police on July 11, weeks after officers first responded to her home. On June 16, police said the […]
Man sentenced after pleading guilty to 9th DWI charge
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man with eight DWI charges on his record pleaded guilty to a ninth DWI Friday morning. Anthony Ruiz was in front of Judge Cindy Leos for a plea hearing after being arrested for drunk driving earlier this year. Ruiz had admitted to eight prior DWI convictions and pleaded...
