Convicted murderer facing additional jail time for escaping from custody
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man already convicted of murder will be getting some more time added to his sentence after he escaped from custody in Albuquerque. Josef Toney admitted to killing two women in 2021, when he was only 15 years old. While awaiting his sentence, he fled from the juvenile detention center...
Human Remains Found with a Backpack and Diary Under a Tree Identified 3 Years...
Authorities have confirmed that human remains discovered over three years ago in Los Lunas, New Mexico, belong to 56-year-old Lisa Marie Vernon of Albuquerque. Earlier this month, the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) announced the identification, crediting the breakthrough to a collaboration with the DNA Doe...
Family files lawsuit after deputy-involved deadly crash in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The family of a woman who died in a deputy-involved crash is now suing that deputy, the Bernalillo County Sheriff, and Bernalillo County. It was a deadly crash in August 2024 in northeast Albuquerque involving Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brian Lassley. Police said Lassley was...
Community provides own solutions ahead of SNAP benefits pause
Even more businesses and some people hurt by the shutdown themselves are putting in work to help those who will lose SNAP food benefits this weekend.
Local businesses step up in support as SNAP benefits set to expire
As the government shutdown continues, the federal government announced they will not be sending out November food stamps, leaving nearly half a million New Mexicans in limbo.
NM’s biggest farmers’ market manager says SNAP cuts will be ‘devastating’
Up to one-third of the 4,000 attendees at the Downtown Growers' Market receive SNAP. Farmers are dreading Nov. 1, they said.
Albuquerque’s Mayor Celebrates Heavy Metal Legends Judas Priest
Picture this: the Mayor of Albuquerque handing over keys to heavy metal legends. It’s a rock ‘n’ roll celebration like no other in the Land of Enchantment.
Body found with diary couldn’t be ID’d for years — until now, New Mexico...
A body that was found three years ago has been identified as a missing woman, New Mexico officials said. In July 2022, Valencia County deputies responded to a Los Lunas property and found human remains under a tree, according to an Oct. 24 news release by the sheriff’s office.
Guilty verdict reached in 2020 execution style murder
A Bernalillo County jury found two men guilty of murder on Monday, for the killing of Antonio Jaramillo in his Albuquerque home back in 2020.
Self-described socialist Zohran Mamdani would love New Mexico policies
New York City is a notably “blue” area of the United States. There is real concern that mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-avowed “socialist” would have dire, negative impacts on New York City’s economy. The crazy thing is that some of Mamdani’s favored policies are already in place in New Mexico.
