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LOS LUNAS, New Mexico (KOAT) -- The Desert Willow Complex fire, also known as the Cotton 1 and Cotton 2 fires, erupted in Los Lunas, New Mexico, on Saturday, June 21, 2025. As of Monday, June 23, 2025, according to New Mexico Fire officials, nine structures were reported lost to the fire.

31-year-old Jacob LeHair is charged with one count of arson and one count of criminal damage to property.

Wednesday’s Top Stories Wednesday’s Five Facts [1] Former APD officer tied to DWI scandal now working in Durango – A former APD officer is on leave from his job at another police department after being implicated in the DWI corruption scandal. Daniel Carr was added to the district attorney’s ‘Giglio list’ Monday. It...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local student and resource conservation professional has become the 10-millionth rider on Albuquerque Rapid Transit. City officials recognized rider Rhett Sanders-Spencer as they marked the milestone Wednesday morning. Albuquerque Rapid Transit began service along Central Ave. in November...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With the exception of about six people, the rest of the human race spends the majority of its time enjoying the comforts of planet Earth. With that said, some of those comforts wouldn’t be available without intricate workings happening far above our heads in space. This week, Chad Brummett...

A teenager has been sentenced in connection with a deadly shooting at a downtown Albuquerque nightclub. 17-year-old Louis Mugishawimana will serve 15 years behind bars after pleading no contest to first-degree murder. The charges stem from a late 2023 incident at Knockouts Gentlemen’s Club, where Mugishawimana shot...

A man accused of setting fire to the bosque in the North Valley on Saturday will stay in jail.

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — A busy stretch of road in Rio Rancho that’s proven to be dangerous, even deadly, is capturing the attention of state leaders. Rep. Alan Martinez of Rio Rancho hosted a Town Hall at Church of the Incarnation Tuesday night to give people who live in the area a place to voice […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A mother, accused of child abuse after leaving her toddler in a hot car, has been ordered not to see her kid. Gabriela Cardenas was in front of Judge David Murphy for a pretrial detention hearing on Wednesday. Albuquerque police were called after her three-year-old was found alone in a car...

El Paso is sending a brilliant young mind, Emiliano Ferran Martinez Caloca, a standout sixth-grader from Wiggs Middle School, to represent both his district and the Lone Star State at the upcoming National Spanish Spelling Bee. His ticket to the national contest was punched after turning heads at the first-ever Texas...