Albuquerque NM

Six Albuquerque Public Schools will require students to use only clear backpacks starting Tuesday, the latest measure in the district’s efforts to address weapons on campus. Del Norte High School and five middle schools — Wilson, Kennedy, Hayes, Washington and Cleveland — will implement the policy, joining Taylor...

ESTANCIA, N.M. (KRQE) – Police said a California man was caught in an undercover operation trying to meet up with a 15-year-old in Estancia. Police said that in December, 63-year-old Eric Spoor was in Albuquerque and started chatting online with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl, but was actually an...

Cheyenne Montoya, 24, of Albuquerque, was arrested for criminal damage to the property of a household member and battery against a household member at an unspecified address. Abrianna Dominguez, 26, of Rio Rancho, was arrested for aggravated DWI and reckless driving at an unspecified address. Reno Aragon, 28, of Rio...

The Bernalillo County Metro Court launched a new pilot program meant to help people struggling with mental illness, and who may not be competent to stand trial.

The estimated average living wage in New Mexico increased in 2025, according to data from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Living Wage calculator. The data, last updated in February 2025, depict an upward trend in the living wage over time, with 2026 housing prices increasing. This means that for New Mexico...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - More people who have a serious mental illness now have the opportunity to have their charges dropped if they volunteer for a treatment program. On Tuesday, the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, which serves New Mexico’s most populous city of Albuquerque, launched a competency diversion...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Starlink, the company’s satellite internet provider, will provide the service free of charge to the people of Venezuela for the next month.

As crews take a major step forward with construction on I-25 in Albuquerque, the interstate and a major road will close for two nights.

Traffic across Rio Grande river crossings in the Albuquerque metropolitan area has surged to record levels, jumping from approximately 500,000 vehicles daily in 2014 to nearly 580,000 in 2024, according to 2024 data released by the Mid-Region Council of Governments in November. The 16% increase over the past decade...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In the face of rising costs, Albuquerque city councilors are saying yes to a one-time deal that could give some city workers extra money on an upcoming paycheck. City councilors butted heads last month trying to figure out where to spend leftover money in the...