• University of New Mexico Health opens clinic in Roswell, New Mexico

    ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico (UNM) Health System is bringing new services to the Roswell area. They will offer primary care, behavioral health, and sexually transmitted infection care. “UNM is fulfilling an important goal of making health care more accessible to more people,” Dr. Mike Richards, the senior vice president of UNM Clinical []

  • Eastern New Mexico University to celebrate 90th anniversary with community events

    PORTALES, N.M. (KAMR/KCIT) -- Eastern New Mexico University is set to host community-wide events on Saturday to celebrate the university's 90 years of student success, ENMU officials announced. According to ENMU officials, the on-campus event will take place from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by a celebration from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at []

  • Mexico surges troops to the border to stop 'Way of the Cross' migrant caravan of 2,000 from reaching Texas

    Migrants left Southern Mexico over a week ago earlier this week. About 1,000 are in Chihuahua City headed to El Paso, Texas. Texas shelters expecting migrants to surge over border in coming days

  • New federal oil and gas rule could impact New Mexico

    NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced revised rules for oil and gas leasing on federal land. And some advocates in New Mexico say the rules help New Mexico. The BLM leases land across the southwest to oil and gas companies. The rules and framework governing those leases haven't been updated in []

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    New Mexico electric vehicle mandates to remain in place as auto dealers fight the new rules

    Republicans in the legislative minority have criticized the governor's plans as impractical, citing the range that many

  • April events at Expo New Mexico

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – April is here and Expo New Mexico has events for everyone to enjoy during the month of April. Two major events happening at Expo New Mexico this month are the Southwest Chocolate and Coffee Festival and the Gathering of Nations. The 14th annual Southwest Chocolate and Coffee Festival is returning to Albuquerque April 6 -7 []

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    Montecito supports new community-built trails

    If you drive through the Montecito, you may notice a lack of sidewalks. To make walking in the town safer, the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade is working to construct 8.5 miles of trails.

  • Springfield community weighs in on search for new superintendent

    The search for the next Springfield School Superintendent continues, and Tuesday night, the public had another chance to weigh in who should be that candidate.

  • New Mexico health professional shortage easing

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is still seeing a shortage of primary care providers and dentists, but the situation has improved since last year, the latest data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows. The department keeps track of designated "shortage areas" around the country. In June of 2023, New Mexico's shortage areas []

  • What cacti and agaves grow well in New Mexico?

    NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A photo of a t-shirt allegedly being sold at a Socorro, NM Walmart has raised some eyebrows on Reddit. The graphic tee reads "New Mexico" and shows a desert landscape with cactuses. However, the cactuses pictured are saguaros, which are known only to grow in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Mexico. []

  • New Mexico man found guilty of 2020 murder

    GRANT COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Cody McDonald has been convicted of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in a 2020 murder. McDonald was accused of shooting and killing 22-year-old Daniel Murillo. Prosecutors say an argument had broken out between McDonald and the mother of his child and that escalated into the shooting of Murillo who was []

  • After conviction in New Mexico, a Mexican national sentenced in Texas

    NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Luis Antonio Talamantes-Romero, a 36-year-old Mexican national, received more than a life sentence in New Mexico last year for a 2019 murder. Now, the U.S. Department of Justice says Talamantes will also serve a 20-year federal sentence for illegal re-entry into the U.S. Talamantes was the man behind one of Albuquerque's high-profile murder []