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EPISODE #144: It has become one crisis after another for the Village of Ruidoso lately. Within hours of the South Fork and Salt Fires sparking, the entire village was under evacuation as the fire quickly spread to homes and businesses. At least two people were killed in the wildfire, around 1,400 structures were burned, and the feds are now offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of person(s) responsible for the fires. This week, Chris & Gabby talk to a 74-year-old veteran who lost his home in the wildfire and stayed behind to help family and neighbors save theirs. Subscribe to the #NewMexicoNewsPodcast wherever you listen & head to KRQE.com/podcasts for more. Also, check out the podcast on our KRQE YouTube page. #Wildfire #Ruidosowildfire #SouthForkFire #SaltFire #disaster #NewMexico #podcast #Ruidoso #climate #investigation

KRQE Cares Food for Kids is now collecting food at Smith's stores in Los Lunas and Rio Rancho. Join us in collecting non-perishable food items to be donated to food pantries in your community, serving many children dealing with food insecurity. Food collected in Los Lunas will go to the McKinney-Vento Program in Los Lunas, and food collected in Rio Rancho will go to Rio Rancho Storehouse West, serving Rio Rancho schools. Go to KRQECares.com for more information. #krqecares #foodforkids #food #kids #schools #newmexico #albuquerque #riorancho #loslunas #smithsfoodanddrug #smiths #donate #donatetoday #giveback #fooddrive #community

Episode 143

PODCAST: June of 2024 marks 100 years since the designation of the Gila Wilderness, the world's first federally-recognized wilderness area. Early conservation leader Aldo Leopold proposed the idea, realizing the need to preserve the land's natural state. This week on the podcast, Chris and Gabby discuss the origin story of the Gila, and the efforts to protect it today with Luke Koenig, a Gila Grassroots Organizer for New Mexico Wild. Subscribe to the #NewMexicoNewsPodcast wherever you listen & head to KRQE.com/podcasts for more. You can also WATCH this podcast on our KRQE YouTube channel. #GilaWilderness #GilaCentennial #Wilderness #NewMexico #nmtrue #podcast #Gila #NMWild

EPISODE #142

EPISODE #142: Was it aliens? Or something else? From the famous Roswell incident, or flying saucers reported in Farmington, to an inexplicable case about a boy in Hobbs reportedly burned by a UFO in 1964. This week Chris and Gabby discuss the popular and lesser-known reported UFO events in New Mexico with a man who's made it his mission to curate the largest collection of UFO materials ever assembled. David Marler, Executive Director of the National UFO Historical Records Center doesn't aim to make people believers, but rather, preserve facts that include sifting through recently declassified military records. Head to KRQE.com/podcasts for more & watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. #UFO #NewMexico #RoswellIncident #Hobbs #UFOHistoricalRecords #History #Aliens #militaryrecords #podcast #NewMexicoNewsPodcast

EPISODE #141: New Mexico’s largest hospital, and the only hospital in the state with a level-one trauma center has been under construction for more than a year. Makenzie McNeil and Doctor Steve McLaughlin join Chris and Gabby this week to discuss changes the new ‘Critical Care Tower’ promises to bring to UNMH, and how upgrades are also aimed to transform medical care for thousands of patients. How will the new space serve patients and staff? When will the Critical Care Tower be up and running?

The KRQE Cares Food for Kids annual food drive is in full swing. From now until July 31st, you can donate non-perishable foods in all Albuquerque Smith's Food and Drug stores. Food collected will help to supply food boxes to homeless students and their families. Go to krqecares.com for more information. #krqecares #foodforkids #albuquerque #newmexico

EPISODE 140

EPISODE #140: It’s Primary Election Day in New Mexico, and there are more than a few intraparty challengers in the Democratic party. This week on the New Mexico News Podcast, UNM Political Science Professor and KRQE’s Political Analyst, Gabe Sanchez, joins Chris & Gabby to discuss the implications of this year’s primaries, and how they could reshape the dynamics of the state legislature. The state’s top two District Attorneys are also facing same-party challengers in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. What does it mean for state politics if more 'progressive' Democrats win the primaries? What will it take for Republicans to gain more ground in the legislature? Subscribe to the #NewMexicoNewsPodcast. You can now WATCH the pod on YouTube & our website: KRQE.com/podcasts #nmleg #PrimaryElectionDay #vote #electionday #NewMexico #nmpol #politics #podcast #newspodcast

Food For Kids | KRQE Cares

KRQE Cares Food for Kids is starting our annual food drive to benefit the APS Title 1 McKinney Vento Program today in all Albuquerque Smith's Food and Drug Stores. You can donate non-perishable foods through July 31st. Food collected will help to supply food boxes to homeless students and their families. Go to krqecares.com to find out more information. #krqecares

EPISODE #139: The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office just announced a new technology package it is bringing online to help crime-fighting in the county. The cloud-based service, ‘FUSUS’ describes itself as a “real-time intelligence ecosystem,” and allows business owners and citizens to give BCSO access to their surveillance cameras. Major Hollie Anderson joins Chris & Gabby to explain how she believes this will streamline criminal investigations and ultimately, help catch criminals quicker. Subscribe to the New Mexico News Podcast & head to KRQE.com/podcasts for more. #BCSO #crimefighting #technews #FUSUS #podcast #technologynews #NewMexico #ABQcrime #BernalilloCounty

Viewers like you donated over $50,000 to provide shoes for children in need. If you want to get involved, you can still go to krqecares.com anytime to donate. #krqecares

KRQE Investigates

#KRQEInvestigates - It's been more than two years since the state's largest, most destructive, government-sparked wildfire took everything from families in northern New Mexico. Tonight on @KRQE at 5:30 p.m. Gabrielle Burkhart visits with some of the families who are still struggling to get what they're owed from the federal government, and still left with an empty lot. #KRQE #wildfirevictim #HermitsPeakCalfCanyon #USForestService #FEMA #lawsuit #wildfire

Episode 138

EPISODE #138: It's been almost 12 years since the U.S. Department of Justice announced it would start investigating Albuquerque Police. Today, the APD says it has "met all requirements in the Court-Approved Settlement Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice," and the reform process will come to an end. APD Chief Harold Medina joins Chris & Gabby to discuss the key changes APD has adopted over the last decade. Are their new policies sustainable? How will APD police itself going forward? Subscribe to the #NewMexicoNewsPodcast & head to KRQE.com/podcasts for more. #NewMexico #DOJreform #independentmonitor #policereform #Albuquerque #podcast #newspodcast #ABQcrime #NewMexicoNews

Episode 137

EPISODE #137: An Albuquerque grandmother was dancing in her living room to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour movie when she came face-to-face with a home intruder. KRQE Anchor-Reporter Jessica Garate first reported the story and obtained the emotional 911 call the woman made as she was trying to coax the man back outside. Jessica joins Chris & Gabby in a behind-the-scenes conversation about what led to the woman shooting the man when he broke into her home a second time. How would you handle a situation like that? Subscribe to the #NewMexicoNewsPodcast wherever you listen & head to KRQE.com/podcasts for more on this story and other episodes. #homeintruder #selfdefense #homeinvasion #ABQcrime #Albuquerque #newspodcast #podcast

Episode 136

EPISODE #136: Two years into recreational cannabis becoming legal in New Mexico, local cannabis distributors are finding themselves in a legal conundrum. Border Patrol Agents have seized more than $300,000 worth of local cannabis products at checkpoints, according to the New Mexico Cannabis Chamber of Commerce. Matt Chadwick, owner of Top Crop Cannabis, says the checkpoint seizures seemingly started out of the blue in February. He joins Chris & Gabby to discuss how the unavoidable stops are impacting New Mexico businesses, and what he'd like to see from the federal government. How is the governor responding to this issue? What happens to local cannabis if Border Agents double down? Subscribe to the #NewMexicoNewsPodcast & head to KRQE.com/podcasts for more. #cannabis #recreationalcannabis #marijuana #borderpatrol #borderagents #checkpointstop #podcast #NewMexico #nmleg

PODCAST: The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up a case that could impact how states and local agencies deal with homeless encampments. UNM School of Law Professor Joshua Kastenberg joins Gabby to discuss Albuquerque's current policies on encampments, and the local implications of the case known as Grants Pass v. Johnson. Are there similarities between this case and New Mexico's homelessness issues? What immediate impacts can states expect after this Supreme Court decision, if any? Subscribe to the New Mexico News Podcast wherever you listen & head to KRQE.com/podcasts #NewMexico #homelessness #homelessencampments #SurpremeCourt #GrantsPassVJohnson #UNMschoolofLaw #podcast #legalcase #newspodcast

The mission of KRQE Cares is to positively impact children in low-income families throughout the state of New Mexico. Shoes for Kids is making a big impact on students in Title 1 schools by providing children a pair of brand-new shoes. April is Shoes for Kids' fundraising month. If you've missed the phonebanks, you can still donate online at krqecares.com.

NM Podcast 134

EPISODE #134: Two years later, victims are still struggling to recover from the state’s largest, most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s history. The government-sparked Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Wildfire burned through more than 341,000 acres, destroyed hundreds of homes, and displaced families across northern New Mexico. Pam Abreu shares her story with Gabby about the challenges she’s faced since losing the family home her father built. Antonia Roybal-Mack, an attorney representing wildfire victims, also explains why dozens of New Mexicans are now suing FEMA. Are victims being repaid quickly enough? Where are families living now? How are generational homes being valued? Subscribe to the #NewMexicoNewsPodcast & head to KRQE.com/podcasts for more. #NewMexico #HermitsPeakCalfCanyon #FEMA #wildfire #disasterrelief #reliefefforts #wildfirevictim #podcast #NMnews #environment

KRQE Cares | What do kids have to say after a KRQE Cares Shoe Drive?

Go to krqecares.com to donate. What do kids have to say after a KRQE Cares Shoe Drive? With donations from viewers like you, we are able to continue to put on brand-new pairs of shoes on children in Title 1 schools throughout the state.

KRQE Cares | Smiles

The look on a child's face is what KRQE Cares Shoes for Kids is all about. The laughter and smiles when we tell a child they get to keep their brand new pair of shoes. Many of them don't recieve brand new shoes, and thanks to your generation donations, we've been able to help these kids over the years. Go to krqecares.com to donate today.

KRQE Cares | How parents feel about KRQE Cares

Hear from one of the parents whose children received a brand-new pair of shoes through KRQE Cares. Go to krqecares.com to donate.