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Multiple swift-water rescues in San Juan County were conducted by a Texas A&M task force that came to the area to help local crews navigate the natural disaster. “So our job is to help coordinate and facilitate our water rescue teams, help get them to the impacted areas where they can conduct search and rescue, swift-water rescues,” said Steve Dankers, the supervisor, who is based in College Station, Texas.
Last week, as rain and high winds lashed the southwest, Farmington residents started getting evacuation notices on their phones as early as Wednesday night. "My sister was notified on Thursday that she had to get out," said Connie Gooch, who has lived in Farmington for more than 65 years. Gooch's...
SAN JUAN COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – San Juan County officials shared some of their last updates after catastrophic flooding caused thousands of evacuations. They said this is likely their last regular update, as the flooding is no longer deemed an emergency. Officials said all rivers have decreased below the flood stage, meaning evacuations have been lifted for areas along all three rivers. They said hazards in standing water may still exist, so if you're interacting with floodwater or mud, use PPE.
San Juan County Special Prosecutor Andrea Reeb will leave her position with the 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office and take back her seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives. Reeb, a Republican from Clovis, resigned from the State House on Oct. 13, after the U.S. District Court for...
Crystalyne Curley is set to become the first woman president of the Navajo Nation, the largest reservation by land mass in the country. Curley, who also held the distinction of being the first woman to serve as the Nation’s council speaker — the head of its legislative branch —when she was voted by council members to fill that role in 2023, has worked on issues related to water rights, uranium contamination and voter rights.
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions’ Office of Housing is investing nearly $8 million into its family stabilization program. Previously only available in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, and Santa Fe Public Schools, the program to help school kids facing housing insecurity in New Mexico, is now expanding to cover more school districts. This year, it will be introduced to all four school districts in San Juan County. According to a report from state officials, around 8% of San Juan County students struggle with housing insecurity. The initiation of the program will allow students parents or guardians to receive financial aid on rent, utilities, repairs or other emergencies through their child’s school.
SE DÁÁ K’ÁÁN CHAPTER — Ronald Joe, 61, has spent the majority of his life in his family’s beige, single-story home, with two bedrooms, a kitchen and a small family room. Outside on the 1-acre property was a little garden. “But that’s all...
Satellite images show Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and Farmington and Flora Vista, New Mexico, before and after flooding from the San Juan and Animas rivers.
Additional flooding over the weekend of Oct. 31, 2026, inundated northern New Mexico homes and roadways that were already underwater from floods earlier in October, including San Juan County, pictured above Oct. 23, 2026. (Photo courtesy Elmer Ignacio) Unrelenting rainfall in northern New Mexico over the weekend prompted additional flooding...
A Farmington man founded Wild Horse Valley Strong to lead flood relief after back-to-back flooding damaged 1,500+ homes.
One small New Mexico town throws a fall festival where pumpkins get launched across a field for fun. I love that kind of small-town weirdness. It also turns out that towns like that are quietly gaining new neighbors. A tech giant built a massive data center in a village that...
One diner in this state sits inside a giant building shaped like an owl. Yes, an owl, with booths inside and tiny jukeboxes waiting at the tables. That’s only one stop on this trip. Another spot runs a model train along its dining room ceiling. A third keeps the...
Last night, the 2026 midterm election results delivered plenty of historic firsts. It was a particularly powerful night for Native American representation: Democrat Deb Haaland became the first Native American woman to be elected as Governor of New Mexico, while Peggy Flanagan—the current lieutenant governor of Minnesota—became the first Native woman to win the U.S. Senate seat in her state. (And there could even be a third victory for the Indigenous community today: at the time of publishing this story, Alaska’s Mary Peltola is currently leading the race for a Senate seat, too.)
A bookstore with a dollar shelf and a free box sounds like a trap for anyone with weak willpower. I have a thing for places that make cheap books this easy to grab, and this New Mexico shop leans all the way in. The building is big, and the aisles...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a tradition to wear Halloween costumes at school, but a pair of costumes at an Albuquerque school is raising questions. Two middle school girls told school staff they dressed up as pimps for the school’s Halloween parade. KRQE News found a string of emails revealing one staff member not only […]
BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) — Some closures have been issued on the Sandia Ranger District in Bernalillo County. Starting Nov. 9 at 7 a.m., National Forest Road 462, the Coyote Trailhead parking area and the Chamisoso Trailhead parking area will all close while construction and maintenance is completed. Officials...
Residents living near the First Nations Community Clinic on Zuni Road say ongoing problems in their neighborhood have made them fear for their safety.
New Mexico seniors on Presbyterian’s Senior Care Medicare Advantage HMO plans lose them on Dec. 31, and Presbyterian Health Plan will not offer them in 2027. Medicare’s fall enrollment period runs through Dec. 7, and a second window for people whose plan is not renewed runs from Dec. 8 through Feb. 28. Which Presbyterian plans […]
The New Mexico Department of Transportation closed NM 309 at the river bridge until further notice over safety concerns near the road and bridge.
Albuquerque city councilors gave Titan Development final approval for a 200-unit apartment building in the fast-growing Sawmill District.
