324 Views On an early Saturday morning, cars lined up an hour before the Las Cruces gun buyback event to drop off their firearms. At the event, a gun owner who wanted to remain anonymous said gun safety was a motivator in participating.
326 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Federal investigators allege a New Mexico State Police officer is connected to a gun trafficking scheme that involved law enforcement officials helping sellers illegally acquire fully-automatic rifles in order to sell them.
363 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Retired New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas is once again getting paid to tackle crime. “Honestly it’s time to bring the hammer. I know a lot of people don’t like to hear that,” Kassetas said. “Instead of sitting on the sidelines, which I’m really
261 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – More than two years after Bennie Hargrove was shot and killed by a classmate at his Albuquerque middle school, his family has one more piece of closure. APS will pay the family $900,000 as the result of a civil suit against the district for its
275 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe Mayor Allen Webber is proposing a ballot measure that would amend the state constitution and give local government more power when it comes to gun regulations. Webber plans to introduce the proposal to the state legislature, which would remove a provision in
339 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez urged lawmakers and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to consider changes to the state’s current red flag law at the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s office on Wednesday, Nov. 8.
306 Views Two former New Mexico State basketball players and a student manager filed a lawsuit Monday saying their teammates frequently brought guns into the locker room where they sexually assaulted players as a way of ensuring everyone on the team remained “humble.”
313 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Juan de Oñate has been a controversial figure for centuries celebrated by the Spanish for the conquest of New Mexico and disgraced for the violence that came with it. A month ago in Española Rio Arriba County officials planned to re-install a statue that had been
441 Views LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Las Cruces police are asking for information about a shooting that injured seven people late Saturday night. One 17-year-old and six 18-year-olds were injured in the shooting; two of the victims are in critical but stable condition, according to the police.
360 Views In the wake of another mass shooting, this time in Lewiston, Maine, the New Mexico Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee held a meeting Thursday in Las Vegas to talk about where firearms laws are headed in the country and the state.
The New Mexico News Network is a service of the New Mexico Broadcasters Association.