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1 month ago | 
krqe.com | Jordan Honeycutt |Chad Brummett
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – Seeing the invisible. That’s what a small group of scientists at Los Alamos National Labs are trying to do with data recovered from a near-Earth asteroid, and while it sounds like a daunting if not an impossible task, it’s not the first time astronomers have used the theory of “dark matter” to make celestial discoveries.
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1 month ago | 
krqe.com | Audrey Davis |Chad Brummett
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Space agencies around the world have been on high alert after discovering a large asteroid that has the potential to collide with Earth within the next decade. While scientists continue to make observations and assess the level of risk associated with asteroid 2024 YR4, some of the answers they need are coming from right here in New Mexico.
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2 months ago | 
krqe.com | Fallon Fischer |Chad Brummett
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico movie set that served as the backdrop for several iconic Western films and attracted Hollywood stars—including the Duke himself, John Wayne—is getting a new lease on life. Cowboy, saddlesmith, and stuntman Clint Mortenson staked his claim on a property that is better known by locals and film producers as Eaves Movie Ranch. The Santa Fe-area ranch was originally constructed for the James Stewart and Henry Fonda Western “The Cheyenne Social Club” in 1969.
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2 months ago | 
krqe.com | Chad Brummett |Fallon Fischer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Monday is Charter School Day at the Roundhouse. Among the topics up for discussion is a request that would help one Albuquerque school fulfill its educational goals. The Public Academy of Performing Arts, also known as PAPA, is Albuquerque Public Schools’ only charter school dedicated to the performing arts. There’s just one problem: the school does not have a performing arts space.
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2 months ago | 
krqe.com | Storm Wolf |Allison Giron |Chad Brummett
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque Academy senior is taking proactive steps to help his peers with mental well-being by developing an online project through the University of New Mexico. The idea came from a tragedy that happened four years ago. A tragedy that might have been prevented. Fewer than 4% of Boy Scouts will ever reach the rank of Eagle Scout. Among that 4% is Albuquerque Academy senior Evan Chang.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
krqe.com | Jordan Honeycutt |Chad Brummett
The southern California wildfires have many asking what could have been done to prevent the disaster. One start-up company in Santa Fe, working with the Los Alamos National Lab believes they may have the answer. In April 2022, the largest wildfire in the state’s history erupted in northern New Mexico. The Hermit’s Peak Calf Canyon Fire would ultimately destroy nearly 342,000 acres and more than 900 structures, severely impacting residents, businesses, and communities.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
krqe.com | Chad Brummett
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The CNM Kathie Winograd Student Success Center, the Albuquerque Convention Center, the Bernalillo County Building @ Alvarado Square, and the MaxQ development project all have one thing in common: Dekker.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
krqe.com | Fernando Leon |Chad Brummett
New Mexico (KRQE) – New Mexico is known for its national labs and research universities, now it may also be known as the leader in quantum computers. Alex Greenburg, the Economic Development Advisor for the Office of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and, Jake Douglas, Quantum Business Development Lead at Sandia National Labs discuss what this emerging technology could mean for New Mexico and the Mountain West. To learn more about the Elevate Quantum consortium visit the website here.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
krqe.com | Allison Giron |Chad Brummett
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico’s film industry had a direct spend of $70 million in fiscal year 2024. A good chunk of that money comes from a passive source of income: filming locations. The film industry has made New Mexico a star on the global stage. With hundreds of films and TV shows spanning more than a hundred years of production, the Land of Enchantment has doubled as the wild frontier and as the final frontier. It’s even found a familiar face or two on the small screen.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
krqe.com | Laila Freeman |Chad Brummett
FILE -Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., speaks during a news conference to announce the bipartisan Southwest Caucus, Thursday, June 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A New Mexico state judge ruled against a Republican Party challenge of new congressional boundaries approved by Democrats that divvied up a politically conservative oil-producing region, in an order published Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.
