Chris McKee

1 week ago | krqe.com | Gabrielle Burkhart |Chris McKee

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – If you had $1.5 million to build something for your community, what would you spend it on? Voters in Albuquerque will decide just that with the ‘set aside’ fund from Council District 6, thanks to the idea of ‘Participatory Budgeting.’ What does that mean exactly? City Councilor Nichole Rogers is spearheading the movement in her district for the first time.

3 weeks ago | krqe.com | Gabrielle Burkhart |Chris McKee

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque’s civilian emergency response team marked its 100,000th call three-and-a-half years into service. Albuquerque Community Safety (ACS) launched in 2021 as part of the city’s effort to provide a more specialized approach to behavioral health, homelessness, and non-violent related 911 emergencies. Walter Adams was one of the first five responders and is now ACS’s Deputy Director of Field Operations.

1 month ago | krqe.com | Gabrielle Burkhart |Chris McKee

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Fire Rescue Chief Emily Jaramillo is the first woman to serve as Fire Chief in the department’s 123-year history. As a former teacher, Jaramillo was compelled to switch careers when she had a recruiter come talk to her class. This week on the New Mexico News Insiders Podcast, Chief Jaramillo joins Chris and Gabby to discuss the challenges and fulfilling parts of the job.

1 month ago | krqe.com | Gabrielle Burkhart |Chris McKee

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center found ‘alarmingly high levels’ of microplastics in human brains. The amount appears to be a higher concentration of plastic than found in other organs, and scientists say the accumulation is growing over time. How did plastic get there in the first place? And what, if anything, should people do about this issue?

1 month ago | krqe.com | Gabrielle Burkhart |Chris McKee

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico refugee student trafficked by her sponsor family. Young women with no family support, taken advantage of on the streets of Albuquerque. It was personal stories like those and unforeseen encounters with human trafficking victims that led Shelley Repp to an unexpected calling – now leading the New Mexico Dream Center, a nonprofit in Albuquerque focused on outreach, services, and prevention for trafficking victims.