Posted: Oct 30, 2020 / 09:53 PM MDTUpdated: Oct 31, 2020 / 01:41 PM MDT (KRQE) – A New Mexico city has been without a fire department after the entire department resigned. Now, one family who just lost everything in a house fire is pleading with the city to keep this from happening to someone else.It is a total loss. “We lost everything,” Rosemary Gomez said. “We have to start over.”Gomez’s home in Lordsburg caught fire Sunday afternoon. “It went really quick, and it was an explosion,” Gomez said. “All my neighbors heard it from like two miles down.”The problem is, Lordsburg doesn’t...…Posted: Oct 30, 2020 / 09:53 PM MDTUpdated: Oct 31, 2020 / 01:41 PM MDT (KRQE) – A New Mexico city has been without a fire department after the entire department resigned. Now, one family who just lost everything in a house fire is pleading with the city to keep this from happening to someone else.It is a total loss. “We lost everything,” Rosemary Gomez said. “We have to start over.”Gomez’s home in Lordsburg caught fire Sunday afternoon. “It went really quick, and it was an explosion,” Gomez said. “All my neighbors heard it from like two miles down.”The problem is, Lordsburg doesn’t...WW…

Posted: Oct 28, 2020 / 10:18 PM MDTUpdated: Oct 29, 2020 / 02:46 PM MDT (KRQE) – Inappropriate, unprofessional, and insensitive; that’s what some county employees described a text alert they received this week they thought was mocking the Black Lives Matter movement.It has been a hectic few days with snowy conditions, slick roads, and black ice. “No one was braking early,” one driver said Tuesday. “No one was taking their time.”The Socorro County manager said employees were discussing the road conditions via email this week when one of their subject lines accidentally got attached to a...…Posted: Oct 28, 2020 / 10:18 PM MDTUpdated: Oct 29, 2020 / 02:46 PM MDT (KRQE) – Inappropriate, unprofessional, and insensitive; that’s what some county employees described a text alert they received this week they thought was mocking the Black Lives Matter movement.It has been a hectic few days with snowy conditions, slick roads, and black ice. “No one was braking early,” one driver said Tuesday. “No one was taking their time.”The Socorro County manager said employees were discussing the road conditions via email this week when one of their subject lines accidentally got attached to a...WW…

Posted: Oct 19, 2020 / 10:09 PM MDTUpdated: Oct 20, 2020 / 07:01 AM MDTEAGLE NEST, N.M. (KRQE) – It turns out state workers are enforcing the governor’s . New video shows a state park ranger turning away an out-of-state visitor who was not happy about it. The visitor, who said he was from Colorado, questioned the park ranger.The visitor said it was an open air space and they were not putting anyone in danger. “I am a taxpayer and I am an American and this is my country,” the visitor said. “We are not sick.”Out-of-state visitors are prohibited from visiting New Mexico State Parks and has...…Posted: Oct 19, 2020 / 10:09 PM MDTUpdated: Oct 20, 2020 / 07:01 AM MDTEAGLE NEST, N.M. (KRQE) – It turns out state workers are enforcing the governor’s . New video shows a state park ranger turning away an out-of-state visitor who was not happy about it. The visitor, who said he was from Colorado, questioned the park ranger.The visitor said it was an open air space and they were not putting anyone in danger. “I am a taxpayer and I am an American and this is my country,” the visitor said. “We are not sick.”Out-of-state visitors are prohibited from visiting New Mexico State Parks and has...WW…

Posted: Jul 21, 2020 / 10:01 PM MDTUpdated: Jul 22, 2020 / 06:13 AM MDT (KRQE) – A New Mexico sheriff’s department is not enforcing the law. In fact, they appear to be breaking the law, and they are flaunting it on social media.Some deputies in Lea County are dining inside restaurants, a clear violation of the governor’s public health order. “The sheriff’s department came in, called us ahead of time to say they were coming in,” Casey’s spokesperson KT Manis said.The photo taken Tuesday and posted to the shows a group of eight deputies eating inside Casey’s restaurant in Hobbs without a...…Posted: Jul 21, 2020 / 10:01 PM MDTUpdated: Jul 22, 2020 / 06:13 AM MDT (KRQE) – A New Mexico sheriff’s department is not enforcing the law. In fact, they appear to be breaking the law, and they are flaunting it on social media.Some deputies in Lea County are dining inside restaurants, a clear violation of the governor’s public health order. “The sheriff’s department came in, called us ahead of time to say they were coming in,” Casey’s spokesperson KT Manis said.The photo taken Tuesday and posted to the shows a group of eight deputies eating inside Casey’s restaurant in Hobbs without a...WW…