Kroger settles opioid lawsuit with New Mexico for $58.5M
802 Views SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced a $58.5 million opioid settlement with Smith’s Food and Drug’s parent company, Kroger.
802 Views SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced a $58.5 million opioid settlement with Smith’s Food and Drug’s parent company, Kroger.
753 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — She’s been in trouble repeatedly for putting others in danger on the road and even admitted to using drugs before getting behind the wheel. But as KRQE Investigates discovered, despite these arrests and admissions, a New Mexico woman’s court cases appear to be going nowhere.
727 Views A new report from WalletHub ranks Las Cruces as the 34th safest city in the United States. El Paso ranked 97th in the report. Jill Gonzalez, WalletHub analyst shares more about the report that looks at home and community safety, natural-disaster risk, and financial safety.
709 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Newly released court documents detail a disturbing discovery for federal investigators in Albuquerque. Investigators are calling it a human smuggling operation that was busted just a block away from a local elementary school.
717 Views Perhaps the biggest lessons about fentanyl come from the people who survived the drug. The stories heard today shared a common theme – pain and suffering. Not just for the people using, but for the families many left behind.
771 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s common these days to hear stories about fentanyl seizures, arrests and busts in New Mexico. In fact, the largest fentanyl bust in the FBI’s bureau history was just made in Albuquerque earlier this month.
768 Views The prison population of New Mexico has fallen significantly in the last two years, and the number of people being reincarcerated after release has also decreased, according to a new assessment of Corrections Department data. In Fiscal Year 2020, 54% of people released from prison were incarcerated again within
724 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A man was arrested after he attempted to rob fair goers waiting in line for food and put small children in danger when he tried to get away, according to a criminal complaint. Mario Maestas reportedly tried to make off with a purse and a wallet
635 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Albuquerque Police Department assisted New Mexico Game and Fish in a search warrant for illegal possession of a tiger. The search was conducted on Aug. 12. Although a tiger wasn’t found, numerous items were seized including an alligator.
659 Views An Associated Press analysis found many U.S. states barely use “red flag” laws that allow police to take guns away from people threatening to kill, a trend blamed on lack of awareness of the laws and a reluctance to enforce them even as gun deaths soar.
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