‘We need to land this plane!’: New details released in alleged attempted cockpit breach on Delta flight
553 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New details have been released on the attempted cockpit breach on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville last week. The flight was forced to make an emergency landing at the Albuquerque Sunport on Friday.
Yvette Herrell asks Kamala Harris to visit border in light of scheduled Mexico and Guatemala trip
695 Views The recent crisis at the U.S.—Mexico border gaining national attention because of the influx of immigrants fleeing their home countries. In order to get to the root of the problem, Vice President Kamala Harris is making her first international trip to Mexico and Guatemala.
New Mexico green chile heading to space
2,019 Views BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — New Mexico’s chile is officially getting launched into space. KOAT told in the past that the project was in the works, but SpaceX confirmed that the chile will be shot up to space on Thursday as part of a supply mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The chile […]
From rain to blowing dust, tough spring for New Mexico drivers
465 Views “I definitely think we are seeing more frequently dusty conditions,” said KOAT meteorologist Eric Green. ALBUQUERQUE – Video from a KOAT ulocal viewer shows a lot. Dust kicking up all over I-25, making it really hard for drivers in the past few weeks.
Entire Los Lunas school board suspended
524 Views LOS LUNAS, N.M. — The entire Los Lunas school board has been suspended indefinitely, according to officials with the New Mexico Public Education Department. According to the release, there is “credible evidence” that several members of the five-person elected board have violated procurement and public access laws, the state Public School Code and professional […]
Schools around New Mexico reject extended learning
485 Views SANTA FE, N.M. — Public schools across New Mexico have rejected state funding to increase learning time after parents and teachers pressured school boards to turn the funding down.
Virgin Galactic makes history in New Mexico
975 Views History was made Saturday in New Mexico, as the Land of Enchantment became the third U.S. state to launch humans into space. Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity sent two pilots and NASA technology supported experiments in space Saturday morning.
State epidemiologist: Masking up led to decline in respiratory illnesses like the flu and pneumonia
733 Views “It is clear virtually all the respiratory pathogens, the organisms that cause common cold or other forms of pneumonia, including influenza, have been much reduced,” Dr. Chad Smelser, the deputy state epidemiologist with NMDOH, said. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The deputy state epidemiologist for the New Mexico Department of Health said masking up and following […]
Lawsuit: New Mexico guards pepper-sprayed detained asylum seekers
924 Views ESTANCIA, N.M. — One year ago today, more than 20 asylum seekers were on a hunger strike, protesting COVID-19 safety conditions at the Torrance County Detention Facility.
Churches, community centers, businesses can now host vaccine clinics
492 Views State says there is plenty of vaccines to go around ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Restaurants, churches and community centers can now host their own private vaccination clinics. “Whether it is a business, a church, a community group, a nonprofit, whatever it is we will go there and we will vaccinate,” said David Morgan, a spokesman […]
