“Unprecedented” number of absentee ballots turned in for primary

283 Views   NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – If you still haven’t returned your absentee ballot, you still have options ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Officials are asking you not to mail in your ballot, but to instead go to a polling location to vote, or fill out your absentee ballot and drop it off at the polls […]

OUTBREAK: ‘Nursing homes have become ground zero for COVID-19’

485 Views   Target 7 investigation finds that 60 of the state’s 71 nursing homes were put on notice by feds prior to outbreak ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nearly half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths have occurred inside a nursing home, assisted leaving center or behavioral health facility, according to records obtained by Target 7. And seven of those […]

Public asked to avoid downtown Albuquerque

312 Views   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The public is asked to avoid downtown Albuquerque. Central Avenue is closed between 1st Street and 8th Street. Police say only business owners and residents will have access to the area until it is secured.