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Have you noticed an unusual smell or flavor in your tap water over the past few days?

What's wrong with Raleigh tap water? Algae bloom at Falls Lake behind the smell, color

'Earthy and musty:' Here's why your tap water may taste strange this weekend in Raleigh

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

Athens Drive High School

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A South Carolina paramedic reported missing has been found dead, and a South Carolina man has been arrested.

Missing SC paramedic found dead, police arrest SC man accused of killing New Mexico police officer

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Arcimoto announced that it is now accepting vehicle orders from customers in Connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, and New Mexico.

Arcimoto EVs now for sale in NC 

Arcimoto electric vehicles

New Mexico Halloween attraction adapts to the COVID-19 pandemic with a "mile of terror" drive-thru attraction.

people started the line up an hour before opening. No, I am great. We have created the mile of terror, and it is New Mexico's first drive thru haunted house. 27 sections. Anything from clowns to Pirates, scenes based off movies, Every spooky, creepy thing you could imagine. We're on the verge in tears when Covitz struck. This is something we've been doing for so many years. Mm. And they've made it special because the creepy vibes are in their blood because it's fun to see people at their at their most terrified Thio to see them when they think that they're perfectly safe and then to come around the corner. And then instantly we got we got people throwing their girlfriends and their Children in the way to get away and just looking at people terrified in their car of creatures just standing in the background. People just show up and they're like, Oh, I'm not gonna be scared. I'm not gonna be scared. And then all of a sudden, something jumps out that they never thought imaginable and just terrifies them completely. Don't get scared. I do not Ah, Thio, But he says, you'll be scared

Drive-thru haunted house offers COVID-safe scares

New Mexico drive-thru haunted house

According to the annual 'U.S. News Healthiest Communities' report, Los Alamos, New Mexico, received a perfect score in categories such as drinking water quality, affordable housing, park access and population with an advanced degree.

This is the healthiest community in the US

"Unprecedented and very large number" of birds have been found dead across southern New Mexico. 

What's the deal with all the dead birds in southern New Mexico? This group of women from the Bureau of Land Management, MSU's Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology and White Sands Missile Range all want to know the same thing. It appears to be an unprecedented and a very large number. It's very difficult to put a finger on exactly what that number is. Um, but I could say it would. It could easily be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. They say One factor could very well be the cold snap we saw last week. What is odd is the fact that we're seeing this occur beforehand, and we're seeing it occurs since then. But it's not just the cold can be related to some of the drug conditions. It could also be related to the fires in the West and the fire, the West or possibly playing a role in this. It made There may have been some damage to these birds that will, you know, in their Lums there. Maybe they may have pushed them out early when they weren't ready to migrated. Those they're just theories right now, but these women and other researchers in our state are working to figure out what's going on because they say this is not normal on the missile range. We might. In a week's time, we might get a report of, like, less than half a dozen dipper, you know, one or two. Denver, Um, this last week to 10 days, we've had a couple of 100 so that really got our attention. You could help by reporting any groups of dead birds you see on the I naturalist app. They'll have a spot for you to do that in the next few days. If people can, we would ask that they could collect the birds, but they should use gloves or a bag to pick it up. We don't advocate touching the birds with your hands and bagged, um, double bagged them and stick them in a freezer. Grace reader Ko before

Dead birds leave wildlife experts puzzled

Dead birds in New Mexico

Albuquerque pinata maker says after a steep drop in sales early on in the pandemic, his new COVID-19 offering has him swamped with orders.

the orders air once again rolling in at Casa de Pinatas Sin Albuquerque. Right now that's crazy. That's crazy. You know, I have worked for the next three weeks. That's something owner Francisco Rodriguez didn't expect because the Cove in 19 Pandemic nearly put him out of business after being open for more than 20 years. With no parties, no pinatas, nothing. There was nothing for me because of the Cove in 19 Pandemic, Francisco said. He had little to no business for months on end. That is, until he came up with the idea to create this pinata that looks like the cove in 19 virus that you can beat the candy out of a customer posted this picture of the virus pinatas on Facebook and the post pardon? The pun went viral, and now I'm leaving for the Kobe. He spent Monday taking orders nonstop from customers like Kristen Daniels in her three daughters. They've been coming here for years, buying pinatas to celebrate special occasions, and he's, um, he's been a part of a lot of milestones, and family and way just want to help him out on these weird times. At the moment, Francisco is sold out of his covert creations. There's now a three week wait to get one, since he makes each one by hand. And as Christians, daughter Annalise tells us that makes all the difference. I've always loved the pinatas here because usually they're really hard to open. And then and that means more shots. So you can get so much more fun in a business owner finding a creative way to hit back against Cove it and a community coming together to support him. Thank you. Get Thank you, Kai Porter Ko before anybody special.

Beating COVID-19 ... with a stick!

Pinatas

A company in New Mexico says they've come up with an idea that could use UVC light to help kill the COVID-19 virus.

energy wants to naturally circulate. I have been trying to make things better ever since I was a kid, and when I was a kid, I didn't get listened to. And once I got older, I said, You know what? I'm gonna change the world, because if I don't do it, that doesn't seem like it's gonna Isaac Barboza says he's created the most efficient lightbulb in the world, but now he's working on shedding his light in a specific direction. During this time of Cove it I really wanted to join the fight, figure out how I could be a best of help. You v c like a specific ultraviolet light, can disinfect surfaces and kill viruses. That technology isn't new, but Barbosa's says using his highly efficient invention and applying it in new ways is like this fan. It's important that we also disinfect the air, and so a technology like this isn't even on the market right now is really important at a time. Like now, it pulls air in and uses UV C light to kill airborne viruses. Isaac Startup is currently working with Sandia Labs to test their products, and they're looking for space to set up a manufacturing site in Albuquerque. UV C light can be dangerous to people if they're directly exposed. But, he says, if you could apply this technology to schools, grocery stores, even airplanes, when people aren't in them, it may help keep people safe. And whether or not it is to cure all, we need to do what we can while we can do it.

Company on COVID-killing lightbulb: 'We need to do what we can while we can do it'

Two endangered Mexican gray wolves housed at the Albuquerque zoo are the proud parents of seven pups, officials announced Tuesday.

Seven pups of endangered Mexican wolves born in Albuquerque zoo

The simple solution for escaping the swarm: turning off the lights.

It's a hot one out there. The animals at this sanctuary into headaches are trying to stay cool. We rescued the abused, neglected and unwanted animals in our community way have pigs. We have goats. We have cows. We have ducks. Goose turkey's donkey chickens, guinea fowl, dogs, cats. Pretty much the whole gamut. Camera. Hubbard loves her animals, but maybe not as much love for months. Especially when this happened. Oh, my God, This is we're under Proceed. This is bad. This is so bad. Oh, my God. Alone Me all over her. I heard one of the pigs bricks in in severe distress About 9 30 or 10 o'clock. Where's bricks? In poor baby. As I came out of the house, I noticed the light was on which never happens. I must have inadvertently bumped it. And it caused I don't know, Couldn't count. Um, but a 1,000,000 maws to come And they scared him. So he was squealing and running. So e love you mods covering every inch. It was so bad. The inside of his house is painted white. So with the light on it, you could not see white, the walls were moving and I just had a colossal meltdown. Brixton is doing much better now. As are the rest of the animals. Mitigate the situation. What? How did you do that? So we turned off the light. Ha ha ha. So you have a moth problem. Turn off your lights. It's that easy. Be kind, all kinds, you know, including the maws.

Moths invade New Mexico animal sanctuary

Moth invasion

A New Mexico teen has been honored for his honesty after turning in $135,000 in lost cash he found near an ATM.

If you're like me, this is the most cash you've seen ever. Now imagine seeing it in person. Just thinking about it was probably like a prank, or I just didn't know what to think. To be honest, 19 year old Jose Nunez Roman ease says Sunday he was out shopping for stocks for his grandpa when he stopped here in the central and want to bow just like that. There it waas ah, $135,000. Man, we all know that temptation even just take a little just one of those bundles off the top. But Nunes, Roman ease didn't do that. Call it his moral obligation or something else in the back of my head. I was just thinking about my parents, especially my mom. What? What, what? She would do it. I came home with the money and he turned all that money over No hesitation. Chief Geir, Mayor Keller and a bunch of other people showed up today to say thanks. He got a plaque from the city, an invitation to apply for a police service, a position PNM gave him a check for 500 bucks to use toward his classes at CNN and ESPN radio. Well, they hooked him up tons of gear signed by top athletes like Brian Urlacher, season tickets, toe Lobo football and more. I mean, it's not 100 $35,000. Never been on live TV, so that kinda makes over it. But Jose says he's just thankful for all the people who made his day special. It could have helped us out a lot, but I don't I never thought about taking it, but I was just thinking about the people's money that were infected by the covered 19 and how they were act like I took their money away. So trying to give it back to the community. Oh, and if you're wondering how the money got there, it appears it never got loaded into the machine. Britney Costello ko before

Teen turns in $135,000 found near ATM

Money found in New Mexico

For two weekends in December, New Mexico's Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad turns into Santas personal Christmas train.

Train transforms into riding the rails with Santa in New Mexico

Train converts into Santa ride leading up to Christmas

Seven inmates are facing new charges after attacking two prison guards at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility last month.

Brutal attack on prison guards caught on camera

Prison attack in NM

Seven inmates charged in July attack that wounded two New Mexico prison guards.

Cameras capture brutal prison assault

Attack in New Mexico prison

Officers stopped Eusebio Padilla in Northwest Albuquerque for driving his motorcycle without a license plate. After finding a knife on Padilla, an officer said he patted him down. Padilla then pulled a bag filled with 44 diamonds from his anal cavity, the officer said. According to a criminal complaint, Padilla planned on trading the diamonds for drugs.

Man pulls 44 diamonds from buttocks during traffic stop

Dash camera video from New Mexico shows a grandmother flirting with a police officer as he attempts to administer a field sobriety test. 