KRQE News 13 Albuquerque

Crime and public safety dominated local news this week, with a man dying after a baseball bat attack [3], a charter school teacher convicted of sexually abusing a student [11], and a man facing federal charges for damaging a local synagogue and Jewish community center [14]. On a more uplifting note, an APS teacher is set to receive a life-saving liver transplant donated by a fellow teacher [8], and Albuquerque boxer Abraham Perez claimed the WBA Interim Flyweight Title [9]. The community also saw notable local developments, including Rio Grande farmers seeking alternative irrigation methods amid drying stretches of the river [7] and a South Valley recycling plant fire leading to the demolition of two neighboring businesses [19].