Top Local Stories 2025
APD updates two separate suspicious death incidents
Albuquerque,NM (KKOB)- Albuquerque Police provided updates late Monday on two separate suspicious death investigations initiated on Sunday. The first incident happened Sunday morning in the area of 6125 4th St. NW Detectives are investigating the death of an unidentified man...
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Cannabis going higher
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- New Mexico's legal cannabis market has surpassed two billion dollars in total sales since recreational use became legal in 2022. According to state data, sales reached that mark in November 2025. Adult-use marijuana has accounted for the majority, b...
7h ago
City Council to discuss two controversial measures at Monday nights meeting
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - A long Albuquerque City Council meeting is expected tonight as two controversial items are on the agenda. One item which could bring the most discussion is a measure aimed at protecting immigrant communities. The "Safer Community Places" or...
7h ago
State Supreme Court upholds conviction of man guilty of killing church security guard in 2022
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB)- The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence for a man found guilty of killing a church security guard in 2022 with a pickup truck in the church parking lot. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice C. Shannon Bacon, ...
7h ago
Route 66 Visitor Center to reopen
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The City of Albuquerque's Route 66 Visitor Center reopens April 4 with a new photography exhibition marking the Route 66 Centennial. The exhibit, Centennial Roots, features work by New Mexico photographers Gabriella Campos, Jessica Roybal, and Natha...
9h ago
Proposed coal mine raises concerns
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- A small Navajo community near the Arizona-New Mexico border is raising concerns about a proposed coal mine expansion. The Navajo Transitional Energy Company is seeking approval to extend the life of the Navajo Mine by up to 110 years, even as the Fo...
9h ago
Fire Displaces 18 Residents at North Albuquerque Apartment Complex
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Eighteen residents were displaced Saturday afternoon after a fast‑moving fire damaged multiple units at a north Albuquerque apartment complex. Albuquerque Fire Rescue responded around 12:30 p.m. to reports of a fire at the Academy Heights Apartments nea...
13h ago
Possible homicide investigation inside home in north Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM(KKOB) Albuquerque Police homicide detectives are investigating a suspicious death discovered Sunday at a home in the 8300 block of Wilson Hurley Ct., N.E., which is north of Paseo del Norte. Officers were called to the residence at 1 p.m. Sunday and after ini...
Mar 16, 2026









