Top Local Stories 2025
Fire Crews Continue Battling Unified Fire in Valencia County
Fire crews in Valencia County are continuing suppression efforts on the Unified Fire burning south of Rio Communities. New Mexico Forestry Division officials say the fire is now estimated at 300 acres and 25 percent contained, after updated mapping downsized the burn area. T...
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Diego Sanchez Avoids Jail Time After Shooting Gun From Moving Vehicle
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - Former UFC fighter Diego Sanchez has been sentenced to probation and community service after firing a gun from a moving vehicle in Albuquerque last summer. The incident happened in July 2025 while police were responding to a traffic crash on Interst...
50m ago
Part of San Mateo Shut Down as APD Investigates Deadly Shooting
Albuquerque police are investigating a deadly shooting that closed a section of San Mateo Boulevard in northeast Albuquerque on Thursday. According to APD, officers shut down San Mateo between Mountain Road and Constitution Avenue while they processed the scene. Police say f...
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Albuquerque man arrested in connection with shooting that killed his friend
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - APD homicide detectives have arrested 46-year old Jeremy Muñoz for his role in a shooting on March 4th that resulted in the death of his friend 41-year old Sean Martin. According to police, the murder was in relation to a domestic dispute bet...
4h ago
Santa Fe school board to discuss renaming Cesar Chavez Elementary
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - Later today (Thursday), the Santa Fe Public School board will be meeting and on the agenda is a discussion over changing the name of Cesar Chavez elementary school. According to the districts policy, a committee would have to be formed with appointments...
4h ago
Otero County commissioners meet once again to approve contract with ICE
Alamogordo, NM(KKOB) - The Otero County Commission has once again approved its contract with ICE to use the Otero Detention Center in Chaparral to house undocumented immigrants. The vote comes after the New Mexico Department of Justice ruled that an emergency meeting held tw...
4h ago
Motorcyclist killed in Wednesday evening crash in Northwest Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - Albuquerque Police Department's Fatal Crash Unit is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that happened Wednesday evening in Northwest Albuquerque. Police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos tells News Radio KKOB, the accident happened around 6:40 p.m. in th...
8h ago
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Asking for Rivera to stay behind bars
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office is asking a judge to keep a 19-year-old Albuquerque man behind bars until trial. Miguel Rivera was arrested Sunday morning after officers say he fled a traffic stop near Rio Grande Boulevard and Centr...
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