Top Local Stories 2025
Santa Fe Police Searching for Missing 29-Year-Old Woman
SANTA FE, N.M. - The Santa Fe Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a woman who has been reported missing. According to police, Vanaty Whitfield, 29, was reported missing on July 24, 2026. Investigators say she was last seen in Albuquerque on July 10,...
12m ago
EPA Awards More Than $2.1 Million to Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo de Cochiti for Recycling Projects
NEW MEXICO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded more than $2.1 million to two New Mexico pueblos to expand recycling and waste management programs aimed at reducing landfill use and improving environmental sustainability. The funding comes through the EPA's...
15m ago
Lincoln National Forest Launching Multi-Year Reforestation Effort Following Recent Wildfires
RUIDOSO, N.M. - The Lincoln National Forest is preparing to begin a five-year reforestation project aimed at restoring thousands of acres impacted by the Blue 2 Fire and South Fork Fire. Forest officials announced they have secured 40,000 tree seedlings through a partnership...
2h ago
New Mexico Extends Deadline for $47 Million Rural Health Grant Program
SANTA FE, N.M. - Rural health care providers and organizations across New Mexico have been given additional time to apply for a share of $47 million in funding aimed at expanding access to health care services and strengthening rural health systems. State officials announced...
2h ago
3 people arrested during Project Jupiter information meeting in Las Cruces
Las Cruces, NM (KKOB) - A public meeting over a Project Jupiter update in Las Cruces, got rowdy Wednesday as three people were arrested and a scuffle broke out between security staff, sheriff's deputies and members of the public. The data center, under construction in Santa ...
2h ago
Dozens of people provide public comment on sale of PNM to Blackstone
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - Nearly seven hours of public comment took place at the UNM Student Union over the proposed purchase of TXNM Energy, the parent company of PNM, which is also New Mexico's largest electric utility provider, by private equity firm, Blackstone Infrastruc...
2h ago
Robbery suspect arrested after hours long SWAT negotiation in Southwest Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - An Albuquerque man is in jail this morning after his arrest for an armed robbery that happened at a Dollar General on the 4200 block of Central Ave SW who later barricaded himself inside a Speedway gas station on Coors and Arenal. The APD SWAT team...
3h ago
Man arrested in stabbing death of his upstairs neighbor over dripping water to remain in jail
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - The man arrested in a deadly stabbing of his upstairs neighbor over water dripping down to his patio, will remain in jail through the judicial process. Michael Cain is charged with an open count of murder and tampering with evidence in the stabbing ...
3h ago
