Top Local Stories 2026
14- year old juvenile arrested in connection with Santa Rosa Middle School threat
Santa Rosa, NM (KKOB) - New Mexico State Police, with assistance from the Santa Rosa Police Department and the FBI Operations Center, arrested a 14-year old in connection with a school shooting threat at Santa Rosa Middle School. According to NMSP, on July 30, authorities re...
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Moratorium on uranium mining proposed
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --A New Mexico state senator Angel Charly is calling for a moratorium on uranium mining. Charley says the state needs to reconsider new permits until emerging extraction technology is better understood, and the state develops a regulatory framework. Fo...
Aug 15, 2026
What to do with the Soldiers Memorial?
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --The subject of ongoing debate, the Soldiers Memorial obelisk in Santa Fe, continues to stir up controversy. It was torn down by protesters in 2020 due to language offensive to Native Americans. After the obelisk was toppled, the city stored its re...
Aug 14, 2026
Chaco water threatened
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Melissa Troutman, a climate and health advocate with WildEarth Guardians, spoke before legislators on the interim Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee in Los Alamos on Thursday. She said that the oil and gas industry reported spills that im...
Aug 14, 2026
Guilty on All Counts: Sheryl Williams Stapleton Convicted in Federal Corruption Trial
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury has found former New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton guilty on all 37 counts in a public corruption case centered on Albuquerque Public Schools contracts. Jurors also found Stapleton's longtime associate and co-defend...
Aug 14, 2026
New Mexico could benefit soon from Super "El Niño"
Miami, Fl (KKOB) - El Niño is strengthening, with a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event or Super El Niño during the fall and winter 2026-27 in the Northern Hemisphere and it could become the strongest El Niño on record. New Mexico could be in ...
Aug 14, 2026
City of Albuquerque launches website promoting city-owned properties available for sale or lease
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - The City of Albuquerque has launched a new online portal that lists nearly 200 city-owned properties available for sale or lease, including vacant lots and other parcels that are no longer needed for city operations. Sometimes the City owns property...
Aug 14, 2026
U.S and Mexico hold large scale show of force exercise along the border
El Paso, TX (KKOB) - In July, the State Department added the cartel known as "La Linea", remnants of the old Juarez Cartel, to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations that includes the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels, in Mexico. "This cartel, La Línea,...
Aug 14, 2026









