Top Local Stories 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...
12h ago
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...
6h ago
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...
6h ago
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...
7h ago
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 ...
12h ago
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...
13h ago
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,...
13h ago
Pedestrian killed in traffic crash on South Broadway in Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies are on the scene of a fatal accident on South Broadway or Highway 47 where a pedestrian was killed. BCSO reports that Broadway is shutdown both north and south at Desert Road in the South Valley. The Sheriff's off...
15h ago
