Top Local Stories 2025
Fourth Defendant Convicted in Young Park Mass Shooting Awaits Sentencing
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The fourth and final defendant charged in connection with the deadly mass shooting at Young Park in Las Cruces has been found guilty and is now awaiting sentencing. A jury on Tuesday convicted Gustavo Dominguez on three counts of first-degree murder for hi...
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Health Care Authority Extends Food Benefit Assistance Following McCauley Springs Fire
SANTA FE, N.M. - The New Mexico Health Care Authority has extended the deadline for certain SNAP recipients affected by the McCauley Springs Fire to request replacement benefits for food lost during the wildfire. State officials say households that were evacuated because of ...
52m ago
Possible moratorium on data centers
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Democratic New Mexico lawmakers are proposing a moratorium for the 2027 legislative session that would temporarily block new large-scale data centers from being built in the state. They say they need time to create rules for water use, energy demand...
16h ago
Santa Fe keeps rating high
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The City of Santa Fe continues its winning streak. It has landed on the Travel + Leisure list of 15 favorite cities in the U.S. every year since 2002 . It also tied last year's showing by finishing at No. 19 on the magazine's list of 25 favorite cit...
16h ago
Santa Fe to pay more for water
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Residents of Santa Fe County wil have to dig deeper into their wallets next month to pay the water bill. The county's Public Works Department is raising its service rates by 4.2%. That percentage comes from a report from the latest Bureau of Labor S...
16h ago
City Seeks Developers to Convert Former Shriners Property Into Affordable Housing
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The City of Albuquerque is moving forward with plans to redevelop a former Shriners property into affordable housing and is now seeking proposals from developers interested in the project. The city recently issued a Request for Proposals for the property ...
22h ago
Eddy County Searching for Suspect
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --The Eddy County Sheriff's Office continues to search for the driver in a deadly hit and run crash on the Fourth of July. The driver hit several pedestrians killing one and then crashing into a parked car. It happened near Six Mile Dam around 10:50 Sa...
23h ago
Elderly Santa Fe man dies at home awaiting new murder trial
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - An 88 year old Santa Fe man who was released from prison last week while awaiting a new trial for the murder in 2018, of his daughter's fiancé has died. Noverto Martinez, was released last Thursday and died Sunday in his home in Santa Fe. Marti...
23h ago
