Top Local Stories 2025
English for truck drivers is essential
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --Luz Rivera, director of El Paso Texas Trucking School, has responded to allegations from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that the school provided inadequate commercial driver training and certified non-English speakers. Paxton said federal law req...
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Mummified remains identified
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Mummified human remains that were found in 2023 have finally been identified. They were discovered between two walls inside a building Highway 70 by construction workers in Ruidoso Downs. Using DNA testing and genealogy, investigators were able to...
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Gallup Film and Media Expo
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Gallup is preparing to host the fourth annual Gallup Film and Media Expo on May seventh and eighth. The event will take place at the Red Rock Park Convention Center and is free to the public. Organizers say the expo will showcase the next generation...
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UNM Names Finalists for Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The University of New Mexico has announced three finalists in its search for the next Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. The finalists were selected following a national search and include: Avery August, Ph.D., Deputy Provost at Co...
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State suspending food inspections across New Mexico decision based on lack of funding
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - Food safety inspections across New Mexico have been suspended due to a lack of funding. The state Environment Department's Health Division says routine inspections of restaurants, school cafeterias, pools, septic systems, and other facilities are on ho...
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Judge orders pause in state's universal child care program state has 30-days to respond
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - A state judge on Tuesday ordered Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's administration to pause New Mexico's free, universal childcare program or present an argument for why the program should not be halted permanently. Second Judicial District Judge Elaine Luja...
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Mother arrested in Taos for death of 6-year old daughter- cocaine and fentanyl found in the home
Taos, NM (KKOB) - An investigation underway in Taos County for the death of a six-year-old girl who according to sheriff's investigators, died inside the home where various drugs were found throughout the house the child was living in with her mother. Allyson Fernandez was a...
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APD investigating fatal motorcycle crash
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - An investigation is now underway by Albuquerque Police into a fatal traffic accident that happend Tuesday night in Southeast Albuquerque, The accident involved a motorcycle and a pick-up truck and happend around 9 p.m. Tuesday night. According to inv...
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