Author Archives: Mike Gaba

Fire restrictions for Cibola
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Today the Cibola National Forest will starts Stage 1 fire restrictions in the Forest. Those restrictions cover the Mt. Taylor, Magdalena, Mountainair and Sandia ranger distri...
Mike Gaba May 08, 2026

Downtown Albuquerque grocery store up for sale
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --Nearly a decade after opening the Silver Street Market - one of Downtown's only grocery stores - in August 2016, the business is now for sale. Owner Kelly Brooks says that she...
Mike Gaba May 07, 2026

Stolen property is seeking its owners
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- More than $50,000 in stolen property has been recovered in northern New Mexico, and investigators are trying to return those items to their owners. The Los Alamos Police Depa...
Mike Gaba May 07, 2026

Green Chile Natural Gas pipeline is a "go"
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The Green Chile Natural Gas Pipeline is moving forward, compliments of an expedited review process by the Bureau of Land Management. Crossing 16 miles of federal land in Doa ...
Mike Gaba May 07, 2026

Ted Turner, a New Mexico conservationist, has died
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Media mogul and conservationist Ted Turner died at age 87 on Wednesday. He was once New Mexico's largest landowner, with around 1.1. million acres spread across three huge pr...
Mike Gaba May 06, 2026

Lindy's crashes the dance
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The collapse at Lindy's Diner is now impacting neighboring businesses in downtown Albuquerque. Flamenco Works, a nonprofit dance studio that serves children and adults, close...
Mike Gaba May 06, 2026

Wind farm coming to Torrance County
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard signed an agreement with AFE Cedarville Wind to develop a 10,160-acre wind farm on state lands in Torrance County. The fa...
Mike Gaba May 06, 2026

Cooking fires are the most common
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- More than a dozen residents were displaced due to a cooking fire at the La Vida Nueva Apartments in Albuquerque on Saturday night. Two people were trapped during the fire and...
Mike Gaba May 05, 2026

NMHU President on Paid Administrative Leave
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents has placed President Neil Woolf on paid administrative leave, and at least two other top officials have been fired - potentia...
Mike Gaba May 05, 2026

Chavez fights reclassification
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- In February, the Department of Labor announced a proposal to modify the rule that governs whether workers are classified as employees or contractors. In response late last we...
Mike Gaba May 05, 2026









