Category Archives: KKOB Local News

Skyrocketing payouts are concerning
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Lawmakers are expressing concern over the rise in civil rights settlement payouts. In 2022 payouts for civil rights claims were $6.3 million, the amount skyrocketed to $33.4 ...
Mike Gaba 1h ago

Mansion tax kicks in
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The city of Santa Fe has received its first three payments on its "mansion tax" just one month after the NM Court of Appeals cleared the way for Santa Fe to begin collecting ...
Mike Gaba 1h ago

The Beach gets a re-do
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The Beach apartment complex, located on the corner of Central Ave on Tingley Drive, is getting a facelift. The affordable city-owned housing complex that is known for its col...
Mike Gaba 1h ago

State pilot program giving $500 a month to homeless high school students
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB)-Homeless high school students in New Mexico that meet attendance and academic requirements, could receive $500 a month as part of a new first-of-its kind program. 350 students in g...
Zoltan Csanyi 4h ago ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com

Valencia county tax payers asked to hold off on payments
Albuquerque(KKOB)- Valencia County residents are being asked to hold off paying their property taxes. According to the Valencia County Treasurer's Office, the 2025 property tax mill rates for county p...
Zoltan Csanyi 5h ago

Teens charged with aggravated burlary
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Four teens were arrested Monday in Las Cruces on multiple charges including aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon. The teens are accused in a gun store robbery on November...
Mike Gaba 23h ago

$390-million in unclaimed money and property
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The NM Taxation and Revenue Department is encouraging citizens to check and see if they have any money or other abandoned property held by the state. There's $390 million wor...
Mike Gaba 23h ago

Mayor and city face lawsuit
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The former inspector general for Albuquerque, Melissa Santistevan, has filed a lawsuit against the city and Mayor Tim Keller claiming she was wrongfully removed from her posi...
Mike Gaba 23h ago

Suspect sought for westside bank robbery
Albuquerque (KKOB)- The Albuquerque office of the FBI and the Albuquerque Police Department are asking for the public's help to identify a man wanted for a robbery of the Bank of America branch at 260...
Zoltan Csanyi Nov 25, 2025

Otero county man arrested in murder of girlfriend
Alamogordo, NM(KKOB)- A 31-year old Otero County man is in jail without bond charged with an open count of murder for the killing of his girlfriend. Mathew Weems was arrested initially for a burglary ...
Zoltan Csanyi Nov 25, 2025 Gorodenkoff / Depositphotos.com








