Category Archives: KKOB Local News
No ICE for Sunport, at this point
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- As TSA staffing shortages continue during the partial government shutdown, ICE officers are being sent to some U.S. airports to help manage security operations. However, the ...
Mar 23, 2026
Otero County Commissioners emergency meeting ruled invalid : NM Attorney General
Alamogordo, NM (KKOB) - The state attorney general has ruled that the emergency meeting held by Otero County Commissioners on March 13 to sign a new 5-year contract with ICE to keep open an immigratio...
Mar 23, 2026
Wildfire Cuba Ranger District
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --Fire crews continue to work the Nacimiento Wildfire that began this weekend. The fire is in the Cuba Ranger district, located south of the Nacimiento Mine and NM State Road 12...
Mar 23, 2026
Montgomery north off-ramp from I-25 to be closed for 3 weeks
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -Starting today and for the next 3 weeks the northbound off-ramp at I-25 and Montgomery will be closed. The closure of the off-ramp happened overnight and will remain closed 24/...
Mar 23, 2026
Lawsuit over Project Jupiter may proceed
Las Cruces, NM (KKOB) - A lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center against Project Jupiter, the massive data center being built in the Santa Teresa area, argues that the development wi...
Mar 23, 2026
3rd person arrested for killing in Pajarito Mesa pleads no contest
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB)- 19-year old Daniel Medrano Garcia, one of the three people arrested in the shooting death of 16-year old Jesus Quintana Cota in the Pajarito Mesa pled No Contest on several cha...
Mar 23, 2026
Convicted child sex offender from Colorado arrested in southern New Mexico
Otero County, NM (KKOB) - A convicted sex offender from Colorado has been captured in Chaparral, New Mexico. According to a spokesperson with the 23rd Judicial District Attorney's Office in Colorado, ...
Mar 23, 2026
APS to have first of two community town halls tonight at 6 p.m.
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - The Albuquerque Public Schools Board will have the first of two Town Halls with members of the community tonight at 6 p.m. The Town Halls are an opportunity for the board to d...
Mar 23, 2026
Santa Fe Woman Found Dead
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --Deputies from the Santa Fe Sheriff's office were dispatched Sunday afternoon to a home in the Rancho Viejo area. Once at the home, 49 year old Jennifer Vigil was found to be d...
Mar 23, 2026
Shooting in Clovis, One Dead
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --An early Sunday morning shooting in Clovis has left one person dead and multiple people injured. Clovis Police say they were called to a scene after multiple gunshots were fir...
Mar 23, 2026
