Category Archives: KKOB Local News
SCOTUS to hear arguments over asylum claims by immigrants at border ports of entry
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that could reshape asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border. The dispute centers on whether asylum seekers can apply for protection at officia...
Mar 24, 2026 Formal group photograph of the Supreme Court as it was been comprised on June 30, 2022 after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the Court. The Justices are posed in front of red velvet drapes and arranged by seniority, with five seated and four standing.
Seated from left are Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan.
Standing from left are Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
New Fire Training Academy Coming
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --A new fire training academy and memorial will soon be coming to Santa Fe. The NM State Fire Marshal's office will break ground on the facility this month. The training academy...
Mar 24, 2026
Otero County responds to Attorney General rule invalidating emergency meeting for ICE contract
Alamogordo, NM (KKOB)- Otero County has formally responded to the New Mexico Attorney General regarding an emergency meeting held to approve a contract extension with Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
Mar 24, 2026
Phase one of multi-million dollar fairgrounds improvement and renovation project moves forward
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB)- Phase One of the renovation and other improvements to the 236 acre state fairgrounds was approved by the District Board led by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Mayor Tim Keller....
Mar 24, 2026
Son Charged in Mother's Death
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --Authorities have identified the person who killed a Santa Fe woman in her home over the weekend. The woman's son, Deven Roybal faces a charge of first degree murder in the dea...
Mar 24, 2026
NM Names New Chief Investment Officer
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --New Mexico has a new chief investment officer and she's returning home to New Mexico. The New Mexico State Investment Council reports that Kristin Varela, a Pecos High School ...
Mar 24, 2026
APD investigating body found inside North Valley home as a homicide
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB)- Albuquerque Police homicide detectives are investigating a homicide in the city's North Valley. Officers were dispatched to a home around 5:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of La Pobl...
Mar 23, 2026 microgen / Depositphotos.com
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
