Category Archives: KKOB Local News

New Mexico United's Stadium Search Continues as Proposed Sites Face Delays and Debate
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - Years after New Mexico United began searching for a permanent home, the question of where the club will build its longawaited stadium remains unanswered. Legal challenges, vo...
Natassja Leyba Mar 17, 2026

APD updates two separate suspicious death incidents
Albuquerque,NM (KKOB)- Albuquerque Police provided updates late Monday on two separate suspicious death investigations initiated on Sunday. The first incident happened Sunday morning in the area of 61...
Zoltan Csanyi Mar 16, 2026 OpenFinalG / Depositphotos.com

Cannabis going higher
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- New Mexico's legal cannabis market has surpassed two billion dollars in total sales since recreational use became legal in 2022. According to state data, sales reached that m...
Mike Gaba Mar 16, 2026

City Council to discuss two controversial measures at Monday nights meeting
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - A long Albuquerque City Council meeting is expected tonight as two controversial items are on the agenda. One item which could bring the most discussion is a measure aimed at ...
Zoltan Csanyi Mar 16, 2026

State Supreme Court upholds conviction of man guilty of killing church security guard in 2022
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB)- The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence for a man found guilty of killing a church security guard in 2022 with a pickup truck in the church...
Zoltan Csanyi Mar 16, 2026

Route 66 Visitor Center to reopen
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The City of Albuquerque's Route 66 Visitor Center reopens April 4 with a new photography exhibition marking the Route 66 Centennial. The exhibit, Centennial Roots, features w...
Mike Gaba Mar 16, 2026

Proposed coal mine raises concerns
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- A small Navajo community near the Arizona-New Mexico border is raising concerns about a proposed coal mine expansion. The Navajo Transitional Energy Company is seeking approv...
Mike Gaba Mar 16, 2026
Fire Displaces 18 Residents at North Albuquerque Apartment Complex
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Eighteen residents were displaced Saturday afternoon after a fastmoving fire damaged multiple units at a north Albuquerque apartment complex. Albuquerque Fire Rescue responded arou...
Natassja Leyba Mar 16, 2026

Possible homicide investigation inside home in north Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM(KKOB) Albuquerque Police homicide detectives are investigating a suspicious death discovered Sunday at a home in the 8300 block of Wilson Hurley Ct., N.E., which is north of Paseo del ...
Zoltan Csanyi Mar 15, 2026

APD investigating body found near location of fire in North Valley
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB)- Detectives with the Albuquerque Police Department are investigating the death of a man discovered Sunday morning following an overnight fire behind a groceey store in the North...
Zoltan Csanyi Mar 15, 2026 microgen / Depositphotos.com








