Category Archives: KKOB Local News

Fire risk in garbage trucks is on the rise
Albuquerque, NM ( KKOB) -- The City of Albuquerque is warning residents about hazardous items in household trash after two garbage truck fires this week. According to the Solid Waste Department, one f...
Mike Gaba Aug 07, 2026

Studying school bus safety
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- A researcher at New Mexico State University is taking a closer look at a dangerous problem on roadways: drivers illegally passing stopped school buses. Professor Michael Hout...
Mike Gaba Aug 07, 2026

Zebadiah gets life
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- 38 year old Zebadiah Romero will spend the rest of his life in federal prison. A jury convicted him of murder and other charges, two years after he shot and killed the victim...
Mike Gaba Aug 07, 2026

Medical transport plane experienced loss of GPS navigation capability just before crash near Ruidoso
Ruidoso, NM (KKOB)- According to a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board a medical transport aircraft that crashed in the mountains northeast of Ruidoso in May, killi...
Zoltan Csanyi Aug 07, 2026 Seven Cabins Fire
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Judge ok's insanity defense for triple murder suspect
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - An Albuquerque District judge has officially granted permission for Adlai Mestre to pursue an insanity defense in his upcoming triple-murder trial. Mestre is accused of fatall...
Zoltan Csanyi Aug 07, 2026

Teen arrested in fatal hit and run involving a pedestrian to remain in custody
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - The 16-year old male teenager arrested and charged with Vehicular Homicide and leaving the scene of a crash, will remain detained in the juvenile detention center after appear...
Zoltan Csanyi Aug 07, 2026 ANDRANIK2017 / Depositphotos.com

Man who allegedly threatened to shoot up CNM to remain in jail
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - 35-year old Brandon Stockman, a student at Central New Mexico Community College, will remain in jail after his arrest for allegedly making threats to shoot up the campus after...
Zoltan Csanyi Aug 07, 2026

Mayor Garcia proposing $25 million bond issue in Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - Santa Fe Mayor Michael Garcia is proposing a $25 million bond issue that if approved by the city council would go before voters in the November election. If approved, the money w...
Zoltan Csanyi Aug 07, 2026

Judge orders Meta to pay $567 million in lawsuit brought by New Mexico
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - A District Judge has ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a youth harm abatement fund after ruling that the company's platforms created a "public nuisance" that severely harmed ...
Zoltan Csanyi Aug 07, 2026

Record heat brings more illness
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- As a stretch of hot weather settles over New Mexico, state health officials are raising concerns about heat-related illnesses. The Department of Health says approximately 770...
Mike Gaba Aug 06, 2026








