Category Archives: KKOB Local News

SANTA FE, N.M. - FEMA has approved more than $840,000 in disaster recovery and hazard mitigation funding for projects in Las Vegas and Ruidoso. The funding is part of a broader package of federal assi...

EL PASO, Texas - The El Paso Police Department has stopped using state-funded Flock Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras following a state order ending grant funding for the technology. Distr...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal judge has sentenced Zachary Babitz to life in prison plus 26 years after he admitted to a violent, multi-city crime spree that included robberies, carjackings, and a fata...

MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities say they have arrested three people and seized a large cache of weapons that officials believe was smuggled from Texas and destined for drug cartels. The operation in...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - New Mexico health officials are urging residents to be aware of the increasing dangers associated with powdered fentanyl, which experts say is contributing to accidental overdoses ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An Albuquerque woman accused of telling her teenage son to shoot a man during a confrontation outside an apartment complex has entered a no-contest plea. Munah Green pleaded no con...

ESPAOLA, N.M. - Federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies say a 10-month effort to reduce violent crime in northern New Mexico has resulted in federal charges against 10 individuals i...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Delta Dental of New Mexico has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Touro College of Dental Medicine to help bring dental services to rural and underserved communities throughout the sta...

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - AFR investigators are looking into the cause of a fire overnight in Northeast Albuquerque. At approximately 150 a.m. Albuquerque Fire Rescue was dispatched to 1100 Kentucky NE...

Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - A life sentence handed down to a man who shot and killed an elderly man in a Santa Fe parking lot in 2024 during a crime spree. 40-year old Zachary Babitz was sentenced to life p...