Category Archives: KKOB Local News

Medicaid update

Medicaid update

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Those New Mexicans receiving coverage from Medicaid should be aware of coverage changes. The automatic Medicaid renewals following the COVID-19 pandemic will end, and those who are still eligible for Medicaid coverage will need to renew their application and submit it to the New Mexico Human Services Department. Those recipients due…MORE

Animal Welfare Department needs help from local artists

Animal Welfare Department needs help from local artists

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — City of Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department (AWD) is looking for local animal-loving artists to create artworks for our “Adopt an Artist Companion” adoption event on Saturday April 29 and Sunday April 30. There is no fee to apply and any interested artist will be considered. Participating artists will meet with one…MORE

SW Chocolate & Coffee Fest returns

SW Chocolate & Coffee Fest returns

Albuquerque, N.M. (KKOB) — The Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest returns for its 13th year this weekend. Starting Saturday at 10 a.m. Expo New Mexico will play host to 175 vendors from all across the nation. Festivities run til five April 1, 2023, and April 2, 2023. Five stages will feature children’s entertainment, coffee demonstrations, and…MORE

State Supreme Court does away with mask requirements

State Supreme Court does away with mask requirements

Santa Fe, N.M. (KKOB) — Starting Saturday, masks and physical distancing are longer required for anyone inside a New Mexico courtroom or jury assembly area. The change was released Thursday by the state Supreme Court. Additionally, jurors no longer need to answer health screening questions to enter a courthouse. Courts will continue to make masks…MORE

Governor signs voting bill trio

Governor signs voting bill trio

Santa Fe, N.M. (KKOB) — Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed three high-priority bills for the Secretary of State’s Office into law Thursday. House Bill 4, Senate Bill 180, and Senate Bill 43. HB 4, or the New Mexico Voting Rights Act, saw some controversy in the legislature. It changes a number of state voting rules…MORE

NM House Republicans call for federal investigation into DD waiver

NM House Republicans call for federal investigation into DD waiver

Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) — Wednesday, House Republican Leadership requested that the Inspector General for the US Dept. of Health and Human Services initiate an investigation into the NM Department of Health. The call for independent investigation arrives amidst reporting from the Santa Fe New Mexican and Candle Publishing detailing what the Governor calls a…MORE

NM Rail Runner Express to resume full fares

NM Rail Runner Express to resume full fares

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — After nearly a year of sharply discounted train fares, the New Mexico Rail Runner Express will resume to full fare rates starting April 3rd, 2023. “Last year’s fare reduction came right as gas prices across the nation shot way up, and people were beginning to return to the workplace”, said Dewy…MORE

NM lung cancer advocate in Washington, D.C. seeking funding

NM lung cancer advocate in Washington, D.C. seeking funding

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — New Mexico resident and lung cancer advocate, James Brown is in Washington, D.C. to meet with his members of Congress during the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE Advocacy Day on March 29. As a part of the nationwide event, he will join more than 40 other people across the country who…MORE

BernCo partners with APS on Gun Free Zone initiative

BernCo partners with APS on Gun Free Zone initiative

Bernalillo County, NM (KKOB) — Bernalillo County is partnering with the District Attorney’s Office, U.S. Attorney’s Office, local law enforcement and Albuquerque Public Schools to create a safer school environment for students and staff in APS facilities. In a news conference today, Second Judicial District Attorney Sam Bregman announced the Anti-Gun Initiative for Schools collaboration…MORE

Albuquerque winner of ‘Academy of American Poets’ award

Albuquerque winner of ‘Academy of American Poets’ award

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — A Cuban-Peruvian poet from Albuquerque has won the ‘Academy of American Poets’ First Book Award’. Sara Daniele Rivera received $5000, a six-week residency at an artist community in the Umbria region of Italy and a book deal with Graywolf Press. The AP says the firm next year will publish her debut…MORE

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