Category Archives: KKOB Local News

Mansion tax kicks in
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The city of Santa Fe has received its first three payments on its "mansion tax" just one month after the NM Court of Appeals cleared the way for Santa Fe to begin collecting ...
Mike Gaba Nov 26, 2025

The Beach gets a re-do
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The Beach apartment complex, located on the corner of Central Ave on Tingley Drive, is getting a facelift. The affordable city-owned housing complex that is known for its col...
Mike Gaba Nov 26, 2025

State pilot program giving $500 a month to homeless high school students
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB)-Homeless high school students in New Mexico that meet attendance and academic requirements, could receive $500 a month as part of a new first-of-its kind program. 350 students in g...
Zoltan Csanyi Nov 26, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com

Valencia county tax payers asked to hold off on payments
Albuquerque(KKOB)- Valencia County residents are being asked to hold off paying their property taxes. According to the Valencia County Treasurer's Office, the 2025 property tax mill rates for county p...
Zoltan Csanyi Nov 26, 2025

Teens charged with aggravated burlary
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Four teens were arrested Monday in Las Cruces on multiple charges including aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon. The teens are accused in a gun store robbery on November...
Mike Gaba Nov 25, 2025

$390-million in unclaimed money and property
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The NM Taxation and Revenue Department is encouraging citizens to check and see if they have any money or other abandoned property held by the state. There's $390 million wor...
Mike Gaba Nov 25, 2025

Mayor and city face lawsuit
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The former inspector general for Albuquerque, Melissa Santistevan, has filed a lawsuit against the city and Mayor Tim Keller claiming she was wrongfully removed from her posi...
Mike Gaba Nov 25, 2025

Suspect sought for westside bank robbery
Albuquerque (KKOB)- The Albuquerque office of the FBI and the Albuquerque Police Department are asking for the public's help to identify a man wanted for a robbery of the Bank of America branch at 260...
Zoltan Csanyi Nov 25, 2025

Otero county man arrested in murder of girlfriend
Alamogordo, NM(KKOB)- A 31-year old Otero County man is in jail without bond charged with an open count of murder for the killing of his girlfriend. Mathew Weems was arrested initially for a burglary ...
Zoltan Csanyi Nov 25, 2025 Gorodenkoff / Depositphotos.com

Home explosion victim transferred to Phoenix burn unit
Albuquerque (KKOB)- New information regarding that home explosion on Sunday night that rocked a northeast heights neighborhood. The victim from the explosion who was initially taken to the University ...
Zoltan Csanyi Nov 25, 2025








