Category Archives: KKOB Local News

APD ‘TEAM’ touts success

APD ‘TEAM’ touts success

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The Albuquerque Police department created the ‘Targeted Enforcement and Active Monitoring’ initiative in September of 2022 to battle trending crime in downtown Albuquerque. Today/Wednesday APD released the realized results of the initiative. Prior to the implementation of TEAM, Wednesdays were the day with the highest crime based on data. Officers were…MORE

Tablets for Isleta Pueblo children

Tablets for Isleta Pueblo children

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Today at 2:00 PNM, the largest energy provider in New Mexico, donated 40 tablet computers to the Pueblo of Isleta Department of Education. The tablets serving to support the learning experience for children of the pueblo. Pueblo leadership including Governor Zuni and the Pueblo’s Department of Education on hand for the…MORE

NMSP investigate fatal shooting

NMSP investigate fatal shooting

Romeroville, NM (KKOB) — May 15th, 2023, the New Mexico State Police were dispatched to the area of Interstate 25 and Frontage Road 2137 in reference to a single vehicle crash. Upon arrival, officers learned a female was seen fleeing the scene of the crash armed with a firearm. The female was later identified as…MORE

Big auto show back next month

Big auto show back next month

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The Sagebrush Auto Show returns for a fourteenth year on Saturday, June 17th, 2023, at Sagebrush Community Church, located at the Riverside Campus on Albuquerque’s Westside (6440 Coors Blvd NW; intersection of Coors and LaOrilla). All activities, food and drink are free.  The successful Sagebrush Auto Show attracts more than 200…MORE

AFRL conducts a swarm technology demonstration with THOR

AFRL conducts a swarm technology demonstration with THOR

Kirtland Air Force Base, NM (KKOB) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, conducted a demonstration, April 5, 2023, of its high-power microwave counter drone weapon, the Tactical High-power Operational Responder, or THOR, as it engaged a swarm of multiple targets at the Chestnut Test Site, Kirtland Air Force Base. “The THOR team flew…MORE

APD pursued murder suspect prior to officer-involved shooting

APD pursued murder suspect prior to officer-involved shooting

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — APD detectives were pursuing a high-profile murder suspect Tuesday when the attempted arrest resulted in an officer-involved shooting in Southeast Albuquerque. Detectives were searching for 16-year-old Isaiah Espinosa, who was wanted for the December 2022 murder of Jada Gonzales at a West Side house party. Gonzales was a student at Albuquerque…MORE

Elk nursery in session

Elk nursery in session

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — It’s elk calving season in northern New Mexico, and in an effort to limit disturbances, including motorized traffic and human interaction, which can cause the cow to abort or abandon her calf there is a major road closure. The Santa Fe National Forest reporting, after giving birth, the calf and its…MORE

New pay incentives are paying off for APD

New pay incentives are paying off for APD

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — APD’s new pay incentives are resulting in more people who are applying to be police officers, bucking national trends in police recruitment. The department has seen double the number of candidates for the next police academy. The city also recently purchased a 12,500 square foot building north of the police academy that will expand the…MORE

Bernalillo County solar arrays

Bernalillo County solar arrays

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The Bernalillo County Publics Works Division approved new guidance for storm-water management in solar array facilities. With the passage of the 2019 New Mexico Energy Transition Act and the 2021 Community Solar Act, interest in development of large-scale solar facilities in rural areas is growing and encouraged by Bernalillo County to…MORE

Harvesting rainwater

Harvesting rainwater

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — In the state of New Mexico, rainwater brings life and cash. While many states have restrictions in place regarding the collection of rainwater, some states, like New Mexico offer incentives for those that harvest the precious moisture from above. In Albuquerque, the water authority offers rebates based on the amount of…MORE

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