Category Archives: KKOB Local News

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- New Mexico forestry officials say tree die-offs surged last year, driven by warm weather, drought, and native insects. The state estimates 209,000 acres of trees died, compar...

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - Martin Luther King Jr.'s influence reaches well beyond the places he marched. In New Mexico-a state where Black, Hispanic, Native, and immigrant communities share deep, inter...

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed each year on the third Monday in January to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader whose work...

Albuquerque, N.M. - Actor and director Timothy Busfield is scheduled to return to court tomorrow as a judge considers whether he will remain in custody while facing child sex abuse charges. Busfield w...

Santa Fe, N.M. - New Mexico lawmakers will convene at the Roundhouse tomorrow as the state's 2026 legislative session officially begins at noon on January 20. The 30day session will focus largely on b...

Albuquerque, N.M. - A New Mexico man has been convicted of multiple felony sex crimes involving minors following a New Mexico State Police investigation and a weeklong jury trial. The case began in Fe...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - New Mexico is seeing a dramatic surge in tree mortality, and state forestry officials say native bark beetles are at the center of the problem. According to forest health surveys, ...

Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - One man is dead from a one vehicle crash on I-25 just south of St. Francis Drive in Santa Fe. Santa Fe police had to shutdown the southbound lanes of the interstate late Sunday a...

Gallup, NM (KKOB) - A Gallup man is in custody after police say he stabbed a Gallup police officer during an arrest. Forty-year-old Fernando Trujillo was taken into custody by Sergeant Matthew Graham ...

Santa Teresa, NM (KKOB) - A November drug seizure at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry resulted in the seizure of 11 pounds of fentanyl powder at the New Mexico border crossing and the arrest of a former...