Category Archives: KKOB Local News
60,000 Paycheck Protection Program loans approved first week
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) –On Jan. 19, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that it has approved approximately 60,000 PPP loan applications submitted by nearly 3,000 lenders, for over $...
Jan 21, 2021
FBI takes Couy Griffin into custody for alleged role in Capitol riots
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) –On the afternoon of January 17, 2021, the U.S. Capitol Police notified the FBI that they had detained Couy Griffin, 47, of Tularosa, N.M.Griffin was the subject of an arr...
Jan 17, 2021
City Announces Completion of Beautification Project in Taylor Ranch
(PRESS RELEASE) Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Today, City Council President Cynthia D. Borrego joined City of Albuquerque's Department of Municipal Development (DMD) Director Pat Montoya to anno...
Jan 14, 2021
Acoma tribal governor says hospital cut vital services
Acoma, NM (AP) –Native American officials at Acoma Pueblo say that federal authorities have suspended emergency and in-patient medical care at a hospital on Acoma tribal lands.In a statement Fri...
Nov 16, 2020
Sunday’s statewide COVID-19 statistics
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) –New Mexico state health officials on Sunday announced 1,033 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:252 new cases in Bernali...
Nov 15, 2020
Students of nuclear security have a problem & here’s how to help them
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) –Radioactive materials are attractive targets to thieves and other bad actors. These are rare finds, valuable on the black market and relatively easy to weaponize. New sec...
Nov 12, 2020
NMSU to host virtual Research and Creativity Week Nov. 10-13
Writer: Tiffany AcostaLas Cruces, NM (KKOB) –New Mexico State University will host a completely virtual Research and Creativity Week Nov. 10-13 to highlight scholarly research and creative activ...
Nov 09, 2020
NM man who shot and killed another guilty of manslaughter
Albuquerque, NM (AP) –Federal prosecutors say a 22-year-old man who fatally shot another man while staying at his girlfriend's house on the Navajo Nation has pleaded guilty to a voluntary mansla...
Oct 18, 2020
KKOB Voter Guide
Photo by Gage Skidmore Welcome to the 96.3 News Radio KKOB Voter Information Portal. This is your one-stop location for voting information. Tuesday, November 3. 2020 is the date of the New Mexico...
Sep 30, 2020
New Mexico back in the red
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB)–State Human Services Secretary David Scrase says a recent rise in coronavirus cases in New Mexico is most likely a result of Labor Day activities and trade with neighboring T...
Sep 30, 2020
