Category Archives: KKOB Local News
New Mexico Celebrates 114 Years of Statehood
ALBUQUERQUE - Today marks 114 years since New Mexico officially joined the Union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912, when President William Howard Taft signed the statehood proclamation. The region ...
Jan 06, 2026
New Mexico Steps In After ACA Tax Credits Expire
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO - New Mexico is using state funds to prevent steep health insurance premium hikes after Congress allowed enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits to expire on Dec. 31, 2025....
Jan 06, 2026
APS Expands Clear Backpack Policy to Five Middle Schools
ALBUQUERQUE - Albuquerque Public Schools has expanded its clear backpack policy to five additional middle schools starting today. Wilson, Kennedy, Hayes, Washington, and Cleveland Middle Schools now r...
Jan 06, 2026
Possible Measles Exposure Reported in Albuquerque Linked to Traveler
SANTA FE - The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is reporting a possible measles exposure in Albuquerque after a traveler from South Carolina, later diagnosed with measles, spent the night in th...
Jan 06, 2026
Pile Burning Planned on Santa Fe National Forest as Winter Conditions Improve
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - Santa Fe National Forest fire managers are preparing for prescribed pile burns this week as snow and precipitation forecast for January 8 may create favorable conditions. The...
Jan 05, 2026
Blake Road at Belmont Drive Closed for Safety During Yearlong Improvement Project
Bernalillo County, N.M. - Bernalillo County has closed the intersection of Blake Road and Belmont Drive SW as part of the yearlong Blake Road Improvement Project, a corridor redesign aimed at reducing...
Jan 05, 2026
Tim Keller Inaugurated for Historic Third Term as Albuquerque Mayo
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - Tim Keller was sworn in this weekend as Albuquerque's mayor for the first time to serve three consecutive terms-a city record. The ceremony took place at the Albuquerque Conv...
Jan 05, 2026
Federal THC Rule Could Pull Popular Hemp Products Off New Mexico Shelves
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - A new federal law redefining hemp to include all forms of THC-including THCa-could take effect this November, a change that would ban most hemp-derived THC products and disru...
Jan 05, 2026
New Mexico AG Sues Oil & Gas Companies Over Abandoned Well Cleanup
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - New Mexico Attorney General RalTorrez has filed a suit in Santa Fe District Court against three Texas residents-Everett Willard Gray II, Robert Stitzel, and Marquis Gilmore J...
Jan 05, 2026
2 people displaced in Monday morning apartment fire
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB)- Albuquerque Fire and Rescue battled an apartment fire Monday morning in northeast Albuquerque. Fire crews responded to a call on the 300 block of Charleston St NE around 5 A.M ...
Jan 05, 2026
