Category Archives: KKOB Local News
MDC Inmate Dies
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center has reported the death of an inmate while in custody. A corrections officer discovered Derrick Benavidez in medical distres...
Apr 28, 2026
Pushing back against dynamic pricing
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- State representative Sarah Silva introduced a bill in 2025 that looked to stop grocery stores from using algorithms to modify the price of food with digital price tags. She s...
Apr 27, 2026
Bad air
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- The American Lung Association has released the new State of the Air report, including rankings for the Albuquerque/Santa Fe/Los Alamos metro area and the Las Cruces/El Paso m...
Apr 27, 2026
BREAKING NEWS: Portion of Lindy's building collapses
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - Albuquerque Fire Rescue and law enforcement are on the scene in downtown where part of the Lindy's Diner building has collapsed. The outside wall of the building has left both...
Apr 27, 2026 Front exterior of Lindy's diner collapses. Courtesy: KOAT
Lindy's Diner Collapse
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --In BREAKING News: A portion of The Lindy's Diner building has collapsed in downtown Albuquerque leaving the outside wall of the building and two floors exposed. The diner was ...
Apr 27, 2026 Front exterior of Lindy's diner collapses. Courtesy: KOAT
Federal authorities in New Mexico announce end of largest racketeering prosecution in the district's history against state prison gang
Las Cruces, NM (KKOB) - Federal authorities in New Mexico announcing the conclusion of a decades long investigation and prosecution of members of a well known New Mexico prison gang for crimes dating ...
Apr 27, 2026 Drugs, cash and weapons seized from Sindicato de Nuevo Mexico in September of 2022
Candidates for Governor Forum Scheduled
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --Candidates running for NM's next governor will be participating in a forum Tueday night in Rio Rancho. The three Republican candidates, Former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull, bus...
Apr 27, 2026
Texas man sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for killing motorcyclist after fleeing Border Patrol checkpoint
Las Cruces, NM (KKOB) - A 29-year old Texas man who has been sentenced for driving into oncoming traffic after fleeing from a Border Patrol checkpoint and killing a motorcyclist while transporting nea...
Apr 27, 2026
APS Teams with NM Public Education Dept Summer Reading
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --A free summer reading program will be available for APS students beginning with kindergarten through eighth grade. APS and the NM Public Education Department are teaming up to...
Apr 27, 2026
Farmington Man Arrested for Beating Man
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --A Farmington man is in jail for beating another man and leaving him in the street where a Farmington police officer later ran over him. Avery Betsuie is charged with one count...
Apr 27, 2026
