Category Archives: KKOB Local News
APD Confirms Separate Investigations After Suspicious Death and SWAT Activity
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Albuquerque police are clarifying that a suspicious death investigation and recent SWAT activity are not connected. The suspicious death investigation began after human remains wer...
Jun 18, 2026
APD Investigating Suspicious Death in Northwest Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Albuquerque police are investigating a suspicious death at a home in northwest Albuquerque. Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 700 block of 72nd Street NW, where a dece...
Jun 18, 2026
AFR crews seeing increase in heat related emergency calls
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - Albuquerque Fire Rescue is seeing an increase in heat related emergency calls due to the extreme heat happening this week, which will continue for several days. So far this mo...
Jun 18, 2026 boscorelli / Depositphotos.com
Man arrested in bat beating homicide
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - Albuquerque police has made an arrest in connection with the bat beating of a man near a smoke shop in Southeast Albuquerque on June 11th. 30-year old Darren DeHerrera was arr...
Jun 18, 2026
2 pedestrians injured in Santa Fe DWI related crash
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - In Santa Fe, a man is in jail after he hit two pedestrians on Plaza Central. Just before 10 p.m Tuesday, Santa Fe police were called to the plaza for a traffic crash involving a ...
Jun 18, 2026
Details Released Officer Involved Shooting May 24
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --APD held a news conference today (wed) releasing details on the officer involved shooting on May 24th of 53- year old Dwayne Wilson. Wilson's girlfriend had initially called 9...
Jun 17, 2026
Thousands in Valencia County Lose Power Before Sunrise
VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M. - Thousands of residents in Valencia County were temporarily without power early Wednesday morning after an outage before sunrise. According to PNM, the outage began around 5:16 ...
Jun 17, 2026
Edgewood leaders approve funding for new contract with Santa Fe County for fire and EMS services to continue
Edgewood, NM (KKOB)- Edgewood town leaders have approved a plan to move forward with fire and emergency medical services. The Town Commission voted 5-0 during a special meeting to adopt an ordinance p...
Jun 17, 2026
More earthquakes reported south of Albuquerque in Valencia County
Valencia County, NM (KKOB) - Seven earthquakes were reported early Wednesday south of Belen and in the same general vicinity of those reported this weekend. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, th...
Jun 17, 2026 albund / Depositphotos.com
Executive Orders Costing State Millions
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --Data presented to state lawmakers on Tuesday during a Legislative Finance Committee meeting indicates the Governor's emergency executive orders are costing the State of NM hun...
Jun 17, 2026
