Category Archives: KKOB Local News

APD Reports 34% Drop in Homicides, Highest Case Clearance in a Decade
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Albuquerque Police Department is reporting a 34% decrease in homicides from 2024 to 2025, marking the city's lowest homicide total since 2018. APD investigated 63 homicide case...
Natassja Leyba Jan 15, 2026
4-Year-Old Girl Killed While in hospital crosswalk
ALBUQUERQUE, NM(KKOB) - Albuquerque Police are investigating a fatal crash that claimed the life of a 5-year-old girl in the parking lot of Presbyterian Hospital Downtown. According to APD, the child ...
Natassja Leyba Jan 15, 2026

5-year old girl killed in fatal crash in hospital parking lot
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - A 5 -year old girl has died in a fatal crash in the parking lot of Presbyterian Hospital Downtown located at 1100 Central Avenue SE. APD officers are actively investigating th...
Zoltan Csanyi Jan 15, 2026

EPA funding for water quality at two NM Pueblos
Albuquerque, NM(KKOB) - Two New Mexico Pueblos are getting a boost from federal funding for clean water and environmental projects. Federal grants are headed to two New Mexico Pueblos for environmenta...
Zoltan Csanyi Jan 15, 2026 EcoPimStudio / Depositphotos.com
From Holiday Pines to Garden Gold
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - The holidays may be over, but thousands of Christmas trees in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho are finding new purpose. Thanks to a decades-long partnership between PNM, the City o...
Natassja Leyba Jan 15, 2026

Family Settles Lawsuit
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --A $1 million settlement was awarded to an Albuquerque family over a deadly fire during a SWAT operation that destroyed their home. KOB TV is reporting that Sundra Coleman's fa...
Mike Gaba Jan 14, 2026

Crime Stats Down In ABQ
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --APD is reporting a 34% drop in homicides from 2024 to 2025 with 2025 cases marking a 46% decrease in homicides since 2022. APD will hold a news conference tomorrow to share en...
Mike Gaba Jan 14, 2026

Overdoes Deaths Decline
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --For a second year in a row overdose deaths in NM have declined according to the NM Health Care Authority. The HCA says an overall decrease in overdose deaths of 8% have occurr...
Mike Gaba Jan 14, 2026 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com

Busfield Held Pending Hearing
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --A Metro Court judge has ruled that actor and director Timothy Busfield will remain behind bars without bond pending a District Court hearing that is set to take place within 5...
Mike Gaba Jan 14, 2026

A New Trial Date Set for Alcachupas
A new trial date has been set for Sylvan Alcachupas the man accused of killing Rosario Zito, during an attempted robbery of Zito employees of Giovanni's Pizza. The case has dragged on for over three y...
Mike Gaba Jan 14, 2026









