NO STATE IN THE NATION HAD A HIGHER BURGLARY RATE THAN NEW MEXICO LAST YEAR. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FIGURES FROM THE FBI. BUT HERE IN ABQ, BURGLARIES WERE DOWN 16 PERCENT. APD’S CELINA ESPINOZA TELLS 770 KKOB BURGLARIES AND OTHER PROPERTY CRIMES ARE OFTEN TIED TO DRUGS. ESPINOZA SAYS…… MORE
A Two-Holiday Monday for Albuquerque
TWO HOLIDAYS BEING CELEBRATED IN ALBUQUERQUE MONDAY … COLUMBUS DAY … AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK APPROVED THE OBSERVANCE TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF NATIVE AMERICANS. NATIVE AMERICANS IN NEW MEXICO HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS A LONG TIME AND SAY ITS NOT JUST ABOUT THEIR…… MORE
Bernalillo County Trade Group Back In Israel
A GROUP FROM NEW MEXICO IS HOPING TO INCREASE TRADE WITH ISRAEL. A DELEGATION, LED BY BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON, IS NOW IN ISRAEL ON A 10-DAY TRADE MISSION. JOHNSON TELLS 770 KKOB ISRAEL IS ONE OF NEW MEXICO’S TOP BUSINESS PARTNERS. HE SAYS A LOT OF IT IS TECH…… MORE
Duke city Voter Turnout Was Really, Really Low
THE WORST VOTER TURNOUT SINCE 1974. THAT’S WHAT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ABOUT LAST TUESDAY’S MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN ALBUQUERQUE. ONLY 8-POINT-2 PERCENT OF THE CITY’S REGISTERED VOTERS SHOWED UP AT THE POLLS LAST WEEK. THE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT’S THE LOWEST NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS FOR AN ELECTION SINCE 1974 WHEN THE…… MORE
Union: NM Could Do More for Early Childhood Education
NEW MEXICO HAS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM IN PLACE … BUT IT’S BEING BLASTED BY A NATIONAL TEACHERS UNION FOR ITS FAILURE TO DO MORE WITH THE PROGRAM WITH THE MONEY IT HAS. RANDI WEINGARTEN IS WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS. SHE TELLS US THE MONEY IS HERE TO FUND THE EFFORT…… MORE
Suspect Arrested in Weekend Shooting
A SUSPECT IN SATURDAY’S NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE SHOOTING IS QUICKLY APPREHENDED BY CITY POLICE … THANKS TO A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN FROM THE VICTIM. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE SHOOTING SITE IN THE 200 BLOCK OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THE VICTIM WAS LUCID ENOUGH TO DESCRIBE THE MAN WHO SHOT AS HAVING A MUSCULAR…… MORE
Thieves Target Teacher Again
A MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER’S HOME SOUTH OF THE LOS ALTOS GOLF COURSE IN ALBUQUERQUE IS BROKEN INTO FOR THE SECOND TIME. THIS TIME THIEVES GOT AWAY WITH HER COMPUTER, TVS, AN IPAD, AN IPOD, CASH AND THE MEDALS HER DAUGHTER HAS EARNED IN THE MILITARY. IT HAPPENED THURSDAY MORNING WHILE…… MORE
Fighter Sentenced in Albuquerque
FORMER M-M-A FIGHTER WILLIE PARKS HAS BEEN SENTENCED BY A JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR NEARLY BEATING HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH IN 2012. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE SAYS THE VICTIM MISCARRIED, SUFFERED SHATTERED BONES AND HAS HAD TO UNDERGO NUMEROUS SURGERIES. PARKS WAS PLACED ON…… MORE
Pets of the Week | October 10
Good news! Gorgeous Collie Shepherd mix Teddy featured last week on KKOB found his forever home! A great family came to meet him, spent a long time with Teddy and fell in love. He now has two human sisters that were so excited taking turns walking him. They will also take him jogging but know…… MORE
NM Dodges a Bullet
ONE DAY BEFORE ANOTHER SHOOTING ON ANOTHER COLLEGE CAMPUS, THERE’S A LOCKDOWN AT ESPANOLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN NEW MEXICO. THE LOCKDOWN LASTED SEVERAL HOURS THURSDAY BEFORE BEING LIFTED AROUND 4PM. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE LOCKDOWN WAS PUT IN PLACE AFTER AN 18 YEAR OLD WHO USED TO ATTEND…… MORE
