The annual Route 66 Casino Hotel Classic Car show and Chili cook off is this weekend! I hope you can come out and join me and 770 KKOB as we broadcast live Saturday 2-4PM and Sunday 11AM-1PM. There will be plenty of great classic cars, excellent food and of course the awesome gaming and entertainment…… MORE
Scott’s Turf
Seems that campaigning is always going on but the 2016 Presidential campaign’s first major event happens tonight. 10 Republican candidates will meet for the first debate at 7 Mountain time. Donald Trump will surely be the focus and probably the target for some other candidates. We’ll be talking about it on the Stig Show today…… MORE
Standing Pat
770 KKOB is gearing up for another Lobo football and basketball season. UNM and our parent company Cumulus Media signed a new three-year deal to continue the games here on the big stick. AND today we are just 30-days away from the first football game of the season at home on September 5 VS Mississippi…… MORE
Teens HIV remission a mystery!
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Enrollment Issues Plague Rio Rancho Schools
RIO RANCHO SCHOOLS WILL LIKELY SEE VERY HIGH ENROLLMENT NUMBERS WHEN CLASSES RESUME NEXT WEEK. DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THEY COULD USE TWO NEW ELEMENTARY AND TWO NEW MID-SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. BUT DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT SUE CLEVELAND TELLS US BUILDING A SCHOOL IS ONE THING, BUT OPERATING IT, THAT’S ANOTHER ISSUE. SHE SAYS…… MORE
NM Tax Holiday This Weekend
NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS ARE AGAIN GETTING A TAX BREAK ON BACK-TO SCHOOL ITEMS. THE 11TH ANNUAL TAX HOLIDAY KICKS IN FRIDAY AT ONE MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE TAX HOLIDAY ELIMINATES THE SALES TAX ON CERTAIN ITEMS. CONSUMERS CAN SAVE AROUND 7 PERCENT ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CLOTHING AND…… MORE
Some Charges Dropped in Boyd Case
IT’S DAY-FOUR OF THE HEARING IN ALBUQUERQUE TO DECIDE IF THE CASE CONCERNING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A HOMELESS CAMPER SHOULD GO TO TRIAL. A NEW DEVELOPMENT UNFOLDED WEDNESDAY IN THE PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR APD OFFICER DOMINIQUE PEREZ AND FORMER DETECTIVE KEITH SANDY. JUDGE NEIL CANDELARIA HAS DROPPED THE LESSER INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES…… MORE
NM Seeks to Recoup Google Incentive Money
WITH WORD THAT GOOGLE IS MOVING TITAN AEROSPACE OUT OF NEW MEXICO TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA … THE STATE IS NOW READY TO IMPOSE CLAWBACK PROVISIONS TO RECOVER MOST OF WHAT IT INVESTED IN THE PROJECT. TITAN AEROSPACE HAD BEEN BASED AT MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. NEW MEXICO INVESTED NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS…… MORE
High Times for Albuquerque Metro Homeowners
HOME PRICES ARE ON THE RISE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THERE WAS RISING DEMAND AND A DWINDLING SUPPLY OF HOMES IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. AND THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS THAT FROM APRIL THROUGH JUNE, THEY HAD THE LOWEST INVENTORY SINCE 2007. THE MEDIAN…… MORE
Duke City Confederate Flag Debate Not Over
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR R-J BERRY DECIDED THIS WEEK TO REMOVE THE CONFEDERATE FLAG FROM OLD TOWN PLAZA. IN AN EDITORIAL IN WEDNESDAY’S ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, THE MAYOR SAID WE CAN’T IGNORE HISTORY … BUT WE MUST DISPLAY OUR HISTORY RESPECTFULLY. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HISTORY PROFESSOR PAUL HUTTON TELLS 770 KKOB REMOVING THE…… MORE
