Top Local Stories 2025
Jupiter changes name
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Pueblo of Acoma Gov. Charles Riley published a commentary in the Albuquerque Journal recently that called the Jupiter data center in southern New Mexico developers for using the name Acoma LLC without permission from the tribe. Project Jupiter devel...
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Addressing vacant properties
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- After closing earlier this year, the former Smith's Food and Drug store on Cerrillos Road is now listed for sale or lease. The store sits in the College Plaza shopping center near a major redevelopment project at the city's midtown campus. Neighbors...
12h ago
Public use of rivers and streams
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB)-- A federal appeals court has sided with New Mexico in a legal fight over public water access. The Tenth Circuit rejected an appeal from private landowners and upheld a ruling supporting public use of rivers and streams. The case centered on access alo...
12h ago
FBI Investigating Possible Links Between Missing Scientists
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The FBI is investigating whether the disappearances of several scientists across the country may be connected, including four cases involving individuals from New Mexico. Among those missing is retired Air Force Major General William Neil McCasland, who d...
15h ago
New Mexico Supreme Court Reinstates Rep. Rebecca Dow on Republican Primary Ballot
SANTA FE, N.M. - Republican Representative Rebecca Dow will appear on New Mexico's Republican primary ballot after the state Supreme Court overturned a district court decision that previously disqualified her. Earlier this month, a district court ruled that Dow should be rem...
16h ago
BCSO still looking for vehicles involved in South Valley street shootout
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - Bernalillo County Sheriff's investigators are still trying to find the people responsible for a road rage street shootout that happened over the weekend near Five Points in the South Valley, where an innocent bystander was shot in the head. The Sheri...
16h ago
Two Confirmed by ABQ City Council
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --Two appointed officials for the City of Albuquerque were confirmed at last nights City Council meeting. Cecily Barker was made official as the APD Chief and Raul Bujanda was confirmed as the Public Safety Executive Director. Both appointments were un...
16h ago
Farmington man jailed for stabbing death
Farmington, NM (KKOB) - A Farmington man is in custody, charged with first-degree murder in a deadly stabbing less than a month after his release from jail. Police say 29-year-old Andrew Begay is accused in the death of 43-year-old Eli Newton. Farmington officers were calle...
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