Top Local Stories 2025
DEVELOPING NEWS: Fire crews put out fire at Hotel Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - Santa Fe fire crews working a fire this morning at the Hotel Santa Fe at 1501 Paseo de Peralta. Calls about a fire at the hotel came in just before 5:00 a.m. Thursday and upon arrival Santa Fe police began evacuating hotel occupants due to visible smoke...
2h ago
7th DWI
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Following a crash on a highway in Valencia County on May 31st, 58 year old Patricio Duran is now facing his 7th DWI charge. NMSP officers had responded to Highway 6 near mile marker 19 for a rollover crash, where witnesses reported seeing a shirtle...
17h ago
Car registration fees on the increase
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- It will cost New Mexicans more to register their vehicles. In an effort to support more than $1 billion in transportation projects, drivers will soon pay about 25% more to register a passenger vehicle. The increase starts next month for passenger...
20h ago
Keeping the character of Old Town
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Developers have their eyes on a vacant office building within walking distance of Old Town and the Sawmill Market. While they envision filling the space with a chain hotel along the lines of a Hampton Inn or a Home 2 Suites. To that point, Sun Capi...
20h ago
Alvarado receives life sentence
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- A 23-year-old Southern New Mexico man will be serving a sentence of life in federal prison after he was found guilty of kidnapping, carjacking and killing a Las Cruces man in December 2023, in an El Paso federal court. Brayden Matthew Alvarado, of V...
20h ago
Socorro County Moratorium on Data Centers
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --Socorro County commissioners last night unanimously approved a one year moratorium on potential development of data centers and related infrastructure in the county. It's in response to Green Data's proposed plans for a 10,000 acre solar farm and da...
21h ago
Bloomfield Man Charged
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --The U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI announced today that a Bloomfield man has been charged with second degree murder after allegedly fatally stabbing a man during an argument. According to court documents, 18 year old Seviano Kee fatally stabbed a...
21h ago
NM Restaurant CEO Retiring
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) --The NM Restaurant Association announced today (WED) it will soon have a new CEO as long-time executive, Carol Wight has announced her retirement effective the end of the year. Wight, a former restaurateur stepped in to the CEO role in 2002 becoming ...
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