Top Local Stories 2025
Water rescue successful
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Albuquerque Fire Rescue says a woman who was reportedly swept into an arroyo by fast-moving flash flood waters is now out of the water and alive. Authorities responded after reports of a person being carried away by sudden floodwaters. Officials rem...
16h ago
Migrants have to be on U.S. soil to claim asylum
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- In a 6 to 3 decision, the U.S Supreme Court has ruled that migrants trying to enter the U.S claiming asylum cannot do so while still in Mexico. They have to apply once they are on U.S soil. The decision will now clear the way for the Trump Administ...
17h ago
Block wants to renegotiate
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- On Tuesday New Mexico state lawmaker John Block urged the state's tribes and pueblos to renegotiate the intertribal gaming compact to legalize statewide online sports betting. Currently, it's only allowed in-person at tribal casinos. Block said, the...
19h ago
Raton residents push back on data center
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- More New Mexicans are pushing back against data centers in their neighborhood. Residents in Raton are taking a stand after city commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding in February. That MOU allowed Colorado-based Atterix to conduct a ...
19h ago
Charges Dropped Against Country Singer Bailey Zimmerman
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Bernalillo County prosecutors have dropped charges against country music artist Bailey Zimmerman following an incident tied to a canceled concert earlier this year. According to court documents, the case was dismissed after Zimmerman made full restitution...
23h ago
Security guard involved in 2024 shooting in Santa Fe McDonalds parking lot released from jail
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) - A Santa Fe security guard involved in a shooting outside a McDonalds parking lot in 2024 pled guilty to misdemeanor charges and after serving 18-months in jail while awaiting his trial, has now been released. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports, prosecutor...
23h ago
Pilgrimage and protest against federal land takeover to be held Sunday at Mt. Cristo Rey at NM-Mexico border
Sunland Park, NM (KKOB) - Catholic leaders in southern New Mexico and El Paso, TX, are organizing a pilgrimage to Mount Cristo Rey next to Sunland Park to protest the legal battle over the federal government proposed to take over the land around the shrine for more construc...
23h ago
Governor wants Attorney General to begin investigation following report by the Associated Press over fentanyl allowed into the state by DEA
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) - Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, is now asking the state's Attorney General Raul Torrez to investigate whether any state laws were broken by federal agents after an Associated Press investigation revealed that the DEA allowed hundreds of thousands o...
23h ago
