Bernalillo County, NM (KKOB) — The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office has received the final investigative report fromthe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the Metro 2 helicopter crash on July 16, 2022. Thisdevastating event resulted in the loss of four invaluable lives, deeply impacting our team and our community.When Sheriff John Allen assumed office in…… MORE
Rocket Lab expansion to bring manufacturing jobs to Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The Biden-Harris Administration announced Tuesday the Department of Commerce will fund Rocket Lab with up to $23.9 million to enhance the supply of space-grade solar cells used in spacecraft and satellites. Rocket Lab is the parent company of SolAero Technologies, which assembles solar cells at its facility in Albuquerque’s Sandia Science…… MORE
BernCo Commissioners select top three county manager candidates
Bernalillo County, NM (KKOB) — The top three county manager candidates were selected during tonight’s Bernalillo County Commission meeting. Earlier today, the Board of County Commissioners met in a closed meeting to discuss five candidates the County Manager Search Committee presented to them last week. The top five applicants were interviewed by the full commission…… MORE
Partnership speeds up development of flow batteries for green grid, water
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Most Americans don’t leave home without at least one lithium battery-powered device, and someday, the house itself may have a battery back-up. Sandia National Laboratories battery expert Melissa Meyerson works in a glovebox to setup a lithium-sulfur flow battery. These kinds of batteries have huge potential for being large, safe and…… MORE
BernCo Commissioners to select top three county manager candidates
Bernalillo County, NM (KKOB) — The community can expect to learn who the top three county manager candidates are during today’s County Commission meeting, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Ken Sanchez Commission Chambers at Alvarado Square. On Tuesday, June 11, the Board of County Commissioners will first meet in a closed meeting earlier in…… MORE
USDA Forest Service investing in Isleta East Mountains Project
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Monday, the USDA Forest Service announced it is investing $300,000 in the Isleta East Mountains Youth Fuel Reduction Project to restore tribal, state and private forestlands. This investment directly supports the agency’s efforts to confront the ongoing wildfire crisis, while providing critical support to landowners across management jurisdictions as they work…… MORE
BernCo Treasurer’s Office mails yearly unpaid property tax notices
Bernalillo County, NM (KKOB) — The BernCo Treasurer’s Office mailed approximately 28,000 notices of delinquency to remind owners to pay their property taxes. Unpaid property tax notices are for delinquent property taxes for real property land, personal property/livestock, and manufactured homes/mobile homes. Taxpayers have until July 10 to make payments in full. On July 11…… MORE
APD officer on leave after arrest for DWI
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — An APD officer has been placed on administrative leave after he was arrested overnight by New Mexico State Police for DWI. Officer Jordan Hernandez was arrested around midnight on Sunday after State Police spotted him driving at a high rate of speed in his patrol vehicle on Bobby Foster Rd., near…… MORE
River bridge coming to Los Lunas
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB)– Growth and development in the village of Los Lunas continues to increase, both in population and employment and there is only one I-25 exit for the area. That will change with the beginning of the long-awaited interstate interchange in Los Lunas, and river bridge, about to become a reality. John Taschek, an…… MORE
Work begins on Rio Bravo Boulevard Gap Improvements project
Bernalillo County, NM (KKOB) — Work is set to begin on the Rio Bravo Boulevard Gap Improvements Project today, Monday, June 10. The project includes the construction of an additional lane of travel lane in each direction on Rio Bravo Boulevard from Prince Street to Second Street increasing the number of lanes from four to…… MORE
