Category Archives: KKOB Local News

Third annual Touch A Truck event at Franklin Plaza

Third annual Touch A Truck event at Franklin Plaza

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — District 9 City Councilor Renée Grout and the APD Foothills Area Command will host the third annual Touch A Truck event! WHEN:               Saturday, June 15, 2024, 10:00 AM to Noon WHERE:             Franklin Plaza (the northeast corner of Central and Juan Tabo) Enjoy delicious treats from food trucks, plenty of…MORE

AFR swift water rescues Sunday after downpour

AFR swift water rescues Sunday after downpour

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — At approximately 3 p.m. Sunday, AFR responded to the arroyo system for reports of people being swept away in the diversion channel.  AFR responded with a total of 22 units to their designated locations in the arroyo system that include Snow Heights, Morningside, Menaul, Montgomery, Osuna, and Alameda at the channel. …MORE

American Legion invites Albuquerque area veterans to special town hall

American Legion invites Albuquerque area veterans to special town hall

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans service organization, is bringing its System Worth Saving (SWS) team to Albuquerque to ensure that area veterans are receiving the best health care possible from their local VA. Now in its 21st year, the SWS program is designed to achieve that goal with on-site…MORE

New Mexico population projections: an aging population and minimal growth

New Mexico population projections: an aging population and minimal growth

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The number of older New Mexicans will continue to increase in the coming decades while total population change will remain flat. Stability will be due in large part to international migration, which will offset declining births and increasing deaths according to updated population projections by demographers from the University of New…MORE

Navy conducting cleanup following Albuquerque F-35 crash

Navy conducting cleanup following Albuquerque F-35 crash

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The U.S. Navy Region Southeast On-scene Coordinator team is leading the aircraft recovery and environmental cleanup following the May 24 incident involving a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport.           “The last eight days has seen Team Kirtland come together to support the pilot and community…MORE

2024 Isleta New Mexico Bowl plays December 28

2024 Isleta New Mexico Bowl plays December 28

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The 2024 college bowl season will return to Albuquerque, N.M., for the 19th annual Isleta New Mexico Bowl on Saturday, December 28, from University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. MT with the game to be televised on ESPN. “It is…MORE

Electrical circuits encased in fluid may reshape data-center design

Electrical circuits encased in fluid may reshape data-center design

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — David Smith, front, and Dave Martinez work on a computer server submerged in liquid as part of testing at the High Performance Computing center at Sandia National Laboratories. The immersion system uses a nonconductive liquid coolant that enables 100% of the heat generated to be captured. The reflection of the computer…MORE

Water Authority approves rate increase for Fiscal Year 2025

Water Authority approves rate increase for Fiscal Year 2025

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — The Water Authority’s governing board tonight approved a utility budget for FY2025 thatincludes a 12 percent increase in water and sewer rates, or about $6 per month for the average residentialcustomer. The increase, the Water Authority’s first since July of 2022, will go into effect July 1 and bereflected on August…MORE

Pilot project to help arrested people obtain care for mental illness

Pilot project to help arrested people obtain care for mental illness

Las Cruces, NM (KKOB) — A new court-based initiative will help guide people with severe mental illness to appropriate treatment and away from the criminal justice system when they are arrested for misdemeanor offenses in Doña Ana County. Court and county leaders today announced the competency diversion pilot project in the Doña Ana County Magistrate Court that will focus…MORE

APD arrests second murder suspect from 2023 shooting

APD arrests second murder suspect from 2023 shooting

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — APD detectives arrested Lucas Crespin on Monday for his role in a shoot-out during an attempted robbery that resulted in the death of Devin Caballero. Homicide detectives determined that Crespin, 18, was in a car with Caballero when they met Paul Gonzales with the intention of robbing Gonzales during a planned…MORE

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