Category Archives: KKOB Local News

Wild Pig Chase Brings Traffic Drama to Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - Albuquerque drivers saw an unusual sight yesterday-a wild pig sprinting through city streets, dodging cars and police officers. According to APD, the animal was first reporte...
Natassja Leyba Nov 12, 2025
Former Albuquerque Doctor Avoids Prison in Medicaid Fraud Case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A former Albuquerque doctor will not serve prison time after admitting his role in a Medicaid fraud scheme that billed more than $800,000. Dr. Keith Levitt pleaded guilty to two co...
Natassja Leyba Nov 12, 2025

United's Last-Second Heroics Set Up Warm Tulsa Showdown
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - From heartbreak to history in a single kick. Dayonn Harris' stoppage-time strike lifted New Mexico United past Orange County 2-1, booking the club's first-ever trip to the USL West...
Natassja Leyba Nov 12, 2025

Wandering wolf brought home
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- A male Mexican grey wolf wandered way out of its experimental population area in the Gila National Forest where Game and Fish officials found him just north of Gallina in Rio...
Mike Gaba Nov 11, 2025

Highlands University offering its first doctoral program
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- New Mexico Highlands University is now officially a research institution. The Las Vegas campus received the designation as it gets ready to offer its first doctoral program i...
Mike Gaba Nov 11, 2025

SNAP benefits extended
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- In Santa Fe today both chambers of the New Mexico congress approved to fund SNAP benefits through a special session amid the federal government shutdown. The New Mexico House...
Mike Gaba Nov 10, 2025

Focused strategies pay off
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- In its third-quarter report, the Albuquerque Police Department announced major crime reductions across the city. Compared to the same period last year, violent crimes like ho...
Mike Gaba Nov 10, 2025

Cloud facing a litany of charges
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- Around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, New Mexico State Police responded to a 911 call intercepted through regional dispatch. A woman reported her ex-boyfriend had pulled a knife and w...
Mike Gaba Nov 10, 2025

Albuquerque man busted at border
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) -- A rancher and his wife are facing federal drug charges after allegedly returning to the U.S. from Mexico on Sunday at the Santa Teresa, New Mexico Port of Entry. Court record...
Mike Gaba Nov 10, 2025

BREAKING NEWS: Man arrested in weekend homicide
11/10/2025 ALBUQUERQUE - Albuquerque police detectives have made an arrest in connection with the city's latest homicide. 38-year old, Chaz Estrada was arrested late Sunday night for the fatal stabbin...
Zoltan Csanyi Nov 10, 2025 Chaz Mitchell Estrada 38, arrested for weekend murder in Albuquerque








