Peña wins another Albuquerque City Council term after Garcia concedes close race
Klarissa Peña will continue serving Albuquerque City Council District 3 after challenger Teresa Garcia conceded their close race Thursday.
Two races recounted; results stay the same
The recount for two local council races is done and there are no major upsets. In the village of Los Lunas, the District 3 seat race between Matthew Chavez and Naithan Gurule was subject to a recount, since they were only four votes apart. After the recount last week, the...
Board of Finance approves State Fairgrounds bonding package – Bond enables State Fairgrounds District...
SANTA FE – The State Board of Finance today approved a $22.35 million bonding package for the State Fair District Board, a key step in acquiring a nearly nine-acre parcel for development on the southwest corner of Albuquerque’s State Fairgrounds. Acquiring the nine-acre parcel will enable the State...
AFR: 1 killed, 6 injured in Albuquerque apartment fire
Albuquerque Fire Rescue says one person was killed in an apartment fire that injured six others.
Police seek suspects in stabbing at gas station near UNM
Police are looking for three suspects connected to a stabbing Wednesday night at a gas station near the University of New Mexico.
Bosque Brewing files for bankruptcy, closes Santa Fe locations
Bosque Brewing, an Albuquerque-based company with two locations in Las Cruces, filed a notice of bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of New Mexico on Oct. 6, 2025. In a Dec. 9 post the company announced it would close The Drinkery and Restoration Pizza, its two Santa Fe locations, in the wake of the...
Woman shot and killed in northeast Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) – Albuquerque police detectives are looking for clues into the shooting death of a woman in northeast area of the city. Officers arrived on the scene at the 4800 block of Carlisle near Montgomery around 5:20 p.m., where they found a woman with a gunshot wound. She died shortly there after at...
Albuquerque man pleads guilty to 2024 murder
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Tuesday after chasing down his victim. Aldo Muñoz was arrested in 2024 for shooting a man outside a northeast heights apartment complex. When police arrived at the scene near Menaul Boulevard and Juan Tabo Boulevard, they found...
Judge sentences retail crime ring leader to prison time
A local man, dubbed by deputies as the “Al Capone of organized retail theft,” has been sentenced to prison for the large-scale operation he led.
MDC inmate dies after pneumonia diagnosis
An elderly inmate from MDC is dead after he was hospitalized with pneumonia.

















