Clayton News

Dennis and Melissa Villhauer are enjoying the blue skies of eastern New Mexico. Miles covered: 290 miles Day Two started with a fast run through the nothingness of the Oklahoma Panhandle and ended 26 miles short of our planned destination, Taos.

For sale: A bit of the Old West. The historic Eklund Hotel - complete with refurbished guest rooms, a saloon with bullet holes in the tin ceiling and a resident ghost - has closed its doors.Worried townspeople in Clayton, population 2,100 in far northeastern New Mexico, are looking for someone to buy the downtown landmark and reopen it."It's been ...

Today, the ACLU of New Mexico sued the Geo Group corporation and several employees of New Mexicoa s newest private prison in Clayton, New Mexico alleging violations of the rights of seven inmates to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the operator of New Mexico's newest private prison on behalf of seven inmates.

The annual Cowboy Gathering is looking forward to honoring those who carry on traditions.

SILVER CITY The four Grant County seniors centers in Gila, Santa Clara, Mimbres and Silver City could close on July 1 if a new contractor to operate them is not found, according to Karla Van Gundy of the state Area Agency on Aging.

The City of Albuquerque Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency is hosting a Community Meeting to present and receive comments on the DRAFT Clayton Heights MRA Plan, generally bounded by Avenida Cesar Chavez on the north, Colombia Avenue and Girard Boulevard on the east, Gibson Boulevard on the south, and University Boulevard on the west.

Rain late Sunday afternoon made for a soggy Easter in much of the Texas Panhandle and parts of eastern New Mexico.

With a sharp, clear mind and direct delivery, Lois Opal Wilkinson Aldrich stood and addressed a crowd gathered at the Capitan Library on Satur-day beginning with, "I want to straighten out a few things about my years of teaching and the grades I taught." A friendly chuckle went through the crowd that had come to honor Aldrich in the marking of her ...

Fire restrictions go into effect Wednesday for the Kiowa and Rita Blanca national grasslands in northeastern New Mexico near Clayton.

A man was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident near Dumas on Tuesday after a tractor trailer collided with his car, Department of Public Safety officials said.

A New Mexico cult member has spoken exclusively to Eyewitness News 4 about why she wants to die for Wayne Bent, the man she believes to be God but a jury convicted as a child molester.

A member of a northeastern New Mexico religious sect has been removed from the sect's compound near Clayton by sheriff's deputies so they can convince her to eat.

A phone scam is targeting the customers of the First National Bank of New Mexico in Quay and Colfax counties.

President Obama's recovery plan to use taxpayer money to kick start the economy may pave the way for a boost in highway construction and employment in New Mexico starting as early as March.

The gathering place for a merry band of Three Percenters. Monday, January 12, 2009 The Mysterious Disappearance of Ray Sutton "On Aug.

Three high schools in Albuquerque, Los Alamos and Taos earned silver medals in a U.S. News and World Report ranking of 'America's Best High Schools.' No high schools in New Mexico earned gold medals in the ...

The head of an apocalyptic sect who was convicted of sexual misconduct with a teenage female follower is set to be sentenced Tuesday in Las Vegas.

An apocalypitic cult leader has been found guilty of sexual contact of a minor. Wayne Bent, 67, is a self-described messiah and leader of the Lord Our Righteousness Church near Clayton, New Mexico.