Grants News

State District Court Judge Judith Herrera ruled yesterday that the State of New Mexico must pay $72,000 in attorney fees and costs to the Center for Civic Policy and the Southwest Organizing Project , according to a statement released today by the two organizations.

The Albuquerque Volcanoes are basaltic volcanoes, but New Mexico also has andesitic volcanoes, such as Mount Taylor.

Head-on crash leaves two family members dead GRANTS - A mother and daughter from Phoenix were killed early Sunday when the car they were in collided with a semi-trailer rig on wintry Interstate 40 in McKinley County, the State Police said.

The man accused of murdering two men in San Rafael was indicted on four charges Friday.

An interim panel of legislators focused on veterans affairs will be in Las Cruces next week to discuss homelessness among veterans, educational issues and the planned veterans museum.

The New Mexico Army National Guard has a ceremony Sunday to activate its new military police company headquartered in Farmington.

When news of the possible closure of the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility hit Grants, some went into action, while others took a "wait and see" approach to the news.

Authorities have reopened eastbound Interstate 40 near Santa Rosa after a tractor-trailer rolled and closed the freeway for about two hours.

The city of Rio Rancho's Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful Division is now accepting grant applications for recycling, litter prevention, beautification and environmental education activities which serve the community.

The Gallup Independent reports that business has boomed at Badlands Burgers of Grants, N.M., since the Route 66 restaurant won the Governor's Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge at the New Mexico State Fair in September.

The first winter storm of the season began making its way into New Mexico from the west overnight and is now sweeping through northern and central New Mexico and will continue through this evening.

As Gov. Bill Richardson ponders budget-cutting bills sent him by the recent special session of the Legislature, the Department of Corrections is saying it could close the Roswell Correctional Center eliminating 65 jobs.

President Obama today announced that the federal government has set aside $3.4 billion in Smart Grid Investment Grants through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.

Fans across New Mexico are remembering a legendary Indian Rodeo Cowboy, who was one of two men gunned down in a double murder case outside of Grants.

SAN RAFAEL, N.M. \ - One of the victims killed in a double shooting Friday in Cibola County was regarded as a famous cowboy.

Two men are dead and another in custody after a shooting in a home south of Grants late Friday afternoon.

For centuries, Spanish explorers, U.S. Army troops, wagon train emigrants and railroad surveyors carved their names on a huge sandstone outcrop in what's now a national monument famed for those inscriptions.

Assistant District Attourney Niva Lind speaks to Bernadine Archunde at Cibola County Magistrate Court in Grants on Wednesday.

Gov. Bill Richardson released a status report on the progress of federal stimulus funds coming to New Mexico.

Rural communities are set to receive nearly $250,000 in grants for economic development.