La Cienega News

A Santa Fe man police have called a "serial burglar" was sentenced to five years in prison Monday after being caught burglarizing a house in Eldorado this summer.

State worker rolls vehicle A state employee driving southbound on Interstate 25 drifted off the road and rolled the state-owned vehicle she was driving Thursday afternoon, police said.

The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: A 17-year-old boy was arrested on a charge of possessing burglary tools, resisting arrest and trespassing after he entered a fenced, gated property in the 1900 block of Siringo Road and "acted suspicious to the homeowner who confronted" the boy shortly after midnight Sunday.

Photo: Bushrod Lake spent the past two years building EVII, an electric car that runs on a lithium battery.

The Santa Fe County Commission is scheduled to vote today on whether to allow County Manager Roman Abeyta to negotiate the purchase of about 470 acres of land in La Cienega.

Santa Fe County recently reached an agreement with Pojoaque Pueblo that will allow the county to build a new transfer station on pueblo-owned land adjacent to the existing county facility in Jacona.

Santa Fe traditional tinsmith Jim Romero is worried that his many customers might be wondering where the items they ordered from him have gone.

A 23-year-old La Cienega man who shot his father in the face a year ago faces up to four years in prison after accepting a plea deal Wednesday.

Photo: New Mexican awls with bone and antler handles, a basic tool of leather workers.

Photo: The area of the fatal crash on Old Las Vegas Highway, looking toward Santa Fe.

Guard in armored car rollover dies The Brinks guard who was riding in the back of an armored car that rolled on Interstate 25 on Monday evening died of severe head trauma late Monday in Santa Fe, police said.

The fact that an armored truck rolled across the Rail Runner Express tracks south of Santa Fe in a fatal crash during rush hour Monday afternoon didn't raise any red flags for the official in charge of the commuter train.

Photo: An armored car lost control Monday on Interstate 25 near La Cienega and rolled across the Rail Runner tracks.

A Brinks Security truck apparently lost control on southbound Interstate 25 and slid across the Rail Runner tracks, halting the commuter train and snarling traffic on the interstate Monday afternoon.

Santa Fe County plans to negotiate with developers to buy 1,300 acres of the old La Bajada Ranch in La Cienega that had been slated for nearly 175 homes.

A surprise twist in the saga of a 1,300-acre property southwest of La Cienega could result in Santa Fe County buying the land.

State Police Sergeant Andy Tingwall will be honored Monday for his service to New Mexico after the tragic helicopter crash that took his life.