Madrid News

Considering the extra fees airlines continue to heap upon recession-weary consumers, coupled with pilots overshooting intended destinations due to "cockpit distractions," it's probably best to keep both feet safely on the ground this Christmas and drive somewhere close for that winter getaway.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department said they are working with several different law enforcement agencies across the country and the U.S. Marshals Office to locate Stephen Hilla and his children -- 10-year-old twin boys Justin and Timothy, and their 8-year-old sister Emily.

In some ways, Madrid was put on the map when the motorcycle movie Wild Hogs became a hit, but it certainly has enough to offer on its own.

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.

Law-enforcement officers arrested five drunken-driving suspects at the Wednesday evening checkpoint on Interstate 25, located at the spot where five members of a Las Vegas, N.M., family were killed by a drunken driver exactly three years earlier.

A man suspected in a drive-by shooting who deputies say was ready for a shootout with them fell from a tree early Monday mornin,g suffering head injuries.

Halloween is in the air, With rumors of ghosts from Madrid to Mountainair. The Shaffer may creak, the Mine Shaft Tavern may squeak, But are they haunted? Let's take a peek.

Brrr, break out the coats, jackets, sweaters, sweatshirts and something warm to drink.

Two candidates with contrasting priorities are vying for the District 3 seat on the Las Cruces City Council.

Most Deming Public Schools administrators and board members will be spending a good portion of today in Columbus.

Five spots of blood and four bullet casings were found in this old bus near the New Mexico border.

Bullet casings and bloodstained carpet found inside an abandoned bus near the New Mexico-Colorado state line have given authorities new hope in solving a 27-year-old double murder.

A political consultant indicted last month on corruption charges along with former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron also had contracts with three state agencies in addition to Vigil-Giron's office, according to records obtained by The New Mexican .

The United States' Hispanic population is growing, but Hispanic women make up only a small fraction of the nation's lawyers, and they're rarely represented in leadership positions in the legal profession.

First Judicial District Court officials are expecting about 175 prospective jurors to show up Wednesday for two trials later this month, including Carlos Fierro's. The court sent out approximately 700 jury summons a ' two panels worth a ' for Tuesday.

Nestled in the mountains between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the artistic town called Madrid.

Photo: Santa Fe County officials say the owner of The Mineshaft must apply for an a after-the-facta TM building permit for this deck which she constructed on her property in March.

Photo: Santa Fe County officials say the owner of The Mineshaft must apply for an a after-the-facta TM building permit for this deck which she constructed on her property in March.

One killed, one injured in crash A 62-year-old Tijeras woman remained hospitalized Monday with injuries suffered in an accident that killed her 67-year-old husband after he lost control of his motorcycle Sunday on N.M. 14 about three miles south of Madrid.

Photo: Santa Fe County officials say the owner of The Mineshaft must apply for an a after-the-facta TM building permit for this deck which she constructed on her property in March.