San Miguel County News

The Santa Fe Opera is taking another look at its decision to allow drilling for oil and gas on nearly 27,000 acres in rural Mora and San Miguel counties.

Water emergency declared near Las Vegas, N.M. More on this site Staci Matlock 9/29/2009 - 9/29/09 Residents in a subdivision that has run out of water near Las Vegas, N.M., are asking Gov.

Break out the sweaters and hot chocolate, if you haven't already. Pick the last of the tomatoes and harvest everything else you can save from the summer garden.

Ever wonder why we have an economic crisis in New Mexico? Sure, it has to do with the spending spree of the Richardson Administration and the rubber-stamping legislature.

The state health department said a a 61-year-old woman from Taos County is hospitalized in Albuquerque with hantavirus.

Two brothers have been arrested in the slayings of a couple in their Las Vegas home nearly two years ago.

Las Vegas-area residents whose household wells have gone dry are blaming the city's increased pumping at Taylor Wells southwest of town.

San Miguel County Rancher and heartthrob of the big screen Val Kilmer says he is definitely not running for governor of New Mexico - kind of.

A Mora County man has been arrested and jailed for the 22nd time for drunken driving.

With the trial of the man charged in the April 8 deaths of Flora and Chris Chavez of Mountainair set to begin in October, many were left wondering whether Mountainair Police Chief Edward von Kutzleben will be charged in connection with the incident.

A 70-year-old Serafina woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 25 near Ilfield in San Miguel County late Saturday night, New Mexico State Police said.

A series of strong storms moved across northeastern New Mexico Tuesday evening with some locations expected to get 4 inches of rain.

The woman who was found slain near Las Vegas over the weekend was identified by the Office of the Medical Investigator on Tuesday.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for central Guadalupe county until 6:15 p.m. A strong thunderstorm was also observed over northern Lincoln County at 5 p.m. Locations in the path of that storm include Ancho, Jicarilla and White Oaks.

The woman who was found slain near Las Vegas over the weekend was identified by the Office of the Medical Investigator on Tuesday.

A northern New Mexico man is facing an open count of murder after a woman's body was found in a wooded area near Las Vegas.

A police officer who had just taken one impaired driver off the highway suddenly encountered another coming right at her on the Interstate in a near-miss recorded by a dash camera.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Mora and San Miguel counties and several severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of central and northeastern New Mexico.

The Pandora Avenue house as described in the San Miguel County Assessor's records was built with cedar, but according to its owner, New Mexico-based architect Knight Seavey, it actually wasn't. Nor were its finished living area dimensions, listed by the county as about 2,700 square, feet correct.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 605 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE ...