Sierra County News

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED AN * ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN... SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES... GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SILVER CITY... NORTHWESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...

If you're going to tonight's Electric Light Parade or the Street Fest you might want to take an umbrella with you.

Brandon Jasso, 27, no address listed, was arrested on a district court warrant for probation violation.

The Bureau of Land Management is treating 65,000 acres of federal, state and private land in southern New Mexico with herbicides to remove shrubs and restore grassland.

Gizmodo reports construction on the first spaceport will begin tomorrow in Sierra County, New Mexico.

Top Story Headlines Mexico deploys 1,500 extra soldiers to border city CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexico has deployed 1,500 more troops to Ciudad Juarez following a surge in homicides in the border city related to the drug trade.

New Mexico breaks ground at the site of the Spaceport America in Sierra County. Partners in the ceremony showed those in attendance just how important safety is to their mission.

Thousands of Las Crucens flocked to theaters last month to see the movie "Star Trek." By most accounts, folks had a good time.

If there's a proper New Mexican way to mark the start of a $200 million construction project that eventually will help launch tourists to space, it's with mariachis.

Imagine a future in southern New Mexico where flights into space are a common occurrence.

Work is nearing completion on a $6.8 million roadway that leads to Spaceport America from Truth or Consequences, a state official said.

I have a new hero. A cutaway view of the Spaceport. Her name is Jiyul. She is a South Korean monk.

Summertime, and the livin' is. . . busy! Curtain calling: Summer isn't ordinarily the season when one says, "Dahling, let's go to the theater," but this June is an exception.

When abused and neglected children are taken from their homes, almost all the time they leave with little more than the clothes on their back.

One new case of the H1N1 strain of swine flu has been confirmed in Dona Ana County, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.

The former owner of a 180-year-old adobe building in Sierra County hears the door of a potbellied stove opening and wood being stacked inside, but no one is there.

Investigators now know what caused a New Mexico rocket to fall short of space Saturday, and with aerial help from Skyranger the human remains in the missing nose cone have been recovered.

The New Mexico State Department of Health announced Tuesday that the number of probable H1N1 cases in the state has risen to 24.

A rocket carrying multi-sensor experiments of New Mexico high school and college students lifted off Saturday morning from Spaceport America, launching a new program to help promote aerospace education statewide.

This month's 60th annual fiesta celebrates the proudly quirky town's transformation from Hot Springs to Truth or Consequences.