Grants News

Daniel Graham allegedly drove a Corvette close to 150 mph through the streets of Grants Monday afternoon and wound up in handcuffs after two Grants Police sergeants held him at gunpoint until backup officers could arrive.

On Friday, officers and firefighters from Grants Police, New Mexico State Police, Western New Mexico Correctional Facility and Grants Fire and Rescue picked up 18 students from area schools to participate in a "Shop with a Cop," program.

Icy conditions on Interstate 40 may have contributed to at least seven semis that jackknifed between Bluewater Lake State Park and the Continental Divide.

Record setting low temperatures have closed schools and frosted windshields throughout New Mexico.

SANTA FE Land Commissioner Patrick Lyons today announced the State Land Office will issue free Christmas tree permits to New Mexico residents effective immediately through December 20th.

Over the course of 10 days last June, at least five Navajo men were brutally beaten in Grants, N.M. The attackers, described by some of the victims as "Mexicans," used rocks and baseball bats, ambushing one man with a pellet gun and hitting another with a brass-knuckle-handled knife.

We join with the New Mexico State University community from around the state in welcoming Barbara Couture as the 26th president of the university, and the first woman to hold the job on other than an interim basis.

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.