Santa Fe News

AFTER A 4-HOUR STANDOFF... ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CATCH A MAN THEY SAY WAS WANTED FOR KIDNAPPING, CHILD ABUSE, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

A Santa Fe grand jury has ruled that officers with a regional narcotics task force were justified in fatally shooting a man last October during a drug investigation.

SANTA FE, N.M. - Authorities say a programming error on cell phone towers misrouted 911 calls from a lost hiker who died in a rescue helicopter crash last month, but the problem has been corrected.

Photo: Barry Klein, whose daughter, Kate, 16, was one of four teens killed in a crash early Sunday, is comforted by Scott Lindquist during a memorial Monday at Santa Fe Preparatory School.

Collect conservatively: A handful of beautiful specimens displayed on your child's desk will be much more meaningful than a bucketful down in your basement.

Photo: Friends of Sundaya TMs fatal crash victims gather outside Magistrate Court after Tuesdaya TMs video arraignment of Scott Owens.

The dead squirrel was found at the Francis X. Nava Elementary School site, 2655 Siringo Road.

Suspected DUI driver Scott Owens is expected to make his first court appearance in Santa Fe County Tuesday.

A retired corporate executive from Santa Fe has been named to a state board overseeing investments of New Mexico's nearly $11 billion endowment funds.

Photo: Santa Fe firefighters climb to the roof of the Railyarda TMs Market Street building after a small fire broke out Sunday.

A wrong-way driver struck a vehicle carrying five teens on Old Las Vegas Highway early Sunday, killing four of the teens, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.

Photo: Dan Koffman, left, takes Mayor David Coss and his wife, Carol Rose, for a ride on a pedicab on Paseo de Peralta during Saturdaya TMs Santa Fe Pride Parade.

A summer rite of passage for opera fans, the Santa Fe Opera conjures magic. Known for jaw-dropping interpretations of classical repertoire, not to mention the edgy staging of innovative work, the opera brings talented musical stars from its company - as well as visiting artists - to perform in the outdoor Santa Fe Opera House just outside town.

Two Santa Fe brothers pleaded guilty Thursday to beating and robbing a group of young people during a violent home invasion in December 2007.

Given the fact we're in a recession, Santa Fe's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May was expected to be worse than it was last year a ' and it is.

ART Santa Fe returns in style this season with its 9th edition to be held July 23 through 26, 2009 at El Museo in the heart of Santa Fe's hottest new district, The Railyard.

Law enforcement officers hope two arrests this week might help bring down the number of burglaries in the Santa Fe area, which have increased recently with the temperature.

The Santa Fe New Mexican Business Beat column: Business Beat: Hotels, city find way to help each other Jun.

A Brinks armored car lost control on Interstate 25 and rolled across the commuter railroad tracks Monday south of Santa Fe.

Recovery of wreckage from a fatal helicopter crash in the mountains of northern New Mexico is planned later this week.