Santa Fe County News

Self-contained breathing apparatus for firefighters, jaws of life, firetrucks and tankers are among the emergency equipment Santa Fe County would buy with revenue from a proposed new tax.

A Rio Rancho man was arrested Saturday and charged for the tenth time with driving while intoxicated.

The Santa Fe County Magistrate Court will offer warrant forgiveness to defendants with traffic cases in warrant status if they appear before the Court and address their outstanding obligations on November 21, 2009, from 8 AM to noon.

The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: a An unknown person stole $2,000 worth of jewelry on Oct.

Government workers hoping their employer doesn't find out about a DWI on their record have reason to be nervous.

SANTA FE A Santa Fe man has been sentenced to five years in prison stemming from a high-speed road rage attack a year ago.

The construction cranes that towered over Santa Fe for two years did more than just move steel into new buildings and bridges a ' they created jobs.

The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: a Two paintings by Mark McDowell valued at a total of $2,850 were stolen Friday from Strong Schenck Galleries, 200 Canyon Road.

Mayor David Coss will be on hand to help mark this current phase of work that will provide an eight-foot wide, concrete-paved trail from Ricardo Road to Camino Alire.

Santa Fe applied for the grant through a competitive process administered by the State of New Mexico's Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.

As city officials plan to take over duties from county with added land, department seeks 48 new positions Jason Auslander - 10/21/09 Comments 4 City police department officials are confident that the existing number of officers will be able to handle the expected in calls for service in areas to be annexed next month.

A Pojoaque Pueblo official who hit and killed a pedestrian stopped to roll the man over before fleeing, prosecutors allege based on a reconstruction of the incident.

A Santa Fe County woman convicted last summer of killing her mother has received a maximum 15-year sentence.

Santa Fe County is all out of flu vaccine, prompting free clinics to be canceled-and officials say they have no idea when they'll start back up.

New Mexico health officials have reported three new swine flu-related deaths in the past week.

Federal prosecutors believe Pojoaque Pueblo's lieutenant governor might have stopped her car after she struck and killed a pedestrian last spring and moved the body, according to court documents.

The New Mexico Department of Health is reporting three additional deaths from the H1N1 flu virus plus a sharp increase in visits to health-care providers.

Increased awareness of the flu has caused a run on seasonal flu vaccines and resulted in some shortages locally, according to Santa Fe health care providers.

Community activist and glass artist Paul White of Chupadero has announced that he'll run for the County Commission in District 1, the northern-most commission district in Santa Fe County.

The Santa Fe County Commission voted unanimously Friday to allow the Las Campanas Limited Partnership to withdraw as a partner in the Buckman Direct Diversion water project, and to become a county water customer instead.