Sierra County News

There is one ghost town tucked away on the back roads of Sierra County that shines like the silver in the hills that put it on the map.

Bureaucratic hurdles have delayed $350,000 meant to boost mental health care in Dona Ana County, said a state senator who helped secure the dollars.

Getting to Hillsboro is almost as interesting as the town itself. Whether you are driving over the majestic mountains of the Black Range or through the hilly grasslands from the south or the flats from the ...

Fifty two percent of Otero County voters in New Mexico voted against a proposed sales tax that would have helped Spaceport America build a commercial spaceport in Sierra County.

Steve Fischmann - the Democratic contender for the state Senate District 37 seat - won the Nov.

Recently all the letters to the editor are in favor of the spaceport tax increase.

There was only one building attracting much activity this week in Truth or Consequences, Sierra County.

Manned spaceflights from Spaceport America could take place as early as 2010 because of a partnership announced here Friday by Gov.

The check was in the mail. The Internal Revenue Service reports that it tried to send refund or economic stimulus checks to 2,771 New Mexicans, including 382 in Dona Ana County, but the checks were returned by ...

Jermaine McChriston might just get the "Second Chance" he is hoping for. McChriston, a graduate and representative of the Albuquerque-based Second Chance drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, returned to the ...

New Mexico Spaceport Authority members Richard Holdridge, left, of Deming, and Toots Green, of Alamogordo, listen to a speaker at a meeting of the board Thursday in Alamogordo.

Les Forsythe, 72, of Deming, was arrested for driving with a suspended license. Fraud - A resident reports notification from the Internal Revenue Service of a tax penalty due on unreported income.

Gallery tours, belly dancing, workshops, readings and special events will all celebrate the arts and culture of an artistic community at the 5th annual Black Hot Springs Cool Art Festival Friday through Sunday ...

New Mexico health officials say there have been seven cases of West Nile virus reported in six counties so far this year.

The private company planning to take wealthy tourists to the edge of the atmosphere starting in late 2009 or early 2010 has refused a million-dollar proposal to film a sex video while the participants are ...

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will be in Alamogordo Monday afternoon to address a town hall meeting about Spaceport American, supports said Saturday.

Socorro city Tourism Director Deborah Dean was notified recently of several grant awards for the 2009 fiscal year. They include:

* $20,000 from the state Tourism Department to support statewide tourism advertising and advertising for individual events. The money will be used to increase the city's visibility in publications like New Mexico Magazine, Guest Life, NM Traveler and the RV Journal Magazine, and an international publication put out by New Mexico Magazine. Though it is difficult to track direct results from such advertising, Dean said people are taking an interest in Socorro.

If small-town America really does offer a window into the nation's soul, I wondered if the local press might offer me a leg-up to clamber through it.

Magnuson Hotels, the world's largest independent hotel group, announced today the complete rebranding of the Hot Springs Inn Magnuson Hotel.

MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. MOST CREEKS IN SIERRA COUNTY ARE RUNNING AT THIS TIME AND SOILS ARE SATURATED.