Adult Drug Court aims to help addicts kick habit and stay home with families   (July 5)
In an effort to change lives and hopefully cure addictions, the 13th Judicial District Court in Valencia County is beginning a new Adult Drug Court program.

Los Lunas couple attacked on street   (July 5)
Police are looking for several individuals who they say beat up and injured a Los Lunas couple in the middle of a street.

Jury still out in Cody East battery trial   (July 5)
A jury was deliberating the verdict in the Cody East trial Thursday evening on charges that he physically injured several girls during an underage drinking party at his parent's home last summer.

Policy on cell phones, prescriptions passed   (July 5)
The Los Lunas School Board unanimously approved changes in the district's Student Behavior Handbook as well as two change orders for a pair of construction projects in the district on June 24.

New VA community-based clinic being is planned for Rio Rancho   (July 5)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake today announced plans for a new community-based outpatient clinic to bring the world-class health care of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) closer to home for New Mexico veterans.

Receipts tax for 911 center, med services requested   (July 5)
No one likes more taxes, but the regional emergency 911 call center director is hoping that the citizens of Valencia County will see the need for additional gross receipts taxes (GRT) to support the call center and medical services.

Students, experts work to rescue chapel   (July 2)
Century High School students Tyrone Flanders, Shaquan Neil and Willie Tryels silently carry pieces of scaffolding out of San Antonio Chapel at the end of a long Friday as work is being done all around them.

Girls who attended party testify in East battery trial   (July 2)
A jury began hearing testimony Monday in the trial of a former Los Lunas wrestling star accused of assaulting several teenage girls during an underage drinking party at his parents' home last summer.

Dead carp causing big stink in Tomé   (July 2)
Last Tuesday Kendall Schneringer and his wife, Sonya Swing, beheld a very strange sight in the drainage ditch that borders their Tomé property - several hundred carp had found their way up the ditch but were unable to get back out.

Hello, world. New Mexico calling from park   (July 2)
"Kilo 5 Oscar Romeo Uniform."

Seventh-graders learn about hazards of gang membership   (July 2)
Before the school year ended this year, hundreds of seventh-grade students graduated from a program that taught them life lessons that their instructors hope they will always remember.

Peralta OK's $313,672 in budgeted revenue   (July 2)
The new Town of Peralta has gotten off the ground with estimated budget revenues of $313,672 for the upcoming fiscal year and expenditures totaling only $296,276.

Belen school meals will cost 50 cents more when classes start   (July 2)
Students and staff will have to shell out an additional 50 cents for meals served in school cafeterias district wide unless they qualify under the free or reduced lunch plan this fall.

Zone change approved for duplex on South Sixth Street   (July 2)
The Belen City Council approved a zone change during a special meeting Wednesday on a piece of property located on south Sixth Street between Bernard Avenue and Baca Avenue.