Los Lunas District Court Judge William Sanchez decided Tuesday to stand by his previous ruling to quash several indictment counts against four women who were charged with operating an illegal pyramid scheme. Assistant Attorney...

T.C. Toucan, a business specializing in signs, screen printing and banners, has relocated to 414 S. Main St. in Belen. The business is owned by Larry Copeland and Buddy York. The telephone number is 864-6458. What’s your...

Page 7A The African Rue, a weed that is poisonous to cattle, is taking root in many parts of the Southwest, including New Mexico, where it got its start in the U.S.A. It is displacing other weeds and plants and is poisonous to...

Valencia County has been approved for the Livestock Assistance Program. Producers must have suffered a minimum of 40 percent grazing loss during the period from May 1, 2000, through Nov. 15, 2000. Producers must report their...

Valencia County commissioners Tuesday voted to invite an expert to help them analyze the county jail and the contract to run it. The suggestion to invite Jack Daley to help county commissioners determine the best approach to the...

Los Lunas Prominent business leaders were incarcerated on Wednesday at K-Bobs Steakhouse in Los Lunas. The Crime: Guilty of having a big heart. These citizens have hearts of gold, loaded with care and concern for over 670 of...

Bosque Farms Trash pick-up in Bosque Farms sparked a heated debate at the village council session Thursday. Mel Sisson, a Bosque Farms resident and owner of Superior Waste Systems, asked to take over the contract from Waste...

Belen There’s more to an airport than arriving and departing airplanes. At the Alexander Airport west of Belen, there’s also Desert Sky Aviation Inc., which sells and dispenses fuel for airplanes and operates an...

Los Lunas Glass Rite, a New Mexico-owned corporation, has opened a new facility in Los Lunas, 407 NM 314, north of Main Street. The new facility stocks a wide selection and variety of glass and mirrors, windows, window parts,...

If tax-payers paid all of their delinquent taxes, Valencia County would be millions of dollars richer. In fact, if the county could collect all of the delinquent taxes from 1992 to 2000, it would receive $13 million, said County...

A business deal between two family-owned grocery store chains will have little or no impact on shoppers in Belen. Jim Snyder, president of Van Winkle’s Supermarkets, announced on Monday, April 8, that the chain has agreed...

Developer Mike Mechenbier says he hopes to start moving dirt within the next three weeks for the construction of a Home Depot retail center. The store will be on one of five pieces of commercial property to be developed in front...