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...

Belen The power plant proposed for the Rio Grande Industrial Park completed one of the many steps required for permits Monday as the State Environment Department’s Air Quality Bureau completed its hearing in the late...

Prominent Los Lunas business leaders will be incarcerated on Wednesday, April 17. Their crime: Being guilty of having a big heart. The citizens will be sentenced to one hour in jail at K-Bob’s Steakhouse on 2350 Main St....

Belen The Bank of Belen has obtained $180,000 in Affordable Housing Grant funds through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas for the Habitat for Humanity of Valencia County’s 50 in five drive. “The Bank of Belen is...

As a committee studying ways to save money at the county jail finalized its report, Cornell Companies Inc., which runs the facility, announced it will renegotiate the contract. The proposal could save the county a million...

Peralta Joe’s Pharmacy is back. No matter what name has been placed on the drug store across from the Peralta Elementary School, people in the area called it Joe’s. Leon Otero has restored the business to the name...

Valencia County got some unusually good news Tuesday. The Valley Improvement Association announced that $500,000 in back taxes will be paid to the county by the end of June. Bob Davey, VIA president, told the commissioners that...

The Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trades Show is over for 2002. This is the annual manufacturer, distributor and dealer show for the shooting and hunting industry. All the new products and innovations were available for viewing....

Tomé The Lock Out Kings, an automobile unlocking service, rescues people who lock their keys in the car. Most calls are routine — someone has locked keys in the car on the highway or at the shopping center. But, sometimes, the...

Bosque Farms At its last meeting, the Bosque Farms Village Council heard reports from two trash companies. Waste Management has had an exclusive contract with Bosque Farms, and the company’s representative asked to...

Volunteers and government workers have completed the first phase of salt cedar removal in San Lorenzo Canyon, said Carlos Madril, a U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wilderness and recreation specialist. Teams from the BLM,...