Las Cruces Dr. Roland Sanchez of Belen stepped down as chairman of the board of directors of the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum at the end of 2001. Sanchez remains on the board until his term ends in January 2003. He...

Belen Parents and teachers often complain that it’s difficult to get teenagers to talk. But they are the best customers of cell phones. Spend an afternoon at Advanced Wireless at 117 Main Street in Belen and you’ll...

Belen The Valencia County Fair will begin in August as planned. Karen Jarratt, secretary of the Valencia County Fair Manage-ment Board, said the cut in fuding for the Agricultural Extension Service by the County Commission will...

With the current dry conditions and the high winds blowing through the state and Valencia County, fire dangers are at an all-time high. Valencia County Fire Marshal John Cherry said he hopes people will take extra precautions...

Albuquerque The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District announced Mon-day that it will begin a program of water rotation because of poor water supply forecasts for the valley. Irrigators should call their ditch riders to schedule...

Bosque Farms David Linthi-cum and Ginger Eldridge will be sworn in as Bosque Farms’ newest village councilors, as the two racked up the highest number of votes in a seven-person race Tues-day. Linthicum received 502 votes...

NEWS-BULLETIN County Commissioner Frank Pando wants to set up a committee of citizens to look into whether Valencia County can support a hospital. At this week’s commission meeting, he suggested that each commissioner name...

Belen is taking a huge step forward in finding new uses for some of its old unoccupied buildings. That’s exactly the way it should be done because, otherwise, unoccupied buildings can become the target of vandalism or...

When Joan Dodson of Bosque Farms wanted to build an apartment behind her house for her mother, she called Allen Russell of Dukall Construction. Russell, who mainly builds custom homes, but takes on remodeling and reconstruction...

Are legislators thinking what’s best for area? Editor: I was surprised that Sen. Michael Sanchez and Rep. Fred Luna would introduce a resolution to the legislature without first discussing it with the Los Lunas Mayor and...

Belen When Pastor Ray Jaramillo moved the Calvary Chapel Rio Grande Valley into the former Wal-Mart building in Belen last April, he prayed that the famous line from the movie “Field of Dreams” would be true. And it...