Helen Baca has announced her candidacy for re-election to the Valencia County Commis-sion, District 3. Prior to her election to the commission in 1998, Baca had 27 years of experience in Valencia County government with a...

Eighth-graders, parents invited to Los Lunas High Parents of eighth-graders are invited to attend the annual parent-student night for incoming freshman at Los Lunas High School at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 8, in the school...

The county was first to decide. The fire marshal’s office issued a restriction on open burning in unincorporated areas because of the tinder dry conditions. We’d already lost several hundred acres of bosque and brush...

Linda Cisneros, director of the Valencia County Animal Control, brought a proposed new animal control ordinance to the county commission Tuesday. The 14-page document raises licensing fees for dogs and cats that have not been...

U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici recently announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is soliciting grant applications from fire departments throughout New Mexico in an effort to bolster fire service capabilities....

Open burning restrictions for the unincorporated areas of Valencia County will go into effect at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, by order of the Valencia County Fire Marshal John Cherry. “Duke to the lack of precipitation, high...

Even though it’s just the beginning of the official fire season in Valencia County, fires have plagued the area since the beginning of the year. In the past three months, volunteer firefighters have responded to 178 brush...

With a 3 to 1 vote, the Los Lunas Village Council has denied a petition from San Clemente Catholic Church to vacate Tafoya Road. The church, which is in the process of completing $1.5 million worth of construction to renovate...

Reyna Aragon Carrejo, a lifelong resident of Valencia County, has filed as a Democratic candidate for the position of Valencia County Probate Judge. Carrejo is an employee of the Los Lunas Magistrate Court, Division I and III....

Bosque Farms Bosque Farms Village Administrator Julie Harding resigned her position Wednesday, less than a week after the village council tabled her re-appointment, along with several others, saying they wanted time to review...

Rio Communities An elderly Rio Communities man is being sought on charges for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 74-year-old neighbor in her home Wednesday night. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of 70-year-old Wilbert...