Estancia News

Two young adults and a teen boy have been charged with the burglary that did so much damage to the only store in Tajique it nearly put the place out of business.

With anticipation for the holiday season now increasing, so is the need for food in the East Mountains and Estancia Valley.

Some capital outlay projects in the East Mountains and Estancia Valley are now in limbo.

Whether dressed as ghosts, goblins, ghouls or Chuck Norris, kids have plenty to do this Halloween weekend.

Parts of Torrance County may be eligible to participate in a federal program that would send government contracts to local businesses.

It's doesn't seem like October without pumpkins, especially in the East Mountains and Estancia Valley.

Here are the official results for the 14th annual Estancia Punkin Chunkin' distance competition.

They have some intrinsic value, but you can't buy or sell them. Unless, of course, you've gained some amount of fame, then your memoirs have some value to the public.

The 40th day of school came and went, and enrollment at the Moriarty-Edgewood School District is still up from projections.

The three R's are drilled into children's heads from day one at school. With growing populations meaning more trash at neighborhood landfills, local governments and solid waste authorities are working toward reducing the never-ending stream of waste.

Torrance County is in the planning stages of getting a new building to house administrative offices.

Paul Sanchez, 31, the man charged in the April 8 deaths of Flora and Chris Chavez of Mountainair, pleaded guilty last Thursday to two counts of vehicular homicide.

It seems appropriate that the state where Billy the Kid and his ragtag bunch of outlaws scoffed the law would hold a match to settle who is best with a shooting iron: cops or cowboys.

There will be a scrap tire recycling roundup in Torrance, Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties this fall.

Local school districts are expecting changes when the state Public Education Department releases revised graduation rates on Friday.

Estancia Valley Relay for Life Chairwoman Margarita Hibbs believes in thinking outside the box to raise money for a cause very dear to her heart, cancer research.

Next week is the expected release of more than 3 million doses of H1N1 flu vaccine.

After 21 years of being booed, the Melodrama Masters are still going strong. Jo White, who has kept the tradition going all these years, said it started out as something silly for adults to do.

Labor Day 2009 definitely went complete with labor in the town of Estancia. A time capsule commemorating Estancia's 100 anniversary was buried at Arthur Park near the pavilion.

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