Farmington News

A woman pleaded no contest in district court last week to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her mother-in-law over the course of six months.

Farmington Fire Department's Tom Anderson, left, and Eric Hickerson attempt to control their raft on the Animas River rapids near the All Veterans Memorial Park on Thursday.

First, Andrew Kvech heard a gunshot. Then the Farmington man heard his friend say, "Oh crap, I shot you." Alec Thomas, a 35-year-old Farmington man, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of shooting Kvech, 42, in the leg.

The work toward rebuilding Farmington High School took a big step Thursday as the school board approved an architect to lead the project.

Jessica Stopani and Karen Chenault with the Masada House will be holding a 5K run and walk event this Saturday.

More than 1,600 high schoolers from 70 countries, regions and territories are competing for more than $4 million in awards this week.

Farmington police have arrested an 18-year-old man accused of running over a police officer on Monday afternoon.

A person is being treated for a gunshot wound at San Juan Regional Medical Center.

Imagine having a doctor's appointment three hours away, that you might miss because you don't have a ride.

The Census Bureau reports that northwestern New Mexico's Farmington area along with two areas of western Arizona lead the nation in having the largest proportions of mobile homes in their housing inventories.

A 28-year-old Farmington man remains in critical condition after a car crash Thursday afternoon, according to a nursing supervisor at San Juan Regional Medical Center.

Farmington police are investigating two Sunday stabbings. Both the stabbings involved people intoxicated from alcohol and no one suffered life-threatening injuries.

City council will revisit how to spend about $99,000 in federal grant money at tonight's meeting.

Farmington police say a man in a white Chevrolet pickup truck tried to run down a Farmington police officer at Berg Park on Monday afternoon.

Valley Meat Co. in Roswell has become the focal point for arguments over horse over-population in the same way ants become the focal points of bored boys with magnifying glasses.

Next week a Japanese delegation will tour the San Juan basin, which holds one of the nation's biggest natural gas deposits.

More than 60 vendors came out Saturday for the annual Bloomfield Days celebration at Bloomfield's Salmon Park, 301 N. Fifth St.

Drive a van and help a veteran. That's the message of a local volunteer-based program that needs more drivers to transport area veterans to Albuquerque for medical appointments each week.

We would like to thank our amazing community in Farmington who supported the Girls 10U Sting Softball team in our fundraiser.

Throughout the last decade and up to present, Northwest New Mexico has consistently produced more than 63 percent of the state's natural gas, according to New Mexico Oil Conservation Division statistics.