Farmington News

Businesses and organizations from around San Juan County gathered Friday and Saturday at McGee Park in Farmington for the annual Home Expo.

John Silva parked his Subaru in a Farmington trailer park, walked across Gila Street, stepped through an opening in a barbwire fence and placed his hands on top of a graffiti-covered storm drain.

Susan Kimbler with New Beginnings collects items on Thursday at the New Beginnings shelter in Farmington for an upcoming yard sale fundraiser on April 5. How to donate: Donated items for the sale are being collected now.

Though a $1 million federal grant finalized Monday will pay for firefighters to work 24 hours a day for the next two years, city officials said the firefighters likely won't be able to keep their jobs when the grant expires in summer 2016.

Jimmy Macaw, the maintenance manager at the Azrec Museum and Pioneer Village, talks on Friday on the damage floods in September 2013 caused at the museum and its grounds in Aztec.

Piedra Vista High School seniors put blankets inside bags on Friday at Piedra Vista High School in Farmington.

From left, Aztec Police Chief Mike Heal; Kevin Abar, an assistant special agent in charge of Homeland Security in New Mexico; San Juan County Sheriff Ken Christesen; Bloomfield Police Chief Mike Kovacs; San Juan County District Attorney Rick Tedrow; and Farmington Police Department Acting Police Chief Vincent Mitchell participate in a press ... (more)

Omar Villa and his cousin, Lopita Villa, stood Wednesday evening at the back of the crowded sanctuary inside Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Farmington.

New Mexico's unemployment rate is almost 7 percent, but for residents with disabilities, the 2011 unemployment rate was about 35 percent.

Youth leadership team member and Farmington High School senior Francine Briones laughs on Thursday during the San Juan United Way Victory Celebration Luncheon at the Courtyard Marriott in Farmington.

School officials locked down Farmington High School Thursday afternoon after a man entered the school with a knife.

That afternoon, just before dark, Mendenhall and his wife were driving home to Aztec on County Road 516.

A convicted sex offender pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to three sexual assault charges against a 12-year-old girl.

A new bass fishing circuit will have a meeting at 7 p.m. Friday, March 14, in the showroom at Ziems Ford Corners, 5700 E. Main St. in Farmington.

The unofficial results for Tuesday's regular municipal election show Gregg Hull and former city councilor Michael Williams are the two front runners for the mayoral seat.

Six candidates across San Juan County who ran unopposed for their respective seats were elected or re-elected on Tuesday.

Tommy Roberts' amplified voice wavered Tuesday night as he told a room of supporters at the Civic Center that he will be their mayor for another four years.

"I just told all these people here how much I appreciate their belief in me," he said from Fire House Java & Cuisine on Tuesday night after unofficial results from the city clerk showed he had won.

Bill Standley received nearly 500 more votes than James Rowland, the incumbent part-time judge.

At least three people were injured in an oil rig fire south of Farmington on Tuesday, according to Sandoval County Fire Chief James Maxon.