Farmington News

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Extra police officers will be searching for drunken drivers and they will set up two sobriety checkpoints in San Juan County this weekend as part of a state-wide initiative to crackdown on DWIs.

The Daily Times Councilman Nate Duckett takes the oath of office on Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Farmington City Hall.

Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe, left, talks with Deputy Chief Keith McPheeter's, right, last week at Farmington High School.

State Sen. Howie Morales is surrounded by supporters during his speech to Democratic pre-primary convention delegates Saturday in Albuquerque.

The proposed location for a therapeutic garden at the San Juan Regional Rehabilitation Center in Farmington is pictured on Friday.

Parents of Farmington students shared their confusion and frustration with school district officials on Thursday afternoon at a meeting designed to answer questions about the Farmington Municipal School District's new grading policy.

Artist Amado Pena will speak at 7 p.m. today at the Henderson Fine Arts Center Performance Hall at San Juan College in Farmington.

The program is called "Keeping Your Kids Safe Online." Farmington police school resource officers will discuss cyberbullying, exposure to inappropriate material, online predators and revealing too much personal information.

Roving with the Arts , the classical music and arts heard weekdays on San Juan College radio station KSJE 90.9 FM, is returning to the airwaves at 8 a.m., Monday, March 3. New host Leigh Black Irvin will provide listeners with classical music, arts news and author interviews.

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.