Wednesday Jun 24 | Valencia County News
Matt Baca: Writer, historian and artist
And as a writer, Baca put words and sentences together to form stories: beautiful, haunting stories of the past.
County tries to find funds for mosquito control
The county commission picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the citizenry and will once again do battle with the flying pests of the unincorporated areas of Valencia County.
Tales of patriotic honor recalled at Memorial Day ceremonies
As each name of the homegrown heroes who gave their lives in the line of duty was read aloud on Monday, a single chime of a bell rang out.
County's ISO fire ratings may be improved
The county fire chief had good news and bad for the county commission Wednesday evening.
Christina Medrano is not your typical artist. She doesn't know how to draw, she doesn't know how to paint but she does know how to sew and create her own unique graphic images, which she uses to showcase her talents.
Thousands make pilgrimage up Tom Hill to pray and cast off their burdens
The sun had barely painted the edge of the eastern sky gold before the first cock crow echoed across the valley.
Commission to consider hiring more deputies in next budget
The county sheriff came before the county commissioners last week to see if he could take them up on an offer to fund more certified deputies for his department.
Bus driver, aide indicted on negligent child abuse charge
A former Belen substitute school bus driver and bus aide have been indicted on child abuse charges for allegedly forgetting about and leaving a 2-year-old girl unattended on a bus for more than an hour last ...
A friend and her husband were pleasantly surprised when they recently checked out what their income would be two years from now when both are 65 years old and plan to retire.
Crowd expresses frustration on hospital issue
With many wearing badges emblazoned with the edict "Build it! 80%" nearly 100 people crowded into Wednesday evening's county commission meeting to express their discontent about the status of the hospital ...
Apartments evacuated as lumberyard burns
Looking out the back window of his 8-month-old granddaughter's bedroom in the Mesa View apartments, Ruben Rael is amazed how close the flames got to nearly destroying his home and his family Wednesday.
Legislators talk about ethics reform, priorities
This is the second of a two-part series. The first part appeared in the Jan. 17 edition of the News-Bulletin. With the 60-day legislative session about to begin on Tuesday, the News-Bulletin decided to invite ...
Teen arrested in beating death near Belen
A 19-year-old faces an open count of murder in the death of a 51-year-old man in Jarales, near Belen.
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