Kirtland News

"Twilight" is more than vampires; it's more than werewolves. Fans love these books and movies because they're romantic, promoters of the series claim.

KIRTLAND Jerica Holiday's grandmother, a Kayenta, Ariz., resident, speaks only Navajo.

The San Juan County Commission on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to accept more than $1 million in stimulus funds awarded to expand the Kirtland sewer project under development to connect the community with the city of Farmington waste treatment facilities.

The San Juan County landfill and a scrap metal yard have grown, and an appliance company has plenty of work to do after Dumpster Weekend.

Jade Torres, 18, steps out of the green route bus Friday, followed by Gabriel Chacon, 21, at their stop at the Farmington Public Library.

The first winter storm of the season left several inches of snow in Farmington and knocked out power for several hours for almost 3,400 utility customers in parts of west Farmington and Kirtland.

Crews are working to restore power to west Farmington and Kirtland after a storm left several inches of snow Wednesday.

From the left, Georgia Willie, 11, and Miah Bitsui, 12, play Go Fish with math terms in Mary Whipple's sixth-grade class at Grace B. Wilson Elementary School in Kirtland on Monday.

Xavier Mascareas The Daily Times Francisco Jaramillo, father-in-law of Camacho Produce's Leonel Camacho, carries a box of apples recently purchased by the Yazzie family of Back Mesa, Ariz.

After reaffirming that excess trash and unsightly junk throughout the unincorporated areas remains a top concern with residents, San Juan County is hosting community meetings this week to identify solutions.

An errand for a family member led an Arizona man to Farmington where he was allegedly kidnapped, robbed and beaten in the Glade recreational area.

23 in Gallup. Begay, a legislative liaison with the Navajo Nation's Department of Education, was originally charged with great bodily harm and bond was set at $75,000, which allowed him to be released with payment of $7,500. A week later the charge was increased to vehicular homicide and the bond raised to $200,000 after Costley died.

Police are looking for two brothers accused of beating and robbing a Lukachukai, Ariz., man in a remote area of the Glade recreational area Monday afternoon.

I would like to take this opportunity to respond to Susan Guillory's letter to the editor, "Why is CCSD hiding the American Flag?" that appeared in the Sept.

The number 92, pinned to the back of Cauy Betony's shirt, flapped recklessly as the boy clung to a sheep, grimacing as he endured six long seconds atop the animal.

Incidents of domestic violence in San Juan County are three times the national average, according to statistics from the New Mexico Repository and San Juan County Domestic Violence Task Force.

Declining student enrollment in the Central Consolidated School District could mean a loss of about $1 million in state funding this year.

Somehow, I feel compelled to bring the attention to our area, of a recent incident that truly should be addressed.

Native dancers in fancy regalia start off the contest powwow on the lawn of the Farmington Civic Center during the Totah Festival on Saturday.

The New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday confirmed swine flu in three students in Kirtland and Los Alamos - the same day state health officials held the first of several regional meetings to plan how to deal with the virus.