Veguita News

Second-generation dairymen Laurent and Maurice Othart say they're losing thousands of dollars a day because of falling milk prices - a situation so dire that their 78-year old father, Leon, is using his social security checks to help keep the business afloat.

New Mexico dairy farmers say low production payouts are squeezing some dairies out of business and threatening the industry.

June 11

A Veguita woman, who was being cared for by a suspect, reported at 3:45 p.m. that the suspect was given an ATM/debit card to pay medical bills. The caregiver kept the card and made numerous charges to the card, and she also used the woman's checkbook. When questioned, the sus...

June 11

A Veguita woman, who was being cared for by a suspect, reported at 3:45 p.m. that the suspect was given an ATM/debit card to pay medical bills. The caregiver kept the card and made numerous charges to the card, and she also used the woman's checkbook. When questioned, the sus...

Firefighters worked into the evening Friday to keep flames from spreading in the area between Belen and Veguita in the area of Highways 346 and 304 in Valencia County.

New Mexico has nearly 50 of them; the U.S. has more than 1600.Theya re called intentional communities, planned residences where the people share a common vision and work together as a team.

WORRIES OVER THE H-1-N-1 VIRUS KEPT THEM HOME FOR PART OF THE WEEK. NOW, THE NEW MEXICO ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION MUST DECIDE IF ATHLETIC EVENTS CAN START AGAIN.

La Promesa Elementary School and Carlsbad High School will reopen to students on Wednesday after closing their doors because of possible cases of H1N1 flu, also known as the swine flu.

New Mexico health officials confirmed two more cases of swine flu on Monday, bringing the total to three, as more than a dozen schools in a handful of communities closed this week due to concerns over the illness.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS DEALING WITH TWO NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF SWINE FLU TONIGHT. EARLY THIS EVENING, HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE C- D-C CONFIRMED THE TWO CASES IN SOCORRO COUNTY ARE INDEED THE SWINE FLU.