San Juan County News

Garnett Bohannon, of Bluewater, was killed Wednesday when a sedan hit his motorcycle on NM 371, authorities said.

I would like to take a moment to support our Farmington Fire Department. The negative image that has been portrayed of past and present employees is very disheartening.

Unemployment rates and monthly job growth figures reported each month typically don't quite add up.

Five people have been hospitalized in Grant County with H1N1 influenza since the outbreak began, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.

Economic analysts around the nation look to employment rates, new housing development and the credit markets to understand the status of the economy.

The number of San Juan County families in need of emergency food supplies has surged, and that has left the stock at the ECHO food bank at a record low.

In reviewing the current brochure from San Juan United Way on their annual fund raising campaign, I noticed that 19 out of the 22 Corporate Cornerstone contributors are energy-related businesses with operations in San Juan County.

A 39-year-old Flora Vista man was charged Thursday with kidnapping an ex-girlfriend to force the woman to sign a statement requesting pending domestic violence charges be dismissed, authorities said.

A Mesa Propane Incorporated driver was killed Tuesday afternoon after his truck rolled over on Aztec Boulevard.

FARMINGTON Lovelace Health Systems recently expanded its services to San Juan County opening a patient services center and laboratory Sept.

More than a year has passed since 17-year-old Gary Martinez was shot to death outside his Farmington home, and police are no closer to solving his murder.

The District Attorney's Office has sent 89 warning letters to the homes of continual truants this school year, compared with 35 at this time in 2008.

The San Juan County Commission on Tuesday approved more than $5.1 million in budget cuts attempting to avert a deficit as tax revenue losses are projected to get worse.

The reduced pollution levels means the region will sidestep new rules passed by the state Legislature to increase environmental regulation of communities that exceed 95 percent of the national ozone limit.

More than 29 separate organizations in San Juan County will participate in the 10th Lights On Afterschool event this Thursday.

There's no city funding for a proposed $7.6 million animal shelter, and the weak economy may delay further financing, according to city officials.

A San Juan County man has died of the H1N1 influenza virus, commonly known as swine flu.

San Juan County conservative and independent oil and gas producer Tom Mullins is running for Congress because he said he wants to reduce the size of government.

New Mexico health officials are reporting three new swine flu deaths in the past week.

A 52-year-old Navajo Dam resident was recovering on Monday from a gunshot wound to the chest.