San Juan County News

A Kirtland man who was convicted and served a prison sentence for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl was allowed to take back his guilty plea because he didn't know the plea could result in his deportation.

A plane crash at the Aztec Municipal Airport Saturday morning killed Michael "Mike" Arnold, the former mayor of the city and current manager of the airport.

On behalf of Bottom of the Barrel Productions, I would like to thank everyone involved in making our production of "Love, Loss and What I Wore" a great success.

A woman pleaded no contest in district court last week to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her mother-in-law over the course of six months.

First, Andrew Kvech heard a gunshot. Then the Farmington man heard his friend say, "Oh crap, I shot you." Alec Thomas, a 35-year-old Farmington man, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of shooting Kvech, 42, in the leg.

Farmington police have arrested an 18-year-old man accused of running over a police officer on Monday afternoon.

A person is being treated for a gunshot wound at San Juan Regional Medical Center.

Students in junior high and high school around San Juan County will have a new opportunity to make their community a better place with the formation of a new civic club.

The Census Bureau reports that northwestern New Mexico's Farmington area along with two areas of western Arizona lead the nation in having the largest proportions of mobile homes in their housing inventories.

Farmington police say a man in a white Chevrolet pickup truck tried to run down a Farmington police officer at Berg Park on Monday afternoon.

San Juan County likely will not impose landfill fees this year, officials said. The county is in the final stages of crafting its budget proposal for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

Alixis Russell prepares to receive her diploma at the San Juan College commencement ceremony on Saturday.

More than 60 vendors came out Saturday for the annual Bloomfield Days celebration at Bloomfield's Salmon Park, 301 N. Fifth St.

Throughout the last decade and up to present, Northwest New Mexico has consistently produced more than 63 percent of the state's natural gas, according to New Mexico Oil Conservation Division statistics.

TOP: Map SECOND FROM TOP: Huerfano Chapter's community services coordinator, Larry Bonney, walks into the lunar landscape of the Bisti Badlands.

The New Mexico Gas Company wants to discontinue natural gas service to parts of San Juan County, including Navajo Lake State Park.

Kathy Vickers and Cecil McIntyre, volunteers with the Humane Society of the Four Corners, prepare traps to capture feral cats on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

The wife of the man fatally shot at the Animas Valley Mall last month said she was clutching her husband's arm and waiting to die when her husband was killed in front of his family.

In March, The Daily Times launched a contest to determine which reader's photo would become our next Facebook cover photo.

Daily Times file photo Chris Taylor, head guide and owner of Fisheads San Juan River Lodge, fly fishes in the San Juan River in February 2012.