Socorro County News

Cindy Rivera will never forget the fateful call that came from a stranger in the early morning hours telling her that her son, Anthony, was dead.

Socorro-area residents turned out en masse last week to support a teenager who was seriously burned during a recent camping trip.

A pair of summer storms collided over southern Socorro County on Sunday, and dumped heavy rains that caused significant flash flooding.

State Rep. Don Tripp is serious about keeping New Mexico's waters free of invasive species.

Press release expected to be county's 'final word' A divisive 10-month legal battle between the Socorro County Treasurer and the county commission is coming to a quiet end.

A pair of brothers face charges of trafficking heroin following a June 17 bust in Luis Lopez.

Two months after beginning their search for a missing Polvadera woman, Socorro County Sheriff's deputies are ready to start over.

Jane Pineira, 31, of Deming, was arrested on a municipal court warrants for failure to appear and failure to pay fines.

What good is electricity if you can't transport it to power-hungry customers? The SunZia Southwest Transmission Project aims to develop a new regional electrical transmission line -- one 500 kilovolt line or two parallel lines -- for use in Southern New Mexico and Southern Arizona.

The body of a Corrales woman who was last seen in Los Lunas in early April was discovered late Saturday night in a wooded area of Socorro County.

San Antonio's Chris Sichler said he's both honored and humbled to be elected to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District's Board of Directors.

The body of a Los Lunas woman who went missing in April has been found in the area of Water Canyon in Socorro County, according to Los Lunas police.

While the folks living in southern Valencia County and northern Socorro County enjoy their wide-open spaces and rural setting, it is admittedly difficult to get around sometimes.

To the Editor:

Socorro County has an opportunity to advance the cause of protecting and preserving its irrigated agriculture. On June 2, nearly 3,800 of the county's landowners are eligible to vote in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, or MRGCD, election.

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When abused and neglected children are taken from their homes, almost all the time they leave with little more than the clothes on their back.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN * ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NORTHEASTERN CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTH CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 915 PM MDT * AT 723 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ...

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.

One day after searching every car entering Socorro High School for weapons police and sheriff's deputies stood watch over a teen's funeral in response to threats of gang violence.

Central New Mexico's water takes center stage next month as the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District holds board of director elections Tuesday, June 2. With issues ranging from water rights to water grabs and from double-dipping executives to drought, the district faces challenging times.

New Mexico also has five probable cases. The latest confirmed cases were a 4-year-old Curry County girl and a 22-year-old woman in Taos County.