Valencia County News

The county commission unanimously voted to hear public input on a possible ordinance enacting a new correctional facility gross receipt tax.

Dead horse left in Valencia County. A dead horse is causing more than just a stench in Valencia County.

Richard Kaehele has been out of the Army for more than 50 years, but it wasn't until Sunday that he received his medals for his service in the Korean War.

They've got mud on their shoes and dirt under their fingernails and they're proud of it.

A Valencia County crash claimed a life Saturday night, and sheriff's investigators said they suspect alcohol is involved.

And as a writer, Baca put words and sentences together to form stories: beautiful, haunting stories of the past.

Some men are fathers. But some move beyond that and become dads. The late Juan B. Gabaldon became such a dad that his remaining children all refer to him as "my dad" in a possessive, loving way that seems to forget that he was a dad to 11 children.

The state Office of the Medical Investigator said Monday that remains found north of Belen on Sunday belonged to a bear, not a human.

Top Story Headlines 2 brothers shot and killed in Socorro Mexico deploys 1,500 extra soldiers to border city CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexico has deployed 1,500 more troops to Ciudad Juarez following a surge in homicides in the border city related to the drug trade.

Valencia county detectives investigated another disturbing case Sunday night. Horseback riders discovered human remains near Belen.

La Historia del Rio Abajo is a monthly column about Valencia County history written by members of the Valencia County Historical Society.

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.

The Valencia County Jail, built only 10 years ago, is badly overcrowded and in need of an expansion that could cost millions.

A murder victim's family claims the New Mexico court system failed, after the suspect was released from prison until his trial begins.

A man flying an ultra-light aircraft crash-landed his homemade plane in the middle of a yard on Bloom-N-Shine in Tom Tuesday morning.

Friday, Valencia County Sheriff's Deputies arrested four people, who they believe, have been torturing children.

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.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 NM Rancher: Fighting dogs slaughter cattle A Valencia County rancher who lost 15 head of cattle to wild dogs has shot and killed 21 of the wild-running animals but says he's quickly becoming outnumbered.

Three lightning sparked wildfires continue to burn out of control in the Gila National Forest.

Investigators identified a body found Sunday near Socorro, N.M. as that of a woman missing from Valencia County.