Invasive Russian olive a nuisance for Colorado, New Mexico

FARMINGTON – Efforts to combat the invasive Russian olive along the Animas River gained cross-state support during a community meeting Thursday at San Juan College. The Animas Watershed Partnership...

DATE: Oct. 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Indigenous Peoples Day recognized at Cortez Cultural Center

To honor the local Native American culture, Battle Rock Charter School students held an Indigenous Peoples Day celebration Monday. The event featured Native American meals, stick games and...

DATE: Oct. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crews respond to fire near Aztec

AZTEC – County and city crews responded to a fire near County Road 3260 midday on Sunday, with black smoke visible from New Mexico State Road 516. Multiple districts from the San Juan County Fire...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Police officer shoots, kills armed man in Farmington

FARMINGTON – Farmington and New Mexico police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Thursday night. Police received a report around 6 p.m. of a man threatening people with a...

DATE: Oct. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Can San Juan Generating Station become model for carbon capture?

FARMINGTON – The city of Farmington has signed an agreement for Enchant Energy Corp. to acquire 95% interest of the San Juan Generating Station, a move that could extend the life of the power plant...

DATE: Oct. 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local couple collecting donations for asylum-seekers along U.S.-Mexico border

An Aztec-area couple is gathering donations of warm clothes, blankets and basic toiletries for refugees along the U.S.-Mexico border. Susan Workman and Jim Gage will make their third trip to Las...

DATE: Sept. 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mother of Aztec High shooting victim files lawsuit

The mother of a victim in the 2017 Aztec High School shooting has sued the school district and superintendent over sexual abuse accusations. Jamie Lattin, mother of the 17-year-old Casey Marquez,...

DATE: Sept. 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Highland games return to Aztec

Kilts, hammers, highland dancing and Celtic music will again make an appearance Oct. 5-6 at Riverside Park in Aztec. Started by a group of locals with Irish and Scottish ancestry, the Aztec...

DATE: Sept. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

New Mexico moving to crack down on unpaid wage claims

ALBUQUERQUE – A popular New Mexico restaurant was the first business to be targeted Thursday in a state and local push to enforce wage laws. Officials said they were suing Hacienda Del Rio and its...

DATE: Sept. 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

FBI investigates homicide in northeast Arizona

The FBI has responded to a homicide that occurred Sept. 13 at a home in Sweetwater, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation. “We are working alongside the Navajo Nation Department of Public safety, Shiprock...

DATE: Sept. 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump vows to win most-Hispanic state in 2020 at rally

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – President Donald Trump sought to bolster his re-election chances Monday with a political rally in the border state of New Mexico, appealing directly to Hispanic voters with a...

DATE: Sept. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Farmington challenges Ignacio to chile cook-off

The New Mexico-Colorado chile rivalry has come to Ignacio. Farmington challenged Ignacio to prove that Colorado has better chiles at the town’s third annual Ignacio Green Chile Fest to be held...

DATE: Sept. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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