Julia M. Dendinger

A local board of education member has been tapped to temporarily fill the top administrative position in a school district to the south.

It’s not clear how, but it seems the governor was aware of a vacancy on the Valencia County Commission and interviewed a potential appointee a month ago.

By Julia M. Dendinger

The Republican candidate for the vacant Valencia County Commission District 5 seat has an interview scheduled with the governor’s chief of staff on Friday.

A Valencia County magistrate has been publicly censured by the New Mexico Supreme Court for violating rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct in regards to campaign practices.

BELEN — One local school district is adding software to its security system that will offer emergency responders “a look behind the curtain,” during a crisis situation at a school

After a long moment of silence, the president of the Belen Board of Education cast the tie-breaking vote to remove himself from that seat.

BELEN — As classes get underway for Belen Consolidated Schools students in a couple of weeks, they may notice a change in mindset from the top of the organization all

“Concern has been expressed to the district about trash, the use of the bosque as a toilet, drug paraphernalia. Last time I was out there, I saw piles and piles

Weeks ago, a tangle of well-worn paths led off a Los Lunas ditchbank and into illegal encampments, where unhoused people had set up make-shift shelters.