Wounded Warrior Run set for May 25 in LL
The Wounded Warriors Project is dear to Mary Tallouzi's heart. She saw her vibrant son, Daniel Tallouzi, go off to Iraq when he was 22, only to return in an open-eyed coma with severe head injuries.
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Friends of Whitfield announces its essay contest winners
The Friends of Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area held their first student essay contest, and honored the winners at the annual business meeting.
Thrift store helping local students with activities
As schools have had to tighten budget belts because of federal and state cuts to education, extracurricular program activities have often been the first casualties.
Los Lunas Schools calendar approved by board
The Los Lunas School District 2013-14 student calendar was approved after the board tabled it at the previous meeting because the 60-day legislative session was still in process.
LL resident seeks, finds answers to handicapped parking questions
Los Lunas resident Frank Cummings, a veteran of the Korean War, has reluctantly become an advocate for handicap parking.
Little water, big worries
The peaceful quiet at mid-afternoon on a Valencia County dairy farm belies the turmoil farmers are facing.
Peralta students raise money to fight cancer
The Peralta Elementary School gym was filled with children eager to help second-grade student Cynthia Jaquez-Nevarez, whose leukemia has returned.
The Rio Grande’s history is vast
Have you ever wondered what the Rio Grande looked like to the first Spanish explorers?
LL accepts hospital resolution
The Los Lunas Village Council passed a resolution and position statement comparing the two competing hospital proposals in Valencia County.
Teens rescue man from fall on El Cerro de Los Lunas
Two young men hiking on El Cerro de Los Lunas Easter Sunday became heroes when they rescued an injured hiker, Matthew Porter.
MRGCD discusses water outlook
More than 100 local farmers and ranchers packed the conference room at the Belen Public Library to hear the latest water outlook from the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District last week.
Valencia County Sheriff’s Posse
Arena dust swirled up into the air as a gust of spring wind blew off the dry mesa.
J. Newton McCarty named new VC agricultural agent
Valencia County's new agriculture extension agent, J. Newton McCarty, took his position in the Valencia County Cooperative Extension Service office last month.
Los Lunas secures more road funds
The Los Lunas Village Council approved the roads department to pursue additional funding from the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Highway Cooperative and Municipal Arterial Plan grant funding for village road improvement projects.
SODA student to travel to Austria to speak about girls in science
Petite, blonde and brainy, Chloe Grubb, a sophomore at the School of Dreams Academy, was invited to be a guest speaker at the European Conference on Educational Robotics in Vienna, Austria, April 20-27.
Mechenbier honored for her nonprofit work
Two adorable little girls, about 2 and 3 years old, run to a woman in blue jeans and amble up onto her lap.
A place to play, ponder and protect
Some of nature's most beautiful creatures can be seen at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, the largest wildlife refuge in New Mexico and the eighth largest refuge in the United Sates.
Prom Dress Boutique offers deal for seniors
The senior prom is just around the corner and Valencia County girls are in high gear to find their special dresses and put together a sensational look for this once-in-a-lifetime occasion.
Lovelace donates vans to El Ranchito de los Niños
Spring weather graced the quiet rural Los Lunas community the morning Lovelace Rehabilitation Hospital made a special donation to El Ranchito de los Niños, a nonprofit alternative to foster care that keeps siblings together.
LL girl receives a gift of a lifetime
A little Los Lunas girl's dream bedroom came true last week when Special Spaces Albuquerque gave 6-year-old Jentye Ramos a bedroom makeover.