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RC council candidates vie for residents' votes

The nine candidates seeking the four seats on the Rio Communities city council spoke last week about the issues they want to tackle if elected to the first governing body of the newest municipality in the county.

Casias gets 12 years for killing wife

A man who described himself as a "good husband and father" has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting and killing his wife, Amber, in their Meadow Lake home in May 2011.

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.

Dean pleads to charges

Lonnie Dean, 48, of Belen, pleaded guilty Tuesday to methamphetamine trafficking and assault on a federal officer charges under a plea agreement that requires him to serve a 20 year prison sentence.

Passionate Pilgrimage

Ungelbah Daniel-Davila-News-Bulletin photos Dawn breaks behind the crosses atop Tomé Hill, which represent Mt. Calvary, on Good Friday as pilgrims contemplate their faith and devotion.

There is a somber hush along the path to the crosses in the predawn hours of Good Friday as the shadowy figures of the day's first pilgrims slowly ascend Tomé Hill.

P&Z votes not to OK dollar stores

The county planning and zoning commissioners shot down two proposed zone changes for Dollar General stores — one in Los Chavez and a second in Tomé — recommending denial on a 4-1 and 5-0 vote respectively.

Judge halts hearing in Chavez case

A state district judge on Thursday halted prosecutors' plans, at least temporarily, to put witnesses on the stand who were expected to testify that Tera Chavez was afraid that her husband, former APD officer Levi Chavez, was going to kill her.