La Historia del Rio Abajo: Jewish merchants in Valencia County (Part I)
These are the German Jewish immigrants and their families who were important merchants and businessmen in the area during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Read Moreby John Taylor, guest columnist | Jan 17, 2024 | Features | 0
These are the German Jewish immigrants and their families who were important merchants and businessmen in the area during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Read Moreby John Taylor, guest columnist | Nov 30, 2023 | Features | 0
In our previous column we introduced the Belen Bunker and described its construction and use by the Defense Atomic Support Agency as a backup communication center for several facilities on Kirtland Air Force Base and elsewhere. In this column, we address the staffing of the facilities and their eventual demise.
Read Moreby John Taylor, guest columnist | Nov 16, 2023 | Features | 0
Two bunkers were constructed, one near the airport and the other about two miles south of the airport. The chosen locations were a “safe” distance from what were thought to be the primary targets elsewhere in the state.
Read Moreby Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin Assistant Editor | Oct 19, 2023 | Features | 0
La Vida What began as a “periodic column” in the Valencia County News-Bulletin has become a...
Read Moreby John Taylor, guest columnist | Oct 5, 2023 | Features | 0
Sometime after 1979, the task of freshening the letters and updating the numbers reverted to the junior class at LLHS.
Read Moreby John Taylor, guest columnist | Sep 28, 2023 | Features | 0
The B on a hillside west of Interstate 25 in Belen dates back several decades. Some have hypothesized that it had nothing to do with Belen High School but was an indicator of the nearby Belen airstrip.
Read Moreby Richard Melzer, guest columnist | Jul 27, 2023 | Features | 0
What do the Days of ’49 tell us about Belen and its people in the decades between World War I and World War II?
Read Moreby Richard Melzer, guest columnist | May 18, 2023 | Features | 0
“If I liked a foreman and he bragged on me, I would work hard. If I didn’t like a guy, I wouldn’t work at all. I got on a fence building job with a leader I liked. That fence is still there, and it’s still solid.”
Read Moreby Richard Melzer, guest columnist | Mar 23, 2023 | Features | 0
Great gumption had gotten Pat through the challenges of her youth and great gumption has sustained her through every moment of every day ever since.
Read Moreby Richard Melzer, guest columnist | Mar 16, 2023 | Features | 0
Rather than let her circumstances deter her, Pat used her intelligence, personality, resourcefulness and gumption not only to survive but also to become one of the most successful businesswomen in all of Valencia County today.
Read Moreby John Taylor, guest columnist and Jim Sloan | Nov 10, 2022 | Features | 0
The anti-aircraft gun displayed in Los Lunas saw action during World War II, and was one of 11 donated to various municipalities in New Mexico by the New Mexico National Guard in 1959.
Read Moreby Richard Melzer, guest columnist | Aug 18, 2022 | Features | 0
Even when Steven got in trouble and his mother told John that the boy needed a whipping, John would take Steven into a room, “whip” him with a handkerchief and tell the boy to “yell” as if he was in real pain.
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