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The charred skeleton of a single-engine plane is seen at the scene of a fatal plane crash at the Aztec Airport on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

The charred skeleton of a single-engine plane is seen at the scene of a fatal plane crash at the Aztec Airport on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Aztec artist, Taya Doro poses for a portrait at her home on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

A plane crash at the Aztec Municipal Airport Saturday morning killed Michael "Mike" Arnold, the former mayor of the city and current manager of the airport.

NM DPS say a single engine plane crashed on take-off this morning around 11 a.m. at the Aztec Airport.

Three community members will add their vision to help move Bloomfield forward. On Monday, the City Council unanimously approved Mayor Scott Eckstein's appointment of Bernadette Smith, Arnold Montoya and DeLaws Lindsay to the Planning and Zoning Board of Directors.

Farmington police have arrested an 18-year-old man accused of running over a police officer on Monday afternoon.

Dear BOB&TOM Back to the subject of Chubby Chicken. About 10 miles from where I live there is a hole in the wall place called Chubby Chicken.

Drive a van and help a veteran. That's the message of a local volunteer-based program that needs more drivers to transport area veterans to Albuquerque for medical appointments each week.

Haili Bekes, a senior at Bloomfield High School, poses by the bobcat mascot on Thursday.

The Aztec Board of Education approved a tentative budget for the 2013-2014 school year Thursday evening after reducing costs by $667,000. During the board work session before the meeting, superintendent Kirk Carpenter and director of finance Ryan Manning walked the board members through cuts made to operations and personnel to reduce a revenue ... (more)

When Curt Stafford was 9 years old, his brother-in-law started taking him hunting and fishing in the mountains.

Mythological creatures from faraway islands, deep forests and magical gardens will come to life in Aztec tonight.

After failing to pass a small property tax increase in February, the voters in Aztec passed the continuance of the public school capital improvements tax Tuesday.

San Juan County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a 25-year-old Aztec man after a high-speed chase and helicopter search Monday night.

County commissioners are considering charging landfill user fees and increasing county employees' health insurance contributions to make up for a budget deficit.

Monte Shriver speaks about his research in to the alleged UFO crash in Hart Canyon in 1948 during an interview on Monday.

Voting on whether to pass the 2 mill levy tax will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Aztec Municipal School District Administration Building, 1118 W. Aztec Blvd.

A local couple has purchased Aztec Hardware, saving the decades-old downtown store from closure.

Adults should not underestimate juvenile literature. I am currently teaching a class on the History of Mexico at ENMU-Ruidoso. Our Ruidoso Public Library has both adult and children's books on the topic.