Belen News

Valencia County released 911 tapes of a former Marine telling a dispatcher he just shot and killed a suspected burglar in Belen.

A former Marine charged with murder is back at home in Belen Wednesday after his family bonded him out.

Valencia County Sherriff Rene Rivera Wednesday said a man who may be the second burglar in a Belen incident Saturday night has surrendered to authorities.

Belen Consolidated School administrators are considering busing students from all grade levels together in order to save on transportation costs for the upcoming school year.

Passion flows through the Belen Art League on a regular basis. That passion will extend to photography this week when the league hosts its first photography show.

The debate engulfing Belen since Luke Sanchez was arrested for killing a suspected burglar Saturday is whether he was protecting the community or acting as a vigilante.

A Belen man is facing murder charges after deputies said he chased down two burglary suspects and then shot and killed one of them.

A former Marine is charged with murder after he tried to bust two burglary suspects Saturday evening outside a construction business in Belen.

A citizen's request to reschedule a public hearing item in front of the county commission next Wednesday was denied on a 3-1 vote at this week's county commission meeting.

Warped Tour weaved its way onto the New Mexico State University campus on Wednesday, leaving in its wake thousands of satisfied, sunburned teens, hundreds of hot, sweaty band members, a few bumps and bruises and even some newfound friendships.

As we enter the age of green, everyone is looking for ways to cut back on waste in their day-to-day lives.

A Valencia County crash claimed a life Saturday night, and sheriff's investigators said they suspect alcohol is involved.

The Belen Consolidated School District announced Wednesday that classes will start one week early this year in order to fix a calendar error that would have delayed paychecks for hundreds of employees.

After all the excitement and hubbub that accompanied the announcement that Belen was named an emerging MainStreet community, the local committee was faced with the inevitable question of, "Now what?" To get a handle on what to expect and give the public an idea of what is possible with a MainStreet program, Claudette Riley, the director of the ...

A motorcyclist is dead in a collision near Navajo Dam in northwestern New Mexico.

And as a writer, Baca put words and sentences together to form stories: beautiful, haunting stories of the past.

People arrived early to the gazebo at the Heart of Belen Saturday morning. Armed with umbrellas and jackets against the cool drizzle, close to 50 people found a dry spot under the gazebo in preparation for Belen's first ever yellow ribbon ceremony nearly 90 minutes before the ceremony began.

The driver of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was killed Saturday after he struck a pickup truck near Navajo Dam.

Valencia County sheriff's deputies are searching for more human remains after horseback riders found a human foot and part of a leg Sunday evening north of Belen.

Some men are fathers. But some move beyond that and become dads. The late Juan B. Gabaldon became such a dad that his remaining children all refer to him as "my dad" in a possessive, loving way that seems to forget that he was a dad to 11 children.