Bloomfield News

Citing a desire to serve the community of Bloomfield, Mayor Scott Eckstein announced his bid for another four-year term as the city's top elected official.

Bloomfield plans major improvements to West Maple Street, seen in this November 4 photo, but construction hinges on the receipt of federal stimulus funds.

Despite cold temperatures, area residents lined Main Street on Thursday to watch the annual Christmas parade sponsored by the Farmington Chamber of Commerce and BP America Annual.

The spray-painted warning "Danger, Keep Out" was the only deterrent to keep the curious away from an abandoned adobe house on Fairgrounds Road in Farmington.

Christmas came early this year for Carlsbad-based Center of Excellence for Hazardous Material Management.

Despite recessionary times and a slowing economy, San Juan County continues to experience growth with businesses expanding their services and operations.

Local government offices will remain closed through the holiday weekend. Offices in Farmington, Aztec and Bloomfield will all be closed today and Friday and reopen for normal business hours Monday.

Two types of permits are available for cutting Christmas trees on public land. The Forest Service is selling permits for cutting pinon, juniper or Ponderosa pine as tall as 10-feet in the Jicarilla Ranger District of Carson National Forest for $5. Permits for taller trees are available for an additional cost.

BLOOMFIELD Durango Joe's recently opened its seventh coffeehouse in San Juan County, after partnering with Verizon Wireless on a location in Bloomfield.

The San Juan County Commission on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to build a $440,000 police station in Huerfano, developed to increase the Navajo police officers available to serve the reservation lands south of Bloomfield.

Three sport utility vehicles purchased for school administrators from an out-of-state dealer.

A simple mistake came close to costing Bloomfield upward of $1 million. But a chance encounter at a New Mexico Municipal League meeting in October set in motion a series of puzzling oddities with the state's tax checks-and-balances. City Manager Keith Johnson, after examining statewide figures Oct.

City councilors are scheduled to discuss oil and gas drilling regulations, a stimulus loan, a proposed 562-home development and a transportation plan at their 9 a.m. meeting Tuesday.

It always is sad to hear that corporations with local ties are discontinuing their operations in the region.

The Bloomfield City Council plans to address the replacement for Municipal Judge Edward Wood at its meeting Monday.

The Bloomfield school board Tuesday voted to utilize outside consultants to assist with finding a permanent new leader.

Western Refining is idling its refinery in Bloomfield, N.M., and is putting all New Mexico refining operations at its Gallup, N.M., refinery to save $25 million per year, the company announced Monday.

Second-grader Jeffrey Jones high-fived his dad after picking out the last items of his $100 shopping spree.

Charges against a 39-year-old Flora Vista man accused of kidnapping an ex-girlfriend, beating and holding her against her will for seven days, were dismissed in Aztec Magistrate Court on Thursday.

Shaylin Shannon, 3, right, is cautious as her mother, Strarla Shannon, admires Aldo Begay's dog, Cyrus, at Berg Park on Sunday.