Farmington News

The San Juan County chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution on Sunday recognized a group of nine high school seniors as young citizens who have done acts of good around the county.

In recent weeks, all Farmington police officers and firefighters, and San Juan Regional Medical Center's ambulance drivers and paramedics simulated a response to a school shooting.

It has taken Farmington artist Liz Stannard nearly five years to complete her latest body of work, but not because she's been too busy, unhurried, or not interested.

FARMINGTON, N.M. - San Juan County investigators are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire that killed two people overnight.

The two-feature whitewater park in the Animas River between Animas and Berg parks was built in 2000 and quickly earned a reputation in the region.

And let me tell you, our own Kim and Krickitt Carpenter are quite the stars, themselves.

The federal agency was scheduled to move into the new building in November. The BLM now is predicting the transition will take place in March, though the exact date is not finalized.

Kim and Krickitt Carpenter sold and signed more than 300 copies of their book "The Vow" at the theater on Friday night.

Nearly $1 million dollars in federal money is heading toward New Mexico fire departments and most of the cash will land in San Juan County.

Follow-up to Branded and Scarred Hate-crime victim's healing only begins as tormentors head to prison , Navajo Times, August 25, 2011 View online here In a federal courtroom in Santa Fe on January 25, 2012, Judge Black finally sentenced Paul Beebe and Jesse Sanford of Farmington, N.M on federal hate crime charges related to the racially-motivated ... (more)

San Juan County soon will have 120 additional helping hands when the cast and crew of Up with People descend Feb.

A local drug trafficker with ties to the Sinaloa drug cartel will face the next 12 years in prison before being deported to Mexico, federal authorities said.

Both districts have a maelstrom of projects in years to follow thanks to two ballot measures that passed Tuesday, both of which are multi-million-dollar allowances.

President Barack Obama on Thursday denied New Mexico's request for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Raise your hand if you like giving back to the community. Now keep it raised if you also enjoy eating chocolate.

A group of Farmington citizens is challenging in district court a recent decision by the City Council allowing a Farmington developer a re-petition for a zoning change for a parcel of land near San Juan College.

A Senate committee is recommending the confirmation of Indian Affairs Secretary Arthur Allison despite questions raised over allegedly illegal cigarette sales at his family's store near Farmington on the Navajo Nation.

Across the nation, anti-Semitic bias cases have been capturing news headlines. Last month, two men from Farmington, New Mexico were sentenced to time in federal prison for branding a swastika on the arm of a Navajo man who suffers from mental disabilities.

At the time when Elizabeth Teran first received help from the local Parents as Teachers program five years ago, she did not want to go on.

Throwing cancer a curve ball is the aim of a fundraising dinner to be held this Saturday, benefiting cancer patient Justin Solomon.