Moriarty News

Fireworks sales in Moriarty appear stable despite a less-than-booming economy. Moriarty, home to two year-round fireworks businesses, is seeing visitors from around the country shelling out the dough for sparklers, artillery shells, bottle rockets, firecrackers and much more.

Danny Sal-Da-Na, 47, of Moriarty is out on a $50,000 surety bond after being arrested June 19 and charged with eight counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, attempted kidnapping, stalking and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Young Eagles took flight Saturday morning at the Moriarty Municipal Airport. From about 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., kids ages 8 to 17 received 15-minute flights.

The man who shot his wife at a Moriarty store yesterday, then later killed himself, has a connection to a dark chapter in New Mexico history.

Moriarty Police Chief Bobby Garcia gives an interview near the scene of a shooting in Moriarty.

Moriarty Police Chief Bob Garcia gives an interview near the scene of a shooting in Moriarty.

A clerk at a Moriarty Grocery store has been shot, according to the Moriarty Police Department.

Twenty-one-year-old William Baca of Moriarty now gets his energy from fruit. At age 17, Baca would guzzle three to six high-caffeine, high-sugar energy drinks such as Monster, Rockstar or Red Bull every day to keep him awake through his 12-hour work shifts.

East Mountain High School students might as well be going to a traditional public school, at least as far as reading and math are concerned.

Sometimes where you stand depends on what you're driving at, especially with regard to improvements to Interstate 40.

CAUSES TRAFFIC NIGHTMARES AROUND THE METRO AREA. OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT WILL PROBABLY EITHER MAKE YOU SMILE OR CRY.

After Eyewitness News 4 featured a cancer survivor's story of need following a violent attack on him, viewers, including a 9-year-old boy, were compelled to help.

Kim Ortiz feels the weight everyday. She feels the weight of being a good mother to her daughter Jessica, 14, and son Caleb, 11, and wife to her husband of 18 years, Ernest.

The Edgewood Town Council discussed at its most recent meeting a somewhat controversial after-school program for children, the possibility of a hiring a grant writer, a new police officer and problematic police radios.

Despite a lagging economy, interim budgets are balanced for the Estancia Valley and East Mountains.

As Gov. Bill Richardson walked into the civic center Friday morning, he declared Moriarty the capital of wind energy.

Whoever said the movie business is glamorous obviously has never spent much time on the set of one.

As the distant clanking of hoofs, rattle of wagon wheels, and dust clouds came closer to Moriarty on Friday evening, the city was preparing for a rip-roaring weekend.

No news was good news for Tillery Chevrolet-GMC in Moriarty last week, according to Glen Tillery, president and general manager.

American Indian weaving is a proud tradition in the Southwestern United States. In Moriarty on Saturday morning, the public had a chance to learn about and participate in Southwest weaving.