Velarde News

Eighteen people have applied to be Rio Arriba magistrate after the state Supreme Court removed Tommy Rodella from the position.

Friday, June 13, 2008 A grand harvest SUN.STAR Davao continued its winning streak as it garnered three awards in the Philippine Press Institute's 2007 Community Press Awards and a special award for civic ...

Next stop, the real world Amidst boisterous applause, flashing lights and the proud gazes of friends and family, the 2008 graduating class of Los Alamos High School took the stage Saturday morning at Griffith ...

The abstract paintings of Deborah Hede, Joyce Melander-Dayton, Kim Moss and Mercedes Velarde are Taking Shape . via Santa Fe Reporter

“One of the biggest things is people running into us”

Santa Fe firefighters anointed two new fire engines Saturday, dousing the trucks with water from the engines they are to replace as front-line firefighting equipment. via Fire Engineering

“You can read that in the Constitution.”

It's a rematch in Spain in Sunday's elections, as the Socialist prime minister, who won an upset victory four years ago in the wake of the Madrid train bombings, faces the conservative challenger. via CNN

“I think there are people out there who need to file, who would've filed under the old law, but aren't”

Bankruptcies in New Mexico increased by more than a third in 2007, but those who work with bankruptcies downplayed the jump. via Santa Fe New Mexican

“What we're looking for is a nationwide cleansing in government and in society. Almost everything is for sale in this country”

Justice Reynato Puno has been elected chairman of the Council for Moral Revolution, an apolitical group whose aim is to fight corruption in government and other sectors of society. via ABS-CBN News

“Los Alamos County and the county council were very helpful and put up no roadblocks.”

Skate Park back on track Los Alamos County Council decided Tuesday to resume progress on a skate park in front of Mesa Public Library. via Los Alamos Monitor

“Respect the people you are photographing and you will see your true reflection. The truth can be seen through a person's eyes, for it is the door to where the soul lies.”

Linda Montoya said she can gauge a memorable portrait before she shoots. "I can usually tell right away whether the person will let me in or not," said Montoya, a native New Mexican who has developed her own ... via Las Cruces Sun-News

A woman who was reportedly mentally-ill jumped into a creek in San Juan City Friday night. via ABS-CBN News

I was born in Velarde and I live in Espanola. Are you a relative of the legendary Rio Arriba County Democratic political patron Emilio Naranjo? [Former] Sen. via Santa Fe Reporter

“This is not something we could have done on our own”

It's a little incongruous. In this unassuming Los Alamos bedroom community, in a former horse barn behind an ordinary-looking house in a normal, if rural, neighborhood, resides New Mexico's only licensed ... via Las Cruces Sun-News

“As near as we can tell, the truck hit an icy patch, they hit the hillside and it sent them across the road and into the river upside down”

A Picuris woman and her daughter were found dead in the Ro Grande Monday after Ro Arriba Sheriff's Department officials say their truck slid off NM 68 near Velarde sometime over the weekend. via The Taos News

A mother and daughter are dead after the pickup truck in which they were riding crashed into the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico. via KOB-TV

“I believe that is at a tipping point - ' about to break through and become the most innovative state in the country in various industries”

A politically active University of New Mexico School of Law student is adding his name to the list of people considering running for the Third Congressional District seat being vacated by Tom Udall . via Heath Haussamen on New Mexico Politics

“I really had an appreciation for the culture the dancing, the food from my relatives, really”

When she first came to New Mexico, Suzanne Uberuaga said she met a lot of people who she immediately knew were Basque. via Valencia County News

“Wala na din, nasa pangalan ng family corporation (It's not under my name anymore. It's under the family corporation's name)”

Erap determined to stop forfeiture of 'hard-earned' assets Former president Joseph Estrada said Tuesday that he is ready to defend his "hard-earned" assets and will use all legal remedies to stop Sandiganbayan ... via ABS-CBN News

“The risk now is infections. There could be an epidemic”

Thousands of people have been receiving food handouts Tens of thousands of Mexicans affected by widespread flooding in the state of Tabasco are at risk of epidemics of diseases, officials have said. via BBC