Socorroans are mourning the loss of a native son, the much-revered, first New Mexico-born archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Rev. Robert Fortune Sanchez, who once played baseball on the dirt grounds of Mt. Carmel Catholic School as Bobby Sanchez.
The Rev. Robert Fortune Sanchez became a state hero in 1974 when he was ordained as the first New Mexico-born Archbishop of Santa Fe and the first Hispanic in the nation to hold the post.
SocorroLive.com, a website created by the local company Integrated Technology to stream broadcasts of Warriors games on the internet, is expanding its scope.
Sandra Epps is hoping that whoever took her beloved red, white and blue tricycle from in front of her Bursum Place apartment Saturday morning will find it in their heart to bring it back.
Superintendent Mike Chambers received a vote of confidence at the Magdalena School Board meeting held Jan. 17. The board renewed his contract and gave him a one-year extension covering the end of the 2013 school year through 2014. The executive board met in closed session to discuss the superintendent's evaluation prior to its programmatic meeting. Upon completion of the agenda, the board met privately, deliberating for about an hour.
A district court judge in Bernalillo County affirmed a decision by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions to deny a former Socorro Electric Cooperative general manager unemployment compensation after he was fired for misconduct.
Archbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez, who served as the 10th Archbishop of Santa Fe from 1974-1993, died today, the archdiocese announced.
The jury trail date for former county manager and title company owner Joseph A. Vallejos has been postponed until April 30 in 7th Judicial District Court in Socorro.
Socorro police are waiting to find out exactly what it is they uncovered while executing a search warrant at a house on Annette Street on Saturday, Jan. 14.
The New Mexico Legislature opened its 2012 session on Tuesday, with Gov. Susana Martinez delivering her State of the State address, setting the to-do list for the 30-day session.
