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.

The seeds already were in place but the coaches met along with district chair and Shiprock athletic director Mike Walker to determine game times.

About 300 workers employed by Safeway grocery stores in Farmington and Aztec agreed to extend a labor contract through mid-November after last-minute negotiations with corporate officials Saturday failed to reach an agreement.

Alijah Lascano of Las Cruces walked Monday to and from the San Albino Cemetery in Mesilla to remember an aunt and a brother who have died.

Jade Torres, 18, steps out of the green route bus Friday, followed by Gabriel Chacon, 21, at their stop at the Farmington Public Library.

SANTA FE The Forestry Division of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department awarded $6,000 in "forest re-leaf" grant funding for tree planting at the Hooser Ball Field in Alamogordo, according to New Mexico State Forester Arthur "Butch" Blazer.

A Mesa Propane Incorporated driver was killed Tuesday afternoon after his truck rolled over on Aztec Boulevard.

The Aztec Board of Education on Monday night accepted the resignations of the district superintendent and a board member.

The two brothers accused of robbing and beating a Luk-achukai, Ariz., man with a hatchet in a remote part of the Glade recreational area waived their rights to a preliminary hearing in Aztec Magistrate Court on Thursday.

A Colorado sheriff's official says a 6-year-old boy climbed into a box that was attached to a homemade balloon, but the box wasn't found when the craft crashed.

San Juan County Sheriff's deputies responded with emergency personnel to County Road 3089 in an area north of Aztec in the Four Corners area after a nine-year-old boy was hanged by a rope attached to an A-frame metal hoist.

The Farmington area plays host to numerous events, festivals and art showcases for the second straight weekend.

Oil and gas companies are making major cutbacks due to low gas prices and the onset of an expected winter slowdown in drilling.

Nine-year-old Natasha Daney, left, reaches for a pumpkin while her friend and youth soccer teammate, 9-year-old Gina Montoya, shows approval for her selection Saturday from Bob Genson's pumpkin stock piled high at Main Street in Aztec after the Oktoberfest parade.

A 9-year-old Aztec boy died Friday after he accidentally hanged himself while playing with a friend, San Juan County Sheriff's Captain Jim Smith said.