A man wanted in connection with a Moriarty-area murder earlier in the month has been arrested. Steven Banda, 48, was picked up Sept. 21 by the U.S. Marshals Service District of New Mexico – Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team without incident in northwest Albuquerque “following an exhaustive investigation by multiple local, state and federal agencies,” according […]
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Moriarty-Area Murder Suspect Arrested
A man wanted in connection with a Moriarty-area murder earlier in the month has been arrested. Steven Banda, 48, was picked up Sept. 21 by the U.S. Marshals Service District of New Mexico – Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team without incident in northwest Albuquerque “following an exhaustive investigation by multiple local, state and federal agencies,” according […]
The Atomic Age arrived by way of Bernalillo
With World War II still raging in the Pacific, anyone in Bernalillo awake in the wee hours of July 12 or July 13, 1945, would pay little heed to two short Army convoys passing heading south. Some in the caravan were military personnel, most notably a woman at the wheel of a dark-colored sedan in […]
County Clerk Keeps Job Amid Allegations of Pre-certifying Voting Machines
Torrance County commissioners voted to accept the canvass of the General Election at its Nov. 17 meeting, the bulk of which was given to the General Election. After the Torrance County Commission voted to censure the Torrance County Clerk a month before that election, Yvonne Otero has been a no-show—leaving the job of running the […]
County Clerk Keeps Job Amid Allegations of Pre-certifying Voting Machines
Torrance County commissioners voted to accept the canvass of the General Election at its Nov. 17 meeting, the bulk of which was given to the General Election. After the Torrance County Commission voted to censure the Torrance County Clerk a month before that election, Yvonne Otero has been a no-show—leaving the job of running the […]
County Clerk Keeps Job Amid Allegations of Pre-certifying Voting Machines
Torrance County commissioners voted to accept the canvass of the General Election at its Nov. 17 meeting, the bulk of which was given to the General Election. After the Torrance County Commission voted to censure the Torrance County Clerk a month before that election, Yvonne Otero has been a no-show—leaving the job of running the […]

