Julia Dendinger

New Mexico

Assistant Editor at Valencia County News-Bulletin

Assistant editor and county government reporter for @VCNewsBulletin. News nerd, data geek, sunshine loving, bookworm extraordinaire. Signal: 505-417-8201

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Belen elementary students get free laptops courtesy of Adelante and DiverseIT

3 weeks ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger

More than two dozen elementary students throughout Belen Consolidated Schools recently received free, brand new laptops to help in their academic journey. After classes were done for the day, students and their families stopped by Central Elementary to pick up their new device and learn the ins and outs of staying safe online. Fueled by pizza they listened as a trainer from DiverseIT went over how to manage passwords and avoid websites that may be malicious or inappropriate.
New Mexico Water hopes proposed increased fees will help expansion

3 weeks ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger

RIO COMMUNITIES — Growth pays for growth. That’s the approach a private wastewater company is taking to handle the cost of expanding capacity at one of its local wastewater treatment plants in order to meet the demand for more than 200 new connections.
Bosque Farms councilors still to decide on ARPA funding

3 weeks ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger

BOSQUE FARMS — The question of what to do with almost $200,000 in leftover federal funding is still bedeviling a local municipality. In January, Bosque Farms Village Clerk/Administrator Michael Limon informed village councilors there was still $188,000 available from the 2021 federal American Rescue Plan Act, which was enacted to help communities recover from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New high school graduation requirements begin with next year’s freshmen

1 month ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger

BELEN — While most students and parents are focused on wrapping up this school year, next year’s freshmen and their families need to be preparing for new graduation requirements. Legislation passed during the 2024 session changed the number of required credits to earn a high school diploma in New Mexico, and eliminated some previously required classes, such as Algebra II and New Mexico history.
PHOTOS: Memorial Day in Valencia County

1 month ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger |Kenn Rodriguez

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Bosque Farms well overflows due to software outage

1 month ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger

BOSQUE FARMS — Hundreds of thousands of gallons of drinking water ended up on the ground last Friday after a software malfunction at a water storage tank in the village of Bosque Farms. Shortly after 5 a.m., on Friday, May 16, the village’s water department field supervisor Joseph Sanchez was alerted to an issue at Well 1, just north of the village community center on North Bosque Loop.
Two Belen grads accepted into UNM medical program

1 month ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger

BELEN — Two Belen Consolidated Schools graduates will make up seven percent of the next cohort of students joining the University of New Mexico’s combined BA/MD degree program as they pursue their careers in medicine.
Bosque Farms residents upset over fire response

1 month ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger

BOSQUE FARMS — A recent village council meeting heated up as residents of Bosque Farms went scorched earth on the mayor and councilors in regards to the governing body’s response to the Rio Grande Fire, that burned nearly 60 acres and destroyed and damaged several homes and other structures. “It was utter chaos,” said Carla Devaney, a resident who lives at the far west end of Lillie Drive, where the fire jumped the Rio Grande on April 17. “It was chaos and didn’t need to happen.
“Doorways to the Past: More Tales of the Rio Abajo”

1 month ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger

For two men who work primarily with words, local historians Richard Melzer and John Taylor have racked up an impressive array of numbers. In the last 12 years, the two have published seven books chock full of the history of Valencia County and the Rio Abajo. Those 215 stories recount the lives and loves, triumphs and tragedies of the people, and document the significant events and key places of our community.
Being kind is a lesson to learn and share

1 month ago | news-bulletin.com | Julia Dendinger

In another lifetime, before I landed here at the venerable VCNB, I worked at a different newspaper. I was hired as the sports reporter, mostly based on my ownership of and ability to use a 35mm camera. I know the difference between a football and a softball in a pinch, but don’t ask me what offside means or what the tennis kind of love is. I got to go to some wild and wooly high school basketball games, and I also got to cover some wild and wooly board of education meetings.