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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Articles

Belen Board of Education OKs 2025-26 calendar

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

BELEN — Belen Consolidated Schools students and parents can mark their calendars for Monday, Aug. 4, as the first day of school. The Belen Board of Education unanimously approved the 2025-26 student calendar for BCS on Tuesday, April 8, with a start date of Monday, Aug. 4, a three-day Thanksgiving break and final day of classes on Thursday, May 21.
Rio Rancho man shot, killed in Jarales

1 week ago | rrobserver.com | Julia Dendinger

JARALES — A Sandoval County man was shot and killed in Jarales at the end of March after an apparent exchange of gunfire. Valencia County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call shortly after 9 p.m. on Monday, March 31, after reports of gunfire at a home on the 200 block of Jarales Road. The residents at the house told the dispatcher people were outside the house, shooting them “in an apparent attempt to kill them,” according to a press release provided by the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office.
Rio Rancho man shot, killed in Jarales

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

JARALES — A Sandoval County man was shot and killed in Jarales at the end of March after an apparent exchange of gunfire. Valencia County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call shortly after 9 p.m. on Monday, March 31, after reports of gunfire at a home on the 200 block of Jarales Road. The residents at the house told the dispatcher people were outside the house, shooting them “in an apparent attempt to kill them,” according to a press release provided by the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office.
Valencia County firefighters standby as threat ramps up

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

A quick scroll of the Valencia County Fire Department’s Facebook page from mid-February through April 5 shows 19 posts of crews on scene at various structure and field fires around the county. “And those aren’t even all of them. Some of these were on burn days,” said VCFD Chief Matt Propp. “That was really the trigger, seeing these really big fires on controlled burn days with good weather.
Granddaughter of Titanic survivor shares her story

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

Maud Sincock wasn’t supposed to be aboard the Titanic but, 113 years ago, she boarded the “lovely ship,” as she described it and became part of history. As the anniversary of the sinking of the luxury ocean liner nears, Gail Garcia — Peralta resident and the granddaughter of Maud Sincock-Roberts — prepares for a presentation about her grandmother’s story of survival this weekend at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts.
Valencia County Sheriff’s Office investigates suspicious Rio Communities’ death

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

RIO COMMUNITIES — Four area men have been charged with crimes stemming from a suspicious death investigation in the city of Rio Communities, but no homicide charges have been brought in the ongoing investigation of the death. In early November 2024, during a welfare check at a home on the 1700 block of Jack Nicklaus Drive, Valencia County Sheriff’s deputies found a man dead in a bedroom closet who has been identified as Robert Galbraith, 68, of Rio Communities.
Bosque Farms to spend ARPA fund

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

BOSQUE FARMS — One municipality is grappling with how to best use almost $200,000 in leftover federal funding. At the Jan. 18 Bosque Farms Village Council meeting, Village Clerk/Administrator Michael Limon told councilors there was still $188,000 from the 2021 federal American Rescue Plan Act, which was enacted to help communities recover from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m asking to reallocate that funding to employee salaries,” Limon said.
Bosque Farms photographer wins New Mexico Magazine award

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

BOSQUE FARMS — From macro shots of tiny insects to sprawling panoramas of the night sky, Bosque Farms photographer Valerie Wells has done it all and everything in between. Wells’ photo “Amidst the Harvest” showcases a bee resting on a sunflower past its prime. “The initial shot was from fairly far back and you can see the whole sunflower ... then I’m zooming and I’m like, ‘Oh, I really like that.’“I love those colors — the reds and yellows and then the cooler purple tones,” Wells says.
Valencia County Hospital gets its name

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

Construction of a new hospital in Valencia County is progressing smoothly and the facility now has an official name — Valencia County Hospital: A Lovelace Operation. At the March 19 Valencia County Commission meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved the name of the hospital. County Manager Jhonathan Aragon said the survey put out to the community for name suggestions garnered “quite a few really good responses.
Belen Board of Education discusses future, major repairs of outdoor pool

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

BELEN — The outdoor pool at Belen High School has seen better days, and while it’s not in imminent danger of closure, if the Belen Consolidated Schools Board of Education can’t find a healthy chunk of funding for repairs, the continued use of the facility could be limited. “This meeting is not for the closure of any pool,” board of education President Jim Danner told the people packing the board room during a budget workshop on March 10.