Valencia County Noticias March 5: events, public notices and upcoming activities

The News-Bulletin’s March 5, 2026 “Noticias” roundup compiles short community notices and upcoming events across Valencia County and includes a posted "SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2025 VALENCIA COUNTY FAIR" that lists detailed programming for August 16–23, 2025. The fair schedule on the site is explicitly labeled 2025 and names dances, livestock deadlines and contests that county readers may still reference for planning.

The 2025 fair schedule posted on the site lists two dances: Friday, August 22, 2025 and Saturday, August 23, 2025, both priced at $10.00 per person with dance admission charge beginning at 6:00pm both nights and toddlers noted as "3 yrs. & under free." Friday, Aug. 22 entries include 6:00am open livestock gates, 8:00am Round Robin Contest (Show Ring), a 12:00pm Kidz Zone opening, a 12:00pm pizza party for exhibitors in the Show Ring, a 1:00pm fitting contest, a 4:00pm costume contest, a 5:00–8:00pm live remote with a radio station, 5:30pm Ag Olympics, and a repeated listing of "530-9:30pm Boss Hog Band & Keith Brewer Band."

The livestock and competition calendar in the 2025 schedule shows acceptance and weigh-in windows: Aug. 16 open indoor entries accepted 12:00pm–7:00pm and 4‑H indoor entries 2:00pm–4:00pm; Aug. 17 includes tack set up 12:00pm–6:00pm and a 5:00pm dog show; Aug. 18 lists accept all livestock 7:00am–11:00am, accept all vendors food & commercial at 8:00am, rabbit showmanship at 12:00pm with a TBA rabbit show, poultry showmanship at 2:00pm with a TBA poultry show, 4:00pm weigh goats, 5:00pm weigh steers, 5:30pm classify all heifers and 6:30pm weigh & classify swine.

Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025 entries in the posted schedule include a 6:00am open livestock gates, 8:00am carcass judging production steers (Mathews Meats), 10:00am Valencia County Fair Parade sponsored by the Greater Valencia County Chamber of Commerce, a 10:00am–1:00pm arm wrestling tournament, a 12:00pm Kidz Zone open, stick horse race 12:00pm–1:00pm, chile contest entries 12:00pm–2:00pm at the gazebo, a 1:00pm–2:00pm fruit race in the Show Ring and hay stacking entries at 1:00pm at the front gate. The schedule also records closing sequences used in 2025: close commercial booths & exhibit hall 9:00pm, Kidz Zone close 10:00pm, close livestock gates and barn 12:00am and fair gates close 12:00am.

The posted 2025 schedule contains truncated lines in a few places on the site capture, for example "8:00pm Weigh & [...]" and "2:00pm Dance in Motion [...]," and several shows are marked TBA such as the Rabbit Show and Poultry Show. The Valencia County Historical Society pages on the site list presentations dated in late 2025: Estancia Valley by Javier E. Sanchez Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 2:00pm at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Arts and Bunny O'Hare & Convoy by Richard Melzer Saturday, December 7, 2025 at 2:00pm at the Belen Public Library, plus past recorded presentations including Geologic History of Valencia County by Paul Parmentier (video from November 2) and Los Lunas Mystery Stone by John Taylor (video from November 12).

News-Bulletin front-page items captured alongside the March 5 Noticias note include top stories such as "Locals honored for history contributions," "DCE receives recognition for student improvement," and coverage noting "Belen Middle School students protest ICE" with the subquote, "We're here to speak up for those who are afraid." The site also lists multimedia items such as "2026 World’s Largest Matanza" and captions that "Swearing in ceremonies were held for the village of Los Lunas, city of Rio Communities, Belen Board of Education and Valencia Soil and Water Conservation Distirct."

March 5’s Noticias places these archived and current calendar items in one view; the posted fair schedule is clearly marked 2025, VCHS event pages show November–December 2025 programming and recorded talks, and the News-Bulletin front page continues to highlight county cultural events through 2026. Organizers or attendees planning fair or society events for 2026 should treat the listed fair times as 2025 programming and confirm current-year schedules with the Valencia County Fair board and the Valencia County Historical Society.