By springtime, residents of the Valley will have access to a new behavioral healthcare facility.

Alejandra Gonzalez, 17, died in a single-car crash at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Las Vegas Street late at night on Jan. 9, according to Española Police Department officials.

Last legislative session, New Mexico lawmakers appropriated $590,000 to Northern New Mexico College, which would serve as the fiscal sponsor for the Anna, Age Eight Institute, an organization dedicated to studying childhood trauma and abuse in the state.