As prison closure nears, county officials feud
As the clock ticks closer to the Sept. 23 closure set by CoreCivic of its Estancia prison, disagreements are flaring between the sheriff and the…
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‘Nobody knows about our plight but us’
With “most official avenues exhausted,” Torrance County Commissioner Javier Sanchez came before Estancia’s town board Tuesday night to urge action to save the economy of…
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Magic and misery
It is a hot, cloudless Monday morning in the high country of central Wyoming. I have been awake since dawn reading in our tent. My…
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East Mountain Toastmaster holds open house
East Mountain Toastmasters invites residents to an open house to meet members and experience (and participate in) a Toastmaster meeting. The event is free to…
William Frederick Neal, Jr. 1942 – 2017
William Frederick Neal, Jr. (Bill), 76, passed away Sept. 1 in Albuquerque. He was born Nov. 25, 1942 in Charleston, West Virginia to the…
EastMountain Historical Society map part of Albuquerque festival
The East Mountain Historical Society’s popular map of historic sites and landmarks is now in Albuquerque at the Special Collections Library as part of…
Health & Fitness
Chasing an active lifestyle
You know how sometimes no matter how hard you try, everything you plan just falls apart? Well sometimes, everything you plan just falls together. Usually…
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After a month or more of missing out on my gym time and writing columns lamenting the fact, I am finally getting back on track….
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Manzano football crushed Cibola 42-7 last Friday. East Mountain resident Andrew Erickson scored two touchdowns in the victory. Moriarty girls soccer beat Belen last Thursday…
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Pintos manhandle St. Mike’s Horsemen in ‘payback’ victory
Last year Santa Fe’s St. Michael’s Horsemen came to Moriarty for the 4A state quarterfinals, put up 36 points—including a last-minute game-winning touchdown pass—and ended…
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