Economic development focus is ‘quality of life’
By Leota Harriman The Estancia Valley Economic Development Association, or EVEDA, has been making the rounds of town councils and county commissions, giving its twice-yearly…
News
Planning and zoning appointment sparks conflict
By Leota Harriman What seemed like it would be a quiet meeting for what has become a contentious public body erupted into disagreement last week,…
As the school bell tolls
By Julie Carter It was about now, late into a long hot summer, that I would start to miss school. Not school for the…
Mountainair Police Chief Faces Criminal Charge
A misdemeanor criminal complaint was filed in magistrate court last week, alleging that Mountainair Police Chief Robert Chung failed to report an accident. The complaint…
Area mountain biker wins national event
By G. Demarest Jessie Linder, a junior at East Mountain High School, won the Junior Women’s Enduro event at last month’s USA Cycling Mountain Bike…
Rancher-type husbands
By Julie Carter It comes up from time to time—those daily little events or things that qualify a gal for the “You might be a…
Medical pot greenhouses fought by the neighbors
Commission takes no action By Leota Harriman An appeal of a decision allowing a medical cannabis facility in Torrance County was hours of back-and-forth, ending…
Google To Leave Moriarty
By Leota Harriman According to a report in Albuquerque Business First, Google will leave Moriarty, and relocate Titan Aerospace to the San Francisco area. The…
Baltimore Boil
A story by Wally Gordon Day 5; chapter 9 Huston’s house is like the houses around it, except that it isn’t. Like the…
Defining the cowboy
by Julie Carter “I’m not real sure that anyone can define cowboy,” he said. “What I am sure of though is that no man…