Estancia Bears rolling with big wins over Moriarty and Tierra Encantada
After stumbling in a season-opening 68-65 loss against Mountainair, Estancia High School’s boys...
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Mustangs ‘Put on a show’ in bowl game, crush Clovis Christian 64-18
With a light rain falling, fireworks bursting overhead, and “We Are the Champions” blaring over...
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Mountainair football routs Roy/Mosquero, sets sights on ‘Bowl Game’
Mountainair High School’s six-man football team continued its winning ways during this shortened,...
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Estancia volleyball outlasts Mountainair in emotional regular-season finale
In the final regular-season volleyball match for both area high schools, Mountainair’s Lady...
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Car chase ends with officer-involved shooting in Bosque Farms
A chase that started with a 911 call in Mountainair ended in Bosque Farms with Torrance County...
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Area high school football teams finally kick off their seasons—in March
After an extended offseason full of postponements, disappointments, and Zoom and weight room...
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Volleyball is back and it’s ‘like nothing any of us have ever done’
High school volleyball returned this week with the first competitions in more than 15 months....
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High schools gearing up for ‘fast and furious’ volleyball season
Moriarty After a fall season that was postponed before their first scheduled match and several...
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Area high schools finally return to the gridiron: ‘Now it feels like football!’
After Covid-19 sidelined the 2020 high school football season, area programs muddled through...
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Who wants to go on a Road Trip!?
“I quit my job and packed up my car and moved to New Mexico in 1994—without a plan or a job, just...
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Mountainair Holds Christmas parade and its first Christmas Cruise
In Mountainair right now, a town so small if you sneeze driving through you might miss it, there...
Read MoreThe Nostalgia of the Drive-In and Why It Might Not Yet Be Lost on Younger Generations
When older generations talk about the nostalgia from “the good ole days,” it’s almost guaranteed they’ll mention going to drive-in movie theaters when they were young. Being the ripe age of 26, I’d never experienced the...
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Mountainair builds a drive-in movie theater
The town of Mountainair is building a drive-in movie theater and should be ready by mid-August,...
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Mountainair’s new ambulance is ‘life-changing’ to residents
Mountainair got delivery of a new ambulance, which the town’s mayor called “life changing”...
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Mountainair boys run for the playoffs: ‘The first of many’
After their season ended in the first round of the Class 1A boys high school basketball state...
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Marilyn Conway: Portraits of New Mexico in the 90s
Today, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Punta de Agua presents a stark face to travelers on...
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Artists working in diverse media in Mountainair and Edgewood
As we approach the gift giving time of year, The Independent looked at original work by artists...
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Shaffer Hotel reopens with gallery space
The historic Shaffer Hotel in Mountainair has once again changed hands, reopened a café, and added...
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Mountainair dedicates station to fallen officer Stephen Sandlin
Dozens of police officers, both active duty and retired, converged on Mountainair Saturday as the...
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‘We don’t know these beans’
When our town’s only grocery store was closed for a year due to corporate mishaps, people bought...
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