From fairytales to public exposés: Taos reporter Will Hooper tackles big questions for his community
SANTA FE - Will Hooper sought to answer a question lingering among the residents of Taos, New Mexico.
ALBUQUERQUE - Behind prison bars throughout America countless voices go unheard.
SANTA FE — Babette Herrmann rose through the ranks of the New Mexico Press Association to lead as president for a full year as the organization serves New Mexico newspapers and journalists.
SANTA FE - Journalists are on the forefront of protecting democracy, which is why great efforts are made to discredit them, David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief for the Guardian, reported in his coverage of attacks on journalists covering protests across the nation..
SANTA FE - There is a first time for everything, and the New Mexico Press Association initiated a pilot College Journalism Workshop.
SANTA FE - The news is eternal and so is the public’s desire for it, but how the connection between the two is forged is evolving.
SANTA FE — A general membership meeting Oct. 30 in the Anasazi Room of El Dorado Hotel in Santa Fe saw Babette Herrmman, who owns and publishes the free Gallup Sun, officially elected to the position of president of the New Mexico Press Association, but not without objection.
SANTA FE - “I really thought that the Good Lord was a print journalist,” said Steve Gall, executive advertising director of the Albuquerque Publishing Company.
SANTA FE - Leota Harriman, past president of the NMPA, said news organizations should continue to diversify to include women and people of color.
Charred hills, bereft of live trees and other vegetation, have nothing to catch the runoff that will carry ashy sediment down slopes into waterways and drainage areas during rainstorms.
Fresh wounds are present on the land and in the souls of thousands of Northern New Mexicans whose lives have been upturned by the largest wildfire in the state's history.
Saturday was Day 52 of the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire — and Team 1's last day of deployment. A Pacific Northwest team will take over management of the firefighting efforts Sunday.
Cornerstones invited its volunteers, members of the Earthbuilders' Guild and community people to gather Saturday at the San Miguel Chapel in downtown Santa Fe to learn the craft and help recreate history by building bricks together.
Last year, Andy Otto decided it was time to move on — he noticed he was getting grumpy with people — so he worked with leaders in the group to transition to a new executive director.
Because there are no Republicans or Libertarians running for the position, the June 7 Democratic primary likely will decide the sheriff's race.
Scientists are noticing that, in the past 25 years, the world seems to be getting more La Ninas than it used to.
Ian Benjamin Rogers, 46, of Napa, pleaded guilty to conspiring to destroy a building by fire or explosives.
The request on behalf of Frank Atwood, convicted in the killing of Vicki Hoskinson, was denied Friday by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Asked an open question about how they would treat the border, GOP candidates all focused on crime in the region.
A hearing marked the beginning of a two-month process that may end with a jury deciding if the former officer is guilty of second-degree murder.
In his Saturday video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation in the east as “very complicated’’ and said that the “Russian army is trying to squeeze at least some result’.’
Skies were cloudy but smoke-free in San Juan County Saturday morning, and local fire agencies hope to keep it that way through Memorial Day Weekend.
These days, Jack McGowan calls himself an artist — a plein air painter more at ease outdoors with an easel than in his Santa Fe studio with LED lights powered by solar panels.
Volunteers set up the flag display on May 27 on the Boys & Girls Clubs of Farmington football field.
"The idea is to bring back 'memorial' in Memorial Day and to remember those that have given the ultimate sacrifice," Drew Degner, a Rotarian, said.
Gadsden Independent School District saw its seniors close a chapter in their lives over the weekend as they look toward their futures.
Two fires that merged to create the largest wildfire in New Mexico history have both been traced to planned burns set by forest managers.
El Perro Diablo Marine Corps League Detachment #478 of Las Cruces place American flags on the gravestones of the 400 veterans buried at Masonic Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
A Florida judge on Saturday gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died.
You might think of storage cabinets as utilitarian. But designers are forever fascinated with how a simple cupboard can be built, dressed and adorned in ways that showcase craftsmanship and inventiveness.
Interstates 10, 25 and 40, connecting Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces had the highest traffic, and use of electric vehicles.
The former leader of the Proud Boys will remain jailed while awaiting trial on charges he conspired with far-right extremist to attack the U.S. Capitol and stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's presidential victory.
A local Las Cruces Head Start pre-k teacher takes on a new role to help out Afghan refugees to adapt to life in Las Cruces.
Southwest Counseling Center was among the providers shut down in New Mexico's 2013 behavioral health crisis.
Jermaine Ryan Alvarez of Carlsbad was sentenced to nearly a decade in federal prison for drug trafficking in 2020. He pleaded guilty to the charges.
Of the 1,500 oil and gas wells drilled in New Mexico last year, 96 percent – 1,436 were in Eddy and Lea counties.
Hatch Valley Public Schools has been granted $300,000 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to aid in big plans that the district has for the community.
Remembrance ceremonies are planned for Monday, Memorial Day. Clovis' Elks Lodge #1244, VFW Post 3015 and the Joint Veterans Council are presenting a program at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 1601 Llano Estacado Blvd., in Clovis at 11 a.m. Monday. The event will feature a number of spe…
A federal forestry agency is claiming responsibility for igniting both of the blazes that merged to become the historic wildfire burning in northern New Mexico. The cause of the Calf Canyon wildfire in April was a prescribed pile burn the U.S. Forest Service lit in January, the agency's own …
AUSTIN, Texas - State Sen. Kel Seliger of Amarillo became the first Republican on Friday to urge Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session for lawmakers in wake of the Uvalde school massacre. In a tweet, Seliger said the Legislature should reconvene "until we do SOMETHING The FBI or D…
WASHINGTON — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy says a harmful precedent would be set if he and four other Republicans complied with their subpoenas to testify from the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. “For House Republican leaders to agree to part…
Portales Community Services Center 575-356-8576, ext. 24 Monday: Closed for Memorial Day. Tuesday: Chili dog, potato wedges, carrots, white cake with frosting. Wednesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce, broccoli and carrots, garlic bread, apricots. Thursday: Chicken tenders with low-salt gravy, m…
On this date ... 1972: A rancher 5 miles north of Melrose lost 58 head of cattle in a Sunday night storm. “There’s no way to figure the cost of this to me,” Deon Dodd said as he replaced fencing removed to allow trucks to haul carcasses away. He estimated the animals’ value at $10,000 “at th…
Kristian Price was born and raised in lower Alabama. As a freshman in high school, she moved with her parents to the Ruidoso area. After graduating from Capitan High School in 2015, she set her sights on a degree in business administration, focusing on hospitality management, which she earne…
Christmas has its poinsettia, Thanksgiving a cornucopia, St. Patrick’s Day its shamrock and Easter is known for lilies. Memorial Day has a simple but bright red poppy as its symbol. Nearly a decade ago I wrote a Memorial Day column that got more comments from people than anything I’d written…
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “A Light B…
Clovis High School hopes to have a new head football coach as soon as Thursday, Athletic Director Lonnie Baca said. Baca said school officials are scheduled to interview nine candidates for the job on Wednesday. A committee of four school administrators will meet after the interviews and Bac…
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University’s football season kicks off on a Thursday, features 11 games and includes matchups against both of New Mexico’s other Division 2 schools for the first time since 2002. The Portales university released the schedule last week. Officials said season tick…
Monday *Memorial Day Tuesday *Roosevelt County Commission - 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 Wednesday *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees – 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. In…
Monday *Memorial Day *American Legion Post 31 Memorial Day Service – 10:30 a.m., Portales Cemetery, 1600 E. Third St., Portales. VFW Post 9515 is offering a free meal open to all following the service at the post, 316 S. Main Ave., Portales. Information: 575-760-3341 *Memorial Day T…
UVALDE, Texas - Children inside a Texas elementary school begged the police to enter their classroom and save them, frantically calling 911, as a team of 19 officers waited in the corridor for an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a barricaded …
The Clovis Municipal Schools board of education unanimously passed a $152.7-million budget for fiscal year 2022-23 Tuesday at their regular monthly meeting. Two board members, Paul Cordova and Terry Martin, were absent from the session. Board members Sean Hamilton, Sharon Epps and Cindy Osbu…
A Clovis Community College faculty member is directing the beginning of a community garden on campus. Gregory Rapp, division chair for languages and history, said produce from the garden will go to the campus food pantry. Rapp pointed out community gardens are a “pretty big thing now” with i…
The Clovis City Commission on Wednesday approved a preliminary budget for fiscal year 2023, which begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2023, that includes $62.1 million in revenues to all city funds and expenditures of $73.4 million, leaving a cash balance on June 30, 2023, of $45.6 million. The …
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Monday signed an executive order directing the New Mexico Public Education Department to reduce what she termed “burdensome” reporting requirements by 25%, enabling school administrators to spend more time educating students and less time on paperwork. In a …
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Marisa Martinez, 25, making a false report, failure to give immediate notice of accidents, no insurance • Joeann McClendon, 43, shoplifting • Cheressa Neumann, 32, parole violation • Wesley Flores, 32, criminal tr…
The shortage of baby formula in stores across the U.S. has been in the news recently, and trying to get to the “root cause” of the problem has caused me some puzzlement. My local newspaper informed me that “millions of babies in the U.S. rely on formula, which is the only source of nutrition…
