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Fun Days had near perfect weather
Despite slightly cool and overcast weather on Saturday morning the annual Fun Days celebration went off with hardly any problems. Although the National Guard’s climbing wall and obstacle course was not set up, and the kick ball tournament did not occur on Sunday....
Alexis Quade is new Miss Westbrook
WESTBROOK — The Miss Westbrook Scholarship committee out did themselves again with a star studded program....
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Opal Helen Schmalz...
New waterslide makes a big splash at YMCA
Members of the Dale Turner YMCA were eager for the new water slide to open. They’ve been anticipating the addition of the slide to an already excellent swimming pool since the new YMCA opened last Oct. 4....
Feed the homeless at garden benefit
The Hunger Intervention Program invites you to feed the homeless while feeding your soul with the beauty of an award-winning Mediterranean garden in Woodway....
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Between the Lines
Well another Fun Days is behind us, and it was for the most part very successful. Except for a few sprinkles Friday night and Saturday morning the weather was really great. I for one really appreciated the lower humidity. There was a good turn out for all the events, a great parade, and wonderful p...
What Happened To The Gold?
The craze for gold and silver significantly contributed to the early development of the American frontier. Rumors and legends tell of buried treasure from the Superstition Mountains in Arizona to New Mexico’s White Sands. A local legend described the mystery of the Lost Adams Diggings and a secret ...
Old Timers Needs More Local Floats
An open letter to Magdalena residents:...
Support For Troops Was Overwhelming
Dear community members:...
IRS Should Look Into Electric Co-op
To the Editor...
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Alamo Finally Gets Mini Mart
Residents of Alamo will no longer be forced to drive 30 miles to Magdalena for gasoline or some grocery items. ...
Tech Scientists Look For Hot Water -- To Heat Campus
Geoscientists at New Mexico Tech are to resume a project that was put on hold in 2006 to tap into a reservoir of hot water deep beneath the base of ‘M’ Mountain....
Lodge adds accessible cabin
MCKENZIE BRIDGE: St. Benedict Lodge at McKenzie Bridge dedicated the “Salmon House” on June 14th, its first disability accessible cabin. St. Benedict’s, overlooking the McKenzie River, provides some 65 rooms in the main lodge for high school, university and various other non-profit groups....
Crews improving Old McKenzie Highway
MCKENZIE BRIDGE: A three-year, $3.8 million project to rehabilitate the Old McKenzie Pass (Hwy. 242) is moving toward its projected August completion date. The roadwork was designed to maintain and preserve the historic, winding roadway along its scenic route....
Businesses offered free software
LEABURG: The McKenzie River Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Palo Alto Software of Eugene for a one-day giveaway of free copies of the company’s Business Plan Pro Premier. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Old McKenzie Fish Hatchery, 44643 McKenzie Highway at Leaburg Lake....
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Teague Amends Climate Legislation To Protect Co-Ops
Members of the Socorro Electric Cooperative may have been spared at least part of a big hit to their wallets, thanks to an amendment U.S. Rep. Harry Teague added to a sweeping piece of legislation meant to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, among its other goals....
Ronnita Montoya Named ‘Mrs. Congeniality’
Mrs. Socorro, Ronnita Montoya, was one of the top 10 semifinalists at the 2009 Mrs. New Mexico Pageant on June 20 in Albuquerque. ...
“When the economy is down, crime is on the rise.”
Whether you call it car tagging or car shopping, if it happens to you, it can be devastating. ...
School Board proposing joint committee with Board of Supervisors
The King George School Board agreed last week to a request by member Dennis Paulsen to see if the Board of Supervisors would want to provide a couple of reps to meet with a School Board duo to form a joint committee to relay information back and forth. ...
Unanimity at last! Levy on Nov. ballot
In a strong show of unanimity, Edmonds City Council voted Tuesday night to go ahead with a November Property Tax levy....
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Young writers know things can be better
If idealism is alive and well in the Edmonds School District, can world peace be far behind?...
Seniors to sing at Rainiers game
The Sound Singers of Edmonds sent a tape of themselves singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” last year to the Tacoma Rainiers, asking to sing for the opening of a baseball game. The award-winning, all-senior choir got the OK, so they rode down to the Cheney Stadium in Tacoma for a game.
Soldier From Pie Town Home On Leave
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Elliott is home on leave before departing for his new assignment. Elliott, 24, is a Fire Support NCO and a Jumpmaster. He is attached to Charlie Company 1/508 Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fourth Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division in Ft. Bragg, N.C....
Renovations Complete At Health Office
The Socorro office of New Mexico’s Department of Public Health has moved back into its newly renovated building at 214 Neel Ave. During renovations, the office operated out of a small office on Center Street for about eight months, from September 2008 to May 2009....
POW Mosaic Heads To White Sands
People who attended the picnic honoring the National Guard troops going to Iraq on June 10 may have noticed a three-dimensional piece of tile artwork, depicting an unoccupied table, sitting at the Plaza last Wednesday. ...
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Book Paints Picture Of The Man Elfego Baca Arrested
The legends and stories associated with Elfego Baca are well known throughout New Mexico and especially in Catron County. But what happened to Charles McCarty, the cowboy Baca arrested, leading to the famous shootout at present-day Reserve? ...
The Slugger Heads To Western
Shannon Del Curto received her acceptance letter Tuesday from Western New Mexico University, where she hopes to walk on to the softball team this fall....
Tech Professor Authors Book On 1932 Genocide
Rafael Lara-Martinez, professor of Spanish at New Mexico Tech, is the author of a newly published book whose title translates into English as “Balsamera under the Cold War: Intellectual History of an Ethnocide.” ...
London Frontier Theatre To Debut Play July 10
Two aging outlaws return to No Springs, New Mexico, the roaring cow town they remember from their heyday in the 1890s, only to find it is – in 1919 – a dusty remnant of its rowdy past. But Babe and Beau have almost 30 years of living to make up, and neither law nor time has “tamed and tidied” the l...
Reserve, Quemado Will Be In New Small School Classification
Imagine a district in which the basketball teams from Quemado and Reserve could end up champions, without having to get past Cliff or Animas first. ...
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