Bosque News

In a culture that teaches not to revisit suffering, a proposal to memorialize routes that Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indians marched as they were forced from their homelands has stirred up painful memories.

Navajos are still divided over the idea of designating a historic trail commemorating the Long Walk, a series of routes thousands of their ancestors were forced to take from their homeland to Bosque Redondo in 1864, many dying or taken as slaves along the way.

The National Park Service is seeking public feedback on a draft plan for the Long Walk National Historic Trail.

"Painted Jetty Jacks," by Zach Meisner, is part of the Land/Art Exhibit at the Open Space Visitor Center in the Bosque.

It took more than a review of the facts for the New Mexico History Museum to tell the story of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt.

Photo: The canopy of arrows hanging from the ceiling of the new History Museum helps tell the story of the Pueblo Revolt.

Local farmers got a chance to show up in force and tell the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District board of directors exactly how they felt about water delivery this irrigation season.

It's a big week for lovers of wine, movies and song, with the La Vina Blues & Jazz Fest, the continuing White Sands Film Festival, at Las Cruces venues for the first time this year, and a large cast of students and community musicians and singers joining to present Carmina Burana at NMSU.

B.G. Burr remembers when Tome's general store functioned as both a gas station and a bar.

Dozens of people packed into the Crownpoint judicial and public safety complex to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Navajo Nation's judicial branch and police department at the 2009 Justice and Law Day Wednesday.

State police say a woman was seriously injured when a train struck her vehicle near Bosque, just south of Belen.

Escondida Lake is expected to be packed to the gills with anglers on Saturday, March 21, for the annual Socorro Community Fishing Clinic and Derby.

The New Mexico Department of Game & Fish recently finished testing approximately 1,200 waterfowl around the state for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu strain.

As matanza revelers entered the fairgrounds, they were pleasantly assaulted by the scents of wood smoke and sizzling pork.

Tests at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge have turned up no sign of avian influenza.

Ely Gutierrez, 57, of Bosque, was arrested on a Socorro County warrant for failure to appear.

For six months, David Vigil has not had one ounce of alcohol and has been able to get his life back on the right track something he never thought he would be able to do before.

With the largest full moon of the year fading into a clear, early morning sky, a large crowd gathered Saturday to dedicate New Mexico's newest state park.

For centuries, the Rio Grande has been inextricably linked to life in the Mesilla Valley.

Sept. 23

A woman in Bosque reported at 2 p.m. that she learned that money had been withdrawn from her account on three separate occasions. A 21-year-old Albuquerque man was identified as using her account to pay some bills and make purchases. A criminal complaint was filed in Magistrate Court.

Nov. 8

A Lemitar woman reported at 7 p.m. that her vehicle had been keyed while parked at the fairgrounds. A man at the scene stated that a restraining order was in effect involving the victim's daughter and him and that she would have to leave the area. The victim said he had threatened to damage her vehicle and pointed to a scratch on the right side that extended from the rear of the vehicle to the front fender. She said she believed he did it, which he denied, and there were no witnesses anyway.