Chimayo News

By KATHY PINTO Scattered across the New Mexico landscape of arid deserts, sandstone cliffs and snow-capped mountains are adobe churches and missions that appear to have sprouted from the earth.

Richland College Photo/Imaging instructors Wayne Loucas and Roy Cirigliana took their students to Northern New Mexico for the 15th time this May, producing a portfolio of framed prints on display through Aug.

I made a wrong turn. Yep, instead of taking the fork that cuts north from Folsom, N.M. up toward Kim, Colo., I swung to the right where Folsom Creek meets the Cimarron River -- both just trickles -- and ended up in Boise City, Okla., the better part of 240 km out of my way.

Pojoaque Pueblo Lt. Gov. Linda Diaz has been indicted for the April hit-and-run death of a Chimayo man.

Estevan Garcia journeyed through many kitchens before opening Cafe San Estevan 10 years ago.

The state attorney general's office is suing to stop banks and a mortgage company from foreclosing on a 78-year-old Chimayo woman.

Gene Lopez has just finished planting his chile field in the same way he's planted his heat-packed crop for three decades, but as the years pass, there seems to be more immediacy behind each seed he places in the ground.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department said Pojoaque Pueblo's lieutenant governor contacted officers a day after a pedestrian was killed on U.S. 84/285 and told them she had done something very bad.

Thousands of New Mexicans are literally on the road today, making their Good Friday pilgrimage by foot to the Santuario de Chimayo.

State transportation workers are getting the route ready for the annual Good Friday pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo in northern New Mexico.

A woman turned herself in to Pojoaque tribal police for her involvement in a deadly hit and run this weekend.

Shortly after 4 a.m. on Good Friday, a group of 16 teenagers gathered in a circle, held hands and prayed in Spanish at the parking lot of Camel Rock Casino.

Thousands of pilgrims spent Friday walking through the northern New Mexico desert in a devotional trek that ends in prayer at the Santuario de Chimayo.

A steady flow of walkers occupied the shoulder of several highways Thursday, joining thousands in the annual pilgrimage to El Santuario de ChimayA3, where many believe miracles happen.

The Holy Week trek to Chimayo entered its second-to-last day Thursday as thousands made their way to the northern New Mexico town.

Law-enforcement and religious leaders have issued their annual call for safety during Holy Week pilgrimages to the Santuario de ChimayA3.

State transportation workers are getting the route ready for the annual Good Friday pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo in northern New Mexico.

A man, who was found dead on a New Mexico highway Saturday, died from being hit by car, according to his autopsy.

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The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: A 52-inch television, a DVD player and a keyboard were stolen Sunday or Monday from a residence in the 7100 block of Calientito Loop.