Cimarron News

Barbecues, tanning beds, short-session classes A - ' these are a few things students can expect when finishing up their spring finals.

Architectural drawings are being finalized and site preparation is ongoing for a sawmill that could eventually become one of the Cimarron area's biggest employers.

The mill that will produce "biofuel cubes" to fire power plant boilers could employ as many as 80 to 100 people once it gets rolling. Located about three miles outside of Cimarron along N.M. 58, the mill is being planned by a company called GreenTech, a subsidiary of Florida-based Global Green Holdings.

Chuck McKendree, the GreenTech general manager in Cimarron, explained that GreenTech is a "forest management company." The company began talking to the Express UU Bar Ranch about helping with forest thinning, and those discussions led to figuring out something to do with the dead trees, downed trees and undergrowth that the ranch wanted to remove.

In 1962 our family purchased a very rustic cabin in Taos Canyon, New Mexico. Built in 1933, it required extensive renovation and during that period and 35 years of vacation trips afterward we nearly always ...

They say there are two subjects you should never discuss; politics and religion.

On Friday, Aug. 8, the Andrew Jackson Council of the Boy Scouts of America will host a dinner honoring Scoutmaster of Troop 158, Freddie Voss.

Facing a crippling increase in fuel costs, some rural U.S. schools are mulling a solution born of the '70s oil crisis: a four-day week.

Facing a crippling increase in fuel costs, some rural U.S. schools are mulling a solution born of the '70s oil crisis: a four-day week.

Rachel Hinson and Berry Lucas Jr. plan to wed Aug. 9, 2008, at the Express UU Bar Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. The bride-elect is the daughter of John and Anne Hinson of Golden, Colo., and the granddaughter of ...

I wonder why? Do you recall, in your experience, the inquisitive ones, especially the very young, sometimes up through students of college age, with a "why" question seemingly tattooed to the end of their ...

Several students from Maclay recently attended the Boy Scouts of America's Philmont High Adventure Camp.

"We are honored that Dr. Carruthers has joined our board and welcome his extensive experience, knowledge and skills," stated Michael R. Stanford, President and CEO.

He was a young boy when his parents separated. He and his siblings were each farmed out to different homes so his mother could find work with no distractions -- on or off the job.

“The hardest thing is just to remember that you're there to provide care and not to worry about whether the patient is going to live or die”

Zander Melville hops into an ambulance as soon as he gets to work at 11 p.m. For the next 12 hours, the emergency medical technican travels with a paramedic answering 911 phone calls. via The University Daily Kansan

“To be comfortable and dry during rain, a good quality rain suit is essential”

Sam Gordon, a Scout with Troop 605, tolerates a thundershower as the Philmont crew made its way up Little Pisgah Mountain on a shakedown hike Saturday. via HendersonvilleNews.com

“Moisture keeps the mountains green and the flowers blooming -- we hope”

Northern New Mexico's mountains are flush with snow as spring begins, but the southern high country is dry, the state engineer says. via Alamogordo Daily News

State Engineer John D'Antonio said runoff into the upper and middle Rio Grande from melting mountain snow will be the highest the state has seen in the last three decades. via KOAT.com

“I love to camp out and be with young people”

CRIEVE HALL - Joyce Brackett describes her family as "a Scouting family." She and her husband, Dick, have a grown son, Phillip, who earned the rank of Eagle Scout, and a grandson, Donovan, who is a Cub Scout. via The Tennessean

The Gallup-McKinley County and the Jemez Mountains public school districts are among schools that have canceled classes today because of snow. via KOB-TV