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Dan Hoyle is a frequent contributor to The Chronicle. His play "Tings Dey Happen" won the 2007 Will Glickman Playwright Award for best new play in the Bay Area.

The three days of misery started with a sprinkling of tomatoes on a chicken and beef taco at a catered lunch outside of the town of Cuba, N.M. "I was confessing to God about things I didn't even do from 20 ...

The U.S. war crimes court goes back into session this week as lawyers for defendants look for ways to use a new Supreme Court ruling to derail the prosecution of suspected terrorists.

JoAnn Chiquito returned home earlier this year after 10 hours at work to find her home burglarized.

New Mexico State Police identified two remaining victims of the fatal crash May 23 on U.S. 550 as James Snider, 62, and Wanda Kay Snider, 53, both of Fort Myers, Fla.

Work on the Continental Divide Trail across New Mexico will get a boost from a $128,280 grant from the state in recognition of National Trails Day on Saturday.

The sport Americans call soccer may rule most of South America, but it takes a back seat in this country.

The National Weather Service has declared a Tornado Watch effective until 9 p.m. today for most of central and eastern New Mexico.

A phone-book-sized document outlines the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's vision for oil and gas development and public-land stewardship in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico for the next 20 years.

A Friday morning car accident, apparently caused by snowy road conditions north of Cuba, killed three people and injured three others, state police said.

“He took care of his grandkids like they were his own.”

School plants trees to honor longtime teacher, family man Green leaves and bright flowers now grow on the Socorro Head Start playground in honor of a man remembered as a wonderful father and grandfather, and a ... via El Defensor Chieftain

“She has bent over backward to support me. She's a big reason I have been successful.”

After 39 years working in New Mexico schools, Clarissa Johnson is moving into the world of retirement. via Alamogordo Daily News

“They didn't say they would sue, they said everything but sue,' but the threat was imminent”

The Rio Arriba County Commissioners unanimously passed an amended moratorium on new oil and gas drilling within their county, approving a four-month ban while it continues to study environmental concerns. via Farmington Daily Times

The town halls are part of Ben's Standing Up for New Mexico Tour. Ben will visit every county in the 3rd Congressional District at least once before the June 3 Democratic primary to speak with voters and ... via Democracy for New Mexico

New Mexico Business Weekly - by Megan Kamerick NMBW Staff rsphotog.com Mark Hatzenbuhler, Sandoval County Fairgrounds manager, points to the main rodeo arena where some of the renovations will take place. via Bizjournals

“She had a big heart for everybody and was always happy no matter what, even if she was in a bad mood”

Jessica Armenta, right, in a photo booth at the mall with one of her clients from Presbyterian Medical Shield Industries, where she worked with developmentally disabled adults. via Farmington Daily Times

“In reality, we may not know what the incident is. Chemical, biological, nuclear, high-yield explosives -- that doesn't capture the reality of what we could be responding to”

The New Mexico National Guard remains short on equipment, but spokesmen say troops here are better trained than a national report on the readiness of the Guard and Reserves would indicate. via Deming Headlight

“When your mission is complete, you will all come home”

Six-dozen National Guard men and women were given a royal send-off with a yellow-ribbon ceremony at the New Mexico National Guard Armory in Rio Rancho Friday afternoon. via The Observer

A New Mexico National Guard commander warned soldiers and airmen today they're facing a complex assignment in Cuba. via KOB-TV

“I think we get front-row seats to history”

Eighty New Mexico National Guard members are heading to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for a yearlong deployment to join a joint task force running the base. via Las Cruces Sun-News