Glorieta News

S.F. attracts wealthy travelers For the eighth year in a row and despite a downturn in travel, Santa Fe has proven to be a hit with affluent travelers.

Tucked in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at the southern most part of the Rocky Mountain chain, LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center welcomes guests to relax, recharge and rediscover.

The CARC Inc. Farmhouse Bargain Store will have a $5-a-bag sale and a special sale on furniture from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today .

A living history encampment was held in association with the dedication of the first public trail at the Glorieta Pass Civil War Battlefield.

There will be a fundraiser from 8-11 a.m. today at San Jose Catholic Church for the Rodriguez family, who lost their home in a fire.

After getting an overwhelming response from private well owners, officials have stopped accepting requests to sample water in the Santa Fe area for free testing.

Forest officials on Tuesday launched a prescribed burn in the Rowe/ Glorieta Mesa area that will be visible from several northern New Mexico communities.

Applicants sought for cancer retreat Cancer Services of New Mexico is seeking applications for its Fall 2009 Family Cancer Retreat.

The plan was to march up the Rio Grande, capture Santa Fe, N.M., and seize the thousands of rifles, dozens of cannons and other supplies at Fort Union.

Photo: A new trail at the Pecos National Historical Park shown Sunday, meanders through the Civil War battlefield at Glorieta Pass.

When Andrea Ortiz, 19, was a freshman, her brother, a sophomore at the time, dropped out of Pecos High School.

For the last couple of years I have been reading rumors about Ernest Hemingway writing a good part of The Old Man and the Sea in the tiny village of Cubero, New Mexico.

The Civil War Glorieta Pass battlefield, long closed to the public, will open in mid-June. The battlefield, where Union and Confederate troops fought for three days in the spring of 1862, is sandwiched between Interstate 25 and N.M. 50 today.

Study: Warming, drought, harmful to pinon trees. A little late for us folks east of Santa Fe.

Community Easter Sunrise Service and breakfast at Black River Center for Learning will be held today "Just as the sun comes up!" Overnight accommodations available for the weekend; call 785-2361. Library closed CARLSBAD - The Carlsbad Public Library will be closed today in observance of Easter.

Funeral services were held Monday morning for Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles, who was killed last week in Afghanistan.

Dayspring Fellowship, 703 Caballo Road, will host guest speaker the Rev. Curtis Newton of Elk City, Okla., at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. today .

An airman whose parents live in Glorieta has been killed by an improvised explosive device while stationed in Afghanistan.

Mike Cynecki will dig out a Civil War uniform, grab a musket and prepare for battle this weekend.

The Cancer Services of New Mexico's annual Family Cancer Retreat is April 24-26 in Lifeway Glorieta Conference Center in Glorieta, N.M. This free program provides New Mexico's adult cancer patients, survivors ...