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Smoke and dust that moved today into the Mesilla Valley likely will linger throughout Saturday - the first official day of summer.

Firefighters tapped two lakes in eastern North Carolina on Monday to douse the land around a wildfire that has spread thick smoke hundreds of miles.

History will come alive between June 20 and 22 in Cloudcroft, when the Sacramento Mountain Historic Museum and Pioneer Village presents its annual Heritage Days celebration.

Bayard Baptist Church will be conducting a memorial service for Patricia Turnage, late wife of Pastor Don Turnage, at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The Organ Mountain Bowmen and Bullseye 4-H Clubs will host the Thunderbird Archery 3-D Open this weekend at a new location.

More news from across the state: STATE WEATHER The National Weather Service said gusty wind will continue Thursday afternoon as a cold front sweeps across northern and central New Mexico.

Are you looking for a weekend getaway that won't cost you a fortune for gas? Come to Cloudcroft for the National Trails Day Race and enjoy a relaxing weekend in the cool Sacramento Mountains.

Carrie Green, 90, claps to the live rock and roll music during Aspendale Retreat Center's 50th anniversary celebration Saturday in the Sacramento Mountains.

Former Otero County administrator Martin Moore is on the District 3 ballot for the Republican slot in the county commissioner's race.

Alamogordo Church is a nondenominational Christian fellowship. Sunday worship begins at 10:04 a.m. and Wednesday prayer at 7:04 p.m. This Sunday Pastor Ryan begins a new series, using C.S. Lewis' "Screwtape ...

The Rev. Ronny Rardin and Dr. Martin Moore, both vying for the seat of Otero County Commissioner for District 3, met their constituents and came face to face at the Otero County Republican Party event held ...

The state Game and Fish Department and the state Game Commission are being sued by the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District over the department's proposed recovery plan for the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse ...

Significant amounts of rainfall over the region are needed before trees, shrubs and forest litter begin to retain moisture to help reduce the wildfire danger.

“The fact that wineries come from northern New Mexico to buy the grapes from here attests to that.”

While viticulture, the cultivation of grapes and wine, steadily increases in Otero County and the Sacramento foothills each season, it will never be like California's vineyards with its huge expanses of ... via Alamogordo Daily News

The Dona Ana County Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at Good Samaritan Village's Stucky Auditorium, downstairs in the main activities building, 3011 Buena Vida Drive. via Deming Headlight

“I'm going to win one election in my life”

A retired Methodist minister hopes to become the next county commissioner for District 3. This is not Robert Dulaney Barrett Sr.'s first attempt at public office; he ran unsuccessfully for the Cloudcroft school ... via Alamogordo Daily News

“Every time the wind picks up you can see a little flare up every now and then so they jump on that right away”

Ash-coated crews are mopping up a 24-day-old fire that has burned 59 homes and more than 21 square miles in central New Mexico's Manzano Mountains. via Las Cruces Sun-News

Approximately 100 people attended the "Old Timers Reunion" on Saturday in the commons area at Cloudcroft High School to honor three long term residents of the Sacramento Mountains. via Alamogordo Daily News

“As a leader, I'm not afraid to say (to the Forest Service), 'Guys, either take it over or we will,'”

After sitting out the past eight years, a former county commissioner has decided to throw his hat back into the ring. via Alamogordo Daily News