Sacramento News

HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES.

Despite their reluctance to pledge more dollars toward a county transit system at the same time the sponsoring municipality reduced its support, Ruidoso village councilors agreed to kick in the $28,308 needed for their part.

Some artists work in pencil and oils, some in wood, clay and other more familiar media.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE Airmen are calmly going about their business, honing their expeditionary skills and preparing for possible deployment overseas to potentially hostile territory.

Folk art, colorful trinkets, handcrafted jewelry, gourmet treats, and yes, even cherries, will be on sale Saturday and Sunday, during the 44th annual High Rolls Cherry Festival.

Hidden in the nearby Sacramento Mountains is a vast military history that predates the Civil War.

Macario Lueras, 51, of 9 White Sands, La Luz, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for first offense DWI and seven days in jail for driving on a revoked license.

When we think of heroes in the wildland firefighting front, our first thoughts often go to those who are on the front lines: volunteer fire department personnel, emergency medical technicians, and the many wildland firefighting crews that come from the federal and state agencies in New Mexico.

Lincoln National Forest officials said they plan to lift Stage 2 restrictions at 8 a.m. Monday for the Smokey Bear, Sacramento and Guadalupe ranger districts, but fireworks are still banned in the forest.

We were reminded last week that wildfires are always a threat. Dry weather, lack of rain and nearly 100-degree temperatures haven't helped.

Dry conditions trigger precautions in National Forest Because of increased fire danger on public lands in southeastern New Mexico, Stage 2 Fire Restrictions will begin at 8 a.m., Thursday, on the Lincoln National Forest.

A fire that burned 140 acres in the Sacramento Mountains near Timberon is 100 percent contained.

State and federal fire crews continue to contain the 100-acre Timberon forest fire after three homes, five outbuildings and 10 vehicles were destroyed but no people injured Thursday, a New Mexico Forestry spokesman said.

Dry lightning strikes sparked seven small fires on the east side of the Sacramento Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest Thursday.

Leslie Escalanti, 22, of 1705 23rd St., was sentenced to 364 days in jail, given 727 days probation, and assessed $317 in fines and court costs for battery on a household member.

Osmose Railroad Services Inc. inspectors climb on the thick lumber of the Cloud Climbing Railroad Mexican Canyon Trestle to determine which beams will have to be replaced during restoration.

The Southwest is in need of precipitation and the forecast does not offer much improvement.

It's tax season, so it was appropriate that the March meeting of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association-Alamogordo Chapter focused on tax incentives available for solar.

Virginia Tepfer of Alamogordo, author of "Chamizal," is one of more that two dozen local authors who will celebrate the 109th birthday of the Alamogordo Public Library from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the library.