San Miguel News

Colorful strands of silk and chenille and wool dance across the hand looms. In a workplace hidden inside an old church hall along a stretch of Highway 28, Socorro Tinajero, 64, carefully weaves another inch of a new diamond-shaped shawl to the rhythm of a ranchera blasting on the radio.

The Santa Fe Community Foundation has awarded 40 grants totaling $410,000 to nonprofits in Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Mora, San Miguel, Taos and Rio Arriba counties.

The New Mexico Department of Health is reporting seven more New Mexicans have died from causes related to the H1N1 flu virus and is expanding its priorities for flu vaccinations.

The great California Gold Rush of 1849 lured fortune seekers from all over the world, about 85,000 in that year alone.

Cyclists participating in the 100-mile Chile Pepper Challenge left Canutillo Middle School around 6:45 a.m. Sunday.

There has been no rain here and across the Southwest for months now. It is not just the people who have thirsted for the July monsoon showers that didn't come this year, but also the pockets of sage bushes and juniper trees that dot the red rocky mountains.

Photo: Rita Rafael demonstrates her weaving Saturday to Julice Mosby of Bernalillo at the Rag Rug Festival at the Stewart Udall Center for Museum Resources on Museum Hill.

The bottom line is that an old, abandoned school building that isn't doing the colonia of San Miguel a bit of good will soon be converted into a community center that can be used by young and old alike for any number of worthwhile purposes.

The bottom line is that an old, abandoned school building that isn't doing the colonia of San Miguel a bit of good will soon be converted into a community center that can be used by young and old alike for any number of worthwhile purposes.

Two lawmakers are pitching a plan that entails Dona Ana County buying the vacant San Miguel Elementary School to establish a new community center.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 11 p.m. for most of eastern New Mexico, including the areas of Raton, Carlsbad and Hobbs.

The state Environment Department has issued a health advisory for parts of north-central New Mexico affected by smoke from a fire burning in the Santa Fe National Forest.

BANDELIER NATL MONUMENT, N. M. - The lightning-sparked San Miguel Fire burning in the Bandelier Wilderness has grown to more than 400 acres and has spread into the Santa Fe National Forest.

Photo: Mike Miller with Bennetta TMs Amusement Inc. polishes the Fun Slide on Friday in preparation for the 60th annual Rodeo de Santa Fe.

With precious days remaining before their wedding, San Miguel couple Joe Campa and Melissa Trujillo knew their impending bond needed one more pre-marital test: Would they stay afloat down three miles of shallow river in a craft made of scraps? "We did!" Trujillo cheered, as she and her team rested next to "Fly Me To the Moon," made of barrels sawed ...

The Silver City Planning and Zoning Commission regular meeting will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at the Grant County Administration Center, 1400 Highway 180E.

The New Mexico State Forestry Division has announced it plans to lift its smoking, firework, campfire and open fire restrictions for 20 New Mexico counties, initially imposed on May 13, 2009.

The state Forestry Division is lifting restrictions on smoking, fireworks, campfires and open fires in 20 of New Mexico's 33 counties.

Photo: A 1940 photo of Abdallah Samuel Adelo as a drum major in the St. Michaela TMs College Band.