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Local news in brief June 20, 2009
Photo: Mike Miller with Bennetta TMs Amusement Inc. polishes the Fun Slide on Friday in preparation for the 60th annual Rodeo de Santa Fe.
Float your boat: Rio rafters race in unique watercraft
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.
State Forestry lifts fire restrictions
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.
Fire restrictions lifted in NM on Monday
The state Forestry Division is lifting restrictions on smoking, fireworks, campfires and open fires in 20 of New Mexico's 33 counties.
Pecos native still a Notre Dame devotee
Photo: A 1940 photo of Abdallah Samuel Adelo as a drum major in the St. Michaela TMs College Band.
Phila. couple right at home with Southwestern design
It didn't surprise designer Pat Crane's clients that she loves the Southwest, particularly Santa Fe, N.M., as much as they do.
Discount medicine at La Clinica
La Clinica De Familia, a major provider of healthcare to uninsured and underinsured residents of southern New Mexico, is expanding access to affordable medications for families in the Las Cruces area with a new technology to help manage complex government pricing programs.
Fire restrictions will affect 20 NM counties
Restrictions on fires, campfires and smoking go into effect in 20 New Mexico counties Friday because high winds and no rain have left parts of the state facing extreme fire danger.
Rotting church bell towers may crumble
Time is ticking away to repair the bell towers in one of the oldest churches in New Mexico; if ita s not repaired soon it could mean 400 years in history could come crumbling down.
School, community pillar celebrates 150th anniversary
Like many other St. Michael's High School graduates, Randy Montoya's clearest memory of the school involves a Christian Brother.
Health & Science in brief Feb. 14
Providers ready to fill gaps left by Mosaic The Department of Health has found other providers in the state willing to provide services in northeastern New Mexico after Mosaic announced it will cut support for ...
Advocates for developmentally disabled lobby for funding
Advocates and families of the developmentally disabled, in the midst of a Roundhouse lobbying push for funding vital to the well-being of those in their care, hope they aren't just being "niced to death" by ...
Enchilada dinner will herald Colonias Day
For the past five years, Colonias Day in Santa Fe during the Legislature has drawn an ever-increasing contingent of Dona Ana County colonias residents who want their legislators and the governor to hear ...
Journey of faith: Pilgrims scale mountain to give thanks and pray
Mario Medrano, 17, climbs to the top of "A" Mountain Thursday, bearing a cross on his shoulder as part of the Tortugas Pueblo's three-day fiesta honoring its patron saint, Nuestra Seora de Guadalupe.
Fatal Hantavirus case reported in Otero County
The New Mexico Health Department announced that a 22-year-old woman from Otero County has died from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.
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