In 2001 New Mexico passed Senate Bill 1 to allow counties to manage national forest lands under certain circumstances that U.S. Forest Service personnel couldn't handle. Now that Otero County passed a resolution in 2011 to do just that, the Forest Serv... »
From: Randy Matheney Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 10:39 AM Subject: Trammell ObituaryHello everyone -We have lost one of our finest friends in team roping, Neal Trammell and we have also lost his wonderful mother, Evelyn Trammell. A combined memoria... »
Some political cartoonists portrayed the strengths of the territories seeking statehood. In this 1901 cartoon, Oklahoma is a farmer and Arizona a rancher, while New Mexico's mining promise is emphasized in the hard-working miner. (Photo courtesy U.S. L... »
John David Graham, age 67, died Monday, December 26, 2011 in Plano, Texas.Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the Des Moines School Gymnasium with Terrell Jones, pastor of the Trinity Fellowship Church in Clayton ... »
A combination of drought and insect infestation has taken its toll this year on trees throughout the Southwest, but state and federal forestry officials said Wednesday the effects in southern New Mexico have been particularly striking. Brown patches of... »
President William Howard Taft, Pancho Villa, Buffalo Soldier George Jordan. Gov. Charles Bent, lawman/gunslinger/lawyer/politician Elfego Baca, Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny. And Smokey Bear and HAM the Space Chimp. These are just some of the characters as... »
An elusive bumblebee, which was last seen in 1956, was recently found living in the White Mountains of south-central New Mexico, scientists announced Monday. Known as "Cockerell's bumblebee," the bee was first described in 1913 using six specimens coll... »
Joe Ben Sanders' discussion of the 1941-42 takeover of private land by the federal government for White Sands Missile Range drew an interested audience Saturday. Close to half the people in attendance at the Alamogordo Public Library said their familie... »
