topic: Fort Sumner

... events leading up to the Kid's presumed death in 1881.     Legend has it that the Kid, William Bonney, was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner. With backing from Gov. Bill Richardson, two Lincoln County lawmen launched an investigation several years ago seeking to determine whether it ...
full story 08/27/08

... High School, a charter school in Sandia Park.         But Johnston said that when she saw that Doreen Winn had accepted a job as principal at Fort Sumner High School, she decided to apply after talking it over with her husband.         "I literally brought my application on the very last day and was ...
full story 08/21/08

... , lasting about one minute, according to Dan Porter, meteorologist with the service's Albuquerque office. Other tornadoes were reported near Fort Sumner, Lake Sumner, Santa Rosa and Los Lunas, he said, but none had been confirmed.         A late-afternoon hailstorm Sunday did send cars sliding off ...
full story 08/17/08

... to get ready for. Five of the seven classifications have a rematch of last season's finals. Two champs from '07 — Santa Rosa and Fort Sumner — face one another in addition to the teams they beat in title games last year.         There are new faces on the scene this year, too. A ...
full story 08/16/08

...    Santa Rosa Lake, north of Santa Rosa, is expected to drop from its current level of 30,545 acre-feet to 6,500 acre-feet. Sumner Lake, northwest of Fort Sumner, will drop from 17,759 acre-feet to 7,500 acre-feet.     An acre-foot, about 326,000 gallons, can meet the annual water needs of one to two ...
full story 08/14/08

...   Crownpoint at Laguna-Acoma, 7 p.m.     Pine Hill at Menaul, 7 p.m.     Dora at Mountainair, 7 p.m.     Whitehorse (Utah) at Navajo Pine, 7 p.m.     Fort Sumner at N.M. Military, 7 p.m.     Thoreau at Socorro, 7 p.m.     Dexter at Texico, 7 p.m.     Carrizozo at Tucumcari, 7 p.m.     Hot Springs at ...
full story 08/14/08

...    Santa Rosa Lake, north of Santa Rosa, is expected to drop from its current level of 30,545 acre-feet to 6,500 acre-feet. Sumner Lake, northwest of Fort Sumner, will drop from 17,759 acre-feet to 7,500 acre-feet.     An acre-foot, about 326,000 gallons, can meet the annual water needs of one to two ...
full story 08/14/08

... can seem reserved at times, but her down-to-earth candor and thoughtful wit were on full display during pit stops in towns like Santa Rosa and Fort Sumner.         At the senior citizen center in Melrose, population 800, she drew praise from the locals.         "She's a good speaker," Mary Taylor ...
full story 07/26/08

... Lea County, $11,000; Esquela del Sol/Harwood Art Center, $750; Estancia Valley Economic Development Association, $2,100; Farm to Table Inc., $7,200; Fort Sumner Community Development Corp., $7,200; Grants MainStreet Inc., $3,000; Greater Belen Economic Development Corp., $2,700.    
full story 07/20/08

... has to be given to Mike Tapia (public works supervisor). Who he knows and his years of service. He called drillers and they came. They were in Fort Sumner and in the middle of a job. And to Linda Fischer (clerk-treasurer) and knowing what to do. These are things you can't buy,” Encinias said.   ...
full story 07/03/08