Man, 84, Held in Shooting at Picnic
One person was killed and another injured Saturday after an 84-year-old man started shooting during an afternoon picnic at an East Central apartment complex for people with mental disabilities, police say.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Mixologists create drinkable art
Quinn Stephenson pours his fair share of tequila shots and beer while tending bar at the Coyote Cafe in Santa Fe. But his real passion lies in crafting cocktails that few bartenders in the City Different can replicate.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Stylist's healing gift featured in beauty magazine
Albuquerque hairdresser Roberto Vasquez, owner of Roberto's Le Salon on Rio Grande, will be featured in the national magazine Beauty Launchpad.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Hubbell House celebrates with dance
In the 1800s, the Hubbell House was a home. Later, it became a stagecoach stop, a trading post and a post office along El Camino Real.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Santa Ana Raking It In
Five years after a debt crunch, Santa Ana Pueblo has multimillion dollar plans to spruce up its tribal casino, add a new perk at its restaurant and expand its commercial activities.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Typical Accreditation Lacking
SANTA FE — Miners' Colfax Medical Center in Raton is not accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, a generally recognized standard for maintaining quality of care.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Center Tells All About Sandias
Once, Judith Murphy and her group of trail trekkers came across some bear corn that had been a snack for one of the snooping, black brutes.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Bird Breeder Says Rattlesnakes Have Been Showing Up More Frequently in Area
VALENCIA — Lorenz Krassnitzer says he has seen more prairie rattlesnakes outside his home east of Los Lunas in the last few months than he has in 30 years on the property.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Tensions High at Raton Hospital
SANTA FE — Complaints of too much work, frazzled nerves and personal conflicts have boiled over in recent months at a Raton hospital, leading some citizens to worry that their ability to get good medical care will be compromised.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Canyon Proposed as State Park
TERERRO — Pecos Canyon is sick.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Around New Mexico
2 Inmates Accused Of Escape Attempt Two Metropolitan Detention Center inmates tried to escape from jail Thursday but only got as far as the recreation area, according to a criminal complaint.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Mescalero Apache Resort Struggling as Debt Mount
LAS CRUCES — More than three years after the Mescalero Apaches opened their new Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino near Ruidoso, the resort has struggled with financial losses and the tribe faces a mountain of debt.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
State Doesn't Track Home-Schoolers
Are the 7,100 children enrolled in home schooling in New Mexico learning anything?
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
CYFD Fights
On a warm June night, two Chaves County Sheriff's deputies pulled up to the Roswell home of a self-described medicine man to check the welfare of a woman being treated there.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
Manzano Mountain residents have suffered 3 blazes in 8 months, and conditions are ripe for more
Black scars from the recent Big Spring Fire loom over Tajique in the foothills less than a mile west of town.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)