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Luminarias (small bonfires) were first recorded in the 16th century, when Spanish people lit bonfires along the roads to guide people to Midnight Mass on the final night of Las Posadas. This was …
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By Elva K. Österreich
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11/24/23
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Diabetes is a chronic, long-lasting, health condition that causes blood sugar levels to rise far above what’s healthy. This disease affects …
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By Adel Kadous, MD
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11/21/23
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It might not make hearts skip a beat like the sight of a Monarch butterfly or gray wolf, but biologists say a rare flowering New Mexico plant nonetheless deserves endangered species protection. …
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Roz Brown, New Mexico News Connection
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11/17/23
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New Mexico wants to curb gun violence by getting firearms off the street, and while recent gun buyback events drew lots of attendees, some experts say they haven't been found to reduce gun violence. …
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By Roz Brown, New Mexico News Connection
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11/17/23
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A production team from the hit Amazon Prime TV show "The College Tour" wrapped up a week of filming on the campus of Western New Mexico University on Friday, Nov. 10. The show was in …
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By Linda Brown, Western New Mexico University
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11/17/23
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Silver City MainStreet Project is excited to announce Small Business Saturday and Love Local on Nov. 25. Thirty-three local eateries and retail shops in Historic Downtown Silver City are participating with …
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Provided by the Silver City MainStreet Project
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11/17/23
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SUNLAND PARK – Food insecurity is soaring in Sunland Park, Doña Ana County’s southernmost community of about 17,400 people along the U.S.-Mexico border.
But the need for food …
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By Diana Alba Soular, Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative
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11/17/23
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Looking to chop down your own Christmas tree this year?
Here’s how it starts.
Christmas tree permits for the Lincoln National Forest are available both online, and in National Forest offices, …
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11/14/23
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The Veterans Coalition of Grant County celebrates Veterans Day on Saturday with music, speakers and a free meal at American Legion Allingham-Golding Post 18 beginning at 11 a.m., at 409 W. College …
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11/10/23
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SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO – A perfect storm of factors appears to be driving extra demand for food assistance across the southern half of the state.
First, in line with the federal …
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By Diana Alba Soular, Algernon D'Ammassa, Elva K. Österreich and Mike Smith with the Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative
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11/10/23
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A U.S. Court of Appeals ruling earlier this year could be “the final nail in the coffin” for a proposed high-level nuclear waste storage facility in southeast New Mexico, a Las Cruces …
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By Mike Cook
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11/7/23
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The Asombro Institute for Science Education (AISE) will unveil two new science murals, "Desert Ecology" and "Ecología del Desierto," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at Chihuahuan Desert …
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11/6/23
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This year I would like to share the words of a southern New Mexico writer addressed to other writers in the area. Christophe Maso is the author of “The Scream of the Butterfly,” a gothic …
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By Christophe Maso
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10/31/23
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Springtime passions
when you’re all of 11
Trying to fly with sheets
in the scouring, dusty winds
of a New Mexico March
Digging tiger pits with
a dull shovel in
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By Karen Ray
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10/31/23
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The girl walked barefooted on the granulated rock and sand, and among the thickness of the mesquite and creosote brush that grew vastly wild in the desert. In the cool night, the full moon shone …
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By Efrem Carrasco
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10/31/23
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I have thought of the dead girl many times since the day I stood at the head of the coffin, slightly nauseated by the incense wafting around me. I was nine years old and I had never seen a dead …
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By Kay Byrd
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10/31/23
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The Tribes are all here. Here on the banks of the Gila. Spread out up and downstream, colors flying. It's October. Sunny. Dry. Pleasant, cool nights. Good swimming in the day.
We play host to …
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By D.S. Rhodes
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10/31/23
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Road draws northeast. I follow her curves, wait when she waits, admire the view, places
where light falls like breathing. You hold it in your hands as you drive, hold light in your
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By Nancy Harrison
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10/31/23
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Your voice falling after this thunder
like handfuls of cool mud
plastered onto silence, our lightning wounds
Dark mending over the places
that will always need it:
a result …
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By Cheryl Howard
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10/31/23
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Recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October the New Mexico State University Department of Criminal Justice is hosted “Project Clothesline.” More than 100 t-shirts with …
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By Elva K. Österreich
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10/26/23
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