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Mike Herrera Loses Everything in a Trailer Fire

Mike Herrera’s trailed demolished by an early morning fire On November 15, at about 1 a.m., flames tore through Mike Herrera’s trailer in El Rancho an burned...

Deming Defeats Pojoaque Valley 66-39

It was Deming 16, Pojoaque 0 at the end of the first 8 minutes. The ball just wouldn’t fall in the cylinder and the Elks (0-4) were routed by Deming 66-39 Saturday at...

Public Meeting to Discuss Aamodt on Monday, December 5

Santa Fe County Commissioner Daniel Mayfield would like to notify county residents there will be a Working Meeting to discuss the Aamodt Water System on Monday, December 5,...

Brutal Murder at Butterfly Springs Mobile Home Park in Pojoaque Valley

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide which occurred at about 7:45 p.m. on December 2, 2011 at the Butterfly Springs Mobile Home Park in Pojoaque,...

Capital Defeats Pojoaque Valley

Capital pulled away from the Elks in the fourth quarter and defeated Pojoaque Valley 51-35 Friday night in the Al Armendariz Classic. The Elks fell to to 0-3 while Capital...

Udall Calls for Re-opening of Santa Fe Passport Office [press_release]

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) sent a letter today to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the re-opening of the Santa Fe Passport office.

Senate Passes Udall-Schumer 'Buy American' Solar Amendment for Defense Dept. [press_release]

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) today hailed the passage of an amendment they sponsored to close loopholes that put American...

Elks Can’t Hold Off Jaguars Fourth Quarter Blitz

Valencia, trailing Pojoaque by 11 points mid-way through the fourth quarter, staged a comeback capped by Shane Lewis’ 3-ball with 1:14 to play that gave the Jaguars a 48-46...

Don Quixote Distillery & Winery Opens a Tasting Room in Pojoaque Valley

Pojoaque Valley is becoming known for its wineries and tasting rooms With Don Quixote Distillery and Winery opening their doors this week at the old Line Camp location, the...

Team Wolf

Art collective Meow Wolf gets serious Around 2:30 am, I finally turn off the digital recorder and go inside. I have just spent two hours by a gas fire pit in the courtyard of a...

First Person

Climate Inaction: With climate change, itâs up to communities to save themselves Donât believe in climate change? Congratulations. But this isnât the...

Tense Talks

Organized labor accuses the state of subtle union busting To the three public employee unions currently negotiating new state contracts, the stateâs offers are nothing...

Occu-Pies

Spending Thanksgiving with Occupy Santa Fe Occupy Santa Fe has too much food on Thanksgiving. Two double-burner stoves run in the mess tent, baking pies and stuffing for lack of...

Big Picture

Hollywood Break Regular moviegoers might think of holiday films as lighthearted animated features or celebrity-stacked rom-comsâie nothing particularly thought-provoking...

Schism Wurst

Heeding blood sausageâs primal call I confess that I have some freaky food interests, but Iâm not a âfoodie.â

School of Imagination

New Mexico and the Black Mountain College experiment This story bursts at the margins with names all connected to the great and short-lived experiment in arts education...

Time to Say Nice Things

Music gives us plenty to be thankful for Over Thanksgiving, I thought about all the wonderful things that make me grateful. I suppose Iâm happy about my friends and...

What's in His Head?

Real or imagined, the storm in Take Shelter carries us away Hereâs something you donât often get at the movies: genuine surprise. Take Shelter, however,...

Rockies Star Jordan Pacheco to Conduct Baseball Camp in Pojoaque Valley

Jordan Pacheco, former La Cueva High player now with the Rockies Colorado Rockies catcher and infielder Jordan Pacheco is coming to Pojoaque Valley on Saturday,...

Bernalillo Runs Away from Elks in Season Opener

Bernalillo outscored Pojoaque Valley 23 to 4 in the second quarter and used the momentum to rout the Elks 77-53 in Bernalillo on Tuesday night. The young, skittish Elks had ball...

Deep Web Technologies Mobilizes Federated Search

Santa Fe, NM - Deep Web Technologies (DWT), the leader in federated search, announced on November 29th that it has implemented its popular Biznar(TM) and Mednar(TM) federated...

Health Van at El Rancho Community Center on Dec. 2

The Santa Fe County Mobile Health Van will be at El Rancho Community Center on Friday, Dec 2nd, from 10am-2pm. Free blood pressure and blood glucose screening will be...

El Rancho Holiday Art Show on December 3

A Holiday Art Show will take place Saturday, December 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in El Rancho at the home of Annie Castaneda. Castaneda will be joined by local painters,...

Elks Are Young, Talented and Untested

With senior leader, point guard Josh Valdez recovering from a knee operation and out for another week or two coupled with returning letterman junior Derrick Velasquez also out of...

An Exibition of Dolls at the Tower Gallery in Pojoaque Valley

The Roxanne Swentzell Tower Gallery is exhibiting a new-curated exhibition by Rose B. Simpson. Doll; An Intimate Figure will run from November 26 through end of January 2012....

Elkettes Rout Los Alamos 51-30 in Season Opener

What a difference a change in defensive strategy made Friday night when the Elkettes opened their season at home against Los Alamos, and what a difference the 3-ball made. First...

Notah Begay III Foundation Seeks Game Changer Award Nominations

Notah Begay III Notah Begay, professional Native American golfer, has a foundation that works to improve Native American culture on many levels. The foundation’s latest...

Pojoaque Valley Schools Newsletter Available Online

The Pojoaque Valley School District has just published a Fall Newsletter. The newsletter is well executed and covers a variety of school activities. It can be viewed...

Specialized Ed

New efforts seek to improve gifted programâs mixed results Some Santa Fe Public Schools parents say the districtâs gifted education, or...

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An ascending descendant

Rough start on redemption road in The Descendants The Descendants opens with a boating accident. It follows with a George Clooney, as the character Matt King, voice-over:...

Taos Volt

An Alcalde distiller taps Taos for a local whiskey Legend has it that Simeon Turleyâs mill, in Arroyo Hondo near Taos, did great business in the 1840s selling a...

To Go Home

Laguna Pueblo artist views the whole through the broken pieces Marla Allisonâs paintings captivate me.Art that grabs me tends to initiate a dialogue about identity as a...

Ticket Blaster

Has the high cost of big-name concerts become too much? Itâs time for somebody to say it: Live music has become so outrageously expensive that itâs hardly...

Elkettes Feature A Talented Back Court Duo Plus Aggressive Post Players

Every coach dreams and prays for a transfer student who can have a huge impact on their team’s performance. Cheyenne Law, a 5’10” transfer from Escalante...

Weight of the Word

SFR Presents the 2011 Winners of Our Annual Writing Contest This yearâs writing contest reflects a few themes from the political, environmental and philosophical...

Lien on Me

In Brief Santa Feâs fiscal track record makes John Gordnier, a member of the Santa Fe Coalition for Good Government, skeptical of the most recent bond proposal.

Lujan Statement on Native American Heritage Month

Congressman Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement today on Native American Heritage Month, which is celebrated during...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Donna Bailey Believes in her Students

Teaching is touted as being one of the most rewarding jobs in the world. Granted, it's not usually a high-paying job, but the satisfaction of having inspired a student to reach...

Luj�n Statement on Native American Heritage Month

Monday, November 21, 2011 Santa Fe, NM – Congressman Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement today on Native American Heritage Month,...

Espanola Valley School District Muffles the Rio Grande Sun

“It’s ridiculous,” these two words were articulated with a disbelieving shake of her head as a confidential source, confidential because she’s a teacher in...

Editorial: Disappointed by Pojoaque Valley School District

Disappointed by David Neal After giving this some thought, I have decided to express my sincere disappointment … again … regarding the current direction and leadership...

Senators' Amendment Targets Ultralight Aircraft Drug Smugglers [press_release]

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Dean Heller (R-NV) today introduced a bipartisan amendment to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act to help improve border...

Senators Introduce Burn Pit Amendment to Help Veterans [press_release]

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) today offered a bipartisan amendment to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act to create a...

King of the Cage-Mixed Martial Arts Competition-at Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

“King of the Cage,” a mixed martial arts (MMA) competition, will take place at Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino on Saturday, November 19. The competition will...

Free Thanksgiving Meals at the New Beginnings Church in El Rancho

On November 20, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., the New Beginnings Church in El Rancho will provide free Thanksgiving meals. Church officials said the “everyone is welcome.”

Don Quixote Distillery and Winery Opening Soon in Pojoaque Valley

Headquarter in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Don Quixote Distillery and Winery has erected signs at their new location in Pojoaque Valley. The Pojoaque Valley facility is located on...

Sustainable Land Development Code Public Input Meeting in Pojoaque Valley

Santa Fe County will host the fourth set of community input meetings for the Sustainable Land Development Code (SLDC) Public Input Process to discuss Zoning and Density. County...

Speak Out: What Does Pojoaque Valley Need?

Speak Out Question of the Week: What does Pojoaque Valley need to make life here more enjoyable? Frances Ortiz “A teen center for kids where they can meet and not be...