Misplaced Four Corners

There is only one spot in the United States where four state lines converge: the intersection of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. Drive through desolate countryside on a two lane road and you'll find...

Busted! Photography is NOT a crime.

" On October 23 a house behind A mountain exploded. Gone. Completely. Why? What happened? The entire community is speculating. I took this picture on the 23rd. Mike and I drove by to see the damage. We heard about...

Clinton speaks to the crowd

At Sunland Park, New Mexico.

BREAKING: Massive explosion levels home in Las Cruces, New Mexico

"LAS CRUCES - An early morning explosion leveled a home near "A" Mountain Thursday. No injuries are reported, but the home is a total loss and federal investigators have been called in.The Dona Ana County...

New Mexico Area Code Change Complete

" sign leaving City of Rocks, disposable camera The year of transitioning away from the 505 area code has come to a close. From now on, all long distance calls must use the new 575 number.  For those of us affected by the change, it marks the end of an era. The numbers...

Obama Rally in Las Cruces: Adam Rodriguez makes fan happy

" When I read in the paper that Eva Longoria and Adam Rodriguez were going to be speaking at a rally today, I knew that I had to take my mother-in-law. She is CSI Miami’s biggest fan. In fact, she regularly refers to David Caruso as her ‘boyfriend’. We ended up waiting...

McCain picks Alaska Gov. Palin as running mate

"Sen. John McCain has picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a senior McCain campaign official told CNN on Friday."I don't know whether this choice will help or hurt McCain in the long run. He's made such an issue of Obama's lack of experience that it seems odd...

Democrats protest McCain in New Mexico

"John McCain came to Las Cruces yesterday for a town hall meeting. There were only 500 tickets available, but I didn’t even try to get one. It would have been nice to see him in person and hear what he had to...

Local Flavor: Battle Drive Thru

Mike at Roberto’s, security at Si Senor Si Senor, a local favorite for fine mexican food, just opened Si Senor Express a few blocks from Roberto’s. Roberto’s has long been the standard for good drive thru mexican food. In fact, Roberto’s is pretty much the...

Attack of the caterpillars!

"A couple days ago we drove with Mike to a jobsite to check on the progress. He called me out of the van to look at a clump of caterpillars hanging from a bush. As we looked around, we noticed that they were...

Rescues complete in flooded Ruidoso, New Mexico

The good news is that the people of Ruidoso are safe. All that's left now is the mess. A drive through town on Thursday afternoon found most of the bridges still out and mud and debris piled along the river. Crews...

Microburst likely cause of weather-related damage

While my husband and I were in Ruidoso surveying the damage from the recent flooding, we got a call from our kids. We had left them behind, thinking they would be safer. Little did we know a storm was about to hit...

Gas War in Alamogordo

All it took was one gas station dropping prices to start an all out war in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Neighboring stations were quick to match or beat the lower price. We stopped to gas up and paid $3.68 a gallon,...

Ex-Hurricane Dolly floods parts of NM, Texas

" Flooding caused by torrential rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Dolly kept hundreds of evacuees away from their homes and campgrounds Monday, authorities said. Two people were listed as missing.The...

'Hit list' names southern New Mexico residents

An article in the Sun News describes how violence in Mexico is heading north of the border:   By Jose L. Medina/Sun-News reporter Article Launched: 06/19/2008 08:17:06 AM MDT LAS CRUCES — A hit list...

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