Platner has been accused of so many things that just one would have been enough to derail his candidacy in another era when character mattered.

The June 10 decision came two weeks after 13th District Judge Cindy Mercer of Valencia County issued a preliminary injunction blocking Barela from serving as chair amid her primary campaign for the Republican nomination to seek reelection to the Otero County Commission.

Those arrested are innocent until proven guilty.

In some churches evangelism has traditionally meant a once-a-year special event or a particular strategy for incorporating newcomers into the life of the church.

Fun and games await the community for Fourth of July and the Eddy County Fair.

I got into this race late, and for reasons that were deeply personal.

There’s something about ribs that makes people slow down.

The problem is not a lack of opportunity. The problem is a lack of leadership willing to demand that young people seize it.

At the center of the storm, soaking up energy and resources is Amy Barela, a sitting county commissioner.

In Vasquez’s district, more than half of the oil and gas production that drives about half of the state’s revenue occurs on federal public land leased and managed by the Bureau of Land Management, a subagency of the Department of Interior.

At WIPP, the Energy Department disposes of transuranic nuclear waste (TRU), which is clothing materials, equipment and other debris irradiated during nuclear activities.

The announcement of the New World Screwworm’s infestation in New Mexico was made Monday, June 8, hours before members of the state’s Cattle Growers’ Association gathered for a meeting at the Ruidoso Convention Center.