Swayzee Folmar gets ready for Eddy County Fair.

In the summer of 2025, Wilcocks was in the midst of completing classes for a master’s degree in agricultural communication from Stillwater-based Oklahoma State University.

One unsung hero of the Bible is Onesiphorus. He is forever known as a minister to the minister, the one who kept the Apostle Paul on his feet.

The program continues through July.

The New World screwworm is a fly that lands on cattle and burrows into their flesh, laying eggs that hatch into larvae and feed on the animal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. If infected cattle are not treated quickly, the parasite can prove deadly.

Kyle Bean finds purpose in FFA.

So, what happened to the nation’s most richly naturally endowed--and once best governed--state?

The so-called “Roadless Rule,” adopted in 2001 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, affects about 45 million acres of federal public land in the U.S., including 1.6 million acres in New Mexico national forests.

Bailey Trujillo is getting ready for the Eddy County Fair.

This country has experienced much in the 250 years of its existence.

New Mexicans had no experience with democracy. They had been under the thumb of Spain and Mexico for more than two centuries and in 1846 became wards of a corrupt U.S. military occupation.

El Rito Media was founded with the purchase of the Rio Grande Sun in 2022, acquired the Artesia paper in 2023 and expanded further in June 2024 by purchasing the other three properties from Gannett, all with the mission of focusing on community-driven journalism.