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Could you save a life?
WALTERVILLE Nearly every week someone in the U.S. can tell a riveting story of a life saved because someone has taken CPR training. Victims of a heart attack, shock, stroke, a fall, or even drowning frequently require a CPR response. The training can make heroes out of ordinary people wh...
Doing the best for deserving companions
Cindi and Doug Howell have turned a good idea into a great idea....
Edmonds area students shine at annual student showcase
As they went from store to store, shoppers at the Alderwood Mall last Thursday were treated to an unexpected show. ...
Mural to be a work of recycled art
Up until this school year, Community Transit bus passes were in surplus at Edmonds-Woodway High School....
obituaries
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Opinion & Editorial
Interesting Times For The Socorro Electric Co-op
Editor’s note: The Socorro Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees met Wednesday night and reportedly discussed some of these issues. A report on the Co-op meeting will appear in next week’s Mountain Mail....
Waiting For Barbarians
Waiting For the Barbarians is an opera in two acts based on a book (1980) by South African author John M. Coetzee, with music by American composer Phillip Glass and libretto by Christopher Hampton. It was first performed in September 2005 at Erfurt Theater in Germany. It ends ...
Owner, Dog Finally Reunited
To the editor
I am writing the letter in regards to a recent situation concerning the Socorro Animal Shelter and its current employees. After sharing my story with others, I was encouraged to write a letter about my recent encounter with Socorro Animal Shelter by many other members o...
We Want Leaders with Character, Good Ethics and Self-Control
On Feb. 16, before the adjournment of the special session in Santa Fe, the Senate voted 25 to 17 to deny the confirmation of the Governor’s appointment to the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB). ...
Can Political Opposites Meet In The Middle?
Lynne Cheney appeared in my dreams the other day. Really. And what was strange was that we got along, rather pleasantly....
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Business
Experimental Forest is going GREEN
BLUE RIVER: Oregon State University has received a $348,000 grant to construct a new “GREEN House” at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest – an energy-efficient residential structure that will also serve as a working laboratory and educational outreach facility....
Carter Enterprises
Walnut Grove — Steve Carter, a 1987 Walnut Grove graduate, has come full circle after having a towing business in Tracy for several years, opened a towing business in Walnut Grove....
Broadband Comes To Western New Mexico
A portion of the government’s stimulus package has been granted to the telephone company serving western Socorro County – including Magdalena - and all of Catron county. Based in Silver City, Western New Mexico Telephone Company has been awarded $11.5 million to provide broadband services to remote...
Farmers want to draw the line, and it’s not through the Slope
By Joyce Edie
Editor
Farmers and concerned residents got together last Friday evening for a meeting of their own regarding new power lines proposed for the local area.
Pacific Power is looking at putting a 230kV transmission line through the area with three alternative ...
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Politics
Westbrook cell phone signal could improve
WESTBROOK — For years Westbrook cell phone users have suffered with very poor cell phone reception. It has been a litany of dropped calls, searching for signal, and no service messages in the community. That all may be coming to an end after city counci...
Locks, Keys Wearing Out At Lock-up
The Socorro County Detention Center has a little bit of a problem. The locks on the cells work just fine but sometimes the keys don’t work to let the inmates out....
Socorro, Magdalena Voters To Head To Polls March 2
Voting day is next Tuesday, Mar. 2, when Socorro and Magdalena voters will have the chance to choose who will be governing them for the next four years. In Magdalena, two trustee positions and the mayor will be decided; in Socorro, four councilors and mayor....
New Silvery Minnow Recovery Plan Released
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday it has released the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Recovery Plan, First Revision. ...
Socorro Gets Sewer Help
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman and USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner presented a check of $1,218,7000 to the City of Socorro Saturday, which represented the obligation of a loan grant package from the USDA Rural Development....
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Lifestyles
Earling honored for work with Edmonds Center for the Arts
Dave Earling has worked tirelessly for the Edmonds Center for the Arts for a number of years. ...
Program boosts family involvement in education
Never did Vera Yeremeyeva imagine she’d go from cooking in her kitchen to speaking at a national conference. But she did....
NM GRADS Adapting To Budget Crunch
New Mexico leads the nation when it comes to teen pregnancy, according to the Guttmacher Institute, and New Mexico GRADS (Graduation Reality And Dual-Role Skills) is doing what it can to deal with the situation....
Back By Popular Demand, Dave Farr Chronicles Return
This is part one of a second series resulting from an oral history interview with Catron County rancher Dave Farr conducted in February and March, 2008. ...
Socorro Man Honored By NWTF
The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) recognized Carlos Madril of Socorro at the NWTF's 34th annual National Convention and Sport Show, sponsored by Midway USA, in Nashville, Feb. 19. ...
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Sports & Events
Magdalena Boys Clinch No. 2 Seed In District
The Magdalena Steers finished their regular season basketball season by splitting two district games. They clinched the district 6-1A runner-up position and gives them a #2 seed in this week's district tournament....
Rugby Club Clinches Rio Grande Title
The New Mexico Tech Rugby Club scored six tries to beat New Mexico State University 34-17 Saturday and claim the Rio Grande Rugby Union collegiate title. The win propels the Pygmies into a Feb. 27 playoff match at the Colorado School of Mines. ...
Warriors Dominate District
The Socorro boys basketball team finished the regular season with a 12-13 record, but it finished with six straight wins to end the season, going 6-0 in district play. The Warriors dominated district 3-3A beating each team by an average of 31 points. ...
Lady Steers Finish 24-0
The second-ranked and undefeated Magdalena Lady Steers clinched the District 6-1A regular season basketball championship and finished the regular season with a 24-0 record....
Socorro Girls 15th At State Swim Meet
The Socorro swim team participated in the 2010 NMAA State Finals on February 19 & 20th at the Albuquerque Academy. The SHS girls team took 15th place out of 27 public and private schools that were in the meet. This was the highest ranking of any AAA school in the state....
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