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20-year deal expands Air Force training sites in Cibola National Forest https://t.co/rl4ecYdR4l About 20 times a year, Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Denman will take off from Kirtland Air Force Base in a CV-22 Osprey and fly south to the M

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Annual Frontier Festival connects past to present https://t.co/udk0S2JbJl The sound of a hammer pounding at the forge, a lesson on historic weapons and the smooth surface of petrified wood, all things that could be

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Socorro repeats as district champs at track and field meet https://t.co/ISkQx4zCbd On Friday, the Socorro track and field team repeated as district 3–3A champions as they competed in the district meet in Truth or Conseque

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Socorro movie theater raises money to replace stolen youth baseball equipment https://t.co/l438NycZ8s Theatergoers raised over $600 to help replace stolen baseball equipment for the city of Socorro’s youth athletics program by attending a s

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All in a life’s work https://t.co/ZgoubMMzu9 You could always find her taking care of business at her desk at the city's municipal court. As Chief Court Clerk, Barbara Scarborough, made

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B.T. Easterling https://t.co/mCa1zgxNio March 10, 1934–June 1, 2021

Bennett Thurmond Easterling, ‘Buzz’, physically ‘gave out’ on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at his townhom

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Chile farmer will represent Socorro County on conservancy district https://t.co/2Bd2J8zztq Socorro farmer and County commissioner Glen Duggins will represent Socorro County on the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District Board for th

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Socorro golf takes first at district https://t.co/2WOiUgXQcS On June 10, the Socorro golf teams won the 3–3A district championship. The boys team placed first with 347 strokes out of three teams and

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Letter to the Editor: PNM merger with AVANGRID https://t.co/7Fwt9qTakC Editor:

As a former executive at PNM and current President and CEO of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, I am a staunch support

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Thinking dog tags, not hashtags https://t.co/CCudwHUDwe I don’t know why I keep bringing this up every year and call me a silly ol’ fool, but this past Sunday marked the anniversary of D-Day,

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A few days at home https://t.co/SWl6XcmvB4 I arrived home on June 2 at 11:30 p.m. and my family ended up staying awake until almost two in the morning.

The Colorado Avalanche was p

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When to give up? https://t.co/tjhSbSTW1J Three fat balls of yarn in green and gray sit on my bookshelf. Knitting needles are stuck through one ball and a half-foot scarf hangs off o

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Law and Order: Socorro Police Department https://t.co/rLb4aqDvgL The following items were taken from reports at the Socorro Police Department

Mar. 1

A caller in the 1000 block of Park reported that s

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Gift shop remains a fixture on the plaza https://t.co/uoIomwSXaS  

Socorro has changed over the years, but the plaza remains familiar for gift store owner Ben Zimmerly.

Zimmerly runs Casa de Regalos

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Rentals difficult to find in Socorro https://t.co/8UihcxF141 A lack of affordable housing in Socorro and surrounding counties makes it difficult for renters to find a place to stay. More funding for th

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Extension Service moves back to in-person education https://t.co/rRwn6dVdWi  

4-H offered students structure and a sense of normalcy in a very unusual year, said Socorro County Extension Program Director and

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“Let the family fun begin!” Frontier fest returns https://t.co/nNaAhmV1r7  

Time to get booted and spurred and head for Magdalena this weekend for the return of the Frontier Festival. After skipping last ye

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Memorial Day at Isidro Baca Veterans Park (photos) https://t.co/gxfUB8uePG

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Songs for the summer https://t.co/CX9eK0e0RI My neighbor Summer hates the heat. She’d much prefer cool weather. But summer is my favorite season. This may be a holdover from all those

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Cowboys don’t do keto https://t.co/jBP8v01bqb I called someone dude last week. It wasn’t the first time, and I still feel pretty funny about it, but it seemed to be generally accepted