Sip Desert Spirits at Tumbleweed Lounge
SOTOLD FASHIONED, QUATRO O SEVEN, It’s Got a Bee on It, Tulie Mule, and Sotoloma. The whimsically named cocktails at Tumbleweed Lounge aren’t made with whiskey, vodka, gin, or rum. No, the Tularosa…
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Golden Eye
WHEN ELIZABETH GARRETT, the daughter of famed sheriff Pat Garrett, composed what would in 1917 become New Mexico’s official song, she captured the natural essence of the state—stunning blue skies…
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Time to Check Out the Pancho Villa Clock
AT 4:11 A.M. ON MARCH 9, 1916, the railway clock at the Columbus train depot was silenced forever when a bullet struck its face and pierced the gears. The predawn hour marks the onset of Mexican…
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2024 True Heroes: Casey Otero
CASEY OTERO didn’t know much about baseball when she stepped up to the plate in early 2024 to bring Little League back to Tularosa. What she did know was that the village’s kids needed an after-school…
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History Takes Flight in Hobbs
YOU MIGHT THINK it’s the real thing: A World War II Boeing B-17 bomber surrounded by crews preparing for takeoff. But this flying fortress—located on what once was Hobbs Army Airfield, where…
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Downshift Sparks Hope in Ruidoso
JUNE 17 STARTED like any other Monday for Ruidoso residents Shelby and Eddie Gutierrez. Shelby took their two daughters to day care, then headed to the couple’s Downshift Brewing Co. Riverside…
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This Border Art Oasis Honors Mothers
DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP in 2014, sculptor Taras Mychalewych’s car broke down near Columbus, a village three miles north of the U.S.–Mexico border. The car was repaired in a few days. But instead…
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The Hood Celebrates Art and Culture
THE PLAYFUL definition printed on the door of the Hood in Las Cruces sums up what awaits inside and beyond: the hood (slang) noun : short for “neigh · bor · hood” : community · culture · barrio :…
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Get Tuned in to Truth or Consequences
AT THE GERONIMO SPRINGS MUSEUM, in Truth or Consequences, festive dresses, parade costumes, and photographs of glamorous Hollywood celebrities share space with the museum’s other exhibitions featuring…
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Tularosa's Eye-Catching Cars
THEY’RE HARD TO MISS while driving through Tularosa: five pairs of enormous eyes peering from the windshields of vintage vehicles parked on an otherwise vacant lot. The rusty but still colorful fire…
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