2025 True Heroes: Patricia Morales-Cano
NOT IN MY BACKYARD. That was Patricia Morales-Cano’s initial response to a homeless shelter opening in her Silver City neighborhood in 2023. Her concerns seemed justified when crime—and…
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Snow Much Tubing Fun
ALL THE SIGNS OF A GOOD TIME are here: Smiles on faces rosy from the cold. Laughter drifting from around glowing firepits. Delighted squeals echoing off white alpine slopes. Bundled children waddling…
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Where to Go Snow Tubing
THE BUNNY HILL at Red River Ski and Summer Area opens to winter tubing after hours. That means the fun doesn’t stop when the lifts close. “It’s a really short hill, but people still have fun,” says…
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Stuff More Family Fun Into the Holidays
MAKE A PLAY DATE Santa Fe Children’s Museum’s newly redesigned Backyard features more than an acre of fenced outdoor space that includes a zipline, amphitheater, sandbox, garden, beehive, and…
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Hooked on Gila Trout
“SOME PEOPLE WANT to just go catch a fish,” says Kirk Patten, chief of fisheries for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. “Others will fly all the way across the country to fish for a native…
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Reeling In Conservation
“THIS IS WHERE EGGS GO,” Leonard Rice says, while pulling out a shallow drawer containing water and tiny apricot-colored spheres. The Glenwood Fish Hatchery manager is charged with spawning and…
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Sculpting the Spirit of WNMU
A 5,000-POUND GRANITE boulder suspends 10 feet off the ground, supported by stainless steel spires. Representing Western New Mexico University students, the influences that shape them, and the…
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Take a Load Off at Silver City Waterworks
TENTS SPRAWL ACROSS a landscaped lot in Silver City, mere steps off the Continental Divide Trail. Blistered thru-hikers—157 miles into their 3,100-mile journey north—enjoy solar-heated showers…
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Gravel Biking in New Mexico
NOT ROAD CYCLING and not mountain biking, gravel riding is something in between, often mixing paved roads, dirt roads, and nontechnical trails. “It’s about open-ended possibilities, going out your…
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Visit These Seven Iconic Film Locations
ALBUQUERQUE NOTABLES: Lonely Are the Brave (1962), Breaking Bad (2008–2013), The Avengers (2012), Sicario (2015), Better Call Saul (2015–2022), Stranger Things (2016–). While most people know about…
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