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Karen Fischer
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Karen Fischer

Karen Fischer is a freelance writer based in Gallup. When she is not writing, she is likely collaging, camping, exploring the nooks and crannies of the Southwest, or hiking up Pyramid Rock.

True Heroes 2023: Lynda Spencer

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC was not kind to New Mexico students, and in summer 2021, Lynda Spencer was staring down a dilemma as principal of Blanco Elementary School, located east of Farmington. Many of…

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True Heroes 2023: Carmen Baca

THE SPRING MORNING started the same as any other for writer Carmen Baca. But around 2 p.m. on April 6, 2022, from her home in Cañoncito de las Manuelitas, Baca noticed smoke snaking across the sky off…

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Bibo Bar & Grille

TUCKED INSIDE AN ADOBE facade off historic Route 66, Bibo Bar & Grille is no stranger to shifting with the times. The original building was a trading post in 1913 and went through a series of twists…

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Get Settled in New Mexico

RICHARD JOY VISITED NEW MEXICO only once before moving into Del Webb at Alegria, a 55-plus community in Bernalillo. That first trip was barely a pit stop in Albuquerque’s Old Town during a move from…

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True Heroes 2022: Doris Fields

DORIS FIELDS WAS AROUND 10 YEARS OLD when it happened. Two of her close friends in Memphis, Tennessee, got into a grievous argument. Something welled up inside of Fields that grew into a lifelong…

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True Heroes 2021: Dr. Jennie Wei

Above: Within a week of the first COVID-19 case in McKinley County, Dr. Jennie Wei worked to provide housing for those in need. Photograph by Gabrielle Marks. IN EARLY MARCH 2020, a doctor at Gallup…

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