Person to Meet: Donald Schmitt
R OSWELL’S INTERNATIONAL UFO MUSEUM lead investigator Donald Schmitt came to New Mexico from Chicago in 1989 as a non-believer. But after speaking with witnesses and looking at the evidence, Schmitt…
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Category: August
Air Races Land in Roswell
"NASCAR AT 50 FEET,” Bobbi Thompson says, describing the National Championship Air Races. As I enter the Roswell Air Center director’s second-floor office, she points to colorful maps spread out…
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Roswell Declassified
PAUL SEMONES flicks on the handheld microphone that pipes his voice through the speakers of his 15-seat van and points to an unassuming midcentury house. The Roswell UFO Tour guide tells us it’s the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Attend one of the oldest Native gatherings in the country. Gallup gleams during its annual Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, which has been happening for more than 100 years with Indigenous attendees…
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Editor's Letter: Turn It Up
CAMP CHAIRS and blankets pack the sloping lawn of Ashley Pond Park for the opening night of the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series. Wearing a white cowboy hat, a rodeo-size belt buckle, and cowboy boots…
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Vintage Meets Local at the Heirloom Shop
IN DOWNTOWN RATÓN, across from the stately brick railway station, Jacob Blackwell is arranging organic vegetables and minding the register inside the Heirloom Shop. With its emerald awning and vintage…
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Datebook: August 2025
NESTLED AT THE BASE of the Sierra Blanca Mountains, Ruidoso has long been a haven for outdoor lovers. But recently, its reputation for adventure has reached new heights with the addition of XTERRA’s…
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Testify Rocks the Rez Metal Stage
IN THOREAU, Darius Yazzie thinks about songwriting when he’s not organizing bus drivers for his day job as transportation director at Rehoboth Christian School. Yazzie is lead guitarist and vocalist…
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Radio Roots Run Deep
ANNOUNCING UPCOMING local commencements and shouting out grads on a late spring day, Adi in the Afternoon is spinning Journey, Cher, and Stevie Wonder for Graduation Class Song Day at KSWV-99.9 FM…
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The Sound of New Mexico
A SETTING SUN casts a golden glow over Albuquerque’s Old Town Plaza as hometown trio Felix y Los Gatos takes the historic gazebo stage. Frontman Felix “Gato” Peralta thanks the sizable audience seated…
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