One of Our 50 Is Missing: December 2024
OH, CANADA In July, DANIEL ARREOLA of Placitas took a Canadian vacation in Newfoundland and Labrador. In Twillingate, a small fishing village in Notre Dame Bay, he visited the Isles Wooden Boat…
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Category: Culture
The Story Behind the $CRAP$ Shrine
THIS SUMMER, the high desert near Taos got a little quirkier with the appearance of the $CRAP$ Shrine. Inspired by roadside Greek chapels, artist Tony Stamolis constructed the small concrete-and-adobe…
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To See and to Suffer
FROM THE INTERIOR of the dome atop Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, an image of Jesus gazes upon me. Rendered in desert-washed jewel tones highlighted with glints of gold leaf, he looms larger than the…
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2024 True Heroes: Greg Hallstrom
ONE BUSY AFTERNOON during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Greg Hallstrom received a call at his Albuquerque office. A young man had been injured in a tragic car…
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2024 True Heroes: Michael McCann
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, three Taos teenagers tragically jumped from the Río Grande Gorge Bridge over the course of just a few weeks. While youth suicide in Taos is all too common, the deaths left Michael…
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Ross Anderson Is Blazing Trails
W HEN ROSS ANDERSON placed second at the Pro Speed Skiing World Championships in 2001, he became the first person of color ever to stand on a speed skiing podium. The lesser-known form of ski racing is…
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True Heroes: Fernando Ruiz
CARLITO TRASK DEFTLY NAVIGATES tables in the crowded dining room of Escondido Santa Fe. The 28-year-old busser and food runner doesn’t shy away from talking with customers about his ankle monitor…
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2024 True Heroes: Ruth Gonzalez
RUTH GONZALEZ got the idea for her soothing socks from a co-worker, who gave her a Christmas present: microwavable socks to ease her aches and pains. The concept stuck with her for more than a decade…
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2024 True Heroes: Joaquín Luján
FOR JOAQUÍN LUJÁN, delivering freshly roasted green chiles to his neighbors is about more than just filling empty bellies. It’s an organizing strategy. “You start talking about green chile,” he…
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2024 True Heroes
Meet New Mexico Magazine's 2024 True Heroes on YouTube: @newmexicomag Thank you to our partners KOB4, New Mexico Tourism Department, and the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department…
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