No Shelter Code Violations At The Old Westside Jail Prevent Its Use As An Emergency Summer Sanctuary Joy Junction is turning away between five and nine men every night, says Jeremy Reynalds, the shelter’s founder and CEO. He says the [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More Jeremy Reynalds (joyjunction.org)
Richardson And The Spiders From Mars One Shovelful Of Dirt Closer To Galactic Tourism LAS CRUCES—Patience. Gov. Bill Richardson warned Southern New Mexicans they may not see immediate benefits of their $198 million spaceport investment at a [...] Maren Tarro \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More Virgin Galactic’s SpaceshipTwo Feather (spaceportamerica.com)
Neighbors Fed Up With Anti-Abortion Events Lena Hakim didn’t know it was Good Friday. She awoke on April 10 at 7:30 a.m. to the sound of amplifiers. "It was [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More Project Defending Life’s Tuesday afternoon procession makes its way around Planned Parenthood. (Marisa Demarco)
Derby Wars: Pink Power Muñecas Roughed Up By Arch Rival Roller Girls It didn’t look like a team that could pose a threat to the Muñecas Muertas.The Arch Rival Roller Girls‘ unremarkable pink, sleeveless shirts [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More This rosy army killed the Duke City’s Muñecas Muertas dead. (Minie Gonzalez)
Council Watch: The Rumble Of Democracy On one side of the room: around 25 motorcycle enthusiasts wearing lots of leather. Scattered throughout: a couple dozen blind or otherwise disabled [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More
Pop Culture By now, if you’ve not heard of FOUND you’re probably some weird shut-in, a cave troglodyte, Amish or Mister Magoo. First published in [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More Good Luck With That—FOUND by David Gonda “Found by a tree outside the Downtown library. It's written on half of an envelope and says, ‘Hey Luv’ on the other side. I can't figure out if this note is pointedly sarcastic or completely sincere. I also wonder if this person misspelled Paula, or if she really has 2 L's in her name.”
Derby’s Down But Not Out The Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho has enough open space to let derby skaters hit each other with full force. But [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More Like Meep Meep here on Saturday, April 25, the Duke City Derby will live to skate another day. (Eric Williams)
Answer Me This Which Major League slugger is coming to Albuquerque? Why are shelter dogs wagging their tails? What type of bones were found in Valencia [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More
Hundred-Dollar House With home prices plummeting, Larry Garcia devised an unusual plan for getting his place off the market.Garcia, his wife Jill Logan and third [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More
News Profile: A Life Sentence Illiteracy Traps New Mexicans In Low-Paying Jobs, According To One Coalition Working To Free Them Gilbert Zamora was a top janitor at a school in Alamogordo. He was in charge of placing the school’s orders, sometimes for textbooks. [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More