Drought maps colored in cheerful red, orange and gold are anything but cheerful in their meaning. They confirm what ranchers already know, that it’s painfully dry here. Devastating wildfires in West Texas add an exclamation point. If there’s any good news it’s that Congress and the Legislature are more attuned to the reality of fire. […]
Patrick Davis
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Cheers For Title IX and Women’s Sports
For me, one of the most exciting sports events in New Mexico is about to get underway – the high school basketball tournament! Prep basketball has long been a community event across New Mexico, from Dulce to Eunice to Belen to Taos to neighborhoods in Albuquerque. I grew up in Hobbs, where boy’s basketball was […]
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Two Women Take the Helm of East Mountain’s Softball Team
East Mountain High School has a trio of new head coaches helming the school’s softball and baseball programs. The players on both programs have high hopes the new skippers will steer the teams to the state playoffs. Elizabeth Moore and Valerie Norman are the new co-head coaches of the Timberwolves’ softball program. Before last week’s […]
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Bernalillo County Launches Animal Cruelty Reporting Portal
The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office has a new Animal Cruelty Report Form on its website to notify the county’s Animal Cruelty Task Force of suspected animal abuse. Anyone who has witnessed animal cruelty can fill out the request form and remain anonymous if they choose. The form has a space to report the address of […]
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Community Briefs: March 27 – April 2
May Flowers Craft Show Spring craft fairs are right around the corner and it’s time to start putting them on your calendar. The May Flowers Craft Fair is one of the largest in Moriarty. The fair will be held on May 11 at the Moriarty Civic Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Organizers are […]
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NM GOP Legislative Leadership Calls It a Day
The deadline for filing for candidacy in New Mexico just passed and there were several major surprises, including the sheer number of incumbents not running. Nearly a third of the state Senate is not standing for re-election – 13 of 42 members, and 10 of 70 members of the House of Representatives are not running […]
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Torrance County Sheriff Pushes for Community Policing Plan
Torrance County Sheriff David Frazee has been in law enforcement for a long time. Frazee retired in 2000 as a lieutenant from the Bernalillo Sheriff’s Department where he worked for 27 years. He was elected sheriff in Torrance County last fall and upon his return noticed some drastic changes in the way New Mexico police […]
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Tijeras Man Killed in Head-On Collision
A 70-year-old man was killed in a head-on collision in Tijeras. At 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6, New Mexico State Police responded to the scene of the fatal head-on collision between a Ford F-150 and a Kia Forte on Highway 337 in Tijeras. The driver of the Forte was David Iacoviello of Tijeras. Iacoviello […]
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Correction: Election Results
In the March 7 issue of the Signpost, we incorrectly reported James S. Baca won the Bernalillo Town Council set against Sharon Torres-Quintana. Philip Valverde and Sharon Torres-Quintana both won the open seats. Torres-Quintana had 354 votes and Valverde had 333 votes.