For the first time since 2019 the Estancia girls basketball team is headed to the state playoffs. Despite losing to the Menaul School Panthers in the District 2-2A tournament championship, Estancia’s 18-8 overall record was strong enough to secure the No. 12 seed in the Class 2A state tournament. Menaul (21-4) earned the No. 5 […]
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Estancia Girls Basketball Secures First Playoff Berth in 5 Years
For the first time since 2019 the Estancia girls basketball team is headed to the state playoffs. Despite losing to the Menaul School Panthers in the District 2-2A tournament championship, Estancia’s 18-8 overall record was strong enough to secure the No. 12 seed in the Class 2A state tournament. Menaul (21-4) earned the No. 5 […]
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Fugitive Arrested on Felony Warrant for Drive-By Shooting in Estancia
Jeremiah Sanders was released from Torrance County Detention Center, in Estancia Monday, March 4 after being arrested during a surveillance operation at a home on Highland Ave. in Estancia on March 2. According to an alert sent out by the Torrance County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO), several agencies were involved in the surveillance and successful apprehension […]
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Fugitive Arrested on Felony Warrant for Drive-By Shooting in Estancia
Jeremiah Sanders was released from Torrance County Detention Center, in Estancia Monday, March 4 after being arrested during a surveillance operation at a home on Highland Ave. in Estancia on March 2. According to an alert sent out by the Torrance County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO), several agencies were involved in the surveillance and successful apprehension […]
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Moriarty Fire Dept. Fights Two Structure Fires in 48 Hours
The City of Moriarty Fire Department, firefighters and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the area of Lexco Rd. and Fernandez Rd. for a structure fire around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 3. The cause is still undetermined, but the wind-driven fire appears to have started in a mobile home which quickly spread, burning four […]
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Moriarty Fire Dept. Fights Two Structure Fires in 48 Hours
The City of Moriarty Fire Department, firefighters and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the area of Lexco Rd. and Fernandez Rd. for a structure fire around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 3. The cause is still undetermined, but the wind-driven fire appears to have started in a mobile home which quickly spread, burning four […]
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Memorial Planned for Corrales Businesswoman
By Jeff Radford, for the Corrales Comment A memorial service will be held March 12 for Corrales hair stylist Judy Gagliano, owner of Corrales Hair Studio, who died February 24. At 69 years old, she had battled brain cancer for the past 13 months during treatments at the Mayo Clinic Arizona Cancer Research Center. The […]
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Roadrunner CEO: ‘Food insecurity can strike anyone’
Roadrunner by the numbers: Dana Yost was named the president and CEO of Albuquerque-based Roadrunner Food Bank in August 2023. He comes to the city from Tucson, Arizona — a state where he worked in the food bank industry for 13 years. In just a handful of months at the helm, Yost said he’s noticed […]
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Attention Downtown: the city wants your email address
Downtown business and property owners will likely see some fresh faces at their doors this month. The city — through its Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency (MRA) — is on a mission to collect the email addresses of Downtown stakeholders through face-to-face contact in order to build better relationships and communication. The emails would be used to […]
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New Mexico group to join White House in tackling hunger, homelessness on campus
A New Mexico group has been tabbed to help the White House in its efforts to address hunger and homelessness. Across the state, college students are not immune to those conditions and neither are faculty or staff. A survey released last year by the New Mexico Basic Needs Consortium found that 17% of students and […]