Hatch News

An outsider's take on a subject often puts things in perspective. I remember when a woman from a metropolis moved to her husband's hometown of 50,000 and saw the local newspaper's police blotter for the first time.

The Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments postponed action on Patricia Lundstrom simultaneously performing two jobs, those of NWNMCOG executive director and as state representative of McKinley and Cibola counties.

For a lot of chile growers, recent winter storms have left the ground too wet for the field-prepping activity that would typically be going on this time of year.

If fast food rivals Colonel Sanders and Ronald McDonald can get along, you'd think the residents of Hatch would be able to make peace with the Sparky's pig.

When Hatch opened its first-ever campaign office, I was curious about these college kids from the Obama campaign who didn't mind having doors slammed in their faces.

A trustees' vote on whether to allow a giant pink pig statue in Hatch has been rescheduled to 6 p.m. Feb.

I'm calling in support of Josie and Teako Nunn who have all the giants and that wonderful fiberglass pig.

New Mexican chile is a phenomenon, and if you've never been to New Mexico to try it, then you're definitely missing out.

Who's afraid of the big bad pig? Well, in Hatch, there is a vocal minority huffing and puffing about blowing the pig down.

The 30-foot-tall fiberglass-and-steel man outside Franciscan RV on Franklin Street, grabbing a small trailer instead of a muffler, was the village's first.

Dona Ana County residents can bring their cut Christmas trees for mulching at eight county drop-off locations: Garfield Where: 505 Nightwatchers Road When: Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. La Union Where: 2590 Visnaga St.

A series of storms in recent weeks is delaying the harvest for Dona Ana County pecan farmers.

The D4-3A Ruidoso softball champions strike a pose shortly after defeating Lovington, 10-0 and 9-2, May 8. Front row, l-r, Shelby Walker, Jordan Mowdy, Alisha Trujillo, Claudia Morales, Maribel Villegas, Maritza Nava, Alaitia Enjady, Brandi Guevera, Catherine Landry, Gabrielle Smith and Marjanel Vigil.

A group of Hatch residents who banded together to sue county and state officials over heavy flooding in 2006 is upset over an order to pay more than $28,000 in legal fees tied to the case.

A string of vending machine burglaries dating back two years and stretching from El Paso to Hatch could be linked to a man described by police as a "professional burglar" who was arrested after a witness reported seeing him drilling into a vending machine at New Mexico State University, according to authorities.

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture.

On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.

Farmers turned out Tuesday to elect members to the Elephant Butte Irrigation District governing board.

A group of children marvel at the slab of ice they broke off Friday from a frozen pond at Sunrise Terrace Park in Las Cruces.

New Mexico State Police have closed Interstate 25 between milepost 9, just outside of Las Cruces, and milepost 40, near Hatch after several accidents in the area.