Hatch News

Lisa Rossbacher, the third presidential search finalist to visit the New Mexico State University campus this week, already has one thing that any effective local leader must acquire: A green chile addiction.

Public school enrollment has reversed last year's downward trend - significantly in Las Cruces but just barely in the other two Do-a Ana County districts.

Viking knit bracelet, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, A Bead or Two, 703 N. Bullard St. Instructor Pam Bell.

DoA a Ana County resident ConcepciA3n "Chon" Bustamante, known for his dedication to improving conditions in the small colonia of Rodey, died this week after losing a battle with cancer.

The New Mexico Spaceport Authority on Wednesday backed an agreement that would establish the first of two visitors centers planned for the $200 million, state-owned spaceport.

Following an apparent flurry of activity a day earlier, Dona Ana County commissioners on Wednesday OK'd a revised agreement for spending the educational portion of a spaceport sales tax.

There is separate funding set up especially for the convention center. Even if the City Council wanted to, they could not spend that money on sending veterans to Washington, D.C. or money on those boys and girls clubs.

The City of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County will host the fourth round of Vision 2040 public input meetings the week of October 19th.

Hatch green and red chile are being picked and shipped to restaurants and grocers around the country.

The family of a 4-year-old Placitas boy who was accidentally run over by a vehicle and killed has threatened to sue Do-a Ana County, contending the ambulance service was negligent in its response.

Chile is a hot commodity this time of year, but little grows in Roosevelt and Curry counties.

Rain water rushes down the Alameda Arroyo on Friday just west of Sonoma Ranch Boulevard as it rapidly rises to the feet of Derek Sanchez, 23, left, and Courtney Thompson, 21.

Lines of customers eagerly awaiting their bag of kettle corn snaked around vendor booths, dogs of all breeds were surreptitiously tucked away under trucks and tables and hundreds of others walked, ate and shopped - seemingly carefree - at Saturday's Farmers & Crafts Market at the southern end of the Downtown Mall.

As another Labor Day passes, I think of the significance the day has for us. As a child, I knew it as bringing down the curtain on summer.

Agriculture in this part of the United States is one of the top industries producing a number of crops including onions, pecans, cotton and alfalfa.

Labor Day weekend festivals have taken some hits in recent years with spiking gas prices, rainy weather or just tough economic times.

Lily Ayers, of Heart of the Desert Vineyards, pours a taste of Muscat into a wine glass at the New Mexico Harvest Wine Festival at the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds on Sunday.

Rita Vasquez, 47, arranges ristras Saturday to sell at the 37th annual Hatch Chile Festival.

I was in Hatch or T or C New Mexico a few years ago and had a very unusual but GREAT chile relleno and have been unbale to find a recipe or anything like it.

Labor Day Weekend. Summer's last hurrah. One last chance for people to let their hair down and blow off some steam before getting down to serious things like school, work and football season.