White Sands News

The Mexican Canyon Trestle stands just below Cloudcroft, N.M. From 1899 to 1947, it was the foundation for trains carrying tourists coming up and timber going down.

Boys being boys, Zia Middle School sixth-graders take a break from their research to cover fellow science student Anthony Trujillo with gypsum sand that makes up White Sands National Monument.

A resident of the 2000 block of Scenic Drive reported that sometime between midnight May 16 and 5 p.m. May 17, someone damaged two tires on a blue and silver 2003 Saturn while it was parked at the residence.

It could be a bit of an understatement to say Army Pvt. Elizabeth Manning is getting some much needed on-the-job-training. Manning is among 3,800 soldiers participating in what Army officials are saying is one of that military branch's most important exercises, the Network Integration Evaluation .

Thunderstorms that started around Silver City and areas to our north around midday are now plowing through southern New Mexico and far west Texas.