Last Tuesday, the Magdalena School board unanimously voted to offer Dr. George Bickert, a former Ruidoso Municipal School superintendent, a two-year contract for … Read moreMagdalena selects new superintendent

Manuel Gonzales, the new CEO of Socorro Electric Cooperative, was the keynote speaker at the Socorro Electric Co-op 80th annual meeting on Saturday. Read moreSocorro Electric Co-op annual meeting, short one for quorum

Last week was quite a noteworthy one for the Magdalena baseball team. Read moreLopez throws no hitter for Magdalena steers baseball

After at least seven livestock animals were killed by a wolf or wolves in central New Mexico over the last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service killed an enda… Read moreOfficals kill male Mexican gray wolf in Catron

International scientific colleagues, universities, state and local representatives gathered on Friday afternoon to witness the handover ceremony for the prototype… Read moreNew generation: ‘Advancing our understanding of the universe’

Lt. Governor Howie Morales, who is acting governor while Michelle Lujan Grisham is in Asia, visited the Otero Fire on Monday, April 28, in Socorro. Read moreLt. Governor visits Otero Fire in Socorro

The Otero Fire was first reported at approximately 5 p.m. on the eastern side of Socorro, adjacent to the banks of the Rio Grande. Thick plumes of smoke and flame… Read moreOtero fire under investigation, not contained

Senator Crystal Brantley (R) and representatives Rebecca Dow (R) and Gail Armstrong (R) reflected on their experiences of the last legislative session.

Socorro community members asked the city during public input if they would consider a dialog regarding opening the city pool year-round at their regular meeting last week.

Mayor Richard Rumpf broke ties at the Magdalena village meeting last week over two agenda items: one to approve a conference in Las Vegas and another to increase the starting pay for the marshal’s department.

Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic faithful, died Monday at his residence in the Vatican, just one day after appearing at St. Peter’s Square to offer a public Easter blessing. He was 88.

Multiple organizations are combining forces Saturday, April 19, at the City of Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex to make this Easter weekend the most exciting yet.

Students at three universities across New Mexico have had their student visas revoked by the U.S. Department of State, the schools confirmed Tuesday.

County commissioners voted unanimously for an ordinance that allow appointed officials to be eligible for training and certification program rewards that vary from $250 to $3,000 depending on specified trainings in the ordinance.

As of Friday, April 11, Socorro Electric Cooperative (SEC) customers who draw their power from the Magdalena Substation will no longer experience scheduled outages from the 69kv/Magdalena Substation Project.

On Saturday, April 5, Socorro was among the over 1,300 US and international cities to host a Hands Off rally in protest of the current presidential administration.

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Socorro City Council agreed to form a committee of two city councilors to meet with two county commissioners to negotiate funding for emergency services.

Catron County voted to amend its disaster declaration on Tuesday.

The Catron County courthouse exceeded capacity, with approximately 150 attendees crowding the courtroom and hallways during an emergency meeting on Thursday morning.

The Socorro County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) met on Thursday, March 27, at the Socorro Convention Center to conduct a tabletop exercise designed to prepare key responders for an active school shooter scenario.

Socorro County commissioners approved the annual certified maintained mileage report for 2025 at their March 25 meeting.

Catron County is scheduled to hold a special meeting at 10 a.m. on April 3 to consider a resolution to declare an emergency due to the extreme continual injury and damage caused by the Mexican Grey Wolves.

At last week’s City of Socorro meeting, Mayor Ravi Bhasker announced he would prepare documents to formally request from the New Mexico Department of Transportation to reduce the city’s ambulance service area to Socorro city limits if the cou…

Socorro County settled two million dollars in a lawsuit for the alleged civil and constitutional rights violation of Jessie Chavez, an inmate at the Socorro County detention Center.

On Thursday, March 13, a crowd gathered at the Socorro County Annex Building to celebrate the opening of the region’s new America’s Job Center office. Guests were welcomed with light refreshments and mingled from booth to booth. The occasion,…

At the March 11 Socorro County meeting, Julie Griego, county assessor, recommended that veterans check their notice values, scheduled to be mailed out on April 1, to ensure they receive their full $10,000 exemption.

In the early hours of February 28, Trisha Lopez was awakened by her six-month-old puppy barking. When she and her husband, Alvaro Lopez, went outside to investigate, they detected the smell of smoke.

It’s been a year and some change since ground broke on a new affordable housing project in Socorro. According to El Camino Real Housing Authority Executive Director Mary Ann Chavez-Lopez, the new Vista de Socorro is a 32-unit apartment comple…

Socorro Mayor Ravi Bhasker told Socorro County Manager Andy Lotrich that there was no room for negotiation regarding the City’s request for the county to fund salaries for three EMS firefighter positions.

Thirty volunteers rolled up their sleeves on Saturday morning to clean up trash and make updates to Otero Park, Sandbar Park and Bosque Park.

The banking status of Socorro City was discussed in last week’s meeting.

The city council and mayor heard a presentation by Jason Everett last week at their regular meeting regarding fire and emergency services.

As dawn broke on Saturday morning, a spirited group of 33 runners assembled on a mesa along the Quebradas Byway. They prepared to navigate 33 miles of rocky terrain, with stretches of sandy arroyos and ridgelines.

After experiencing multiple relocations throughout the years, the Socorro Friends of the Library (FOL) has proudly established a permanent home for their beloved bookstore in a spacious new building.

Eight people spoke up during public comment at the Socorro County Commission meeting last Tuesday, concerned that their roads were going to be removed from the county road maintenance list.

On Saturday, members of the Fire Departments from Midway, North Socorro County, Magdalena, the Very Large Array (VLA), and Pie Town met at the Magdalena Fire Station for an auto extrication training exercise. This collaborative effort focused…

Socorro County experienced an outage of cell phone and internet service on February 12.

Socorro High School for many years has been one of New Mexico’s outstanding Class 3A football programs.

At approximately 8:40 a.m. on February 13, Socorro County Fire Departments were dispatched to Hwy 116 in northern Socorro County in reference to a train derailment. The main concern of the seven-car derailment being three cars bearing sulfuric acid.

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