Let’s go, Socorro! | Columns | dchieftain.com
Jun 1, 2023 · Let’s go, Socorro! By Jay Ann Cox. Jun 1, 2023. By John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain. This week, as I saddle up in my new role as editor of your newspaper, I’m tightening the cinch, adjusting my stirrups, and taking the reins from the very capable Cathy Cook. She has been teaching me the lay of the land, introducing me to some folks, and ...
The Comfort Zone | Columns | dchieftain.com - El Defensor Chieftain
Sep 30, 2021 · The Comfort Zone. By John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain. Sep 30, 2021. By John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain. Let the countdown to Halloween begin. I can hear Rod Serling right now: You’re traveling through another dimension…a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead – your next ...
City OKs $11 million in proposed 2025 ICIP projects
Jun 6, 2024 · Other projects on the projected ICIP list include: sewer line and treatment plant upgrades; Box Canyon walking trail; Socorro Mental Health facility; Police department auto purchases; bike trails and lanes; storm drain system improvements; Auto fuel/CNG purchases; Skylark Street, Maxwell Street Area reconstruction; fire department vehicle and equipment purchase; Municipal airport improvements ...
New programs for workforce development in Socorro
Jul 20, 2023 · More recently, the Middle Rio Grande Economic Development Association completed an Economic Development Assessment that identified workforce as one of the areas for economic capacity building, and calculated that over 1,000 new jobs need to be created over the next 10 years (among other strategies) to reverse the population decline and develop Socorro’s economy.
Jon Dienlin | Obituaries | dchieftain.com
1937- 2023 Chief Warrant Officer Jon Dienlin, age 86, passed away at the Veterans Community Living Center on October 13, 2023. Toward the end of his days, he asked only
Every artist was first an amateur | Columns | dchieftain.com
Feb 1, 2024 · What I mean is that art – creativity in general – is personal stuff. I mean, people secretly write poetry to express a feeling, tell funny stories to make people laugh, impulsively doodle while on the phone, make a lamp with wood, take a snapshot of a sunset, do needlepoint or crochet something, make up a song, invent a new recipe; when you get down to it, there is a uniquely human urge to ...
Phillip Dano 1942 – 2024 | Obituaries | dchieftain.com
Feb 14, 2024 · Phillip Dano of Socorro, New Mexico, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2024, at the age of 81 years old, at The Retreat memory care facility in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, with his family by his side.
Bhasker will enter fourth decade in city government
Nov 9, 2023 · For past 33 years, Socorro residents have known no other Mayor than Ravi Bhasker. On Tuesday, Socorroans once again elected the town’s doctor to the helm at city hall. Thirty-four
Steers top Jemez headed to 1A state tournament
May 9, 2024 · Steers top Jemez headed to 1A state tournament. Despite being down two starters, Magdalena is in the Class A state baseball tournament after a pair of wins against Jemez Valley kept the Steers in the No. 6 spot. They will face off against No. 3 Melrose. The Steers were without Javen Tafoya due to an appendix flare-up that required surgery and a ...
Mounyo inks National Letter of Intent with Eastern NM
May 23, 2024 · After one of the most storied track and field seasons in Socorro High School history, Braden Mounyo is taking his talent to Eastern New Mexico University after signing a National Letter of Intent on May 16.