There’s a little more up at my other joint, and there’s this AP bit at KOB. As I said earlier, Howie is a capable guy with a strong record of commitment to the community. He’s a good choice for the position. I’ll be back with more later today.

I’ve been far too consumed by the New Hampshire results (seriously, wow) that I never had time to get a blog written about the state Senate seat opened by the untimely death of Ben Altamirano. Anyhoo, it looks like, after getting the nod from both Sierra and Grant counties, Howie Morales might be the newest [...]

I received word via e-mail this morning that. Sen. Ben Altamirano passed away following what’s believed to be a “massive heart attack.” KRQE is reporting he died here in Silver City, while the messages I’ve received indicate he was in Santa Fe. What this means for his district is entirely up in the air right [...]

(Update below) A former Western New Mexico University student, George Ambriz, asked a debate question ((transcript here)) during the Democratic showdown in Las Vegas Thursday night. Ambriz asked whether the candidates believe there is a connection between immigration and terrorism. Robert Lovato at the Huffington Post has a bit more about George’s question: If you [...]

The news that Rep. Manuel Herrera passed away this weekend came as a shock. I knew he had fought with cancer, but the last time I saw him he appeared to be in good health. Granted, I’ve been gone for a few months, but I thought I would have heard something if that was no [...]

Art Levine’s article on a union-busting seminar reminded me of the good old days at WNMU: But if everything failed, and we found ourselves negotiating with a newly formed union, then we still shouldn’t lose heart. Instead, we could continue to undermine the union by rejecting all of its demands during negotiations. (In fact, in [...]

On the news that the Albuquerque Tribune is on the chopping block up for sale, Jim Baca noted: “It is the trend for PM Newspapers across the country for years now. The last nail in the coffin was the Internet. All those people that used to wait for the afternoon delivery just switched over to [...]

Well, as I alluded yesterday, I had an article about the upcoming fire season in the Daily Press last night ((Of course, being the banner story and all, it’s not included on our Web site)). The article (June Fire Update — PDF) talked about the fuel and weather conditions in the Southwest, and about some [...]

The Silver City Daily Press is working with High Lonesome Radio to bring area listeners local news. Stating this morning, Stina Sieg, a Daily Press photographer and columnist, will appear on Nick Seibel’s Morning Show to give a quick note on what’s happening in the Silver City area. The news will run at 9 a.m. [...]

I was going to save this for later this afternoon, but everybody and their mom has a copy of it in their e-mail, so, here goes: Update: Now YouTube clip.

My colleague, Mary Alice Murphy, touched on this in yesterday’s edition of the Silver City Daily Press, but here’s data from some of the air-monitoring sites set up around Hurley for Tuesday’s demolition. Most of the trend lines appear to show an increase in the early morning prior to the demolition, with particulate levels dropping [...]

This video was shot by Jeramiah Portillo, an Eastern New Mexico University student whose father, John, grew up in Hurley. John won the raffle sponsored by the Hurley Pride Committee to push the plunger that brought the smokestacks down: you can see him in the video. I hope to have a higher quality version available [...]