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Joe Saenz Makes Connections to the Land
Joe Saenz, council member for the Chiricahua Apache Nation, leads treks via Wolfhorse Outfitters. HAVING RETURNED TO HIS ANCESTRAL lands almost 30 years ago, Joe Saenz shows people southwest New Mexico as his ancestors experienced it. Representing the Chiricahua Apache, who he believes are the original inhabitants of the Gila Wilderness, Saenz spearheads the movement to bring respect to his tribe. He organizes the Red Paint Powwow, held at Western New Mexico University October 4–6, and teaches a new Chiricahua Apache Studies course offered at the college. Since 1998, Saenz has guided trips in the Gila and Aldo Leopold wildernesses as Wolfhorse Outfitters, where he shares traditional methods of connecting to the land.
Cobre budget to drop by $5.2M
The Board of Education of the Cobre Consolidated School District heard more harsh news at its meeting Monday night concerning its budget for the next school year, which shows an estimated revenue loss of $5.2 million. The losses will come from a combination of $1.3 million lost in funding from...
Tour of the Gila 2024 returns for its 37th year in Silver City on Wednesday
The Tour of the Gila returns to Silver City for its 37th year starting Wednesday through this Sunday. Scott Brocato spoke with Jack Brennan, co-director of the Tour of the Gila, about the race and what roads will be impacted each day.
Big weekend of events wraps Great Race, 420, trails and Earth
Organizers said Saturday was the biggest celebration yet in Silver City for Gila Earth Day and Continental Divide Trail Days, but are hopeful next year’s will be even bigger. The nearly 100 vendors in Gough Park were 30 more than at last year’s event, said Emily Cox, Gila Earth...
Discussion looks at building CDT connections
Community members and hikers gathered around a campfire Saturday night at the old Silver City Waterworks to discuss building on the sense of community that draws people along the Continental Divide Trail to Grant County in particular. The Waterworks opened to accommodate CDT hikers for Trail Days, with about 40...
- Rebellion goes mainstream
According to multiple sources, the act of celebrating all things cannabis-related on April 20 may have started way back in 1990, at possibly the most predictable place one could imagine. During a Grateful Dead concert in Oakland, Calif., a reporter for the stoner magazine High Times was handed a flyer about a group planning to gather a large group to smoke at 4:20 p.m. on April 20. Once it was reported in the magazine, the idea soon spread all around the world.
TWU softball secures win over Western New Mexico to take series
SILVER CITY, N.M. — The Texas Woman's softball team took the victory in Game 3 against Western New Mexico with four home runs in a gripping showdown that ended 6-5 on Saturday. After going 1-1 in the doubleheader Friday, TWU (23-27, 12-8) took the series home after winning Game...
- Biology professor translates life experience from lab to adventure
The Western New Mexico University campus office of Manda Jost seems reflective of the mind of the biology professor who occupies it. There are specimens floating in glass jars on the desk, 19th-century natural history texts on the bookshelves and curious and colorful works of art that reflect diverse, wide-ranging travels.
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