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Posts From The Road: Ft. Davis, Texas

Ft. Davis Drug Store: The Fort Davis Drug Store and Hotel is a popular stop in Ft. Davis, Texas. The downstairs is a restaurant and soda bar, and upstairs has six rooms decorated with old west decor. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Drug Store Restaurant: The restaurant, which serves home cooked meals and the soda bar in the Drug Store is a popular destination for visitors and locals. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Hotel Limpia Lobby: The Hotel Limpia is a historic hotel in Ft. Davis. Shown is the entrance and lobby area and the antique decor and design of the historic hotel and building. Read More

Fr. Glenn: May Your Mama Be Proud

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

A very happy and blessed Mothers’ Day to all of you moms and grandmoms! We thank you for all the sacrifices you make, the love you provide, and for fulfilling that precious and incomparable gift of motherhood. Be it snotty noses or skinned knees, dirty bums and dumptrucks of diapers, or sleepless nights of nursing, a mom’s love takes care of all when the need arises.

There’s a saying floating around: “Men glory in their work, but women glory in their children.”  Of course, as with any adage, it is not necessarily universally applicable, but my own experience makes it seem to be pretty Read More

Cone Zone: Week Of May 10, 2021

COUNTY News:

The projects listed in this section are being managed by County Public Works staff through contractors.

For more information, email lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.8150, or visit the “Projects/Public Works” link at www.losalamosnm.us.

Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the below information is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.

Public Works Projects: 

Canyon Rim Trail Underpass

AUI, Inc. of Albuquerque continues constructing the Canyon Rim Trail Underpass. Shoulder Read More

Atomic City Transit Resuming Regular Operating Hours

COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit will resume regular operating hours for fixed route and paratransit bus service beginning Monday, May 10.

Service will be provided 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Dial-A-Ride service is provided on a space-available basis 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, after fixed-route service ends. To request Dial-A-Ride, call (505) 661-RIDE (7433) beginning at 6:30 a.m. the day of service.

Peak service is not being provided at this time.

Atomic City Transit continues to maintain employee and passenger safety by complying with public health recommendations. Read More

Public Education Dept. Asks Kids To Rate School Meals

NMPED News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico school children are being invited to praise – or complain about – the meatloaf, pizza, mac-and-cheese and scrambled eggs served by their school cafeteria.

The state Public Education Department (NMPED) is conducting a food quality survey through May to determine what students think about the 40 million breakfasts and 56 million lunches served in New Mexico school cafeterias across the state each year.

“School meals have come a long way in the last decade with more locally sourced, fresh food and real care about meeting nutrition standards. Now we’re asking students Read More

Rock Slide Temporarily Closed Main Hill Road Wednesday

Natural erosion is likely the contributing factor along with recent rain that caused the rock slide Wednesday evening on the Main Hill Road, LAPD told the Los Alamos Daily Post. Traffic was diverted to the Truck Route for a while last night as a New Mexico Department of Transportation crew cleared the road. Photo by Jennifer Olsen

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Taos Air Restarts Service To Texas And California

Beginning July 1, Taos Air restarts its roundtrip air service offering direct flights to and from Austin–Bergstrom International, Dallas Love Field, Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Los Angeles, and McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad. Courtesy/Taos Air

Taos Air News:

Beginning July 1, Taos Air will restart its roundtrip air service offering direct flights to and from Austin–Bergstrom International, Dallas Love Field, Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Los Angeles, and McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad.

Taos Air will deliver much-needed economic support to Northern New Mexico Read More

Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Chicken Taquitos

Video detailing how to prepare chicken taquitos. Video created by Liddie Martinez

Chicken taquitos. Photo by Liddie Martinez

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley

To be very honest with you, chicken taquitos are normally made in my house when we have eaten a roasted chicken for dinner and there are leftovers. Not being one to waste food, I debone and shred the chicken and make chicken taquitos for lunch the following day.

However, there are occasions when they are the perfect choice – picnics, kid lunches, or something to nibble on when you and your best friend have been fully vaccinated and Read More