March Skies
This month the early evening sky features Mars high in the southwest. The Red Planet has been...
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Category: Features
Natural methods of controlling pests
For most insects, you can mix a half cup of Tabasco sauce with one onion and a half dozen cloves...
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Documenting the history of Socorro
Paul Harden came to Socorro in 1977 to work for the Very Large Array — a job he thought he would...
Read MoreScenes of winter in Socorro and Magdalena
Photos by Caitie Ihrig and John Larson, El Defensor...
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It’s all about the animals for Skeeter Leard
Skeeter Leard made Socorro her home in 1996 after first traveling to New Mexico to sell horses....
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Spending life perfecting various trades
Bob Tacker has spent his life giving back to others in various capacities. He served in the Peace...
Read MoreSpring is coming and pests will be active
I don’t know how most communities are conducting pest control now, but I hope, because of the coronavirus pandemic, they aren’t using any pesticides. What do asthma, birth and fetal defects, brain cancer, breast cancer,...
Read MoreFirst person account of dealing with COVID-19 in Alamo
Editor’s note: Marlena Herrera wrote this first-person account about how she’s had to handle the pandemic in Alamo. She wrote this piece as a class assignment for her Health, Safety and Nutrition for the Young Child class and...
Read MoreFebruary Skies
After a long sojourn as the “morning star,” we say goodbye to Venus as it sinks below the early morning eastern horizon. We will next encounter Venus as the “evening star” on the western horizon in mid-April. Mercury, currently...
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Making arts and crafts fun over Zoom
After starting with the Performing Art Series at New Mexico Tech as a volunteer in 2000, Dana...
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Former EDC editor, GM, Dana Bowley dies
New Mexico has lost a dedicated newspaperman, father and community servant. Someone who engaged...
Read MoreLessons learned from 2020 pandemic
The events of 2020 left an indelible mark on the year. The pandemic, political unrest and economic uncertainties still hang over people’s daily lives with no known resolution. Yet even as people grapple with grief and a...
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