Albuquerque-based Garrity Group found that only 19% of New Mexico residents trust state government officials, a record low ...

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Registration is open for the 2026 Festival of the Cranes, with organizers offering dozens of free classes, photography ...

The contest, themed “The Art of Conservation,” is open to students in kindergarten through 12th grade and invites ...

Celebrate 130 years with green chile Bloody Marys, barbecue, mariachi and live music during New Mexico Tech’s 49ers weekend.

Meet Lucinda Whitehorse, the library coordinator preserving campus history and creating a welcoming space for all.

El Defensor Chieftain sent candidate questionnaires to Socorro County candidates for the upcoming General Election. Responses from candidates will run over the next several newspaper editions.

Gary Lynn Gonzales, age 71, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on September 21, 2026, in Windsor, Colorado. Gary was born in Pueblo, Colorado and grew up in Socorro, New Mexico, ...

Families gathered at the Macy Center Sept. 19 and 20 for two free performances designed to show how music and art can bring people together while supporting mental health. The event featured ...

James Norman Kern Fogarty was born in 1940 at the Miners Hospital in Grass Valley, California, to Norman and Grace Howe Fogarty. He spent the rest of his life proving that the best way to get where ...

It's with a heavy heart and a broken heart that I am sharing with you, the friends and family, that my baby brother Johnny Ray Griffay passed away on 8/26/26. He leaves behind a son, Shane G. Griffay, ...

The annual San Miguel Fiestas will return to Socorro Sept. 26-27 at Old San Miguel Mission, celebrating the parish’s patron saint and one of the city’s longstanding community traditions. The two-day ...