HIDING IN A BURNED-OUT BUILDING
Thoreau, Dec. 21

A can of “Smash” costing $3.19 landed a 31-year-old man behind bars.

When a man was spotted taking a can containing an alcoholic beverage from the Speedway store at 92 Hwy. 371 about 10:13 am, the McKinley County Sheriff’s Department got a call. The suspect was wearing a black jacket, beige pants, and blue shoes, and was seen running from the store in a westward direction.

Deputy Paul Davis arrived and was told the suspect was seen running toward Windsong Avenue. He went to a vacant burned down structure on Windsong and found two people.

Davis met Andy Garcia, 31, no address listed, who matched the description of the suspect. He...

2021 Year in Review

Massive Melt

A midsummer heat wave across parts of the North Atlantic caused enough of Greenland’s ice cap to melt in a single day to submerge the entire state of Florida beneath 5 cm of water.

 

Hottest Month

July was the world’s hottest month globally on record, which NOAA said was part of a “disturbing and disruptive path that climate change has set for the globe.” Death Valley, California, had the planet’s hottest temperature on record — 54 degrees Celsius on July 9.

 

Earthquakes

Haiti suffered another devastating temblor on Aug. 14 when an intense quake killed 2,248 people and injured nearly 13,000 others. •  An aftershock of Japan’s...

The New Mexico Advisory Team has endorsed and begun implementing the updated vaccination booster recommendations issued by the Centers onr Disease Control Jan. 5.

“We’re gratified to see that the federal government has expanded eligibility for boosters,"N. M. Department of Health Deputy Secretary Dr. Laura Parajon said. "With Omicron on the rise, as more parents and children get vaccinated and boosted, they protect themselves and their communities against COVID-19.”

Despite breakthrough cases, getting up to date on vaccines - including a primary series and a booster - remains the most powerful tool to protect against severe illness, hospitalization, and death. The vast majority...