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Truck Stops Upgrade to Recharge Electric Vehicles (and Their Drivers) for The New York Times Chevy and Callie take advantage of the dog relief area outside Love’s Travel Stop in Tucumcari, N.M
Truck stops are spending billions overhauling their stores to keep up with the growing popularity of electric vehicles.
“We want to be a place for all travelers,” Pilot’s Allison Cornish said
Like convenience stores, travel centers have generated more traffic by offering fresh food, baked goods and coffee options.Credit...
Truck stop for NYT
The Love’s Travel Stop in Tucumcari. Love’s has about doubled its network to 640 stores in the last decade.
A Pilot location in Albuquerque. The chain started a $1 billion initiative last year to remodel 400 of its travel centers and upgrade others over three years
In the Lab Oppenheimer Built, the U.S. Is Building Nuclear Bomb Cores Again for Time Magazine
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Workers pull chile peppers that were compromised in a July hailstorm at Grajeda Farms. Click image fo link
Climate change and other factors have made it harder for chili pepper farmers like Fabian Grajeda, of Hatch, New Mexico, to grow the sensitive crop.
Grajeda Farms for Barron's
US President Joe Biden speaks at a groundbreaking for an Arcosa Wind Towers manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Aug. 9, nearly a year after he signed the Inflation Reduction Act.
Biden Coverage for Bloomberg
Summer Heatwave for The New York Times
Summer Heatwave for The New York Times
Fights Over Rural America’s Phone Poles Slow Internet Rollout for The Wall Street Journal
"The end of a way of life? Ranchers struggle to survive the south-west’s megadrought" for The Guardian • Carla Gomez, a rancher in Mora, New Mexico, with her grandchildren. In April she had to flee her farm to escape the largest wildfire in the state's history.
Sheep on Carla Gomez’s property in Mora, New Mexico.
Sunrise in the Mora Valley
A burn scar from the fire and a dry acequia on Carla Gomez’s property.
Carla Gomez walks her property with her grandson, Luca.
Ranchers are facing adverse conditions as drought takes hold of south-west US.
"A 2,700-Mile Cycling Race Is Now Even More Extreme" for The New York Times
McKellips took a break to talk to a biker who was starting the Tour Divide route northbound.
Tyler Gatlin and Patrick McKellips crossed the Abiquiu Dam in New Mexico
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"A New Mexico clinic that offers abortions later in pregnancy braces for more patients" for NPR
Protesters who oppose abortion rights hold crucifixes outside Southwestern Women's Options in Albuquerque, N.M.
Dr. Curtis Boyd at Southwestern Women's Options in Albuquerque, N.M. Boyd has been performing abortions since the 1960s.
"In a Small Mountain Town, a Beloved Theater Company Prevails" for The New York Times. After a temporary shutdown because of a Covid-19 outbreak, the shows resumed with a mask requirement for audience members, which has mostly gone over well.
“This company is founded on everybody working together,” said Kate Berry, the associate artistic director.
Anne F. Butler, left, with her dog Hercules, and Christy Brandt. The two actresses have been performing with the company for decades.
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The coronavirus pandemic also remains a concern, prompting crew members in Santa Fe to wear masks as they met before a performance of Bizet’s “Carmen.”
At the Santa Fe Opera, which offers majestic desert views at sunset, concern about wildfire smoke prompted officials to install air quality sensors
The Santa Fe Opera’s stunning outdoor location is one of its great attributes but also makes it vulnerable to climate change.
"A Conductor Comes Into His Own in the Opera Pit" - James Gaffigan for The New York Times
“We can only go so long without guests, and not just for financial reasons. For identity reasons. Not having visitors would betray the whole Benedictine charism,” Brother Chrysostom says.
"Monks in New Mexico desert dedicated to hospitality reflect on two years without guests" on The Washington Post
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U.S. Forest Service Road 151 on January 8, 2022 in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Monastery of Christ in the Desert is located 13 miles down the winding dirt road.
Brother David
A wooden sculpture stands on the grounds of the guesthouse at the monastery.
Hard Times for a Hot Commodity, the Prized New Mexico Chile on The New York Times
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June Rutherford is the matriarch of the Franzoy family, one of the first to commercialize the Hatch chile.
The Young Gunz Chile field in Hatch, NM.
In fields around Hatch, N.M., workers pick chile by hand, careful not to bruise the state’s prized crop. But the peppers are in trouble.
Roasting Green Chile
On a Hatch hillside, red chile dries in the sun.
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"Can We Learn Anything From Horses?" on The New York Times
Monument Valley
Harold Trujillo
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"Drought Hits the Southwest, and New Mexico’s Canals Run Dry" on The New York Times
"Why This Fashion Entrepreneur Moved From L.A. to a Navajo Reservation to Run Her Own Clothing Business" on INC Magazine
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"Three days in the deadliest month in the covid pandemic" on The Washington Post
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Michael Begay, the owner of Valley Ridge Mortuary in Tuba City, Ariz., works in the outdoor refrigerator used to hold bodies before burial.
Tuba City, AZ - JANUARY 12, 2021: A detail photo of a traditional Navajo burial outfit covering a woman who passed away due to complications with Covid-19 in Tuba City, AZ on January, 12, 2021. The clothing for the burial was provided by the woman’s family. (Photo by Ramsay de Give for The Washington Post)
Monument Valley, AZ - JANUARY 11, 2021: Friends and family members of John Paul Bigman prepare for his funeral in Monument Valley, AZ on January 11, 2021. Bigman passed away due to complications of COVID-19. (Photo by Ramsay de Give for The Washington Post)
Burial preparations for Covid-19 victim John Bigman in Monument Valley.
Burial preparations for Covid-19 victim John Bigman in Monument Valley.
Gallup, NM - JANUARY 13, 2021: Doctor Michael D. Kelly photographed inside the the Indian Medical Center in Gallup, NM on January, 13, 2021.
"These homes are off-grid and climate resilient. They’re also built out of trash." on The Washington Post
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Earthships have long been an offbeat curiosity for travelers, but through the lens of climate change, they suddenly look like a housing haven
Valerie Plame - Click for The New York Times story
"Ousted From Washington, Ex-Spy Valerie Plame Asks Voters to Send Her Back" on The New York Times
Teresa Leger Fernandez for The New York Times
"How to Feed Crowds in a Protest or Pandemic? The Sikhs Know" on The New York Times
"Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster, Is Still Poisoning Navajo Lands 40 Years Later" on Vice
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Larry King photographed on his property in Church Rock, NM.
Judge William Johnson for The Wall Street Journal
"Going to bed hungry For these families, every meal is now a struggle" on The Washington Post
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Santa Fe, NM - DECEMBER 8, 2020: Scott Baumwald, employee at The Food Depot, loads food in Santa Fe.
PECOS, NM - DECEMBER 8, 2020: Sue Allen, a volunteer for The Food Depot, deliveries groceries at the Pecos Valley Cowboy Church.
Susan Varela, a volunteer coordinator for The Food Depot, at the Pecos Valley Cowboy Church.
Justin Peters, Director of Warehouse Operations, at The Food Depot.
Covid-19 Coverage for The New York Times
Covid-19 Coverage for The New York Times
Covid-19 Coverage for The New York Times
Covid-19 Coverage for The New York Times
Covid-19 Coverage for The New York Times
"Native Americans Get a Stronger Voice in the Mayflower Story" on The New York Times
Cannupa Hanska Luger for The New York Times
"On Tribal Lands, a Time to Make Art for Solace and Survival" on The New York Times
Artist Marvin Martinez for The New York Times - click for link
Artist Keri Ataumbi
Artist Keri Ataumbi
"The Hand of Native American Women, Visible at Last" on The New York Times
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The potter Jody Folwell at her home in Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M.
"You Call It Craft, I Call It Art" on The New York Times
Artist Somporn Intaraprayong at the annual International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe.
Embroidered tapestries by Asif Shaikh
Portrait of Marie Alexandrine Rasoantenaina and son Michel Rasoantenaina.
Bob Pennington for Local Flavor
Day of the Dead for Meow Wolf
Day of the Dead for Meow Wolf
"‘They Set Us Up to Fail’: Black Directors of the ’90s Speak Out" on The New York Times. Ernest Dickerson
"A Rarity for Poul Ruders: A Feel-Good Opera" on The New York Times
"Jeffrey Epstein Registered as a Sex Offender in 2 States. In New Mexico, He Didn’t Have To." on The New York Times
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"These Counties Voted for Every White House Winner Since Reagan" for The Wall Street Journal
Michael Sanchez, a former state senator and a lawyer in Los Lunas. Click for story on The Wall Street Journal
Los Lunas, NM.
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"America’s Healthiest Community: Los Alamos County" for U.S. News and World Report
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Residents relax at Ashley Pond on a weekday evening in Los Alamos, New Mexico.