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VIDEO * A Kitchen Reborn: One Chef’s Mission to Restore Fine Dining at The Lodge — and Train Who Comes Next
Fresh fare, elbow grease and ghost busting: How Chef Richard Lepree resurrects an iconic restaurant
Mar 22 • Drew Gaines
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Village Approves Returning PD Hire; Fire Risk Moved to HIGH; Egg Hunt Announced, and More
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Mar 18 • Reader Staff
Council Hires Familiar Face for Second Police Officer. Plus, Higher Trash Rates and a Fiscal Roadmap Update
The Village Council worked through a full agenda, unanimously approving several items, including a new police hire, rate adjustments, grant…
Mar 18 • Hannah Dean
Taking Aim: Cloudcroft Schools Launch New Archery Program
NM Game & Fish Officer Anthony Chavez introduces NASP-- the National Archery in the Schools Program--to Cloudcroft
Mar 15 • Hannah Dean
Cloudcroft PD Chief Roger Schoolcraft; Meet Chris Shaw; 1CAT, and More
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Mar 11 • Reader Staff
Meet Mad Jack’s 'Left-Hand Man'
As James Jackson builds his next dream, he's left his mountaintop bbq in the hands of manager Chris Shaw — and while still for sale, Cloudcroft's…
Mar 11 • Hannah Dean
Cloudcroft's Top Cop, Returned: Schoolcraft on Re-Building a Department
Village PD Chief Roger Schoolcraft covers where the department stands, and how he thinks about policing a small mountain community
Mar 9 • Hannah Dean
Radio Stations Under New Ownership; Former Mayor Nivison Dies; La Luz Doctor Talks Measles; New Mt. Talk, and More
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Mar 4 • Reader Staff
Former Cloudcroft Mayor Michael Nivison Dies at Age 82
Nivison’s family, his brother Randy, and his widow Roxanne, share his story with the Reader
Mar 4 • Hannah Dean
Radio Stations Get New Owners as Longtime Broadcaster Retires
Two Cloudcroft-licensed radio stations pass the baton
Mar 4 • Chris Hearne
Measles: Southern New Mexicans Recall Pre-Vaccine Era
A doctor who lives in La Luz and a woman from Las Cruces discuss having had the measles when they were kids.
Mar 4
Otero County Measles Vaccination Rates for Ages 1-18 Hover at 88%
Herd immunity is achieved at 95% vaccination rates. NM Schools share their data amid recent Southern NM and West Texas outbreaks.
Mar 1 • Jonny Coker
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