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We provide the reporting no one else does: timely, factual, first-hand reporting of the issues facing the people of Sacramento Mountain.

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Have a look at our past work.          

• A High Stakes Balancing Act at Bluff Springs

• Heart's Work: The Intersection of an Arts Practice and Police Career

• The Evolution of High Rolls: From Railroad Town to Tourist Destination 

• Discussion Action Items Strike Out: October’s Contentious Council Meeting: Skywater Replat Fails to Advance 

• The Lodge at Cloudcroft: A Century-Old Icon's Renaissance  

• Fire Forum Recap: Cloudcroft Residents Get Crash Course in Wildfire Preparedness  

• A Replat Too Far: Controversial Skywater Subdivision Request Unanimously Voted Down   

• Battling Wildfires in Cloudcroft: The Long Game  

• Skywater Development Replat Controversy Leads to a Surprising Reversal  

• Cloudcroft's Murky Accounting  

• The Ruidoso Fire  

• Cloudcroft's Fire Chief Shares Village Emergency Alert Plan  

• Cloudcroft Enters Fire Season: The Moser Fire Update  

• The 'Wild' Horses of Cloudcroft: Who Cares for Them?  

• The Night Shift: Why Did Three of Four Officers Resign This Week?  

• More Resignations Hit Cloudcroft Village Office  

• Park Wranglers: Interview with Parks & Rec Chair Matt Willett  

• "Fire Benders": The Hotshot Heroes Talk About Their Lifestyle, Working a Fire, and What Cloudcroft Should Know  

• Painting the Village: Artist Samantha Odom  

• Hello, Goodbye: Burro Ave Sees Changing Tides  

• Making a Budget: Notes from the Village Council's Public Budget Retreat  

• Getting the House in Order: A Three-part Interview with New Mayor Craig Turner  

• First Look: The Grand Cloudcroft Hotel Opens Its Doors  

• How I Got Rollin': An Interview with Beth Offolter, owner and chef at High Rollin' Coffee, one of Cloudcroft's newest treats

And that's just a taste of the excellent reporting we've published in recent months.