Vincent Vigil, emergency coordinator for the state penitentiary, leads a tour Wednesday of the “Old Main.” The state Corrections Department is giving tours once a month of the prison building where 33 prisoners died in a riot 32 years ago. - Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
The Old Main prison south of Santa Fe is cold and dark, with rusty metal, broken glass and fire-stained walls where a bloody prison riot left 33 prisoners dead 32 years ago this week.
Just outside what once was the protective-custody unit, where mo ...
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A bill that supporters say would force some out-of-state corporations to pay more in state taxes cleared an important Senate committee for the first t ... - Bin Laden hideout replicated at old prison for Navy SEAL film
If the two-story structure going up near the Old Main prison south of Santa Fe looks familiar, that's because it's a replica of Osama bin Laden's comp ... - Feds recover indigent-care funds in deal with state
About $8 million contributed by New Mexico counties to leverage federal matching funds for hospital care of indigents will go instead to satisfy a set ... - Snowy trails to trek at Valles Caldera
Valles Caldera, the national preserve west of Los Alamos, offers skiing and snowshoeing on weekends throughout winter. On Fridays through Sundays, s ... - 2012 Legislature
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Despite missed free throw, Jaguars knock off Demons for District 2AAAA leadChristian Martinez is a stone-cold lock at the free-throw line. That's why the best place for the 5-foot-10 Capital junior in the fourth quarter is 15 feet away from the basket with the game on the line. That's why his head coach, Mark Senteney, hesitated to call a timeout with 5.1 seconds left Wednesday in a District 2AAAA skirmish with crosst ...
Editorial: Get the Cabinet confirmed – or not
Whatever one thinks of Gov. Susana Martinez's Cabinet appointees, the fact is that she deserves -- just as President Barack Obama does -- an up or down vote on any of her choices who require Senate confirmation. With the session through its halfway point, it's past time to schedule those votes, especially for Public Education Secretary-designate ...
Whatever one thinks of Gov. Susana Martinez's Cabinet appointees, the fact is that she deserves -- just as President Barack Obama does -- an up or down vote on any of her choices who require Senate confirmation. With the session through its halfway point, it's past time to schedule those votes, especially for Public Education Secretary-designate ...
Northern California is home to many internationally acclaimed cabernet sauvignons
These days it's almost cliché to talk or write about Northern California red wines, especially the cabernet sauvignons of Napa Valley and Sonoma. Over the last three decades, prices of California's most notable red wines have steadily increase ...
These days it's almost cliché to talk or write about Northern California red wines, especially the cabernet sauvignons of Napa Valley and Sonoma. Over the last three decades, prices of California's most notable red wines have steadily increase ...
