With four minutes left and their team down 24-11 in the Class 5A state championship game on Saturday, Artesia Bulldog fans started leaving the stadium in droves.
A disease that can prove fatal to horses spread into southern New Mexico and state officials are warning owners to take steps to prevent further infection.
More than a decade ago, I spent a couple years of my working career basically behind the wheel of a red Chevy pickup truck driving Congressman Steve Pearce around southern New Mexico to town hall meetings and similar events.
Vietnam War veteran. Owner of a multimillion-dollar company. Congressman. But beyond all those accomplishments, Steve Pearce made perhaps his most indelible contribution while soaring high above the earth, alone in the cockpit of a single-engine Mooney.