El Defensor Chieftain - Socorro, New Mexico's information source since 1866. New Mexico's second-oldest newspaper!

Socorro, NM
Joined June 2015
20-year deal expands Air Force training sites in Cibola National Forest buff.ly/3q0hn5w About 20 times a year, Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Denman will take off from Kirtland Air Force Base in a CV-22 Osprey and fly south to the M
2
1
Annual Frontier Festival connects past to present buff.ly/2S7D9rw The sound of a hammer pounding at the forge, a lesson on historic weapons and the smooth surface of petrified wood, all things that could be
1
Socorro repeats as district champs at track and field meet buff.ly/3gy0ieE On Friday, the Socorro track and field team repeated as district 3–3A champions as they competed in the district meet in Truth or Conseque
1
Socorro movie theater raises money to replace stolen youth baseball equipment buff.ly/3gxByo5 Theatergoers raised over $600 to help replace stolen baseball equipment for the city of Socorro’s youth athletics program by attending a s
2
All in a life’s work buff.ly/3zx2DiF You could always find her taking care of business at her desk at the city's municipal court. As Chief Court Clerk, Barbara Scarborough, made
B.T. Easterling buff.ly/3iLFUtt March 10, 1934–June 1, 2021 Bennett Thurmond Easterling, ‘Buzz’, physically ‘gave out’ on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at his townhom
Chile farmer will represent Socorro County on conservancy district buff.ly/3wtydMt Socorro farmer and County commissioner Glen Duggins will represent Socorro County on the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District Board for th
Socorro golf takes first at district buff.ly/3zAv0fQ On June 10, the Socorro golf teams won the 3–3A district championship. The boys team placed first with 347 strokes out of three teams and
Letter to the Editor: PNM merger with AVANGRID buff.ly/35cD88n Editor: As a former executive at PNM and current President and CEO of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, I am a staunch support
Thinking dog tags, not hashtags buff.ly/3grPGhH I don’t know why I keep bringing this up every year and call me a silly ol’ fool, but this past Sunday marked the anniversary of D-Day,
A few days at home buff.ly/353sgd0 I arrived home on June 2 at 11:30 p.m. and my family ended up staying awake until almost two in the morning. The Colorado Avalanche was p
When to give up? buff.ly/3ze6Vvf Three fat balls of yarn in green and gray sit on my bookshelf. Knitting needles are stuck through one ball and a half-foot scarf hangs off o
Law and Order: Socorro Police Department buff.ly/3pFmWGr The following items were taken from reports at the Socorro Police Department Mar. 1 A caller in the 1000 block of Park reported that s
Gift shop remains a fixture on the plaza buff.ly/3v52RKt   Socorro has changed over the years, but the plaza remains familiar for gift store owner Ben Zimmerly. Zimmerly runs Casa de Regalos
Rentals difficult to find in Socorro buff.ly/3ggutXC A lack of affordable housing in Socorro and surrounding counties makes it difficult for renters to find a place to stay. More funding for th
Extension Service moves back to in-person education buff.ly/3v9mfX0   4-H offered students structure and a sense of normalcy in a very unusual year, said Socorro County Extension Program Director and
“Let the family fun begin!” Frontier fest returns buff.ly/3zeLxWM   Time to get booted and spurred and head for Magdalena this weekend for the return of the Frontier Festival. After skipping last ye
1
Memorial Day at Isidro Baca Veterans Park (photos) buff.ly/2TD4YZ8
Songs for the summer buff.ly/2RkfBze My neighbor Summer hates the heat. She’d much prefer cool weather. But summer is my favorite season. This may be a holdover from all those
Cowboys don’t do keto buff.ly/3g9yxsT I called someone dude last week. It wasn’t the first time, and I still feel pretty funny about it, but it seemed to be generally accepted