Headline stories for
Third Quarter 2002

7/5/02 Headline Stories
   25 firefighters sent to Black Range Fire
   Bathhouse pool overflows, owner blames BOR 
   County seeks USFS cooperation with scenic rivers
   County's workers to get pay raise
   Cutthroat trout kept off the endangered list
   Local doctor catches rattler in his home
   Inmates may be moved to Santa Fe
   NM Veterans Home receives $270,000
   Photos: New fire hall, jousting matches & more

7/12/02 Headline Stories
   Sheriff dumps village, village hires TCPD
   Man found not guilty in counterfeiting case 
   Murder trial underway in T or C
   FIres scattered on Gila National Forest
   Gila Forest re-opens
   Domenici pushes for $1.1 billion fire fighting request
   Photos: Fireworks (lots!) & Elephant Butte Lake

7/19/02 Headline Stories
   Carpet John to be freed after taking DNA tests
   Families of servicemen offered Legion's banner 
   Elephant Butte & Sierra County reach law enforcement accord
   Rain brings some relief to Gila Forest fire crews
   Hysterics over drought may bring end to historical uses of land
   Domenici pushes for $1.1 billion fire fighting request
   School Board reduces costs for some parents

7/26/02 & 8/2/02 Headline Stories
   Local law enforcement agreements run into snag
   Peterson named TCPD chief 
   DJ's operating system crashes

8/9/02 Headline Stories
   Peppin & York ready for takeoff
   Bruno killed over stolen van, informant says 
   DJ's operating system restored & rebuilt
   Vacation Photos
   Triathlon Series (Photos)

8/16/02 Headline Stories
   Locals oppose plans to poison Animas Creek for fish kill
   Bicyclist says a BP agent attacked him 
   Downtown mural a tribute to Northern Plains Indians
   DWI & seatbelt blitz is on!
   Gas spill (photo)

8/23/02 Headline Stories
   Duran sentenced to 12 years in prison
   One arrested in shooting incident 
   City police release report upon request
   In Wolf Country, disaster is right around the corner
   Black Range fires dubbed 'wildland fire use fires'
   Scenic Rio Grande trashed (photo essay)

8/30/02 Headline Stories
   Feds & state police raid T or C meth lab
   T or C mechanic allegedly rapes woman at auto shop 
   Ranchers oppose amending bill
   Police powers erupt beyond limits
   DJ ignoring dog-killing algae at lake?
   Draft plan for historic trail to be released soon
   Comments on Gila's scenic rivers sought
   New video store being built (photo)

9/6/02 Headline Stories
   County to seek voters' nod on taxes for new hospital
   County demands part in planning Gila's wild & scenic rivers 
   Vandals egg village's cars
   Felon with firearm charges filed in rape case
   Don't let them tell you Freedom of Speech goes too far
   Obituaries for Baker, Padilla & Childs
   Photo essay on Hillsboro Apple Festival (including a bear)

9/13/02 Headline Stories
   Both Andreggs sentenced this week to prison
   Domenici: Facing Sept. 11, 2002 
   National security can't defy rules of freedom
   Obituaries for Speers, Beasley & Knobloch
   A tribute to the heroes, etc., of 9/11 (photo series)

9/20/02 Headline Stories
   Pipestem pups destroyed
   Forest health petition to be signed this month 
   The Myth of Old Growth
   Elephant Butte sets sites planning future course
   Obituaries for Bletcher & Bollig
   Cuchillo & Monticello flood (photo series)
   Elephant Butte Balloon Regatta (photo series)

9/27/02 Headline Stories
   Company offers to take over hospital
   Local computer shops lose T or C's parts bid 
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County
   Desert Journal turns Lucky 7
   PNM to begin gas main project
   Corporate America lacks a human face
   Obituaries for Orosco, Allsup & Jones
   Reflections in a pond (photo series)
   VFW Post 1389 donates big $ to schools (photo)