Weekly Headline News Articles:

12/9/03 - 1/9/04 News
   Retired Congressman Joe Skeen dies
   DJ Online ready for business
   National Geographic named title sponsor of 2004 Tour of the Gila
   Earthjustice sues BLM over illegal meetings in NM
   AG Madrid clarifies legal responsibility for NM Democratic Caucus
   Photos: Vuki & Paris share slide ride & Main Street (old & new)
   
8/18/03 - 11/21/03 News
   Two-nation vacation to focus on El Camino Real 
   Desert Journal wins four awards
   'Satan's Den Exposed available online
   Police chief & Sheriff knew nothing of 9/11 witch hunt
   David Ray case still an open book
   Sierra County's first child porn possession case dropped

815/03 Headline Stories
  Pearce & Wilson announce natural gas field hearing
  AG Madrid seeks rehearing in silvery minnow case
  Beleaguered NM miner Jerry Fennell still on the land
  NM Secretary of State named president-elect of national association
  Domenici visiting four national parks this week
  NM voters to decide on two amendments Sept. 23
  Domenici lauds decision to build nation's biggest cheese plant in Clovis
   Pearce says he's 'suspicious' of veterans' entitlements
   MoveOn reports on progress to expose distortions of Bush administration
  
8/8/03 Headline Stories
  Voter approval of amendments key to better results from schools & students
   VA announces homeless program per diem awards
   Sen. Domenici & Gov. Richardson to announce major jobs development
   Domenici pledges $2M to begin water efficiency improvements on Rio Grande
   Addressing terrorism & world peace with new ideas
   NM Tech awarded grant to study water use in west
   Betrayed in the Bootheel
   Secretary of State clarifies voter registration requirements
   Domenici joins effort to control Chronic Wasting Disease
   Domenici critical of lack of firefighting funds in emergency spending bill
   Ben Archer Health Center awarded $250,000 grant for migrant education
   Domenici reintroduces bill to rid West of water depleting salt cedar
   Senate approves Bingaman energy plan
   Senate confirms Browning to U.S. District Court in NM
   Rep. Kennedy campaigns in New Mexico

8/1/03 Headline Stories
   Bingaman pushes measure to protect Americans from government snooping
   Pearce kicks off congressional update tour
   GAO assessment bolsters argument for more training at FLETC-Artesia
   BLM lifts fire restrictions in Southwest NM
   Eclipse secures private equity funding for $87M
   Dry Lake Fire Use Complex Fact Sheet
   Fire restrictions lifted from the Gila National Forest
   $33.1 million for college scholarships
   State, Tribes to join in historic summit
   Pearce congressional update tour to stop in T or C
   Rep. Hamilton reschedules visit with public in T or C
   Granite Fire Fact Sheet
   Spruce Fire Fact Sheet
   NM Film Museum ready to roll
   Night Sky Office created to eliminate light pollution
   Senate approves homeland security initiatives that benefit FLETC, border area
   Domenici pushes for NM Tech first responder funding
   Gila National Forest Fire Update

7/25/03 Headline Stories
   VA to fill prescriptions by non-VA physicians
   NM physician nominated to be Asst. Sec. of Health
   Spruce Complex Fact Sheet
   Dry Lake Fire Use Complex Fact Sheet
   Domenici: Blight & wildfires underscore need for new forest policies
   Key Senate committee considers Bingaman's forest health legislation 
   Bill to help NM & West meet stricter arsenic water regs
   House passes Energy & Water Development Bill
   Lieberman: 12 million kids waiting; 157,000 in NM alone
   Gila National Forest Fire update
   State Rep. Hamilton to meet with public
   NM Museum Hill photo series

7/18/03 Headline Stories
   Strike two for Rep. Pearce
   Fair Trade Federation joins suit against U.S. Customs
   BioShield Initiative to help protect America, says Pearce
   Bursum Road closed temporarily due to Spruce Fire
   Gila National Forest Fire Update
   Dry Lake Fire Use Complex Fact Sheet
   Mescalero & Isleta judgment worked into Interior money bill 
   New ad highlights Pearce's vote to dismantle Medicare
   Domenici secures $2.8M to help low-income workers get to jobs
   Turnbo Fire Fact Sheet
   Pearce & Wilson team up for NM water

7/11/03 Headline Stories
   Swimmer Stormin' Norman Allish does it again (photo)
   In the swim of it at T or C pool (photos)
   Pearce named to task force for affordable natural gas
   Emergency funding will help battle NM's wild fires
   Gila National Forest Fire Update
   Dry Lake Fire Use Complex Fact Sheet
   City police arrest two men on arson & burglary charges 
   Moonshine Packers support fire fighters in the Gila
   Pearce secures $9M for NM in defense appropriations
   Legislation to preserve SW Native American languages
   NM awarded $490,000 to assist crime victims
   FCC responds to concerns about telemarketers
   DoNotCall.gov inspires campaign for National Junk Mail Opt-Out Registry

7/4/03 Headline Stories
   Pearce receives honor for Constituent Communication
   Dry Lake Fire Use Complex Fact Sheet
   Domenici acts to speed up Bosque rehabilitation work
   Jenny Fire Fact Sheet
   NM delegation teams up for Zuni's Salt Lake
   Unsolicited fax & email law becomes effective
   Domenici endorses Carlsbad for pit production facility 
   Gila fire teams switch again
   Pearce joins colleagues for sham prescription drug day
   Domenici to NM: You make the call to hanging up on telemarketers
   Do Not Call Registry opens for New Mexicans
   Sock Hop/Taste of T or C set July 4th weekend
   Pearce votes to preserve votes for millionaires
   House passes Medicare reform legislation
   Senate endorses Bingaman-Domenici assets test
   Senate approves Medicare prescription drug bill that contains key Bingaman provisions to help NM
   Domenici votes to give seniors prescription drug benefits

6/27/03 Headline Stories
   Domenici criticizes USFS for lack of strategy on tackling grazing permit backlog
   Pearce unveils legislation to balance ESA & constitutional rights
   Bingaman urges Senate to pass his comprehensive forest thinning proposal
   Seco fire burns 3,000 acres; Jenny still active
   ESA implementation a growing threat to western water law
   Is Pearce serious about helping cover NM seniors for prescription drugs?
   Seco Fire grows rapidly, causing trail closures in Black Range
   Bingaman introduces new forest health measure
   CPRC names properties to the State Register
   Domenici unveils legislative solution to minnow quandry
  Feds release $5.5 million for airport improvements in NM
   NM Lottery again breaks scholarship contribution records
   Lighting sparks new fires on the Gila
   Area in Gila closed to protect water-dependent species
   Domenici approves of BECC certification of Elephant Butte & Las Cruces water & environmental projects
   Gila Natl. fires continue to burn
   The Shadow Advisory - Law will turn me into a flag burning felon

6/20/03 Headline Stories
   Dry Lake & Moonshine fires receive precipitation
   Domenici starts to drum up support to amend ESA
   Domenici says 'god squad' premature, continues developing legislative minnow mix
   NM tops list of states receiving the most PILT funds
   Bingaman offers amendment to prescription drug bill to make it easier for seniors to qualify for full benefit
   Dry Lake fire grows to 10,700 acres
   Fire update for Gila
   Southern NM counties to get more than $13M in PILT
   Rep. Pearces opposes Senators Domenici & Bingaman on tax credits
   Domenici ready for debate on Medicare reform
   T or C man charged with raping girl
   Domenici sees minnow decision as serious threat to NM water law
   10th Circuit issues 'monstrous ruling,' echoes Pearce
   Madrid decries decision upholding Parker in silvery minnow case
   Dry Lake Fire results in closure of Jerky Mnt. trail
   Gila Natl. fires continue to burn

6/13/03 Headline Stories
   Where's the mud? - Photo essay on Elephant Butte Lake
   Bingaman votes against giveaway to nuclear industry
   House GOP leaders hold military families hostage on tax credits
   Domenici votes to extend child tax credits to lower income
   Family groups demand house action to fix child tax credit bill
   CSE opposes Senate action to extend child tax credit
   T or C gains $870,000 to extend airport runway
   Geronimo's PowWow being planned for T or C
   That's entertainment in T or C July 4
   NM to benefit with $17M for homeland security activities
   Pearce & Barreto team up for NM's Hispanic small businesses
   Dry Lake Fire results in trail closure
   Summary of seasonal fire activity on the Gila
   Dry Lakes Complex Fires merge at 3,200 acres\
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6/6/03 Headline Stories
   Dry Lake Complex Fire grows to 2,500 acres
   Eleven lightning-caused fires reported on Gila National Forest
   Ground breaks for Veterans Memorial Park (photo series)
   Rio Grande aquatic habitat to be improved with grant
   The Shadow Advisory - Individualism v. imperialism
   Beating the summer heat (photo)

5/30/03 Headline Stories
   Lake visitation stays on track despite drought related impacts
   City accepts $1 million grants for airport projects
   Swim pool season underway with a quarter more on fees
   Lighting-caused fire reported in northern Gila Natl. Forest
   Pearce to visit T or C for Vets Park ceremony
   CYFD Secretary visits AppleTree
   BLM seeks comments for watershed planning for Socorro & Catron counties

5/23/03 Headline Stories
   Murder charge filed in Hodovan death
   Man charged in vehicle crash related death
   City's new annexation to airport approved
   What to do with $17M in WMD incident funds for NM
   NADBank awards $4 million to EBID
   Veterans Park ground breaking set May 31
   El Camino Real focus of Santa Fe meeting
   Gila & BLM impose fire & smoking restrictions
   Health Secretary visits T or C
   Parrot on the Armendaris (photo)
   
5/16/03 Headline Stories
   Governor awards $350,000 in drought relief funds
   Tiger Sharks to get some heat
   Rainbow Works pre-schoolers graduate (photo)
   Village offers to sell sewer lines to city
   Boiler Fire demonstrates the good side of fire
   Another prescribed fire ignited in the Black Range
   Local Tourism Council receives $3,000 REDTT grant
    El Camino Real Monument nears completion

5/9/03 Headline Stories
   Desert Journal - Forget Me Not
   More public meetings to discuss lakes' levels
   Boiler Fire progresses favorably
   Can You Get Published? - Youth project expanded
   The Shadow Advisory - President & Congress should be held accountable
   Obituaries: Death notices for Meza, Greer, Neagle, Salter & Lopez
    Fiesta Parade photo series

   5/2/03 Headline Stories
   Meeting with state still on, says EB mayor
   Teen Court in Session for Law Day (photo series)
   NM shoots for the stars to be No. 1 in space commercialization
   Gang leader Padilla sentenced to 25 years
   Goodbye Weekly, Hello Daily?!
   BLM plans prescribed burn on Iron Mountain
   Can You Get Published? - Youth project expanded
   The Shadow Advisory - Both thumbs up for Dixie Chicks
   Obituaries: No death notices for the week
   Portrait party at Senior Center (photos)

4/25/03 Headline Stories
   Governor cuts Butte water loss by half
   NM Farm Bureau lauds compromise agreement for EB Reservoir releases
   Domenici works to ease hardships associated with lower EB Reservoir
   Gila infested with beetles - Worst outbreak in 50 years
   Fort McRae named to State Register
   Scenic Byways Program receives $428,000
   Can You Get Published? - Youth project expanded
   The Shadow Advisory - Veterans who get the goodies and NM Vets who do not
   Obituaries: Crabtree, Smith, Gibbs, Fruit, Bleck, Jones & Morgan
   Portrait party at Senior Center (photos)

4/18/03 Headline Stories
   Leaders vow fight to keep Butte water
   City tables water rate hikes again
   BLM seeks comments on watershed planning
   Prescribed burn planned on Wilderness District
   Gov. Richardson approves projects for Sierra County
   $428,000 plus to improve NM's scenic byways
   Can You Get Published? - Youth project expanded
   The Shadow Advisory - Eulogy to Cliff Gardner
   Obituaries: Gardner, Garcia, Stueber-Castleman, Regalado, Hill & Chamberlin

4/11/03 Headline Stories
   Last of New Mexico's lost heroes found & honored (photo series)
   Energy policy should beef up NM's oil & gas production
   Winston Spring Fiesta set April 19
   Kite Festival planned April 19-20 at EB Lake
   Can You Get Published? - Youth project expanded
  
   Obituaries: Ontiveros, Torres, Cripe, Carter, Abelson, Rumbaugh & Guzman

4/4/03 Headline Stories
   Bosque fire contained, two houses 'smoked'
   No sheep meeting for Sierra County?
   Prescribed fire planned on the Gila
   Domenici seeks funding for Camino Real project
   Sierra & Socorro Counties choose other ways to use & store water
   Project funded to remove fire hazard from Rio Grande
   Two bills deserve governor's veto
   Can You Get Published? - Youth project expanded
   The Shadow Advisory - Healthy debate with law enforcement
   Obituaries: Patty, Wheat, Rascoe & Vinyard
   Roadside cross art, Vets Park drawing & more (photos)

3/28/03 Headline Stories
   The War at Home
   Monument to be unveiled for Ft. McRae soldier
   BOR announces start of irrigation season
   Can You Get Published?
   Workshop helps build 'Fire Wise' communities
     Obituaries: Ontiveros, Torres, Cripe, 
   Morgan Street Dam & other projects (photos)

3/21/03 Headline Stories
   T or C's first child porn possession case unfolds
   Blackhawk offers $2.1 million for SVH
   War against Iraq begins
   BLM seeks comments on off-highway vehicle use
   The Shadow Advisory - Support our troops...
   Obituaries: Fairless, Ross & Cowen
   Spring abounds with blooming flowers (photo series)
   Support Our Troops Committee forms (photo)

3/14/03 Headline Stories
   Young man killed, girl injured on 'Austin Raceway'
   City will hire utilities director, eventually
   School district addresses bomb threats
   Rep. Lujan asks NMFA to focus on water
   Black Cat Books to feature published poet
   The Shadow Advisory - Safe community?
   Obituaries: McDaniel & Reeves
   Rockhound RoundUp (photo series)

3/7/03 Headline Stories
   Prospective buyer of SVH seeks to keep tax loophole
   Pearce tapped to be policy chair of Congressional Caucus
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County (Part 18)
   House bill allows governor to seize firearms in emergencies
   The Shadow Advisory - Sierra County has lots more to offer...
   Obituaries: Vallejos, Hamerly & Arnett
   Photos of new ramp at lake, work in progress at airport, etc.

2/28/03 Headline Stories
   Don't expect much tax relief if SVH is sold
   JPC plans to sell hospital to Blackhawk
   Andregg's prison term ordered cut by 7.5 years
   Sheriff's Office arrests man for allegedly raping child
   The Wall to make its home in T or C soon
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County (Part 17)
   Obituaries: Jack R. Cole, Eunice M. Bryant & Ernie Mills
   The Shadow Advisory - Orgytown, USA
   Cuchillo Pecan Festival (photo series)

2/21/03 Headline Stories
   County starts process for setting firefighter standards
   Nine Southern NM businesses charged in underage alcohol sting
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County (Part 16)
   Obituaries: No death notices received this week
   The Shadow Advisory - Send 'em all to the sun
   A change in landscape at Elephant Butte Lake (photos)
   Look who's building a business at airport (photos)

2/14/03 Headline Stories
   Bonnett's suspected slayer arrested
   EB accountant's sentencing delayed
   Judge expects continuance of video arraignments
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County (Part 15)
   IRS tax help rolls across New Mexico
   Obituaries: Bonnett, Steinhauser & Almaraz
   The Shadow Advisory - New David Ray book more fiction than fact
   HSHS JROTC receives sabers from VFW Post 1389 (photos)
   First Baptist Church demolished (photo series)

2/7/03 Headline Stories
   New sheriff shaping up department
   Hill, Tooley regain school board seats
   Pittman's charges dropped with plea
   Events for chocolate lovers to sweeten tooth
   T or C mayor on the mend
   Maquiladora projects due to start soon
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County (Part 14)
   Obituaries: Bartoo, Furbee, Stevens, Gooding, Kucera, Burns, Yarbrough, Summers & Rockwell
   The Shadow Advisory - Strong energy policy an absolute necessity

1/31/03 Headline Stories
   Meth lab bust nets two arrests
   Domenici commits to help Bush turn vision into reality
   Cuchillo Pecan Festival set Feb. 22
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County (Part 13)
   Obituaries: Adler, Vienna, Araiza, Brothers & Summers
   The Shadow Advisory - Oil glut is reason for war

 1/24/03 Headline Stories
   Two state workers arrested on DUI & pot charges
   Pearce says he backs Bush's war plans 100%
   Radiator Mike arrested on auto burglary charges
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County (Part 12)
   Don't Trust the Trusts (re-printed from The Range magazine)
   Obituaries: Shetter
   The Shadow Advisory - War Is Stupid  

1/17/03 Headline Stories
   Bookkeeper charged with embezzling $34,000
   Spanking case on hold a year
   Jury clears Salcedo of some rapes, hung on others
   Texas company getting serious about buying SVH
   Sierra County gets economic development assistance
   Obituaries: Weisner
   The Shadow Advisory - More on uniforms
   Peace Garden Flourishing (this week's photo essay)

1/10/03 Headline Stories
   Hamilton hears Sierra County's concerns
   Forum focuses on Mexican gray wolf
   St. Cloud Mining Co. acquired by IMAGIN
   BLM awards $45,300 to county's fire depts.
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County (Part 11)
   Obituaries: Whitmore, Fajardo, Haney, Anderson, Roberts, Brown, Wilson & Mason
   The Shadow Advisory - new column by the DJ editor
   The City of Rocks (this week's photo essay)

1/3/03 Headline Stories
   Man charged with burglary of dad's home
   New County Commissioner Coslin named chairman
   Rep. Pearce staffs district & DC offices
   Rep. Hamilton to hold office hours in T or C
   The Wildlands Project comes to Hidalgo County (Part 10)
   Obituaries: Browning, McGuire, Turner, Gaston & Howard
   The scenic Rio Grande (photo essay)

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