Grammy Award winner and nominee, multi-instrumentalist, music scholar. “The American Songster.” All of these describe Chicago-based folk roots musician Dom Flemons. But each description only scratches ...

For retired educator Vanetta Perry, her path was shaped as much by family and land as by classrooms and students. The rhythms of farm life — irrigating fields, driving tractors, ...

This weekend, I felt the need to get out of town. After seeing some photography online of an old church in the town of Golden, NM, I made a plan ...

El Defensor Chieftain sent candidate questionnaires to Socorro County candidates for the upcoming election. Responses from candidates will run over the next several newspaper editions. Candidate ...

El Defensor Chieftain sent candidate questionnaires to Socorro County candidates for the upcoming election. Responses from candidates will run over the next several newspaper editions. Candidate ...

Friday, Sept. 19, was a busy night for football in Socorro County. The Alamo Cougars hosted the neighboring Magdalena Steers team in a modified match. Alamo normally plays eight-man while Magdalena ...

Socorro High School senior Kyle Berger is having a busy fall sports season. Kyle has played nearly every minute of every Warriors soccer game so far this season and is ...

Rainy conditions on Friday forced some last minute changes for the cross country meet in Belen on Saturday, Sept. 20. Much of the original course was rerouted Saturday morning to ...

Socorro County schools' fall sports seasons: volleyball, football, soccer, and cross country. Photos by Rob Wulff ...

On Saturday, Sept. 20, the Civil Air Patrol hosted an open house at Socorro Municipal Airport, to highlight both the airport’s value to the community and the wide-ranging work of ...

Tyler Bullock, a 33-year-old Magdalena resident, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. The sentencing, handed down by 7th Judicial District Court Judge Roscoe Woods, followed Bullock’s guilty plea ...

The SHS and SMS XC teams gathered at Tech on Sept. 13 for their second ever Run-a-thon fundraiser event. They started at 7 a.m. with their first mile lap around ...