Southwest Yard & Garden; Pain in the grass: Protecting cold-sensitive plants over winter

Question: We have a lovely purple fountain grass (planted in the spring), and I keep hearing that it will die in the winter and we would have to plant a new one each year. Others say to dig it up, pot it, cut it back, put it in the house near a window, and replant it in spring.

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Grants Public Library initiative helps community

GRANTS, N.M. – The “Community Needs Pantry” is what the top of a digital flyer advertising the Sharing Closet reads.

Community Halloween contests and scavenger hunt

GRANTS, N.M. - There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the upcoming holidays this year and the normal traditions that pertain to them.

Bonds on 2020 ballot

Bond A Text of the bond The 2020 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility improvement, construction, and equipment acquisition bonds.

NM Constitutional Amendments on 2020 ballot

Constitutional Amendment 1 Text of the amendment PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE THAT THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION CONSIST OF THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FROM A LIST OF PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED NOMINEES SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY A NOMINATING...

NMRC awarded 88K from UDSA

NEW MEXICO - The New Mexico Recycling Coalition was awarded $88,000 from USDA as part of a competitive grant process through the Rural Utilities Services. The funding supports efforts to divert material from landfills within the state’s smallest communities, populations of10,000 residents or less.

NMGOP opposes constitutional amendments and bond measures

On November 3, New Mexico voters will be asked to approve or reject two Constitutional Amendments and three bond measures. The Republican Party of New Mexico believes it’s in the public interest to oppose these statewide ballot measures.