By STACI MATLOCK Small towns in the San Agustin Plains worry about impact on wells By Staci Matlock The New Mexican Datil, N.M., is a tiny rural town with a cafe, a school, three churches, a U.S.

By KARL F MOFFATT Gila: Iron Creek has two-bag limit, open all year For many anglers, July 1 has always meant opening day on the spectacular and now wildly popular Valle Vidal in Northern New Mexico.

By RENE ROMO Journal Southern Bureau LAS CRUCES -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has warned Catron County not to carry out a plan to trap an endangered Mexican gray wolf that county officials contend is a danger to residents.

By Copyright 2007 Albuquerque Journal BY LESLIE LINTHICUM Journal Staff Writer An 11-year legal fight over a mine and mill in Catron County -- a case that changed the way New Mexicans can sue the state -- is finally over.

By RENE ROMO Journal Southern Bureau LAS CRUCES -- Catron County threw down the gauntlet last month with an ordinance the officials said allows a county agent to kill endangered Mexican gray wolves, and environmental groups responded Monday.