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By RUSSELL HUFFMAN SANDIA PARK — The Ron Drake era at East Mountain High School began Tuesday night with a difficult 51-33 loss to the...

SANDIA PARK — The East Mountain High School boys basketball team opened their season with a decisive, workmanlike performance, relying on a balanced offensive attack...

The transformation happens somewhere around 7,000 feet. Just an hour ago, you were likely navigating the concrete ribbons of Albuquerque, your mind humming with the...

By Linda Steele, East Mountain News As a caretaker of the East Mountain News, I believe that our primary duty is not just to report...

The Moriarty Lady Pintos opened the 2025-26 season on the road on Saturday against Bernalillo in a 60-21 loss against the Lady Spartans....

SANDIA PARK, N.M. — If you drive up the Turquoise Trail toward the Sandia Mountains, the air gets thinner, the piñon pines get thicker, and...

After a decade of leading the East Mountain High School volleyball program, head coach and athletic director Kasi Giovenco is stepping away from the sidelines....

By Russell Huffman As the sneakers squeak against the hardwood and whistles echo through the Moriarty High School gym, head coach Caleb Encinias isn’t looking...

By Russell Huffman Linda Smith remembers the exact moment her life changed, not as the Executive Director of Bethel Storehouse, but as a young mother...

There’s a storm brewing in the East Mountains, and as Moriarty High School girls basketball head coach Jana Baguskis enters her fourth season, she can...

MORIARTY, N.M. — The Moriarty Fire Department has been awarded $600,000 to purchase a new Class A fire engine, a significant investment that promises to...

Dealing with the loss of a loved one can feel isolated, but support is now closer to home here in the East Mountains area. HeartLight...

MORIARTY — Following the team’s recent awards banquet, Moriarty High School volleyball coach Michael Baguskis has officially closed the book on the 2025 season. But...

After decades in Florida, where the landscape is defined by its flatness and the seasons blur from one humidity into the next, Cedar Crest artist...

MORIARTY, N.M. – What began as a modest effort to help Moriarty elementary school families has blossomed into a vital resource for the entire region,...

MORIARTY — The Moriarty High School volleyball team concluded its 2025 campaign with a season defined by senior leadership and the emergence of a promising...

TIJERAS – In the face of a daunting spike in food insecurity, the East Mountains community is proving that tough times bring out the best...

The Tijeras Pueblo Archaeological Site isn’t a towering cliff dwelling like Mesa Verde or a massive stone complex like Chaco Canyon, but it is a...

The hum of electric motors and the nervous energy of future engineers filled the gymnasium at Kennedy Middle School this past Saturday, as students from...

MORIARTY, N.M. — The Moriarty High School football season came to a dramatic and heartbreaking close last Friday night in the Class 4A state playoffs,...