Three days of exhibits, food and field trips! The field trips are free of charge and leave the Center at 9 AM Saturday, Sunday and Monday, respectively. On Saturday the group will travel to Bear Mountain and fortification agate in rhycolite modules. On Sunday, the group plans to visit Fluorite Ridge near Deming. On Monday the group will travel to Saddlerock Canyon in the Burro Mountains. Almost any vehicle can get to these locations in good weather. Bring snacks, light lunch, plenty of water, a rock hammer, small shovel and bag or bucket on each trip. For more details: email kyyote@msn.com

Art, food, great time . . . a few of the words that describe the Festival which replaces the Hillsboro Apple Festival after the apple crop was destroyed

Make a day of it at the Cliff Dwellings. In the nornig at 11:00 joint the tour of the TJ Site. The tour takes about an hour ans is limited to 20 people for reservations, call 575-536-9461. At 7PM the season's second astronomy evening begins. The event is open to the public. Check with Becky Latanich 575-536-9461 or email becky_laranich@nps.gov

The 4th annual Heritage Music Festival starts off at 1PM with The Mules Tones, followed by other artists until early evening. Proceeds from the dance ($10 per person or $15 per couple) and from the silent auction will go toward restoration of the old courthouse by the Hillsboro Historical Society.

A tour of the new Ft Bayard medical center will be open to the public during the Grant County Commissioners' work session.The project started in October 2008 to replace the present antiquated hospital. Ft Bayard dates back to days in which buffalo soldiers manned the fort, when it was a tuberculosis hospital,and then a veterans hospital and serving retirees. The new center will have about 220 beds, most double rooms, and a veterans wing

Visitors are welcome to tour town.

The 30th annual celebration should be bigger and better than previous years

The 5th annual Mimbres Festival started with a small group of energetic ladies and a smakk amount of seed money. Come enjoy the local food and the excitement of locals proud of their communities.