Charlie Benton News-Sun With a wetter than usual winter, area farmers have had a mixed bag of good and bad to deal with, from wetter conditions for some better crop growth, but also increased potential for some crop diseases that ravage harvests. “We got some bad, and we got some good. That’s kind of the way farming is though,” said …

Dorothy N. Fowler News-Sun Once upon a time it was all about nuclear energy as New Mexico Junior College planned courses to meet the needs of URENCO and the WIPP. That’s still important, but no more important than the addition of the energy technology degree to emphasize petroleum technology. Courtney Puryear, director of energy programs at NMJC said as the …