Abigail Salas

A weekend of community, education, and sports just wrapped up in El Paso’s Segundo Barrio. Inside the Armijo Recreation Center children of all ages come together for Basketball in the Barrio. This three-day event gives children much more than basketball; they learn to plant, play soccer, and play harmonica. CEO Steve Yellen says this event builds confidence for kids who live in the second lowest income zip code per capita.

Supporters, protesters and curious community members all gathered in Sunland Park yesterday for the Project Jupiter open house and career fair. Concerned community members have been asking Doña Ana County commissioners for a public meeting to have their questions answered. The Project Jupiter team and representatives from Oracle, Open AI, and Stack Infrastructure held an open house and career fair that replaced the requested meeting.

Soil Health is especially important in a dry environment such as southern New Mexico. NMSU Professor and Extension Agronomist Dr. John Idowu speaks about a new project and ways we can keep our soil healthy. The Resilient Agriculture Water Community Systems (RAWCS) project focuses on creating innovative methods to help people, especially farmers, improve water management, Dr. Idowu said. “Water is becoming a big problem in the western part of the United States.