Decorating the outside of the former B Street Market in Mountainair is a colorful mural of a basket filled with vegetables — carrots, bell peppers, corn, tomatoes, apples and eggplant, yet Mountainair residents haven’t seen these simple ingredients in four months, since the closing of the town’s only grocery store April 18.Grocery shopping has become a “long-distance” relationship for residents — requiring an hour long drive from Mountainair or an 100-mile round trip to the nearest grocery...
