Hatch Daily Digest Friday, July 24, 2026
Ty's Take
The notice board fills up this time of year, not always the way we want it to. Carol Ann Knapp Foreman, Clarence Villemez, Shannyn Caldwell, Timothy Joseph Hourigan, all part of the fabric of the valley that most of us don't think about until we're reading their names in the paper. Meanwhile, Gadsden ISD is bringing in four new campus leaders, which means fresh faces trying to figure out how to run schools in a county where water matters as much as test scores and where half the kids understand chile harvest in their bones before they ever see a textbook. That's how towns work, even slow weeks. The old move on. The new step in. Life keeps moving downriver.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Carol Ann Knapp Foreman, a longtime Las Cruces resident and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on May 16, 2026, at age 88. She and her husband Harold built Valley Transit Mix and Valley Leasing & Development after settling in Las Cruces in 1968, and were known as faithful...
Clarence "Clare" Villemez, 87, died peacefully on January 9, 2026, in Las Cruces. The retired University of Wyoming biochemistry professor of 30 years relocated to Las Cruces with his wife Barbara after his retirement in 2003. He is survived by Barbara, two children from a previous marriage, and...
Radio personality and author Shannyn Caldwell died on January 8, 2026, following a battle with stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer. Beginning her career at age 16 at WJNR, Caldwell became a trailblazer for women in radio and continued broadcasting despite her diagnosis. A memorial celebration of her...
Timothy Joseph Hourigan, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and management consultant, passed away on April 9, 2026, in Las Cruces after battling cancer. Born in Pampa, Texas, Hourigan served 26 years in Military Intelligence and was known as a passionate outdoorsman, accomplished musician, and...
Four new Gadsden ISD campus leaders
The Gadsden Independent School District has named four new campus leaders for the 2026–2027 school year, including Dr. Miguel Serrano as principal of Berino Elementary School and Erika Rivera as principal of Desert Trail Elementary School. These educators collectively bring decades of experience in...
07/24/2026 TV-ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE WEEKLY
The Las Cruces Bulletin's weekly TV and entertainment guide for July 24, 2026, is now available for viewing and download. The digital edition provides programming information and entertainment listings for the week ahead.
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