Hatch Daily Digest Saturday, August 08, 2026
Ty's Take
Carol Ann Knapp Foreman worked these fields like most of us do, the kind of steady presence you don't think much about until the name shows up in the paper and you realize how many seasons she saw come and go. When you live in a place like Hatch, the obits aren't just notices, they're the record of who held things together while the rest of us were focused on the next harvest, the next market run, the next thing. Gadsden's got new campus leadership too, which matters out here because our schools are the backbone when farming doesn't pay enough, when kids need options beyond what the valley's always offered. The seasons keep turning the same way they always have, but the people who understand that rhythm, who've put down roots deep enough to weather the dry years and the market swings, they leave holes when they go.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Carol Ann Knapp Foreman, a longtime Las Cruces resident and devoted mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on May 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in Lovington, New Mexico, and raised in Clovis before settling in Las Cruces in 1968, she and her husband Harold built Valley Transit Mix and Valley...
Clarence Villemez, a distinguished biochemistry professor at the University of Wyoming for three decades, died peacefully in his sleep on January 9, 2026, in Las Cruces at age 87. After retiring in 2003, he moved to Las Cruces with his wife Barbara, and is survived by his wife and two adult...
Shannyn Caldwell, a pioneering radio personality who began her broadcast career at age 16 at WJNR and became a trailblazer for women in radio, died on January 8, 2026, following a battle with stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer. Despite her diagnosis, she remained on the air, defying doctors'...
Four new Gadsden ISD campus leaders
The Gadsden Independent School District has announced four new campus leaders for the 2026-2027 school year, bringing combined expertise in instructional leadership and student achievement. Dr. Miguel Serrano, who brings more than three decades of public education experience, will lead Berino...
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