Hatch Daily Digest Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Ty's Take
Coralie Bailey Carrier was a fixture in this valley long enough to see the chile industry transform from something your grandfather did by hand into an operation that feeds half the Southwest. She lived through the droughts and the good years, watched I-25 get built and the farming give way to sprawl down toward Las Cruces, and kept her roots here the whole time. That's the kind of presence that matters in a place like this, where your family's name on the land means something. Hatch loses someone who knew what this country was before, and that's worth marking down.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Coralie Bailey Carrier, a Las Cruces resident since 1972, passed away peacefully on September 9, 2026, surrounded by family. Born in Alamogordo on December 28, 1940, Carrier was a pioneering advocate for women in shooting sports and outdoor recreation, founding the Southwestern Academy of Firearms...
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