Like many stories in New Mexico, this one begins more than 400 years ago. It starts with Cristobal Baca, born in 1567 in Mexico City. He arrived in what is now Northern New Mexico around 1600 with his wife, Ana Ortiz, and a group of reinforcement soldiers sent to defend the Spanish colony newly established […]
Chris Potter
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Rare genetic mutation that brings threat of brain bleeding unusually common in New Mexico
For Sakura Tafoya, it started with a header. The Santa Fe girl and her family were playing soccer on a fall day in 2021. Sakura, then 4, tried out a move she’d seen other kids do: hitting the ball with her head. Minutes after trying the trick, however, she was out of sorts. She fell […]