Katreena Kirkland

Universal Herbs owner Allison Alterman shows a wild monarda to customer Karen Wood during the Los Ranchos Growers’ Market on Saturday morning. Alterman has been a vendor at the Growers’ Market for seven years.

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Lavender blossoms at market

Katreena Kirkland | July 13

A miracle crop that was celebrated this weekend at the Los Ranchos Growers’ Market can be used in medicine, foods and grows easily in the New Mexico climate. It is not red or green, though; it’s lavender. Kelly Ward, village administrator of Los Ranchos, said the Lavender and Garlic Festival has had many iterations throughout the last 10 years, and this year it finds its home at the Los Ranchos Growers’ market.

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Stegomastadon's final destination unknown

Katreena Kirkland | June 22

News has traveled fast about the stegomastodon skull unearthed near Elephant Butte, but what no one knows yet is where the fossil will be displayed. Randall Gann, public information officer for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, said the fossil has a long way to go before anyone can start thinking about its final home.

University of New Mexico Valencia campus nursing student Nuhu Alhaasan remembers how difficult is was for him to stay in school and how hard it was for him to obtain a Visa to travel to the United States from Ghana Africa.

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Student chasing his dream of education

Katreena Kirkland | June 15

A student traveled from the tropics of Africa to the bosque of Los Lunas to achieve his lifelong dream of obtaining an education. Nuhu Alhassan, a native of Ghana, said he is attending the University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus and is working toward his nursing degree. ____

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