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  • Operation Holiday Cheer a major success

    What started 36 years ago as a small event feeding about 30 senior citizens from the local community has turned into one of Kirtland's biggest charity events of the year, where about 2,000 people from Kirtland's surrounding communities are treated to a feast.Operation Holiday Cheer, hosted annually

  • Volunteer victim advocates complete week-long training

    Six volunteers recently completed mandatory training and will soon join Kirtland's victim advocates support team.The 40-hour training session ran the gamut of topics, including traumatization, how to respond to a sexual assault, operations and logistics, legalities and ethics, potential scenarios

  • Kirtland childcare provider named best in AFMC

    The Kirtland Family Child Care program demands a lot from its providers, and a successful provider must meet the program's standards for licensure and the demands of childcare on a daily basis. Still, providers regularly do this and more, according to FCC provider Marie Stabe, who was recently named

  • Kirtland family child care provider named best in AMFC

    The Kirtland Family Child Care program demands a lot from its providers, and a successful provider must meet the program's standards for licensure and the demands of childcare on a daily basis. Still, providers regularly do this and more, according to FCC provider Marie Stabe, who was recently named

  • Lovelace group examines Airmen in action

    The 377th Medical Group hosted a tour of Kirtland on Friday for employees at Lovelace Health System.The tour was to help the health care professionals at Lovelace understand  Kirtland's mission and the demands of active duty.Lovelace serves as an extension for the care provided to the 13,000

  • Beekeeping is a passion for Air Guardsman

    Beekeeping started with a garden and grew into a labor of love for New Mexico Air National Guard Chief Master Sgt. Craig Noorlander.Noorlander, who has spent 30 years with the Guard, serves as chief of communications. His first foray into beekeeping dates back to when he moved to a one-acre lot in

  • DC-10 tanker retired after more than 750 fire missions

    After fighting numerous fires across the country, Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker Air Carrier retired one of its DC-10 tankers Nov. 15, ending a run of over 750 fire missions.Dubbed "910," the plane will be dismantled at a Michigan facility and replaced by a new aircraft for the company in the

  • Kirtland Spouses' Club gets into holiday spirit

    The holiday spirit sprang to life as trees, ornaments and other touches of the season were hung at the Mountain View Club on Tuesday. The decorating party is an annual tradition for the Kirtland Spouses' Club.The KSC is also gearing up for other holiday-related efforts. A cookie drive for Airmen who

  • Airmen help Airmen via Holiday Toy Drive

    Airmen helping Airmen. This is the prevailing sentiment among Team Kirtland volunteers conducting the Airman's Attic Holiday Toy Drive.Toy drive volunteer Tech. Sgt. Sarah Hall said there are multiple organizations collecting toys this holiday season and they all represent worthy causes and will

  • Local veterans group gets national exposure

    A local group that connects disabled veterans with dogs is coming into the national spotlight, thanks to a new TV documentary series -- "Dogs of War" -- which premiered on the A&E cable network Nov. 11, Veterans Day.Paws and Stripes, based in Rio Rancho, provides service dogs for military veterans