Our local election coverage rolls along

Happy Thursday, dear friends,

This week, well ahead of early voting, we are rolling out a set of interviews with the candidates for district attorney in Doña Ana County.

You will find them on the cover of this week’s print edition, which is in circulation today, as well as a beautifully designed landing page at LasCrucesBulletin.com, with links to the individual stories written by reporter Justin Garcia.

Moreover, the questions asked of the candidates were shaped by responses to you, our readers, from the feedback we solicited a few weeks ago. We hope the result is that the candidates are responding to questions you want them to answer.

This week, we meet the Democratic candidates vying in the primary. We have also interviewed the lone Republican candidate, Michael Cain, and are preparing that profile for you as well.

This approach to election coverage will also extend to our coverage of statehouse contests, also in the works.

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And that’s just some of what the Bulletin presents to you this week in addition to local government reporting; coverage of a number of public emergency stories that came up this week; a preview of an upcoming performance by musician and environmental activist Bill Oliver; and a sit-down with coach Ben Trujillo about his transition from the Hatch Valley to Mayfield High School to take over the Trojans’ boys’ basketball program.

This work is a heavy lift by a team that keeps punching above its weight. Stay with us.

Algernon D’Ammassa
Managing Editor

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