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Roswell’s Thrill the World event on Oct. 24 at Chaves County Cultural Plaza invites participants to learn and perform Michael Jackson’s iconic Thriller choreography alongside dancers worldwide. Rehearsals begin at 1 p.m., with a synchronized performance at 4. The Halloween bazaar also features vendors, food trucks, contests, entertainment, a zombie walk, and charity support for Roswell Night Skies.

As autumn brings cooler temperatures to southeast New Mexico, outdoor enthusiasts can explore sinkhole lakes, wetlands, sand dunes, rugged OHV trails, and mountain landscapes. Highlights include camping, hiking, fishing, boating, birdwatching, off-roading, mountain biking, and wildlife viewing at Bottomless Lakes State Park, Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Mescalero Sands, Haystack Mountain, and Lincoln National Forest.

Roswell residents lined Main Street Monday for the parade marking the start of the five-day Eastern New Mexico State Fair. Floats, marching bands, New Mexico Military Institute cadets, horseback riders, tractors, emergency vehicles, cheerleaders and community groups traveled from the Wool Bowl to the fairgrounds, bringing color and activity to downtown.

The festival accepts all film genres, exclusively to short-form filmmaking running in the range of 30 minutes or less. Putting together a production on a limited budget means short filmmakers wear many hats, including writer, director, cinematographer, editor or visual effects artist.

Roswell’s annual Chile Cheese Festival brought residents and visitors downtown for fresh-roasted green chile, local vendors, live performances and an entertaining ice cream-eating contest. Held outside the Chaves County Courthouse, the Sept. 24 celebration highlighted local flavor and community traditions, with festivalgoers enjoying music, dancing and handmade ristras from Graves Farm and Garden.

After World War II, the Baby Boom produced over eight million Scouts and another two million parent volunteers. The great outdoors had not been displaced by television or video games as it eventually would. Scouting fit very comfortably into the postwar ideals of independence, camping, citizenship, practical skills, leadership - all backed up by earning badges!

In between stalls selling orange chicken and tacos, a glowing white sign invites shoppers to learn about a piece of cloth that bears the image of a man that some believe to be Jesus Christ.

Dive into the cultural meaning of the term “Hispanic" and the month's origins while highlighting labor organizer and civil rights activist Luisa Moreno.

The curtain is rising on an exciting new season at Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts in Alto, with a 2026–27 lineup packed with music, laughter, legendary stories and outstanding live entertainment. The schedule includes hilarious musical comedy and timeless theatre to legendary American music and unforgettable tributes.

Greenwald, a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, has spent 50 years studying Southwestern archaeology, and for the last two decades, he has become one of the principal stewards of one of New Mexico’s best-kept archaeology sites.

Authenticating a photo that’s more than 145 years old isn’t easy. The process involved extensive forensic analysis and scholarly review, Abrams says, comparing features of those in the photo to confirmed images in other pictures.

The Roswell Air Center continuously hosts a fleet of planes and jets no longer in service. They are parked at the facility to use as parts before the remaining metal heads to a recycling facility.