Hope 'grows on you,' says Bill Fletcher, who arrived in 1981 with no intention of staying, but is now the town's mayor.

Hope 'grows on you,' says Bill Fletcher, who arrived in 1981 with no intention of staying, but is now the town's mayor.

The charming and picturesque community of Chama, New Mexico is a wonderful option for a day trip.

HOPE, New Mexico – This town's story is one of big ... one of the most profitable oil basins in the world is one of 19 small towns across America of the same name. USA TODAY visited six of ...

In 2022, the oil and gas industry in New Mexico produced enough toxic fracking wastewater to cover 266,000 acres (107,650 ...

HOPE, New Mexico – This town's story is one of big ambitions ruined by improbable events. There was the railroad investor who went down with the Titanic. The banker who fled to Mexico with the ...

HOPE, New Mexico – This town's story is one of big ambitions ruined by improbable events. There was the railroad investor who went down with the Titanic. The banker who fled to Mexico with the town’s ...

Other states such as Colorado and California already use treated produced water in small amounts for agriculture. But New Mexico's situation ... His own rural town of Jal, he said, could become ...