As you drive north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, through Velarde, it might be easy to miss the small vineyard nestled in the middle of Black Mesa. If you stop in, though, you will have the opportunity to taste wine flavored with local choke cherries, prickly pear fruit from the property, and chiles grown in the valley. If the taste of New Mexico doesn’t let you know where you are, the chile ristras and relaxing mountain scenery will.

On a tranquil spring evening in Ohio’s northeastern Ashtabula County, community members filed into the Jefferson High School library for its monthly board of education meeting.

The evening was a celebration as the board recognized “Students of the Month,” athletes who qualified for state meets, and its high school band, which received a superior score at an annual competition.

If it weren’t for Susan Noesen’s sense of humor and optimistic outlook on life, dealing with her tragedy would have been much more difficult. Noesen, a resident of Alexandria, recalls the very day that the unthinkable happened: a tornado ripped through her town, temporarily displacing her after her home was significantly damaged.

Residents of Multi-Family Housing Complex Thankful For Aid

For Carole Fosbaugh, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multi-Family Housing program has allowed her to age in place in rural Pennsylvania.

Hidden in the middle of a lush forest and accessible by only a single, winding drive is Stewgler Farm & Forest, home to the whimsically named Gorgeous Goat Creamery, where more than 70 gregarious Alpine dairy goats own the spotlight thanks to the ingenuity and dedication of two unlikely dairy farmers: Matt Kriegler and Maria Stewart.

When you’re planning to spend a day at a museum, a couple logistical questions might come to mind: What am I going to eat? Is the food going to be too expensive and not good?

Luckily for those who visit Albuquerque’s Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum, local, healthy food is available in the attached Three Sisters Kitchen Cafe. With menu items ranging from snack packs and PB&Js to orzo salad and green chile BLTs, there are options for the whole family.

If you pass through Peñasco, New Mexico, in the spring or summer and crave some New Mexican style comfort food, you are in luck. La Jicarita Harvest offers just the food to give you a taste of authentic northern New Mexican cuisine. Sopapilla burgers, Indian tacos, and Frito pies, along with seasonal specials like chicos and green chile fries, are just a few items on the menu.

Turning away customers is something no business owner ever wants to do, but that is exactly what employees at Traveler’s Service Station in Peñasco, New Mexico, had to do.

The small town of Peñasco, New Mexico, doesn’t offer any chain restaurants to stop in for a meal. But what it does offer is a variety of local cuisine. If you are looking for a quick bite to eat on your drive through the mountains, you might try to search for El Ya Merito. It is a small restaurant that specializes in burgers, burritos, and fries.

Peñasco, New Mexico is the kind of place where everyone knows everyone, and a lot of people have multiple jobs in the community. It’s the kind of place where you might go into an automotive shop and end up talking to the local water association vice president.

Ivan Roybal, owner of Roybal Ranch, is just that kind of resident. He was born and raised in Peñasco. Aside from owning a ranch, he also owns A1 Automotive and Towing, and is the Peñasco Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association vice president and water operator.