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  • Tesla Supercharger station in the works

    Union County Leader, Syndicated content|Updated Feb 9, 2021

    CLAYTON — If you are wondering what is going on with the ditch alongside Clayton Ranch Market, it is a Tesla Supercharger station being installed. It should be finished before March. A Tesla representative approached Ranch Market owner Brian Moore and proposed putting in a charging station on the market’s property. The closest charging stations are in Amarillo, Texas, and Trinidad, Colorado. The Tesla company is trying to put charging stations for their vehicles within 200 miles of each other throughout the United Sta...

  • Clayton: 'Scariest' city in New Mexico

    Union County Leader|Updated Nov 6, 2018

    CLAYTON — Hollywood says any publicity is good publicity. Being designated New Mexico’s “scariest town” might not be what Clayton had in mind, but the business owners probably won’t mind if it brings in more tourism. Albuquerque has held the honor, but this year Clayton was voted the top award in a survey by New Mexico Tourism. For believers: • The Herzstein Memorial Museum has a ghostly lady wandering the halls and rooms. • Hotel Eklund has its ghostly lady visiting guests in the halls. • Then there is the Union County Co...

  • Grant funds study of agricultural resiliency

    Union County Leader|Updated Oct 9, 2018

    CLAYTON — Union County is part of a three-county study of agricultural resiliency in times of drought and climate variability. New Mexico State University Associate Professor of Range Science Amy Ganguli is leading the integrated research and extension grant. She and her team are working with farmers and ranchers to develop short- and long-term strategies that are proactive with the goal of maintaining ecological, social and economic resilience in rural communities. The project will link land-use and land-cover dynamics to a...