Author: Melinda Collins, Staff Writer

  • Red River Candy Co. – Review

    Red River Candy Co. – Review

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    Melinda Collins, Staff Writer
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    There’s a new candy store in town. Brooke and Gary Allen are part owners of Red River Candy Company with Brooke’s parents, Sharon and Robert. Brooke’s parents started the business and asked Gary and her to help out. The Candy Company offers candy from around the world. The Allens are from a town called Joshua…

  • Vine + Dine – Review

    Vine + Dine – Review

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    A hidden upstairs gem. The artwork and vibes mesh well with the delicious food. Trying the chicken Waldorf sandwich did not disappoint! The bread was tender and soft with the chunks of chicken and was the perfect consistency. Served with a side of chips this meal left me feeling quite replenished and satisfied. The hosts…

  • Old Barrel Tea Co.

    Old Barrel Tea Co.

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    Melinda Collins, Staff Writer
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    OBTC aka Old Barrel Tea Co. is open and ready for you to sample delightful tea’s, a plethora of honey’s and a wide array of unique spices.. from gifts, decor and a wonderful selection of tea’s there is something for everyone. Don’t forget the kombucha (fermented tea) on tap! Come on in, locals get a…

  • Art by Melinda Collins

    Art by Melinda Collins

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    I am an eclectic, eccentric, hermit Mountain Momma. I’m From Virginia but really many different places. I started painting while I was in therapy wanting to heal from ptsd and lots of built up trauma. Itwas a suppressed talent. Putting paint on a pallet and letting spirit take over and see how itcomes out is…

  • Foodies Rejoice

    Foodies Rejoice

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    A food and coffee fan in this mountain town we call Red River, it’s been an experience from Michaeland Sharon’s Green Chile Burgers at the Brewery, to Dee’s Enchiladas at Yesterday’s and Matt’sdelicious Street Tacos from Vue Social house, I would recommend all these I call heaven on a plate.You can find me ever so…

  • Art by Kristine Willis

    Art by Kristine Willis

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    Melinda Collins, Staff Writer
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    Under the New Mexico blue expansive skies live hidden artists, such as Kristine Willis who has been in Red River for 35 years, a hero of mine to be exact. She is a nurse, grandma, missionary and artist. Grown from a family of artists Kristine picked upthe niche from her great grandma who made Holly…

  • Rockhounding in Red River

    Rockhounding in Red River

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    Rockhounding is an experience all in itself. It is like putting away adulthood for the short briskwalk or the hours you find yourself in your own world pretending to be on a treasure hunt. Red River, NM and surrounding areas provide an unlimited enjoyment of free rockhoundingfun. To azurite malachite to topaz, agates, quartz and…