Cardiologists say shoveling large amounts of snow can significantly boost your heart rate and blood pressure. That may help explain the rise in heart attacks seen annually during the winter.

SOCORRO - With a new administrator on board, the Good Samaritan nursing home has some lofty goals for the future.

SOCORRO - Presbyterian Medical Services wants to open a new primary care clinic in Socorro as soon as June 2003 that would focus on uninsured patients.

SOCORRO - Two related cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, were confirmed in Socorro last week.

SOCORRO - David Rogers vacated his home state of South Dakota, backpacked across Europe, spent four months training in Grants and, on Tuesday, he was given the keys to Good Samaritan Village nursing home as its new administrator.