EDGEWOOD, N.M. – Hundreds of residents and businesses in Edgewood and Moriarty went without power for a while during the of Wednesday night’s winter storm.

An outage map from Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative showed large clusters of outages as of 7 p.m. on Wednesday. By 7:30 p.m. power was restored.

On a social media post, CNMEC said: “We have received word that our power supplier, Tri-State, has lost a transmission line. Power will be out for the entire area until they can make repairs. We will post updates as we receive them.”

The outages came as the first winter storm of the season arrived in the East Mountains.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If you’ve ever wanted to see if you could play for the New Mexico United soccer club, your time is coming!

New Mexico United is hosting its next round of open tryouts Jan. 10, at Kraemer Fields in Albuquerque. This marks the club’s fifth open tryout since its inaugural 2019 season.

Since it started, United has signed identified key players and even signed some to their first-team squad, including Josh Goss and Phillip Beigl.

Tryouts are open to male players who are 17 years and older. Additional details, including registration information, can be found here at this website.

DALLAS – Authorities in New Mexico found the bodies of an elderly couple from Texas who had been missing since Thanksgiving.

What’s new:

The Carson County Sheriff’s Office said 82-year-old Charles “Gary” Lightfoot and 81-year-old Linda Lightfoot were found dead on Tuesday in a rural area of New Mexico near Tucumcari.

They were near their car in a pasture and are believed to have died from hypothermia, according to ABC 7 in Amarillo.

What they’re saying:

“We would like to thank the public and all agencies involved. We would also like to offer condolences to the family and friends of the Lightfoots as this is a tragic event,” the Carson County Sheriff’s Office said on social media.

The backstory:

A Silver Alert was issued last week for the Lightfoots.

The couple went missing in their silver 2024 Toyota Camry after visiting friends in Panhandle, Texas for the holiday. They left around 3 p.m. on Friday but never made it home to Lubbock.

Authorities were worried about their safety because neither had a cellphone, and Gary was oxygen dependent.

Their car was also spotted on camera in Groom, Texas and then in Santa Rosa, New Mexico the next day.