Beloved member of local deaf community drowns at Conchas Lake

The state's deaf community is mourning the loss of a 36-year-old man who drowned Saturday at Conchas Lake, a sprawling reservoir just northwest of Tucumcari in San Miguel County. A spokesperson for New Mexico State Police wrote in an email Wednesday the drowning victim was Martin Gutierrez of Santa Fe who was deaf and had worked at the New Mexico School for the Deaf. The matter is still being ...