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Join us in looking back and honoring many of the important Western figures who passed away this year.

Police said Akers was in the park in the 800 block of E. Seventh St. at around 7:30 p.m. when an unknown person or people approached him and began shooting.

Moving tributes have been paid to these well-loved figures, including Actor Michael K. Williams and singer Sarah Harding.

Posted July 9th, 2021 for INSP For 20 years, James Arness etched himself into America’s collective memory as Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke.  Lawman, cowboy, and paragon of justice, Marshal Dillon is a legend to his legion of fans. In Gunsmoke, To the Last Man, Arness returns once more in his unforgettable role, seeking truth, justice, and the American way…even if he has to be the last man standing to do it. Gunsmoke: To The Last Man stars James Arness and Amy Stoch, with outst...

By Noozhawk Editors | 9:00 p.m. Regarding Noozhawk’s June 29 article, “Homeless Encampment Residents Moving In to Santa Barbara’s Rose Garden Inn,” it seems that City Councilman Mike Jordan “doth protest too much” over the public having “lots of advice for us, very little of it legal, and a lot more of it doing nothing, except complaining.” This is not a new problem, as Jordan knows full well. If he and his fellow council members had been doing their jobs and acting in the...

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True West Magazine Janice Sallee Dunnahoo   Janice Dunnahoo is the archivist for the Historical Foundation of Southeastern New Mexico. She is a sought-after public speaker on local history topics for government and civic organizations. Dunnahoo writes a weekly column “Historically Speaking” for the Roswell Daily Record, (Roswell, New Mexico) and is also a regular contributor to the West Texas Historical Association Newsletter and Texas-New Mexico Border Archives. In 2020, she was a pane...

True West Magazine Focus Features’ 2020 contemporary Western Let Him Go reunited actors Diane Lane and Kevin Costner for the first time since their supporting roles as Superman’s parents in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). The is the first time they have been cast opposite each other in a film’s leading roles. – Courtesy Focus Features –   The year 2020 was unsatisfying all around, and certainly for Westerns. From a purist point of view, if we strictly define Westerns as ta...