Hope 'grows on you,' says Bill Fletcher, who arrived in 1981 with no intention of staying, but is now the town's mayor.

Hope 'grows on you,' says Bill Fletcher, who arrived in 1981 with no intention of staying, but is now the town's mayor.

Hope, New Mexico, is one of many towns with the same name across the country that USA TODAY visited to discuss hopes, fears, ...

Everyone we talked to here in Hope, New Mexico, seemed to have a story of the town's history. Their stories all had one thing in common – resilience. The Eddy County Fair was up in July ...

HOPE, New Mexico – This town's story is one of big ambitions ruined by improbable events. There was the railroad investor who went down with the Titanic. The banker who fled to Mexico with the ...

HOPE, New Mexico – This town's story is one of big ambitions ruined by improbable events. There was the railroad investor who went down with the Titanic. The banker who fled to Mexico with the ...