R. Braiden Trapp

Seniors Earn State Scholarships

    Two Española teens March 15 took the two top New Mexico Activities Association Foundation scholarships in the state. Devin Galligan and Lindsay Redman...

PRC Problems Continue

We clearly don’t need a Public Regulation Commissioner such as Jerome Block Jr. representing us. That was clear from before he was elected but...

Green Goes Mobile: Father, Son Take Recyling on the Road

    The father and son team of Don and Aaron Brannigan are taking recycling on the road in Northern New Mexico in an effort...

Two Charter School OptionsShould Get State Go-ahead

Española Valley parents have a great education opportunity in front of them. Two good charter school models were presented last week to the state’s...

What Representation?

    The 2010 census has driven the state and many municipalities to redraw district or precinct lines in an effort to keep population numbers...

Home Economics Class Enters the 21st Century

    Get it straight right up front: it’s not “home economics.” It’s family and consumer sciences. And it’s not the class your mom took...

Retreat, Regroup, Reset

    The North Central Regional Transit Authority Board has made a mess of hiring a new executive director. We sat silent last week as...

You’ve Got a Friend in the Valley

Some call them the greatest generation but hearing the list of serious needs, lack of support and family disinterest nearing abandonment, many of today’s...

Hopefully City CopLearned Something

    Dogs are people too. At lease they have certain rights under our laws and for the most part are protected by animal cruelty...

Low Test Scores?Buy Principals iPads

    Sinverguenza, colloquially someone without shame.     It could perhaps describe someone who would suggest, approve and encourage an $8,000 expenditure to purchase iPads for...

Postal Service LacksBusiness Sense,Customer Service

We apologize to our 1,297 loyal subscribers. Because last Wednesday we got the postal report and check to bureaucrats at our local post office...

Time for Schools to TryAnything Else

    It is clear to anyone who reads a newspaper our education system no longer works in this country. With 87 percent of New...

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