Editorials

County Combatants Failed Kindergarten

    Why a former Rio Arriba County commissioner and a fired County senior center manager would want to argue and exchange punches in a...

Trash Fees with TaxesDeserves a Fair Hearing

    We’d like to accompany Rio Arriba County Manager Tomas Campos when he carries the good word to State Senator Richard Martinez. Campos said...

Great To Be Golden

    At a time when holding teachers accountable is a continual argument, money is tight and books are scarce, a lot of teachers around...

Anti Bullying MessageLost on School Leaders

    The irony was lost on no one that Española School District Superintendent Danny Trujillo and Parent Advisory Committee President Jeremy Maestas engaged in...

Elected Officials’ RaisesUnwarranted, Wasteful

    Rio Arriba County Commissioners are not shy about one thing: giving the faithful a raise. The dust had barely settled from the Erika...

Superintendent’s Evaluation CriteriaShould Be Decided in Public

    We’re not sure why the Española School Board doesn’t understand how to conduct a legal meeting. It’s pretty simple actually.     New Mexico’s Open...

Obamacare ReplacesCounty-funded Indigent Care

    Google Obamacare or Affordable Care Act and you’ll find more articles arguing the pros and cons with misinformation than you’ll find facts. There’s...

Can We Do WorseThan Last Place?

 It must be frustrating for parents to vote for elected officials that promise to improve education, change teacher evaluations, reform laws to strengthen the...

Partial Sale of Northern Co-opMeans Trouble for Members

    While everyone was watching Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative circle the drain, Northern Rio Arriba Electric Cooperative got a bomb dropped on it in...

State Police Secrecy Wrong

    A law enforcement agency’s natural reaction to close ranks, keep quiet and push off inquiries when a shooting occurs sets off alarms with...

Board Full of Bad Boys

    It’s not surprising to regular readers that Española School Board members would speak and behave as described in former school facilities manager Mark...

School Board ExercisesPoor Spending Habits

    From the tone of the discussion it must come down to whether you think $23,000 is a lot of money or not.     Some...

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