Editorials

New Mexico Has the Money;Can It Spend It Correctly?

Even as New Mexico continues to get low rankings in all sorts of economic and social measures, it might make sense to take stock...

Library RestorationTakes New Direction

    We appreciate Mayor Alice Lucero has some sort of plan for a new Espanola Public Library. It would be nice if she would...

Cut Media Flaks First

    Bob Schieffer sang our song Sunday morning. The veteran CBS newsman, who drove Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother to the Dallas police station in...

County Should UseDWI Program Internally

    Rio Arriba County government has become a dictator-like banana republic when it comes to keeping the public informed of important matters.     We’re working...

Espanola Public LibraryDeserves County Support

    Our poor Española Public Library can’t seem to catch a break.     A concerted effort by city leaders in 2012 resulted in the city...

What’s In A Grade?

    School districts state-wide got their report cards July 11. Española School District saw two elementary schools go up one grade, one go down...

Let’s See the Audits First

    We’ll agree with anyone wanting to audit the way almost half a billion dollars is spent (and misspent) annually on health care of...

Jemez Co-opElection Endorsements

    Next week many of us will decide the make-up of the new Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative board. The Co-op is in crisis and...

Question Co-op Candidates

    July always brings Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative elections and this year’s is more heated than ever. The Co-op has been like a life...

Politician RaisesVersus Youth Needs

    From one side of the Rio Arriba County Commission’s collective mouth we hear: times are tough, money is tight. As if to self-fulfill...

Head to OverlookFor Fireworks Fix

    We offer a final pleading to those considering fireworks over the next few weeks. Please, just don’t.     Every summer stretching back to 2006,...

Health Spending Records, AuditClearly in Public Domain

    A story in Tuesday’s Albuquerque Journal alerts us to an audit finding that the New Mexico Human Services Department has stopped funding 15...

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