Opinion

Change Needed at Co-op

    The reality is, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative’s leadership is increasingly distant, dictatorial and disinterested in adhering to the most fundamental tasks of running...

Grisham Not God-Sent

    I am writing concerning the television commercial for gubernatorial candidate, Michelle Lujan Grisham. The gentleman who is in the commercial claims, “Michelle Lujan...

Another Public Records Win for the Good Guys

    A win for the good guys, when it comes to keeping government processes open to the public.     Justice Miles Hanisee wrote in a...

Pueblo’s Sovereignty Doesn’t Reach Private Land

    A La Mesilla family suffered a heart-breaking loss from Sept. 10 to 22 at the hands of Santa Clara Pueblo when it bulldozed...

Keeping Applicants from Public Is Bad Government

    There’s one thing proponents of open government can count on a few months before a long (90-day) session of the state legislature. Some...

Come to the Farmers Market

    I invite folks to the best community gathering space in Española. The Española Farmers Market opens at 10 a.m. every Monday through October...

Possible Active Shooter Response Plans Need Work

    It’s illustrative that the “threatened shooting” at Española Valley High School revealed a large hole in the school’s and law enforcement’s response plans...

Disappointed in School Board

Editor:     I am truly disappointed with the Española School District Board’s process and final selection of Corey Lewis as its selection for new Board...

Thanks, Authority Manager

    The media has been unclear about exactly how recycling in the United States will be affected by China’s announcement in January 2018 that...

Authority Offers Few Choices

   A week after the trash fire in Velarde that firefighters allowed to smolder for 11 hours, there was a larger, more dangerous trash...

Voice Land Grant Concerns to Congress

Editor:     In 1848, the United States ended the war with Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was created as a result, with New Mexico...

Better Late, Than Never Doesn’t Apply

    It’s about time.     That’s about all anyone can say about Rio Arriba County Commissioner Barney Trujillo’s Sept. 5 indictment and Sept. 6 charges...

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