Opinion

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...

Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

    About 30 community members recently attended a community conversation about early childhood at Northern New Mexico College, which was presented by the New...

School Board Chose Wrong Applicant

    The Española School District Board took a giant step backward Monday night as it appointed city council retread Cory Lewis to fill the...

Straight Party Voting Discourages Thinking

    We supported Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver when she ran for office in 2014. She ran a “let’s clean house” sort of...

Hold Los Alamos County Responsible

    In an upcoming Sept. 6 special Los Alamos County Council meeting, we can expect the County and its elected officials to shift blame...

Draconian Co-op Policy Par for the Course

    The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees erected another barrier to transparency Aug. 24 with its passage of Board Policy 150, which...

Pearce’s Party, History Say It All

    U.S. Representative Steve Pearce, seeking to be our governor, is running a series of populist media messages. They sound good. But they provide...

Appreciates Bosque Cleanup

Editor:     We would like to thank everyone who participated in the Aug. 4 community cleanup of the bosque.     A special thanks to Española Police...

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